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Phrasal Verb of the Day
💢break down (2)
✍🏾Meaning
If someone breaks down, they start crying.
❕For example
break down
🔺When his wife broke down at his funeral, relatives and friends tried to comfort her.
break down
🔺 The prisoner broke down and wept when the judge sentenced him to life in prison.
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Slang of the Day
📚floozy | floozie | floosie
✍🏾Meaning:
a girl or woman with a reputation for sleeping with many people
❕For example:
🔺Some guy in a bar called my girlfriend a floozy, so I punched him on the nose.
🔺Shirley liked to dress up like a floozy. She'd wear these skimpy little dresses and put on way too much make-up.
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Phrasal Verb of the Day
💢back up (1)
✍🏾Meaning
to make an extra copy of digital information on disc, flash drive, external hard drive, etc. in case the original data is lost
❕For example
back up sth
🔺 How do you back up your computer files?
back sth up
🔺 I back most of my stuff up on one of those flash drive things.
back up
🔺 It's a good idea to back up at least once a month.
Nouns often used as objects with back up (1): files, data, hard drive, work
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Phrasal Verb of the Day
💢break out
✍🏾Meaning
to escape from somewhere like a jail or a detention centre
Synonym
escape
❕For example
break out
🔺Have you seen that movie about prisoners of war who broke out of a prison camp by digging a tunnel?
break out
🔺 The prisoners knew they'd be punished if they tried to break out.
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Phrasal Verb of the Day
💢break into
✍🏾Meaning
If someone breaks into a building or a vehicle, they force their way in, usually to steal something.
Synonym
burgle
❕For example
break into sth
🔺 The burglars broke into the house and stole some jewellery and paintings.
break into sth
🔺 My wife's car has been broken into three times in the last year.
✔️Note:
The phrasal verb "break in" has a similar meaning.
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Slang of the Day
💠ace (2)
✍🏾Meaning
to easily pass an exam or a test
❕For example
🔺Jill was up all night studying, and the next day she aced her history exam.
🔺Even though he was nervous, Simon aced his driving test and got his driver's licence.
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Phrasal Verb of the Day
💢add up to
✍🏾Meaning
If two or more numbers add up to another number, this is the total you get if you add them together.
Synonym
total, come to
❕For example
add up to sth
🔺What do 19 and 17 add up to? Do they add up to 36, or is it 46?
add up to sth
🔺Here are the bills we have to pay this week. They add up to over five hundred dollars!
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Slang of the Day
💠arse | ass (2)vulgar!!
✍🏾Meaning
a stupid person, a stubborn fool
❕For example
🔺Nicky can be such a stubborn arse at times. He won't listen to anyone!
🔺Stop being an ass, Robbo, and act like an adult for a change.
➕Note:
"Arse" is British and Australian spelling, and "ass" is American and Canadian spelling.
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Idiom of the Day
📚come clean
✍🏾Meaning
If you come clean about something, you let people know about it after keeping it a secret.
❕For example
🔺The President should come clean with the people and admit that there's been corruption in the government.
🔺If he'd just come clean about his mistake, we could solve the problem and then move on.
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Slang of the Day
💠action (2)
✍🏾Meaning
sexual activity
❕For example
🔺Where do you go for some action round here on Saturday nights?
🔺If you're looking for some action, go down to the bars and clubs on Williams Road.
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Saying of the Day
🍂The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
✍🏾Possible interpretation:
Even though we may want to say "No" to temptation (doing something bad), our body may be unable to resist it.
➕Origin: This proverb is based on a verse in the Bible (Matthew 26:41): "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak."
spirit (noun): the non-physical part of a person (including emotions and character); the soul
willing (adj.): ready or happy to do something
flesh (noun): the physical part of a person; the body; the outer surface of the body
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Slang of the Day
💠acid
✍🏾Meaning
the potent hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD
❕For example
🔺The first time Virginia took a tab of acid, she went a bit crazy and thought she could fly. She was in hospital for three months after jumping off a building.
🔺Acid is a very powerful drug, and it can be very dangerous.
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Phrasal Verb of the Day
💢advise of
FORMAL
✍🏾Meaning
If you advise someone of something, you tell them about it.
Synonym
inform
❕For example
advise sb of sth
🔺 A policemen advised me of my rights and then he arrested me.
advise sb of sth
🔺 Please advise us of any change of address or contact details.
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Slang of the Day
💠ace (1)
✍🏾Meaning
very skillful, very good at something
For example
🔺My little brother was never interested in sports when he was young, but now he's an ace basketball player.
🔺If you want to be an ace fighter, you should learn hand-to-hand combat skills like karate or Muay Thai.
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Phrasal Verb of the Day
💢agree with
✍🏾Meaning
If a certain place or lifestyle agrees with you, it suits you and is good for you.
❕For example
agree with sb
🔺 Ever since she has moved to the country, Aunt Beth has looked much better. Country life obviously agrees with her.
agree with sb
🔺 Working the night shift seems to agree with Larry. He says he sleeps better if he goes to bed at dawn and gets up in the afternoon.
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Idiom of the Day
📚chew the fat | chew the rag
✍🏾Meaning
If you chew the fat, or chew the rag, you have a long, friendly chat with someone.
❕For example
🔺I sometimes call Wendy late at night and we chew the fat for an hour or so before going to sleep.
🔺Why don't you come over on Sunday morning and I'll make some breakfast and we can chew the rag for a couple of hours?
✔️Note:
"Chew the fat" is used more in British and Australian English, while "chew the rag" is used more in American English.
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Phrasal Verb of the Day
💢aim at
✍🏾Meaning
If you aim a product or a creative work at a particular group of people, you see those people as your market or your audience.
Synonym
target
❕For example
be aimed at sb
🔺 Our new course is aimed at people who want to learn English for business.
aim sth at sb
🔺 Disney Corp aims most of its movies at families and children.
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Phrasal Verb of the Day
💢add up
✍🏾Meaning
to add two or more numbers in order to find the total amount
❕Synonym
tot up (informal)
For example
add up
🔺 Fran has a good head for figures. She can add up really quickly, and she always gets the answer right.
add up sth
🔺 Could you add up these amounts and let me know the total?
add sth up
🔺 After he jotted down the cost of each dish, he added them up and found the total cost of the meal.
Nouns often used as objects with add up: numbers, figures, amounts, prices, costs
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