🏦The bank of mum and dad
= when parents lend or give their grown-up children money to help them pay for things they need or want but can’t afford
❗️The phrase: ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, may have originally been coined as a joke but nowadays this monetary notion is much more of a reality.
✨The cheapest way to get around waiting for your loan to arrive is to borrow from the Bank of Mum and Dad.
✨Some first-time buyers are lucky enough to be able to turn to the Bank of Mum and Dad.
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= when parents lend or give their grown-up children money to help them pay for things they need or want but can’t afford
❗️The phrase: ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, may have originally been coined as a joke but nowadays this monetary notion is much more of a reality.
✨The cheapest way to get around waiting for your loan to arrive is to borrow from the Bank of Mum and Dad.
✨Some first-time buyers are lucky enough to be able to turn to the Bank of Mum and Dad.
#idiom
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Forwarded from Omar Alamri
The following sentence may be interpreted in two ways. Mention the two possible meanings.
He might have realized that you were pulling his leg.
He might have realized that you were pulling his leg.
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1 It is possible that he realized.
2 H ought to have realized.
2 H ought to have realized.
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The following sentence may be interpreted in two ways. Mention the two possible meanings.
Will you call on him and tell him?
Will you call on him and tell him?
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1 Is this what you intend to do?
2 Would you do this for me (please)?
2 Would you do this for me (please)?
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The following sentence may be interpreted in two ways. Mention the two possible meanings.
She burned his last letter, in which he had proposed to her, so that no one could ever discover the truth.
She burned his last letter, in which he had proposed to her, so that no one could ever discover the truth.
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1 So that . . . expresses her purpose in burning the letter.
2 So that . . . expresses the result of her burning the letter.
2 So that . . . expresses the result of her burning the letter.
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The following sentence may be interpreted in two ways. Mention the two possible meanings.
We felt sure they would arrive in time.
We felt sure they would arrive in time.
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1 In time = eventually, sooner or later.
2 In time = early enough .
2 In time = early enough .
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The following sentence may be interpreted in two ways. Mention the two possible meanings.
After the marathon race the runners were very tired, if not exhausted.
After the marathon race the runners were very tired, if not exhausted.
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1 They were very tired, though perhaps not exhausted.
2 They were very tired, and perhaps even exhausted.
2 They were very tired, and perhaps even exhausted.
✨Snuggle
#verb
[intransitive usually + adv/prep]
UK,US /ˈsnʌɡ.əl/
يشد نفسه اليه ؛ يتكبب ؛ يتكرفس ؛ يجمع أطرافه ؛ يقترب من شخص/شيء للدف ء
= to move yourself into a warm and comfortable position, especially one in which your body is against another person or covered by something:
🔹The child snuggled up to her mother to get warm.
#Vocabulary
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#verb
[intransitive usually + adv/prep]
UK,US /ˈsnʌɡ.əl/
يشد نفسه اليه ؛ يتكبب ؛ يتكرفس ؛ يجمع أطرافه ؛ يقترب من شخص/شيء للدف ء
= to move yourself into a warm and comfortable position, especially one in which your body is against another person or covered by something:
🔹The child snuggled up to her mother to get warm.
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