#️⃣#Method /ˈmeθəd/ BrE AmE #noun
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⚪️method ▶️ a way of doing something, especially one that is well known and often used:
✨You can choose whichever method of payment you prefer.
✨an environmentally friendly method for treating household waste
⚪️way ▶️ a set of actions that you use in order to do something. Way is more #informal than method and is used more often in #everyday_English:
✨What’s the best way to remove wine stains?
✨a new way of treating the disease
✨There are lots of ways of cooking mushrooms.
⚪️means ▶️ something that you use to do something or achieve something:
✨Their main means of transport is their car.
✨E-mail is often the most convenient means of communication.
✨He looked around for a means of escape.
✨Education and training are the most efficient means of improving the nation’s economy.
⚪️approach ▶️ a way of dealing with a particular problem or situation, especially a way that has been carefully thought about or planned:
✨Today’s approach to raising children is very different from 40 years ago.
✨I think we need to try a different approach.
⚪️technique ▶️ a particular way of doing something, for which you need a skill that has to be learned and practised:
✨tips on how to improve your exam technique
✨More patients are surviving thanks to improved surgical techniques.
⚪️tactics ▶️ methods that you use in order to achieve what you want, especially in a game or competition:
✨There were complaints about police tactics used to clear demonstrators.
✨The team was discussing tactics for the game.
⚪️strategy ▶️ a set of carefully planned methods for achieving something that is difficult and may take a long time:
✨our sales strategy
✨a strategy to reduce the level of teenage smoking
⚪️mode #formal ▶️ a particular way of doing something:
✨For him, painting is just another mode of expression.
✨You can choose between several different modes of operation.
✨the most efficient mode of transportation
✨Withdrawing a child from class is still the preferred mode of providing extra help to that child.
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📚#Thesaurus:
⚪️method ▶️ a way of doing something, especially one that is well known and often used:
✨You can choose whichever method of payment you prefer.
✨an environmentally friendly method for treating household waste
⚪️way ▶️ a set of actions that you use in order to do something. Way is more #informal than method and is used more often in #everyday_English:
✨What’s the best way to remove wine stains?
✨a new way of treating the disease
✨There are lots of ways of cooking mushrooms.
⚪️means ▶️ something that you use to do something or achieve something:
✨Their main means of transport is their car.
✨E-mail is often the most convenient means of communication.
✨He looked around for a means of escape.
✨Education and training are the most efficient means of improving the nation’s economy.
⚪️approach ▶️ a way of dealing with a particular problem or situation, especially a way that has been carefully thought about or planned:
✨Today’s approach to raising children is very different from 40 years ago.
✨I think we need to try a different approach.
⚪️technique ▶️ a particular way of doing something, for which you need a skill that has to be learned and practised:
✨tips on how to improve your exam technique
✨More patients are surviving thanks to improved surgical techniques.
⚪️tactics ▶️ methods that you use in order to achieve what you want, especially in a game or competition:
✨There were complaints about police tactics used to clear demonstrators.
✨The team was discussing tactics for the game.
⚪️strategy ▶️ a set of carefully planned methods for achieving something that is difficult and may take a long time:
✨our sales strategy
✨a strategy to reduce the level of teenage smoking
⚪️mode #formal ▶️ a particular way of doing something:
✨For him, painting is just another mode of expression.
✨You can choose between several different modes of operation.
✨the most efficient mode of transportation
✨Withdrawing a child from class is still the preferred mode of providing extra help to that child.
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#️⃣#Punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/ #verb
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⚪️punish ➡️ to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something wrong or broken the law:
✨Drug smugglers are severely punished.
✨She wanted to punish him for deceiving her.
⚪️fine ➡️ to make someone pay money as a punishment:
✨The company was fined for safety violations.
⚪️sentence ➡️ if a judge sentences a criminal, he or she gives them an official punishment, usually sending them to prison for a period of time:
✨The judge sentenced Margolis to a year in prison.
⚪️penalize (also penalise #British_English) ➡️ to officially punish someone, especially by taking away their right to do something or by limiting their freedom in some way:
✨New laws will penalize firms that continue to pollute the environment.
⚪️discipline ➡️ to punish someone who has broken the rules of an organization that they belong to or work for:
✨Officers are expected to discipline soldiers who do not keep their uniforms in good condition.
⚪️come down hard on somebody #informal ➡️ to punish someone or criticize them severely:
✨The judge came down hard on Harris, saying that his crime was ‘inexcusable’.
⚪️make an example of somebody ➡️ to punish someone so that other people are afraid to do the same thing:
✨Athletics officials felt they had to make an example of him for using banned drugs.
⚪️teach somebody a lesson #informal ➡️ to do something in order to show someone that they must not do something again, when they have behaved very badly:
✨I didn't want to hurt him - I just wanted teach him a lesson.
✨Maybe a night in jail will teach him a lesson.
⚪️make somebody pay (for something) #informal ➡️ to make someone wish they had never done something, by making them suffer:
✨We should make him pay for all the mischief he's caused!
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📚#Thesaurus:
⚪️punish ➡️ to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something wrong or broken the law:
✨Drug smugglers are severely punished.
✨She wanted to punish him for deceiving her.
⚪️fine ➡️ to make someone pay money as a punishment:
✨The company was fined for safety violations.
⚪️sentence ➡️ if a judge sentences a criminal, he or she gives them an official punishment, usually sending them to prison for a period of time:
✨The judge sentenced Margolis to a year in prison.
⚪️penalize (also penalise #British_English) ➡️ to officially punish someone, especially by taking away their right to do something or by limiting their freedom in some way:
✨New laws will penalize firms that continue to pollute the environment.
⚪️discipline ➡️ to punish someone who has broken the rules of an organization that they belong to or work for:
✨Officers are expected to discipline soldiers who do not keep their uniforms in good condition.
⚪️come down hard on somebody #informal ➡️ to punish someone or criticize them severely:
✨The judge came down hard on Harris, saying that his crime was ‘inexcusable’.
⚪️make an example of somebody ➡️ to punish someone so that other people are afraid to do the same thing:
✨Athletics officials felt they had to make an example of him for using banned drugs.
⚪️teach somebody a lesson #informal ➡️ to do something in order to show someone that they must not do something again, when they have behaved very badly:
✨I didn't want to hurt him - I just wanted teach him a lesson.
✨Maybe a night in jail will teach him a lesson.
⚪️make somebody pay (for something) #informal ➡️ to make someone wish they had never done something, by making them suffer:
✨We should make him pay for all the mischief he's caused!
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#️⃣#Shake /ʃeɪk/ #verb 💢shake something out of/off/from something 🔹She shook the sand out of her shoes (=removed it by shaking). 2️⃣BODY [intransitive] ➡️ if someone shakes, or part of their body shakes, they make small sudden movements from side to side…
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💢shake down #phrasal_verb
1️⃣shake somebody down #American_English #informal ➡️ to get money from someone by using threats:
🔹Corrupt officials were shaking down local business owners.
2️⃣shake somebody/something down #American_English #informal ➡️ to search a person or place thoroughly
3️⃣if a new situation or arrangement shakes down, people start to get used to it and it becomes more effective:
🔹The restructure has shaken down, and staff are showing a new sense of purpose.
💢shake somebody/something off #phrasal_verb
1️⃣to get rid of an illness, problem etc:
🔹I can’t seem to shake off this cold.
💢shake off your image/reputation as something
🔹Outside investment has helped Sheridan to shake off its image as a depressed industrial town.
2️⃣to escape from someone who is chasing you:
🔹I think we’ve shaken them off.
💢shake out #phrasal_verb
1️⃣shake something out ➡️ to shake a cloth, a bag, a sheet etc so that any small pieces of dirt, dust etc come off:
🔹He shook out the handkerchief and put it back in his pocket.
2️⃣if an organization or industry shakes out, it becomes calmer after a difficult period of time:
🔹He’ll look for bargains after the real estate market shakes out.
3️⃣shake something out ➡️ to change a situation by removing things from it that are not useful or that do not make a profit:
🔹As the airline industry shakes out all but the very fittest, catering companies could face serious troubles.
💢shake somebody/something up #phrasal_verb
1️⃣to give someone a very unpleasant shock, so that they feel very upset and frightened:
🔹She was badly shaken up by the accident.
2️⃣to make changes to an organization in order to make it more effective SYN overhaul:
🔹the government’s plans to shake up the educational system
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💢shake down #phrasal_verb
1️⃣shake somebody down #American_English #informal ➡️ to get money from someone by using threats:
🔹Corrupt officials were shaking down local business owners.
2️⃣shake somebody/something down #American_English #informal ➡️ to search a person or place thoroughly
3️⃣if a new situation or arrangement shakes down, people start to get used to it and it becomes more effective:
🔹The restructure has shaken down, and staff are showing a new sense of purpose.
💢shake somebody/something off #phrasal_verb
1️⃣to get rid of an illness, problem etc:
🔹I can’t seem to shake off this cold.
💢shake off your image/reputation as something
🔹Outside investment has helped Sheridan to shake off its image as a depressed industrial town.
2️⃣to escape from someone who is chasing you:
🔹I think we’ve shaken them off.
💢shake out #phrasal_verb
1️⃣shake something out ➡️ to shake a cloth, a bag, a sheet etc so that any small pieces of dirt, dust etc come off:
🔹He shook out the handkerchief and put it back in his pocket.
2️⃣if an organization or industry shakes out, it becomes calmer after a difficult period of time:
🔹He’ll look for bargains after the real estate market shakes out.
3️⃣shake something out ➡️ to change a situation by removing things from it that are not useful or that do not make a profit:
🔹As the airline industry shakes out all but the very fittest, catering companies could face serious troubles.
💢shake somebody/something up #phrasal_verb
1️⃣to give someone a very unpleasant shock, so that they feel very upset and frightened:
🔹She was badly shaken up by the accident.
2️⃣to make changes to an organization in order to make it more effective SYN overhaul:
🔹the government’s plans to shake up the educational system
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#️⃣#Shake /ʃeɪk/ 💢shake down #phrasal_verb 1️⃣shake somebody down #American_English #informal ➡️ to get money from someone by using threats: 🔹Corrupt officials were shaking down local business owners. 2️⃣shake somebody/something down #American_English…
#️⃣#Shake /ʃeɪk/ #noun
رجة ؛ مصافحة ؛ ارتجاج ؛ هزة ؛ تحريك ؛ هزة أرضية ؛ ارتعاش ؛ طرد ؛ صرف ؛ قشعريرة
1️⃣[countable] if you give something a shake, you move it up and down or from side to side:
🔹Give the bottle a good shake before use.
🔹He refused with a shake of the head (=a movement of the head from side to side to mean ˈnoˈ).
2️⃣[countable] a cold drink made from milk, ice cream, and fruit or chocolate SYN milk shake:
🔹a strawberry shake
3️⃣the shakes ➡️ nervous shaking of your body caused by illness, fear, too much alcohol, not getting a drug you are dependent on etc:
🔹If I don’t smoke, I get the shakes.
4️⃣in a couple of shakes/two shakes #informal ➡️ very soon:
🔹I’ll be back in two shakes.
5️⃣no great shakes #spoken ➡️ not very skilful, or not very good:
🔹He’s no great shakes as a singer.
6️⃣get/give somebody a fair shake #informal ➡️ to get or give someone fair treatment
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رجة ؛ مصافحة ؛ ارتجاج ؛ هزة ؛ تحريك ؛ هزة أرضية ؛ ارتعاش ؛ طرد ؛ صرف ؛ قشعريرة
1️⃣[countable] if you give something a shake, you move it up and down or from side to side:
🔹Give the bottle a good shake before use.
🔹He refused with a shake of the head (=a movement of the head from side to side to mean ˈnoˈ).
2️⃣[countable] a cold drink made from milk, ice cream, and fruit or chocolate SYN milk shake:
🔹a strawberry shake
3️⃣the shakes ➡️ nervous shaking of your body caused by illness, fear, too much alcohol, not getting a drug you are dependent on etc:
🔹If I don’t smoke, I get the shakes.
4️⃣in a couple of shakes/two shakes #informal ➡️ very soon:
🔹I’ll be back in two shakes.
5️⃣no great shakes #spoken ➡️ not very skilful, or not very good:
🔹He’s no great shakes as a singer.
6️⃣get/give somebody a fair shake #informal ➡️ to get or give someone fair treatment
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#️⃣#Spread /spred/ #verb 💢spread through 🔹Fire quickly spread through the building. 💢spread over 🔹He watched the dark stain spread over the gray carpet. 💢spread among 🔹The disease spread rapidly amongst the poor. 💢spread (from something) to something…
#️⃣#Spread /spred/ #noun
سطح ؛ غطاء السرير ؛ مأدبة ؛ نشر ؛ انتشار ؛ امتداد ؛ صفحة ؛ فوطة ؛ غطاء المائدة ؛ مزرعة المواشي ؛ منشور ؛ غماس ؛ مفروش ؛ منتشر
1️⃣INCREASE [singular] ➡️ when something affects or is known about by more people or involves a larger area
💢spread of
🔹an attempt to stop the spread of nuclear weapons
🔹the rapid spread of cholera in Latin America
2️⃣SOFT FOOD [uncountable and countable]
🅰️a soft substance made from vegetable oil that is used like butter:
🔹one slice of toast with a low-fat spread
🅱️a soft food which you spread on bread
💢cheese/chocolate etc spread
3️⃣RANGE [singular] ➡️ a range of people or things
💢wide/broad/good spread of something
🔹We have a good spread of ages in the department.
🔹a broad spread of investments
4️⃣AREA [singular] ➡️ the total area in which something exists:
🔹the geographical spread of the company’s hotels
5️⃣double-page spread/centre spread ➡️ a special article or advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, which covers two pages or covers the centre pages:
🔹There’s a double-page spread in Sunday’s paper.
6️⃣LARGE MEAL [singular] #informal ➡️ a large meal for several guests on a special occasion:
🔹Tom’s mum laid on a huge spread.
7️⃣HAND/WINGS [uncountable] ➡️ the area covered when the fingers of a hand, or a bird’s wings, are fully stretched
8️⃣BED COVER [countable] ➡️ a bedspread
9️⃣MONEY [countable] #technical ➡️ the difference between the prices at which something is bought and sold, or the interest rates for lending and borrowing money
💢spread between
🔹the spread between the city banks’ loan rates and deposit rates
1️⃣0️⃣SPORT [singular] #American _English ➡️ the number of points between the scores of two opposing teams:
🔹a four-point spread
1️⃣1️⃣spread of land/water ➡️ an area of land or water
1️⃣2️⃣FARM [countable] #American_English ➡️ a large farm or ranch
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سطح ؛ غطاء السرير ؛ مأدبة ؛ نشر ؛ انتشار ؛ امتداد ؛ صفحة ؛ فوطة ؛ غطاء المائدة ؛ مزرعة المواشي ؛ منشور ؛ غماس ؛ مفروش ؛ منتشر
1️⃣INCREASE [singular] ➡️ when something affects or is known about by more people or involves a larger area
💢spread of
🔹an attempt to stop the spread of nuclear weapons
🔹the rapid spread of cholera in Latin America
2️⃣SOFT FOOD [uncountable and countable]
🅰️a soft substance made from vegetable oil that is used like butter:
🔹one slice of toast with a low-fat spread
🅱️a soft food which you spread on bread
💢cheese/chocolate etc spread
3️⃣RANGE [singular] ➡️ a range of people or things
💢wide/broad/good spread of something
🔹We have a good spread of ages in the department.
🔹a broad spread of investments
4️⃣AREA [singular] ➡️ the total area in which something exists:
🔹the geographical spread of the company’s hotels
5️⃣double-page spread/centre spread ➡️ a special article or advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, which covers two pages or covers the centre pages:
🔹There’s a double-page spread in Sunday’s paper.
6️⃣LARGE MEAL [singular] #informal ➡️ a large meal for several guests on a special occasion:
🔹Tom’s mum laid on a huge spread.
7️⃣HAND/WINGS [uncountable] ➡️ the area covered when the fingers of a hand, or a bird’s wings, are fully stretched
8️⃣BED COVER [countable] ➡️ a bedspread
9️⃣MONEY [countable] #technical ➡️ the difference between the prices at which something is bought and sold, or the interest rates for lending and borrowing money
💢spread between
🔹the spread between the city banks’ loan rates and deposit rates
1️⃣0️⃣SPORT [singular] #American _English ➡️ the number of points between the scores of two opposing teams:
🔹a four-point spread
1️⃣1️⃣spread of land/water ➡️ an area of land or water
1️⃣2️⃣FARM [countable] #American_English ➡️ a large farm or ranch
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#️⃣#Spread /spred/ #noun سطح ؛ غطاء السرير ؛ مأدبة ؛ نشر ؛ انتشار ؛ امتداد ؛ صفحة ؛ فوطة ؛ غطاء المائدة ؛ مزرعة المواشي ؛ منشور ؛ غماس ؛ مفروش ؛ منتشر 1️⃣INCREASE [singular] ➡️ when something affects or is known about by more people or involves a larger…
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⚪️farm ➡️ an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals:
✨a 300-hectare farm
✨a dairy farm
✨a sheep farm
⚪️ranch ➡️ a very large farm in the western US, Canada, or South America where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred:
✨a cattle ranch in Wyoming
⚪️smallholding #British_English ➡️ a piece of land used for farming, that is smaller than an ordinary farm:
✨a smallholding used for organic farming
⚪️plantation ➡️ a large area of land in a hot country, where crops such as tea, cotton, and sugar are grown:
✨a rubber plantation
✨a tea plantation
⚪️homestead ➡️ a piece of land for farming that was given to people in the past by the US and Canadian governments:
✨He still farms on the family homestead, a hundred years after his grandfather received it.
⚪️spread #American_English #informal ➡️ an area of land used for farming or ranching:
✨They have a pretty big spread just south of the Canadian border.
⚪️market garden ➡️ an area of land, often with greenhouses on it, used for growing vegetables and fruit:
✨He runs his own market garden, and sells his produce to the big supermarkets.
⚪️orchard ➡️ an area of land with trees, used for growing fruit:
✨an apple orchard
✨cherry orchards
⚪️allotment #British_English ➡️ a small area of land of land, especially in a town or city, which you can use for growing your own vegetables.The land is usually owned by the local council, who charge a very low rent:
✨We grew the tomatoes on our allotment.
⚪️agriculture ➡️ the practice of farming:
✨More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.
⚪️arable adjective ➡️ relating to growing crops:
✨a lack of arable land
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⚪️farm ➡️ an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals:
✨a 300-hectare farm
✨a dairy farm
✨a sheep farm
⚪️ranch ➡️ a very large farm in the western US, Canada, or South America where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred:
✨a cattle ranch in Wyoming
⚪️smallholding #British_English ➡️ a piece of land used for farming, that is smaller than an ordinary farm:
✨a smallholding used for organic farming
⚪️plantation ➡️ a large area of land in a hot country, where crops such as tea, cotton, and sugar are grown:
✨a rubber plantation
✨a tea plantation
⚪️homestead ➡️ a piece of land for farming that was given to people in the past by the US and Canadian governments:
✨He still farms on the family homestead, a hundred years after his grandfather received it.
⚪️spread #American_English #informal ➡️ an area of land used for farming or ranching:
✨They have a pretty big spread just south of the Canadian border.
⚪️market garden ➡️ an area of land, often with greenhouses on it, used for growing vegetables and fruit:
✨He runs his own market garden, and sells his produce to the big supermarkets.
⚪️orchard ➡️ an area of land with trees, used for growing fruit:
✨an apple orchard
✨cherry orchards
⚪️allotment #British_English ➡️ a small area of land of land, especially in a town or city, which you can use for growing your own vegetables.The land is usually owned by the local council, who charge a very low rent:
✨We grew the tomatoes on our allotment.
⚪️agriculture ➡️ the practice of farming:
✨More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.
⚪️arable adjective ➡️ relating to growing crops:
✨a lack of arable land
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🔹Essential American Idioms🔹
⭐️#ACCOMPLISHMENT:
✨Have come a long way
▶️ to have accomplished much; to have advanced much.
🔻My, how famous you are. You've come a long way.
🔻Tom has come a long way in a short time.
✨Let well enough alone AND leave well enough alone
▶️ to leave things as they are (and not try to improve them).
🔻There isn't much more you can accomplish here. Why don't you just let well enough alone.
🔻This is as good as I can do. I'll stop and leave well enough alone.
✨Make a dent in something
▶️ to begin to consume or accomplish something. (#Informal.)
🔻Bob, you've hardly made a dent in your dinner!
🔻There is a lot of rice left. We hardly made a dent in it all week.
🔻Get busy! You haven't even made a dent in your work.
✨Make a go of it
▶️ to make something work out all right. (#Informal.)
🔻It's a tough situation, but Ann is trying to make a go of it.
🔻We don’t like living here, but we have to make a go of it.
✨Make the grade
▶️ to be satisfactory; to be what is expected. (#Informal.)
🔻I'm sorry, but your work doesn't exactly make the grade.
🔻This meal doesn't just make the grade. It is excellent.
✨Put something over
▶️ to accomplish something.
🔻This is a very hard thing to explain to a large audience. I hope I can put it over.
🔻This is a big request for money. I go before the board of directors this afternoon, and I hope I can put it over.
✨Reach one's stride AND hit one's stride
▶️ to do something at one's best level of ability.
🔻When I reach my stride, things will go faster, and I'll be more efficient.
🔻Now that I've hit my stride, I can work more efficiently.
✨Square someone or something away
▶️ to get someone or something arranged properly taken care of.
🔻See if you can square Bob away in his new office.
🔻Please square away the problems we discussed earlier.
✨What's done is done.
▶️ It is final and in the past.
🔻It's too late to change it now. What's done is done.
🔻What's done is done. The past cannot be altered.
✨Work (one's way) into something
▶️ to (literally or figuratively) squeeze into something.
🔻Ann worked her way into the club, and now she's a member in good standing.
🔻The skunk worked its way into the hollow log.
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⭐️#ACCOMPLISHMENT:
✨Have come a long way
▶️ to have accomplished much; to have advanced much.
🔻My, how famous you are. You've come a long way.
🔻Tom has come a long way in a short time.
✨Let well enough alone AND leave well enough alone
▶️ to leave things as they are (and not try to improve them).
🔻There isn't much more you can accomplish here. Why don't you just let well enough alone.
🔻This is as good as I can do. I'll stop and leave well enough alone.
✨Make a dent in something
▶️ to begin to consume or accomplish something. (#Informal.)
🔻Bob, you've hardly made a dent in your dinner!
🔻There is a lot of rice left. We hardly made a dent in it all week.
🔻Get busy! You haven't even made a dent in your work.
✨Make a go of it
▶️ to make something work out all right. (#Informal.)
🔻It's a tough situation, but Ann is trying to make a go of it.
🔻We don’t like living here, but we have to make a go of it.
✨Make the grade
▶️ to be satisfactory; to be what is expected. (#Informal.)
🔻I'm sorry, but your work doesn't exactly make the grade.
🔻This meal doesn't just make the grade. It is excellent.
✨Put something over
▶️ to accomplish something.
🔻This is a very hard thing to explain to a large audience. I hope I can put it over.
🔻This is a big request for money. I go before the board of directors this afternoon, and I hope I can put it over.
✨Reach one's stride AND hit one's stride
▶️ to do something at one's best level of ability.
🔻When I reach my stride, things will go faster, and I'll be more efficient.
🔻Now that I've hit my stride, I can work more efficiently.
✨Square someone or something away
▶️ to get someone or something arranged properly taken care of.
🔻See if you can square Bob away in his new office.
🔻Please square away the problems we discussed earlier.
✨What's done is done.
▶️ It is final and in the past.
🔻It's too late to change it now. What's done is done.
🔻What's done is done. The past cannot be altered.
✨Work (one's way) into something
▶️ to (literally or figuratively) squeeze into something.
🔻Ann worked her way into the club, and now she's a member in good standing.
🔻The skunk worked its way into the hollow log.
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🔹Essential American Idioms🔹
⭐️#ACHIEVEMENT
✨Find one's own level ▶️ to find the position or rank to which one is best suited. (As water "seeks its own level.")
🔻You can not force clerks to be ambitious. They will all find their own level.
🔻The new student is happier in the beginning class. It was just a question of letting her find her own level.
✨Meet the requirements (for something) ▶️ to fulfill the requirements for something.
🔻Sally was unable to meet the requirements for the job.
🔻Jane met the requirements and was told to report to work the next day.
✨Pay one's dues ▶️ to have earned one's right to something through hard work or suffering. (#Informal.)
🔻He worked hard to get to where he is today. He paid his dues and did what he was told.
🔻I have every right to be here. I paid my dues!
✨Pull something off ▶️ to manage to make something happen. (#Informal.)
🔻Do you think you can pull off this deal?
🔻Yes, I can pull it off.
✨Rest on one's laurels ▶️ to enjoy one's success and not try to achieve more.
🔻Don't rest on your laurels. Try to continue to do great things!
🔻I think I'll rest on my laurels for a time before attempting anything new.
✨Run the good race ▶️ to do the best that one could; to live life as well and as fully as possible.
🔻He didn't get what he wanted, but he ran the good race.
🔻Joan ran the good race, and she will be remembered by all of us.
✨Get to first base (with someone or something) AND reach first base (with someone or something) ▶️ to make a major advance with someone or something. (#Informal. First base refers to baseball.)
🔻I wish I could get to first base with this business deal.
🔻John adores Sally, but he shirt? can't even reach first base with her. She won't even speak to him.
🔻He smiles and acts friendly, but he can't get to first base.
✨Go a long way toward doing something AND go a long way in doing something almost ▶️ to satisfy specific conditions; to be almost right.
🔻This machine goes a long way toward meeting our needs.
🔻Your plan went a long way in helping us with our problem.
✨Measure up (to someone's expectations) ▶️ to be as good as one expects.
🔻This meal doesn't measure up to my expectations.
🔻Why doesn't it measure up?
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⭐️#ACHIEVEMENT
✨Find one's own level ▶️ to find the position or rank to which one is best suited. (As water "seeks its own level.")
🔻You can not force clerks to be ambitious. They will all find their own level.
🔻The new student is happier in the beginning class. It was just a question of letting her find her own level.
✨Meet the requirements (for something) ▶️ to fulfill the requirements for something.
🔻Sally was unable to meet the requirements for the job.
🔻Jane met the requirements and was told to report to work the next day.
✨Pay one's dues ▶️ to have earned one's right to something through hard work or suffering. (#Informal.)
🔻He worked hard to get to where he is today. He paid his dues and did what he was told.
🔻I have every right to be here. I paid my dues!
✨Pull something off ▶️ to manage to make something happen. (#Informal.)
🔻Do you think you can pull off this deal?
🔻Yes, I can pull it off.
✨Rest on one's laurels ▶️ to enjoy one's success and not try to achieve more.
🔻Don't rest on your laurels. Try to continue to do great things!
🔻I think I'll rest on my laurels for a time before attempting anything new.
✨Run the good race ▶️ to do the best that one could; to live life as well and as fully as possible.
🔻He didn't get what he wanted, but he ran the good race.
🔻Joan ran the good race, and she will be remembered by all of us.
✨Get to first base (with someone or something) AND reach first base (with someone or something) ▶️ to make a major advance with someone or something. (#Informal. First base refers to baseball.)
🔻I wish I could get to first base with this business deal.
🔻John adores Sally, but he shirt? can't even reach first base with her. She won't even speak to him.
🔻He smiles and acts friendly, but he can't get to first base.
✨Go a long way toward doing something AND go a long way in doing something almost ▶️ to satisfy specific conditions; to be almost right.
🔻This machine goes a long way toward meeting our needs.
🔻Your plan went a long way in helping us with our problem.
✨Measure up (to someone's expectations) ▶️ to be as good as one expects.
🔻This meal doesn't measure up to my expectations.
🔻Why doesn't it measure up?
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♦️Tearjerker
#NOUN [COUNTABLE] #INFORMAL
/ˈtɪə(r)ˌdʒɜː(r)kə(r)/
* plural 👉🏻 tearjerkers
= a book, film, play, etc. that has a sad story intended to make people cry or be sad
🔹Bring a pile of tissues with you when you watch that film - it's a real tearjerker!
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#NOUN [COUNTABLE] #INFORMAL
/ˈtɪə(r)ˌdʒɜː(r)kə(r)/
* plural 👉🏻 tearjerkers
= a book, film, play, etc. that has a sad story intended to make people cry or be sad
🔹Bring a pile of tissues with you when you watch that film - it's a real tearjerker!
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*✨*Ƥracтιce Maĸeѕ Ƥerғecт*✨*
(Point 4️⃣) Don't use myself when giving an order. A #reflexive_personal_pronoun refers back to the subject. When you give an order (i.e., an imperative sentence), the implied subject is "you." This means you can only use yourself or yourselves in an imperative…
🔻Using Object Pronouns in #Informal_English
"There are three situations where the object pronoun is sometimes used (especially in informal English) although it is the subject in terms of meaning:
(A) After than or as in comparisons:
➖They work longer hours than us.
(B) In replies without a verb.
➖'I'm feeling very tired.' ' Me too.'
(C) After the verb be (as complement).
➖'Is that the Prime Minister, in the middle of the photograph?' 'Yes, that's him.'
In all three cases, the subject pronoun (we, I, he) is uncommon and #formal, although some people think it is 'correct.' The object pronoun is much more common.
"To be safe, for (A) and (B) above, use the subject pronoun + auxiliary; everyone is happy with this!
➖Her sister can sing better than she can.
➖'I am feeling very tired.' ' I am, too.'"
(Geoffrey Leech, Benita Cruickshank, and Roz Ivanic, An A-Z of English Grammar & Usage, 2nd ed. Pearson, 2001)
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"There are three situations where the object pronoun is sometimes used (especially in informal English) although it is the subject in terms of meaning:
(A) After than or as in comparisons:
➖They work longer hours than us.
(B) In replies without a verb.
➖'I'm feeling very tired.' ' Me too.'
(C) After the verb be (as complement).
➖'Is that the Prime Minister, in the middle of the photograph?' 'Yes, that's him.'
In all three cases, the subject pronoun (we, I, he) is uncommon and #formal, although some people think it is 'correct.' The object pronoun is much more common.
"To be safe, for (A) and (B) above, use the subject pronoun + auxiliary; everyone is happy with this!
➖Her sister can sing better than she can.
➖'I am feeling very tired.' ' I am, too.'"
(Geoffrey Leech, Benita Cruickshank, and Roz Ivanic, An A-Z of English Grammar & Usage, 2nd ed. Pearson, 2001)
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*✨*Ƥracтιce Maĸeѕ Ƥerғecт*✨*
4️⃣ Indefinite Pronouns 🔻What are #Indefinite_Pronouns? An #indefinite_pronoun is a pronoun that refers to an unspecified or unidentified person or thing. It's vague rather than specific, and it doesn't have an antecedent. #Indefinite_pronouns include:…
🔻Singular Indefinite Pronouns
Most #indefinite_pronouns take singular verbs, either because they represent one thing or because they are collective, and, like collective nouns, agree with singular verbs and pronouns.
➖Neither of us is available for the committee.
➖Each member of the family has the flu.
➖Everyone works well together.
➖Someone came into the room looking for her water bottle.
➖Everybody kept the information on the surprise to him or herself.
➖Either option presents its own challenges.
In #informal speech, someone would likely say, "Everybody kept the information on the surprise to themselves," and no one would find a reason to correct the speaker, because the context is clear!
🔻Plural and Variable Pronouns
🔹Plural #indefinite_pronouns take plural verbs. For example:
➖Both of us match the description.
➖Many were hoping for a better outcome.
➖Few were optimistic about this ballgame.
🔹Variable #indefinite_pronouns (all, any, more, most, none, some) can go with either a plural or a singular verb, based on what noun they're talking about.
➖Most employees are getting a raise.
➖All the ice is gone.
➖Some ice cubes are in that cooler.
➖Any experience is beneficial to the job.
➖Some of his sadness practically feels tangible.
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Most #indefinite_pronouns take singular verbs, either because they represent one thing or because they are collective, and, like collective nouns, agree with singular verbs and pronouns.
➖Neither of us is available for the committee.
➖Each member of the family has the flu.
➖Everyone works well together.
➖Someone came into the room looking for her water bottle.
➖Everybody kept the information on the surprise to him or herself.
➖Either option presents its own challenges.
In #informal speech, someone would likely say, "Everybody kept the information on the surprise to themselves," and no one would find a reason to correct the speaker, because the context is clear!
🔻Plural and Variable Pronouns
🔹Plural #indefinite_pronouns take plural verbs. For example:
➖Both of us match the description.
➖Many were hoping for a better outcome.
➖Few were optimistic about this ballgame.
🔹Variable #indefinite_pronouns (all, any, more, most, none, some) can go with either a plural or a singular verb, based on what noun they're talking about.
➖Most employees are getting a raise.
➖All the ice is gone.
➖Some ice cubes are in that cooler.
➖Any experience is beneficial to the job.
➖Some of his sadness practically feels tangible.
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Approximations (around four o’clock)
✨When we speak, we often try not to be too exact or factual because it can sound very direct. As a result, we add expressions to make what we say more approximate or vague.
Compare!
➖I’ve lived here for two years and four months.(This might sound too factual or exact.)
➖I’ve lived here for almost two and a half years.(This is more approximate and sounds less factual and exact.)
⭕️Before a number
➖We’ll pick you up around six.
➖In this country, we usually have dinner at about seven o’clock.
🅰️:How long have you been living here?
🅱️:For about three years.
➖Roughly 30 people are coming to my graduation party.
➖Up to 20 people are still missing after the earthquake.
➖She said she’d call here at or around ten o’clock.
✨We also use approximation in #formal speech and writing:
➖The accident occurred at approximately 9 am.
➖In the region of 40 jobs are to be lost at the factory.
➖As many as 300 people were on the train when it broke down.
⭕️After a number
🔹Number + -odd:
➖Forty-odd people turned up at the demonstration. (at least 40 and maybe more)
🅰️:How much oil does the tank hold?
🅱️:I’m not sure. Fifty-odd litres, I’d say. (at least 50 litres and maybe more)
🚫We do not use -odd to talk about time:
➖It’s about seven o’clock at least.
Not: … seven-odd o’clock …✘
🔹Number + head noun + or so
🅰️:Can I have a lift to town with you?
🅱️:Absolutely. I’ll be leaving in ten minutes or so.
🔹Number + head noun + or something
🅰️:What’s the weight limit for luggage?
🅱️:20 kilos or something.
🔹Number + head noun + or thereabouts (more #formal)
✨[someone is giving directions]
➖Once you get to the school, turn left and our house is the first one on the left, half a mile, or thereabouts, up that road.
🔹Number + more or less (#informal_speaking)
➖This is going to cost four hundred pounds, more or less. (preferred to This is going to cost more or less four hundred pounds.)
🔹Using or between numbers
➖The bus from the airport usually costs just three or four pounds.
🔹Adding the suffix -ish (#informal_speaking)
🅰️:What time are we going out?
🅱️:I think Linda said that she’d pick us up at sixish.
🅰️:What age are Gabriela’s children?
🅱️:Her daughter is fourish and her son must be at least seven.
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✨When we speak, we often try not to be too exact or factual because it can sound very direct. As a result, we add expressions to make what we say more approximate or vague.
Compare!
➖I’ve lived here for two years and four months.(This might sound too factual or exact.)
➖I’ve lived here for almost two and a half years.(This is more approximate and sounds less factual and exact.)
⭕️Before a number
➖We’ll pick you up around six.
➖In this country, we usually have dinner at about seven o’clock.
🅰️:How long have you been living here?
🅱️:For about three years.
➖Roughly 30 people are coming to my graduation party.
➖Up to 20 people are still missing after the earthquake.
➖She said she’d call here at or around ten o’clock.
✨We also use approximation in #formal speech and writing:
➖The accident occurred at approximately 9 am.
➖In the region of 40 jobs are to be lost at the factory.
➖As many as 300 people were on the train when it broke down.
⭕️After a number
🔹Number + -odd:
➖Forty-odd people turned up at the demonstration. (at least 40 and maybe more)
🅰️:How much oil does the tank hold?
🅱️:I’m not sure. Fifty-odd litres, I’d say. (at least 50 litres and maybe more)
🚫We do not use -odd to talk about time:
➖It’s about seven o’clock at least.
Not: … seven-odd o’clock …✘
🔹Number + head noun + or so
🅰️:Can I have a lift to town with you?
🅱️:Absolutely. I’ll be leaving in ten minutes or so.
🔹Number + head noun + or something
🅰️:What’s the weight limit for luggage?
🅱️:20 kilos or something.
🔹Number + head noun + or thereabouts (more #formal)
✨[someone is giving directions]
➖Once you get to the school, turn left and our house is the first one on the left, half a mile, or thereabouts, up that road.
🔹Number + more or less (#informal_speaking)
➖This is going to cost four hundred pounds, more or less. (preferred to This is going to cost more or less four hundred pounds.)
🔹Using or between numbers
➖The bus from the airport usually costs just three or four pounds.
🔹Adding the suffix -ish (#informal_speaking)
🅰️:What time are we going out?
🅱️:I think Linda said that she’d pick us up at sixish.
🅰️:What age are Gabriela’s children?
🅱️:Her daughter is fourish and her son must be at least seven.
#Useful_phrases
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Statistics 🆚 Statistic
🔻1-Statistics
(also #informal stats) [plural]
= a collection of information shown in numbers
🔹Analysis of crime statistics showed high levels of violent crime within the area.
🔹Statistics show that far more people are able to ride a bicycle than can drive a car.
🔹These statistics are misleading.
🔘according to statistics
🔹According to official statistics, the disease killed over 500 people.
🔘statistics on something
🔹He should read some of the statistics on economic growth.
🔻2-Statistics
(also #informal stats) [uncountable]
= the science of collecting and analysing statistics
🔹There is a compulsory course in statistics.
🔻3-Statistic
(also #informal stat) [countable]
= a piece of information shown in numbers
🔹An important statistic is that 94 per cent of crime relates to property.
🔹As with every statistic, there are trends behind the numbers.
🔹I felt I was no longer being treated as a person but as a statistic.
✨By Prof. Omar Alamri
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🔻1-Statistics
(also #informal stats) [plural]
= a collection of information shown in numbers
🔹Analysis of crime statistics showed high levels of violent crime within the area.
🔹Statistics show that far more people are able to ride a bicycle than can drive a car.
🔹These statistics are misleading.
🔘according to statistics
🔹According to official statistics, the disease killed over 500 people.
🔘statistics on something
🔹He should read some of the statistics on economic growth.
🔻2-Statistics
(also #informal stats) [uncountable]
= the science of collecting and analysing statistics
🔹There is a compulsory course in statistics.
🔻3-Statistic
(also #informal stat) [countable]
= a piece of information shown in numbers
🔹An important statistic is that 94 per cent of crime relates to property.
🔹As with every statistic, there are trends behind the numbers.
🔹I felt I was no longer being treated as a person but as a statistic.
✨By Prof. Omar Alamri
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🔻Be all go
✨مشغول جداً / مزدحم
= be (a situation where people are) very active or busy: #informal
➖It was all go in the office today.
#idiom
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✨مشغول جداً / مزدحم
= be (a situation where people are) very active or busy: #informal
➖It was all go in the office today.
#idiom
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🔻Give it a rest
#informal
🔻وقّف
🔻اسكت / ريّحنا أو نقّطنا بسكاتك
= said when you want someone to stop talking about or doing something that is annoying you:
✨Oh, give it a rest, can't you?
#idiom
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#informal
🔻وقّف
🔻اسكت / ريّحنا أو نقّطنا بسكاتك
= said when you want someone to stop talking about or doing something that is annoying you:
✨Oh, give it a rest, can't you?
#idiom
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🔹Get the hang of something #informal
= to learn how to do something or use something:
🔻It seems difficult at first, but you’ll soon get the hang of it.
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= to learn how to do something or use something:
🔻It seems difficult at first, but you’ll soon get the hang of it.
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🔹Essential American Idioms🔹
⭐️#ACQUISITION
✨Come by something ▶️ to find or get something
🔻How did you come by that haircut?
🔻Where did you come by that new shirt?
✨Come by something honestly ▶️ to inherit something—a character trait—from one's parents.
🔻I know I'm mean. I came by it honestly, though.
🔻She came by her kindness honestly.
✨Come in for something AND fall in for something ▶️ to receive something; to acquire something.
🔻Mary came in for a tremendous amount of money when her aunt died.
🔻Sally fell in for a lot of trouble when she bought a used car.
✨Come into something ▶️ to inherit something.
🔻Jane came into a small fortune when her aunt died.
🔻Mary came into a house and a new car when her rich uncle died.
✨Come someone's way ▶️ to come to someone.
🔻I wish a large sum of money would come my way.
🔻I hope that no had luck comes my way.
✨Get (a) hold of something ▶️ to obtain something
🔻I’m trying to get hold of a glass jar. I need it for school.
🔻Does anyone know where I can get a hold of a spare tire?
🔻I have hold of a very large piece of land.
✨Get one's hands on someone or something AND lay one's hands on someone or something ▶️ to get (a)hold of someone or something; to get someone or something in one's grasp. (#Informal. Sometimes said in anger, as if one may wish to do harm.)
🔻Just wait until I get my hands on Tom. I'll really give him something to think about.
🔻When I lay my hands on my book again, I'll never lend it to anyone.
✨Get one's hooks into someone or something ▶️ to grasp someone or something; to acquire someone or something; to get someone or something in one's grasp. (Said of someone who is grasping and acquisitive and who will not let go easily. Usually said about a person or about something that is small enough to grasp in one's hand.)
🔻I want to get my hooks into a copy of that book.
🔻She cant wait until she gets her hooks into George.
✨Pick something up ▶️ to find, purchase, or acquire something.
🔻Where did you pick that up?
🔻I picked up this tool at the hardware store.
📚#Thematic_Dictionary
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⭐️#ACQUISITION
✨Come by something ▶️ to find or get something
🔻How did you come by that haircut?
🔻Where did you come by that new shirt?
✨Come by something honestly ▶️ to inherit something—a character trait—from one's parents.
🔻I know I'm mean. I came by it honestly, though.
🔻She came by her kindness honestly.
✨Come in for something AND fall in for something ▶️ to receive something; to acquire something.
🔻Mary came in for a tremendous amount of money when her aunt died.
🔻Sally fell in for a lot of trouble when she bought a used car.
✨Come into something ▶️ to inherit something.
🔻Jane came into a small fortune when her aunt died.
🔻Mary came into a house and a new car when her rich uncle died.
✨Come someone's way ▶️ to come to someone.
🔻I wish a large sum of money would come my way.
🔻I hope that no had luck comes my way.
✨Get (a) hold of something ▶️ to obtain something
🔻I’m trying to get hold of a glass jar. I need it for school.
🔻Does anyone know where I can get a hold of a spare tire?
🔻I have hold of a very large piece of land.
✨Get one's hands on someone or something AND lay one's hands on someone or something ▶️ to get (a)hold of someone or something; to get someone or something in one's grasp. (#Informal. Sometimes said in anger, as if one may wish to do harm.)
🔻Just wait until I get my hands on Tom. I'll really give him something to think about.
🔻When I lay my hands on my book again, I'll never lend it to anyone.
✨Get one's hooks into someone or something ▶️ to grasp someone or something; to acquire someone or something; to get someone or something in one's grasp. (Said of someone who is grasping and acquisitive and who will not let go easily. Usually said about a person or about something that is small enough to grasp in one's hand.)
🔻I want to get my hooks into a copy of that book.
🔻She cant wait until she gets her hooks into George.
✨Pick something up ▶️ to find, purchase, or acquire something.
🔻Where did you pick that up?
🔻I picked up this tool at the hardware store.
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✨Put your money where your mouth is
#informal
=to show by your actions and not just your words that you support or believe in something
🔻If you are really interested in helping the homeless you should put your money where your mouth is.
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#informal
=to show by your actions and not just your words that you support or believe in something
🔻If you are really interested in helping the homeless you should put your money where your mouth is.
#idioms
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🔹Essential American Idioms🔹
⭐️#ACTIVITY
✨Be about something ▶️ to get busy doing something, especially doing one's business.
🔻It's eight o'clock, and it's time I was about my homework.
🔻Good-bye, Jane. I must be about my business.
✨Get into full swing AND get into high gear ▶️ to move into the peak of activity; to start moving fast or efficiently. (#Informal.)
🔻In the summer months, things
really get into full swing around here.
🔻We go skiing in the mountains each winter. Things get into high gear there in November.
✨Like a three-ring circus ▶️ chaotic; exciting and busy.
🔻Our household is like a three-ring circus on Monday mornings.
🔻This meeting is like a three-ring circus. Quiet down and listen!
✨Like crazy AND like mad ▶️ furiously; very much, fast, many, or actively.(#Slang.)
🔻People are coming in here like crazy. There isn't enough room for the mall.
🔻We sold ice cream like crazy. It was a very hot day.
🔻When she stubbed her toe, she started screaming like mad.
✨Make as if ▶️ to do something to act as if one were about to do something.
🔻The thief made as if to run away but changed his mind.
🔻Jane made as if to smack the child.
✨Rough-and-tumble ▶️ rough; overly active. (In reference to physical activity.)
🔻The game got sort of rough-and-tumble, so I stopped playing.
🔻Jane runs with a rough-and-tumble crowd that's always involved in some sort of sport.
✨Strike while the iron is hot ▶️ to do something at the best possible time; to do something when the time is ripe.
🔻He was in a good mood, so I asked for a loan of $200. I thought I'd better strike while the iron was hot.
🔻Please go to the bank and settle this matter now! They are willing to be reasonable. You've got to strike while the iron is hot.
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⭐️#ACTIVITY
✨Be about something ▶️ to get busy doing something, especially doing one's business.
🔻It's eight o'clock, and it's time I was about my homework.
🔻Good-bye, Jane. I must be about my business.
✨Get into full swing AND get into high gear ▶️ to move into the peak of activity; to start moving fast or efficiently. (#Informal.)
🔻In the summer months, things
really get into full swing around here.
🔻We go skiing in the mountains each winter. Things get into high gear there in November.
✨Like a three-ring circus ▶️ chaotic; exciting and busy.
🔻Our household is like a three-ring circus on Monday mornings.
🔻This meeting is like a three-ring circus. Quiet down and listen!
✨Like crazy AND like mad ▶️ furiously; very much, fast, many, or actively.(#Slang.)
🔻People are coming in here like crazy. There isn't enough room for the mall.
🔻We sold ice cream like crazy. It was a very hot day.
🔻When she stubbed her toe, she started screaming like mad.
✨Make as if ▶️ to do something to act as if one were about to do something.
🔻The thief made as if to run away but changed his mind.
🔻Jane made as if to smack the child.
✨Rough-and-tumble ▶️ rough; overly active. (In reference to physical activity.)
🔻The game got sort of rough-and-tumble, so I stopped playing.
🔻Jane runs with a rough-and-tumble crowd that's always involved in some sort of sport.
✨Strike while the iron is hot ▶️ to do something at the best possible time; to do something when the time is ripe.
🔻He was in a good mood, so I asked for a loan of $200. I thought I'd better strike while the iron was hot.
🔻Please go to the bank and settle this matter now! They are willing to be reasonable. You've got to strike while the iron is hot.
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🇺🇸#Essential_American_Idioms
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✨Not up to scratch / not up to snuff
#Informal
= not adequate
🔻Sorry, your paper isn't up to scratch. Please do it over again.
🔻The performance was not up to snuff.
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#Informal
= not adequate
🔻Sorry, your paper isn't up to scratch. Please do it over again.
🔻The performance was not up to snuff.
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