#️⃣#Trick /trɪk/ #noun
💢a dirty/rotten/mean trick ➡️ an unkind or unfair thing to do:
🔹He didn’t turn up? What a dirty trick!
💢do the trick #spoken ➡️ if something does the trick, it solves a problem or provides what is needed to get a good result:
🔹A bit more flour should do the trick.
💢use/try every trick in the book #idiom ➡️ to use every method that you know, even dishonest ones, to achieve what you want:
🔹Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step in front of their competitors.
🔹These smokers are using every trick in the book to reduce their health risk without actually giving up.
💢teach/show somebody a trick or two #informal ➡️ used to say that someone knows more than someone else or can do something better than them:
🔹Experienced teachers can show new teachers a trick or two.
💢somebody is up to their (old) tricks #informal ➡️ to be doing the same dishonest things that you have often done before:
🔹She's up to her old tricks, telling her parents one thing and her teachers another.
🔹He's up to his old tricks, teasing his sisters until they're in tears.
💢have a trick of doing something (#British_English) ➡️ to have a habit of using a particular expression or of moving your face or body in a particular way:
🔹She had this trick of raising her eyebrows at the end of a question.
💢never miss a trick #spoken ➡️ to always know exactly what is happening even if it does not concern you:
🔹Dave’s found out. He never misses a trick, does he?
💢how’s tricks? #old_fashioned #spoken ➡️ used to greet someone in a friendly way:
🔹Hello, Bill! How’s tricks?
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💢a dirty/rotten/mean trick ➡️ an unkind or unfair thing to do:
🔹He didn’t turn up? What a dirty trick!
💢do the trick #spoken ➡️ if something does the trick, it solves a problem or provides what is needed to get a good result:
🔹A bit more flour should do the trick.
💢use/try every trick in the book #idiom ➡️ to use every method that you know, even dishonest ones, to achieve what you want:
🔹Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step in front of their competitors.
🔹These smokers are using every trick in the book to reduce their health risk without actually giving up.
💢teach/show somebody a trick or two #informal ➡️ used to say that someone knows more than someone else or can do something better than them:
🔹Experienced teachers can show new teachers a trick or two.
💢somebody is up to their (old) tricks #informal ➡️ to be doing the same dishonest things that you have often done before:
🔹She's up to her old tricks, telling her parents one thing and her teachers another.
🔹He's up to his old tricks, teasing his sisters until they're in tears.
💢have a trick of doing something (#British_English) ➡️ to have a habit of using a particular expression or of moving your face or body in a particular way:
🔹She had this trick of raising her eyebrows at the end of a question.
💢never miss a trick #spoken ➡️ to always know exactly what is happening even if it does not concern you:
🔹Dave’s found out. He never misses a trick, does he?
💢how’s tricks? #old_fashioned #spoken ➡️ used to greet someone in a friendly way:
🔹Hello, Bill! How’s tricks?
#Vocabulary
#Essential_English_words
@PMPerfect1