Idiom

Put a Sock In It

👉 А это выражение более резкое – означает «заткнуться». Идея понятна – если засунуть себе носок в рот, человек не сможет говорить. Наверное, ее используют, когда предыдущая идиома не сработала.


Example sentences:
🔻 Can't you put a sock in it? I'm trying to work.
🔻 She's a really good audience, too; she'll listen to - and laugh at - my stupid jokes when everyone else just tells me to put a sock in it.

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🔘My first parachute jump was an exhilarating experience.

Exhilarating – adjective - / ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ / 🗣

👉 very exciting and enjoyable (бодрящий, возбуждающий)
Synonyms: exciting, dramatic, heady

Example sentences:
🔘Young people often find danger rather exhilarating.
🔘an exhilarating walk on the cliffs
🔘It was exhilarating to be on the road again and his spirits rose.

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PROVERB

A good deed is never lost.

Перевод. Доброе дело даром не пропадет.

Русский эквивалент Доброе дело без награды не остается. Добро всегда вспомянется. За доброе дело жди похвалы смело. Доброе добром поминают.

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🔻He keeps fit by going to the gym.

Keep-fit – noun - /ˌkiːp ˈfɪt/ 🗣

👉 exercises that you do to stay healthy, especially in an organized class (быть здоровым)

Example sentences:
🔻Have you been doing your keep fit?
🔻keep-fit classes/sessions
🔻Home pools are not just there for keeping fit.

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🔸The 1989 revolution was by far the bloodiest in the country’s history.

By far - PHRASE

👉 used for saying that something has much more of a particular quality than anything else (значительно)

Example sentences:
🔸The last of these reasons is by far the most important.
🔸Amy is the smartest by far.
🔸Football is far and away the most popular sport in Britain.

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Idiom

Couch potato🥔📺

👉 A couch potato is someone who spends most of their time watching television and does not exercise or have any interesting hobbies (о человеке, ведущем пассивный и бездеятельный образ жизни)

Example sentences:
Lisa wantsto date a man who loves to travel and explore, not a couch potato who watches television all the time.
If there was a prize for the best couch potato, my husband would win it.
It is no good you being a couch potato and having a Dobermann

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Flowers will droop if you don't give them water.

Droop - (verb, noun) - /drup/🗣

👉To droop means ‘to hang down loosely or sink,’ as from weakness, exhaustion, or because there’s no proper support. (вянуть, наклон, упадок духа )
Synonyms: sagging, sinking, hanging down

Example sentences:
🔹The plants drooped in the hot sun.
🔹Exhausted from a long day's work, the laborer's arms drooped at his sides.
🔹The sun is drooping in the west.
🔹Morale drooped when we heard the funding for the project had been withdrawn.

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Those who urinate on the street tend to do that so in the early morning or late at night.

Urinate - verb{intransitive} - /ˈjʊərɪneɪt/ 🗣

👉to get rid of urine from your body (выделять мочу)
Synonyms: pee, wee (informal), make water, pass water.

Example sentences:
🔸She was unable to urinate and was referred to our clinic.
🔸I used to urinate almost 20 times a day earlier but now I only urinate six times a day and have no problem in controlling it.

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Oh, I do hope a nice head will look out of the attic window!

Attic - nouncountable - /ˈætɪk/ 🗣

👉the room in a house under the roof
Synonyms: loft, garret, roof space

Example sentences:
🔸Officers carried long ladders into the house yesterday to search the attic above the flat.
🔸She brings back the monkey who had again run away to her attic under the roof.
🔸It has three bedrooms as well as an attic space, which can be used as a bedroom.

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I’m knitting him a sweater for Christmas.

knit - verb{intransitive/transitive} - /nɪt/

👉to make something such as a piece of clothing using wool and sticks called knitting needles (вязать)

Example sentences:
🔸She reads and knits to pass the time.
🔸she was knitting a sweater
🔸After breakfast, Rema sat in the living room to finish knitting a sweater for Maria.

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An autopsy yesterday showed he died of a heart attack.

Autopsy - noun - /ˈɔːtɒpsi/ 🗣

👉a medical examination of a dead person’s body to find out why they died (вскрытие)
Synonyms: postmortem, dissection, postmortem examination

Example sentences:
🔸An autopsy showed he was killed by a single shot to the head.
🔸The medical examiner was conducting an autopsy yesterday.
🔸Official autopsy results are not expected for weeks.

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Idiom

Stone’s throw (away)

👉 (небольшое расстояние)

Example sentences:
Brett wanted a shorter commute, so he moved to a house that is just a stone's throw away from his job.
to be/to live a stone's throw from a place
находиться/жить в двухшагахоткакого-л. места

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Tongue Twister


Sounds - /ð/ and /θ/ - th


Not these things here but those things there.

Не эти вещи тут, а те вещи там.


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He profit on that deal was £21 million.

profit - noun - /ˈprɒfɪt/🗣

👉business money that you make by selling something or from your business, especially the money that remains after you have paid all your business costs. (выигрыш, доход)
Synonyms: earnings, winnings, return, revenue

Example sentences:
🔸Profits rose 31% to £144 million.
🔸Investors have made a 14% profit in just 3 months.
🔸All the profits from the sales of the CD will go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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The old collection of weapons and armour are in the historic White Tower.

armour - noun - /ˈɑː(r)mə(r)/🗣

👉metal clothing that soldiers wore in the middle ages to protect their bodies
Synonyms: protection, covering, shield

Example sentences:
🔸He was dressed in the proud armour of the Roman Army.
🔸a knight in armour
🔸No heavy armour had been seen before in the city centre during a month of demonstrations.

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You enjoy the gossip you hear but the facts could be much better for you.

gossip - noun - /ˈɡɒsɪp/🗣

uncountableconversation about unimportant subjects, especially people’s private lives ()
Synonyms: scandal, hearsay

Example sentences:
🔹One day Sam heard an interesting piece of gossip.
🔹I never listen to office gossip.
🔹You may like the gossip but the real facts could be intriguing.

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I'm very envious of your new coat - it's beautiful.

envious - adjective - {ˈenviəs}🗣

👉wishing you had what another person has
Synonyms: jealous, be green with envy(idiom)

Example sentences:
🔸He was envious of the local boys who could see her every day.
🔸Chad is heading off to Spain for the week, and I'm green with envy.
🔸And the poor army looked on with hot cheeks and envious eyes.

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Idiom
To make it

👉 (добиться (чего-л.) , достичь успеха (в чём-л.))

Example sentences:
You're brave and courageous. You can make it.
I believe I have the talent to make it.
It's a very difficult examination; are you sure you can make it?
Это очень трудный экзамен; ты уверен, что сможешь сдать его?


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Maximus saw a spear flying through the air.

spear - noun - /spɪə(r)/🗣

👉a long weapon like a stick with one sharp end

Example sentences:
🔸But Rivera said that when McCain moved right on immigration, “it was like he threw a spear in my heart.”
🔸Gladiator threw his spear and hit the target.
🔸A long spear stuck out from his chest, and blood spattered his white furs.

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PROVERB

A good example is the best sermon.

Giving a good example is better than giving advice.

Перевод. Хороший пример — наилучшая проповедь.

Русский эквивалент Ничто не убеждает людей лучше примера.

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