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I gotta say=I have to say,I must say (to emphasize, compare) |
I gotta say that test was hard |
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Out of this world, amazing, fantastic, very very good |
What do you think of food? It's was out of this world |
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Get to= to have an opportunity to do something |
I got to try some new local brews That I had never tried before. |
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As opposed to= compared to, instead of, rather than |
That English teacher focuses on conversation as opposed to grammar. |
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To move on= to move forward, to move to the next thing, to do something different |
Let's move on from this depressing topic. Before we move on, does anyone have any questions? |
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To put(someone) to shame = to perform better = to be better |
I thought I spoke Italian well, but you put me to shame. You beautiful kitchen puts mine to shame. |
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You can't go worng It's a good decision, it's the right choice, it's never a mistake |
If you want good seafood, you can't go worng with that restaurant. For an evening event, you can't go worng with a black dress. |
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To pop up = to appear suddenly, unexpectedly |
New stores are popping up in this neighborhood. If any problems pop up, make sure you tell the manager. |
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(To grow by) leaps and bounds = to increase(grow) fast |
The economy has been growing by leaps and bounds. |
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Born and raised= that place is also identity. You grew up there. |
Even though she's lived in New York for a long time, she's a California girl, born and raised |
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I can't take it= I can't tolerate it, it's too much for me. |
Please stop the noise. I can't take it any more. |
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To die for=extremely good, fantastic |
That dessert is to die for. That beach house has a view to die for |
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The place to be=very popular place, exciting place, everyone wants to be there. |
That new club is the place to be on a saturday night. |
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To blow out of the water, to destroy the competition, to be the best, |
The final score was 9-1. We blew them out of the water. |
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To bring up=to introduce a subject=to begin talking about a topic |
I'm so glad you brought that up. I'll bring it up at the next meeting You know I don't want to talk about it why do you keep bringing it up? |
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A Cleanse is a special diet when you want to clean your body and you maybe drink only water or juice for a specific period of time that's called a cleanse |
Every January to do a cleanse or detox, and those are temporary, fleeting goals that are very hard to maintain |
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Fleeting - lasting for a short time Time is fleeting |
I had a fleeting thought or fleeting glance, moment of happiness |
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To beat yourself up(over)=to blame yourself too much or unnecessarily. He's really beating himself up over failing the exam |
The one I would say that is to change your mindset to not look at it as a punishment and something you have to do, like beat yourself up |
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Funny (3 meanings) 1.humormous 2.strange, unusual, weird 3. Feeling a little sick |
He's a funny guy 3.My stomach feels funny, I feel a little funny today |
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Set the tone(for) To establish an attitude, mood or feeling or manner in which something will continue. The first paragraph can set the tone for entire story. His funny comment aet the tone for the remainder of the meeting |
So I'd say start your breakfast with always protein because that sets the tone for the day in terms of how your body is going to use and store energy |
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Equate with=to consider one thing to be the same as something else, to believe that two things are equal |
Some people equate happiness with having a lot of money |
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At no time do I think->inverted word order( question form) this sometimes used for special emphasis we can use this grammar structure for negative adverbs for example never, seldom, not only |
What they don't realise is probably in one glass of orange juice is about eight oranges and at no time do I think you would sit down and actually eat eight oranges in one sitting |
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I have never heard... Never have I heard... He has never or Never has he We seldom have or Seldom do we have |
Never have I seen such a beautiful thing(voice) I never believed that o never did I We seldom have strong earthquakes here or seldom do w She not only speaks spanish but she also speaks Italian or Not only does she speak spanish I rarely see him or rarely do I see |
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In one sitting= you don't stop doing something until it's finished |
I can't believe you read the whole book in one sitting |
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The fiber that slows down the rush of sugar A sudden feeling of excitement=an increase in energy that is called sugar rush |
I'm very sensitive to caffeine. I feel a caffeine rush after just one cup of coffee |
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Protein breakfast, cut the juice,the number three is to get some movement in everyday |
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Reap the benefits=get thebenefits |
Studies show that we do not have to do a 40 minutes sustained cardio workout to reap the benefits of fat loss. |
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Get through the hump Get over the hump |
So if you can get through that hump, the first 10 days It's been a very difficult week, but I think we're over the bump. |
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Craving=strong desire especially for food |
It won't impact your sugar cravings |
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Pull together; work hard as a group to achieve something |
I think we can pull it all together= Let's pull together to change the situation. Calm down pull yourself together. |
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There's no use in..=it's not helpful =it's useless to do it There's no use in worrying It doesn't change anything. |
These is no use in having a scared mindset or a panicky mindset |
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Pick up something = to lifte sth, to learn sth new,to start a newhobby |
Pronunciation I went in = I wennin |
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A bunch of=a bunch,a lot of,many I saw a bunch of people waiting in line. |
Have you ever been to New york? Sure, I've been to New York a bunch of times. |
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To lighten the mood= to make people feel better and happier. Mood=atmosphere, how people feel |
He told a bunch of jokes to try to lighten the mood. |
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Day to day life=in everyday life We went to the supermarket to buy the items we need for our day to day life. |
In our day to day life we're working so much when things are normal you know we don't have time to pick up a new hobby all the time. |
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For a time being=temporarily All the restaurants are closed for the time being. I am living with my brother for the time being |
They shut all of them down for the time being |
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Fall out of shape=get out of shape Not in shape, not in good physical condition I don"t want to stop working out because I don't want to fall out of shape. |
I want to make sure that I don't fall out of shape too much |
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To Weather the storm =to be successful in dealing with a difficult situation, to figure out how to survive a crisis The economic recession will impact us, but I think we'll .manage to weather the storm. |
I think I'm going to try to weather the storm stay in california In the next few days we will see the ambassador can weather the political storm caused by his remarks |
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No matter what=it doesn't matter what happens, Are you staying home these days? No,i have to work no matter what I love you no matter what. No matter what I'm gonna try to stick it out |
Stick it out=endure or tolerate a difficult situation until the end. This class is very difficult but I will stick it out. |
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Give notice Tell in advance about something that will happen My tutor requires a 24-hour notice for cancelling our lesson |
For example if you'd like to quit your job usually it's customary to give two-week notice to your employer. So you can say I gave my two-week notice and by the way did you notice that I said |
