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The collocation is primarily heard in the UK.
With her arch-rival out of commission with a pulled hamstring, the defending champion romped to victory at the Olympics once again.
It's TED-time!
It's a classic underdog tale: David, a young shepherd armed only with a sling, beats Goliath, the mighty warrior. The story has transcended its biblical origins to become a common shorthand for unlikely victory. But, asks Malcolm Gladwell, is that really what the David and Goliath story is about?
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Admin's reaction to the slang used in t.me/violachat.
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cat has nine lives (proverb)
Cats can survive things that are severe enough to kill them. (You can also refer to a particular cat's nine lives.)
Jill: My cat fell off a third-floor balcony and just walked away. How can he do that?
Jane: A cat has nine lives. I think my cat used up one of her nine lives when she survived being hit by that car.
Generally, horse around = to be active in a silly way.
Stop horsing around in all those nasty chats and pay attention to ours!
@violachat
Well, sharing this meme was an irresistable temptation.
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Animals are [the new black] the new topic of the week.
BTW, to have a memory/mind like a sieve = to be very bad at remembering things.
It's TED time!
Dustin Yellin makes mesmerizing artwork that tells complex, myth-inspired stories. How did he develop his style? In this disarming talk, he shares the journey of an artist — starting from age 8 — and his idiosyncratic way of thinking and seeing. Follow the path that leads him up to his latest major work (or two).
http://lnk.al/4cQ2
(don't forget about the opportunity to enable English subtitles)
The idiom means "to take a holiday to escape a busy or stressful lifestyle".
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Well, just don't ask us how we changed the topic from "birthdays" to "being bankrupt", it's just real life :)
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Hey!
We are back here with a Happy Birthday topic
(whatcha = slang version of "what are you")
Do you remember that song from James Bond?
see the (hand)writing on the wall = to know that something is about to happen
a battle of wits = a competition in which opponents attempt to gain victory or an advantage over each other using their intelligence
The two young geniuses entered into a battle of wits as they competed for first place in the national trivia championship. As each candidate tried to defend his stance on the hot-button issue, a battle of wits began as they each produced seemingly endless lists of statistics to support their views.
The opposite idiom is "to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory".
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"You nailed it" - means you did something exactly right.
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I'm already baking a cherry pie. I can't bake an apple pie. It's too late to change horses in the middle of the stream.
The house is half-built. It's too late to hire a different architect. You can't change horses in midstream.
If you do know how the animals are called, it's high time you learned their sounds.
The whole list is available here: https://goo.gl/BO2e1A
By the way, as far as Russian speaking followers are concerned, we do have a channel that is in Russian - @violaschool.
Moreover, you can easily find us (in English) in FB - https://www.facebook.com/violaclub and VK - https://vk.com/violaschool.
It's our favourite one!
The Pumpkin Spice Latte is a coffee drink made with a mix of traditional fall spice flavors (cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove), steamed milk, and espresso, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spice. The drink is offered by Starbucks and many other cafés on a seasonal basis.
While the pug... It's a dog of a small sturdy breed developed in China, having a short muzzle, wrinkled face, short smooth coat, and tightly curled tail.
While we are still speaking about can&could...
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tone is:
- a manner of expression in speech or writing: (took an angry tone with the reporters).
- a colour or shade of colour: (light tones of blue).
The topic for this week is ART.
BTW: cereal = a food prepared from any plants, especially a breakfast food made from commercially processed grain (sounds too dull, yep)
surreal = having an oddly dreamlike quality
- Hey, add me on FB!
- What's your name?
- John Snow.
- Oh god, there are dozens of accounts with such a name. What's the link?
- Well… fbme/johnysnowden1999.
- Holy cow, how do you spell it?
Well, situations like that are pretty typical. It is not that easy to contact you even in one social network while trying to keep in touch via several messengers turn into a burden. If you represent a business, the situation is even worse - you have no idea what means of communication your customer like the most. Fortunately, there is a solution. MSSGme :)
It's a free service that allows you to create an amazing personal contact page in less than 3 minutes. Telegram, Facebook, WhatsApp - all ways to contact you are accessible with one click.
It looks like that - mssg.me/anton (that's the author's of the channel page). Don't hesitate to create your own one right now!
Well, working on holidays... sounds familiar :)
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A: "I'm so impressed with the celebrity memoir I'm reading. I didn't expect this singer to be able to write so well!"
B: "Yeah, she probably had a ghost writer!"
(yep, this one)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jzDnsjYv9A
Well, the list of idioms is quite huge yet the list of "to look"-verbs is really cute :)
(bear in mind that they all have different meanings)