Cambridge Dictionary

2022-08-24 20:00:01 Where there's a will there's a way, phrase.

Definition (proverb): Determination will overcome any obstacle.

Examples:

1. I know it will be difficult but where there's a will there's a way.
2. There would be a problem playing all those games but where there's a will there's a way.
3. As they say, where there's a will there's a way, and if anything can be read into Sunday's game, and its scintillating finish, the will is certainly strong in Galway and Kerry.
4. The problem for the fixtures board might be finding an alternative but where there's a will there's a way.
5. It seems to me that in politics, as in life, where there's a will there's a way.
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2022-08-24 09:00:01 Valentine's Day (2010)

She's loco. I don't know what she's talking about. Open / Comment

2022-08-24 09:00:01 Loco, adjective.

/ˈləʊkəʊ/

Definition (informal): Crazy.

Examples:

1. Along with five equally loco Norwegians and a parrot, he survives on fish that literally hurl themselves on deck, meets up with a few sharks, and endures a beaching in Tahiti.
2. If true, this would not only be one of the most loco funding stories, but it gives more credence to the idea of a poker bubble, in which everyone and their mother is either playing poker or launching some kind of poker venture.
3. On the couch one evening, our loco analysand is seized by an uncontrollable passion for the ancient medico.
4. A haywire fembot goes loco at a square-dance; another gets post-coital mammary enlargement via remote control.
5. It proves that too much sun makes you loco - but in the nicest way.
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2022-08-23 20:00:01 The best thing since sliced bread, phrase.

Definition (informal): Used to emphasize one's enthusiasm about a new idea, person, or thing.

Examples:

1. They think that she is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
2. She finally locates the Assistant Wine Whatever-His-Title-Is, and he of the broad-smile-on-a-wide-face recommends the wine as if it were the next best thing since sliced bread.
3. Some people are a little confused by this latest trend, wondering what all the fuss is about and why it's becoming the next best thing since sliced bread.
4. While some analysts think it's the next best thing since sliced bread, it has the feeling of WAP redux.
5. That's not to say there isn't a market there, rather that we haven't been convinced it's quite the next best thing since sliced bread.
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2022-08-23 09:00:00 Overcast, adjective.

/ˈəʊvəkɑːst/

Definition: (of the sky or weather) marked by a covering of grey cloud; dull.

Examples:

1. A chilly, overcast day.
2. They ran in silence with their unresolved arguments hanging over them like the grey, dreary overcast sky.
3. In spite of the overcast skies and chilly weather, the Scots came through on top, beating the Cobbers 4-0.
4. Conditions were in contrast to the recent good Irish weather; overcast skies, cool temperatures and a slight headwind, which suited the Irish.
5. And a somewhat overcast sky has dulled the ocean's blues.
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2022-08-22 20:00:02 Take a back seat, phrase.

Definition: Take or be given a less important position or role.

Examples:

1. In future he would take a back seat in politics.
2. Yet the majority of the book emphasizes dinosaur osteology, systematics, and the fossil record; paleobiology takes a back seat to this important foundation.
3. But she piled on the pounds after the birth of her son, George, nine months ago and singing took a back seat as her confidence dwindled.
4. The role of the citizen is taking a back seat to decisions being made about our communities and the environment.
5. Was love more important than wealth or did romance take a back seat to social climbing?
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2022-08-22 16:00:05 Vajra, noun.

/ˈvʌdʒrə/

Definition: (in Buddhism and Hinduism) a thunderbolt or mythical weapon, especially one wielded by the god Indra.

Examples:

1. The spokes of a peaceful Vajra meet at the tip whereas those of a wrathful vajra are slightly splayed at the end.
2. The vajra symbolizes eternal truth.
3. Paired with the vajra, the bell represents wisdom, and as wisdom and method are an undivided unity, so the vajra and bell are never parted or employed separately.
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2022-08-22 09:00:01 We Bare Bears (2015) – S01E09

Whoa! Legal tender! Open / Comment

2022-08-22 09:00:01 Legal tender, noun.

Definition (mass noun): Coins or banknotes that must be accepted if offered in payment of a debt.

Examples:

1. Its bank notes, which functioned much like today's paper currency, acted as legal tender in payment of U.S. debts.
2. From January 1, only the new bills and coins are legal tender.
3. Euro notes and coins become legal tender in 12 countries and ‘dual circulation’ begins.
4. Making the notes legal tender for all debts would solve that problem.
5. In 1811, paper banknotes became legal tender in Britain.
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2022-08-21 20:00:02 Make ends meet, phrase.

Definition: Earn just enough money to live on.

Examples:

1. They were finding it hard to make ends meet.
2. Some want to make enough money to make ends meet; others want money for extras or just a way to stay busy.
3. Liz and Nick were always out to work but they barely had enough money to make ends meet.
4. This will lead to loss of trade to the shopkeepers who are all having a hard enough time to make ends meet as it is.
5. By doing some casual work, like designing computer software, he has managed to make both ends meet and has enough left over to invest in his bicycle journeys.
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