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2022-06-03 14:37:35 Vocabulary in Friends sitcom
Episode 4 season 1.

The one with George Stephanopoulos


We thought since Phoebe was staying over tonight. ＝To stay in another person's house as their guests.

A slumber party ＝A party for teenagers, typically girls in which all the guests say the night at the house where the party is held.

At trashy magazine ＝A gossip or tabloid magazine

A cookie dough＝A blend of cookie ingredients which has been mixed into a malleable form which has not yet been hardened by heat.

Tweezers. ＝A small instrument like a pair of pincers were plucking out hairs and picking up small objects.

Reference to＝ relate to.

floopy ＝When your life lacks a plan and you don't have anything figured out.

You just gotta figure at some point it's all gonna come together= To happen or form successfully.

puck＝A black disk made of hard rubber used in ice hockey.

rink＝An enclosed area of ice for skating or ice hockey or curling.

PREDICAMENT＝A difficult or unpleasant situation.

toss＝To throw gently or easily.

Danted＝A depression, a hollow made by a blow or by pressure. Open / Comment

2022-05-18 17:32:43 Idiom of the day - to take the weight off smb

Meaning: to make someone stop worrying about something

To take the weight off one's feet - give your legs a rest, sit down; lie down (especially after standing or walking for a long time)
To put one's feet up - rest and relax (usually with legs up); sit back

Example:

—Hearing that she's safe has really taken a load off my mind!

— You just don't know how glad I am you're aboard, because anybody who can take some of the weight off the old man, I am... I'm in his corner.

— We've been shopping all day, let's take the weight off our feet, sit down and have a cup of coffee.

— You've been gardening all day, come inside and put your feet up. Open / Comment

2022-05-18 11:43:43 #newword№287/waste Open / Comment

2022-05-18 09:58:27 Vocabulary in Post Malone - Beautiful Lie (Lyrics)

cheated=act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.

abusive=extremely offensive and insulting

Make things right = To amend or correct something; to make something more accurate or fair or return it to its desired position or status

Made you feel so defeated. = When you're disappointed or think that nothing is going right

self-esteem = confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect

Change your mind=to form an opinion or make a decision about something that is not the same as the one you first had

Will desert you=to leave someone without help or in a difficult situation and not come back Open / Comment

2022-05-15 01:34:21 Post Malone - Beautiful Lie (Lyrics) Open / Comment

2022-05-15 00:30:56 Open / Comment

2022-05-14 23:08:55 Idiom of the day - take the cake

Meaning: (also take the biscuit British English) informal to be worse than anything else you can imagine

Example:

—I’ve heard some pretty dumb ideas, but that takes the cake!


— I've met some pathetic human beings in my life, but you take the cake.

— Yeah, I did. Man, I've seen a lot of high-budget movies that don't turn out well, but that one really takes the cake!

— A lot of surprising people here today, but I have to say you take the cake. Open / Comment

2022-05-12 07:01:17 Extra English ep 26 English Alibi (part 1) Open / Comment

2022-05-11 22:00:15 Vocabulary in Friends sitcom
Episode 4 season 1.

The one with George Stephanopoulos


Maybe it'll take my mind off ＝To make somebody forget about something unpleasant for a short time.

Clutching an envelope. ＝Grasp (something) tightly.

My first paycheck ＝A salary or wage cheque made out to an employee.

FICA＝Federal insurance contributions act.

You can totally live on this ＝To depend on something for sustenance

A duplex ＝A house divided into two homes.

Poulet passed it up to Leech ＝To transfer something to the next member of a sequence.

Leech spots Messier in the crease= the shaded area directly in front of a hockey goal.

whine＝Give or make a long, high pitched complaining cry or sound.

Peach pit＝The stone seed of a peach.

nectarine＝A type of sweet juice, fruit like a peach, but with smooth skin.

Tell me all the dirt＝gossip Open / Comment

2022-05-11 20:31:36 #newword№286/very Open / Comment