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keep me posted
keep me posted is an expression that means send me updates or pertinent information. posted information about the protection of alligators the original idea comes from the days when people communicated important information by putting it on a post in … Continue reading
unfair fares?
price, fee, rate and charge are all words used to refer to how much something costs. the most common word used to talk about prices related to transportation is fare (pronounced the same as fair) which was used by publications around … Continue reading
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Tagged brazil fare protests, efl, elt, english practice, esl, fare definition, ingles gratis, ingles gratuito
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get rid of it. good riddance!
get rid of is a hard to remember, widely used phrasal verb that means eliminate, make dissappear or throw away. for example lysosomes get rid of waste in a cell. the expression good riddance sounds a little antiquated but similarly indicates happiness that somebody has gone or something has ended. … Continue reading
one direction
direction in english is not address, though this confusion is a common spanglish (dirección is the spanish word for address). which direction? direction refers to where something goes when it moves, a course or a vector. in the case of boy band … Continue reading
internal revenue service
the agency in the united states government that is responsible for collecting taxes is the internal revenue service or the irs. president obama’s administration has been under fire in recent weeks over accuasations of using the irs to attack political … Continue reading
indeed weiner abides
anthony weiner formally announced that he will run for mayor of new york city via a youtube video released early wednesday morning weiner is back in the two-minute video weiner talks about his middle class upbringing in new york city … Continue reading
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Tagged anthony weiner, efl, elt, english practice, esl, ingles gratis, ingles gratuito, struggling definition, tout definition, upbringing definition
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boarded up
recently in a class i was asked about the phrasal verb boarded up which is used to refer to houses that have slabs of wood (boards) on windows or doors for security and/or because they are abandoned. the hit mexican movie … Continue reading
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Tagged boarded up definition, efl, elt, english practice, esl, ingles gratis, ingles gratuito, somos los nobles, we are the nobles
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chum
reporting on dennis rodman‘s surreal visit to north korea a few weeks ago, cnn described rodman as chumming it up with dictator kim jong un. this phrasal verb means being friendly and is based on the noun chum which is an … Continue reading
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Tagged adam west, batman, chum bucket, chum definition, chumming it up definition, dennis rodman, efl, elt, english practice, esl, ingles gratis, ingles gratuito, kim jong un, plankton, robin, sponge bob
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that sucks
the verb suck is used to insult or express dislike. not everybody liked disco all the small things by blink 182 contains a common usage at 1:20 . what do they say sucks? pink‘s song true love includes the admission … Continue reading
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Tagged all the small things, blink 182, efl, elt, english practice, esl, free english class, ingles gratis, ingles gratuito, krs-1, pink, radio song, rem, sucks definition, true love
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pursuit
chase translates into spanish as persecución but chase does not mean persecution. persecution refers to cruel treatment. when police persecute their citizens it’s called police brutality the best synonym for chase is pursuit as in the title of the video … Continue reading
