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Old 14-Aug-2007, 03:51
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At work being a tutor, my students should learn new words and expressions/sentences daily. Those should also be inline with the given topic. I, also being a learner of English here...


What words expressions are you going to teach me today, and from what topic is it from?


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Topic : School
Word : all-nighter
Expression : We pulled an all-nighter for the exam tomorrow.



I hope you post here everyday, that I learn something new daily.
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At work being a tutor, my students should learn new words and expressions/sentences daily. Those should also be inline with the given topic. I, also being a learner of English here...


What words expressions are you going to teach me today, and from what topic is it from?


Example:

Topic : School
Word : all-nighter
Expression : We pulled an all-nighter for the exam tomorrow.



I hope you post here everyday, that I learn something new daily.
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We pulled an all-nighter for the exam. (The word tomorrow doesn't work very well there.)
How about:
hung up on - temporarily obsessed with
Example: I am hung up on question tags right now.
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Category: games and sports
Word: shutout
Example: I have never been shutout in Lingo Plus, but I have done it to a few other people.

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Lingo
GSN - The Network For Games

Lingo Plus
GSN - The Network For Games

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there's no accounting for taste
- it's impossible to explain
individual likes and dislikes
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1: Ted likes to put sugar on his spaghetti. I guess there's no
accounting for taste.
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2: Tiffany has a tattoo of a squirrel on her leg. There's no
accounting for taste.

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(to) have a blast

[slang] - to enjoy oneself very much
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1: Last summer, Nicole had a blast backpacking through
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2: Heather spent her spring break in Fort Lauderdale with millions
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there's no accounting for taste
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individual likes and dislikes
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Talking about accounting and taste, I am reminded of
cooking the books

To cook the books - "
fraudulent activities performed by corporations in order to falsify their financial statements. Typically, cooking the books involves augmenting financial data to yield previously non-existent earnings." -Source: Investopedia.com - Your Source For Investing Education
Category: business
Expression: Cooking the books got many CEOs into trouble with the law.
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(to) live from hand to mouth
- to barely have enough
money to survive
EXAMPLE 1: Jenny was earning $5 an hour working at the store. She was
really living from hand to mouth.

EXAMPLE 2: George is really poor. He lives from hand to mouth.

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(to) stab someone in the back
- to betray someone
EXAMPLE 1: Jill and Heather were friends, until Heather stabbed Jill in
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by stealing her boyfriend.
EXAMPLE 2: You're firing me after all I've done for this company? You're
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