Learner's Dictionary

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    15 maj

    👩🏾‍🏫Ask the Editor ❓Q: Are we siblings if our families don't know each other, and we don't have any relation since my grandfather's father, but we share the same surname? ➡️A:

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  2. för 10 timmar sedan

    Idiom: till/until the cows come home 🐄 = for a very long time They'll be arguing about this till the cows come home.

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  3. för 16 timmar sedan

    Learner's Word of the Day : marvel - to feel great surprise, wonder, or admiration

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  4. 12 juni

    Idiom: get up on the wrong side of the bed 🛏️ = to be in a bad mood throughout the day Be careful when you talk to the boss. He got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

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  5. 12 juni

    Learner's Word of the Day : mold - to form or press into a particular shape

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  6. 11 juni

    Idiom: a monkey on your back 🐒 = a problem that you cannot easily get rid of or solve : a problem or situation that makes you unhappy and that lasts for a long time His drug addiction has been a monkey on his back for years.

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  7. 11 juni

    Learner's Word of the Day : limp - to walk in a slow and awkward way because of an injury to a leg or foot

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  8. 10 juni

    Idiom: over the moon 🌕 = very happy or pleased about something She's over the moon at being chosen for the award.

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  9. 10 juni

    YOU: a poet and a genius, seriously, you’re great US: a dictionary holding a writing contest, just itching to put a cool grand in your pocket

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  10. 10 juni

    Learner's Word of the Day : snowdrift - a hill of snow that is formed by wind

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  11. 9 juni

    Learner's Word of the Day : chat - to talk with someone in a casual way

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  12. 8 juni

    Learner's Word of the Day : downpour - a sudden heavy rain

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  13. 7 juni

    Idiom: toot your own horn 📯 = to talk about yourself or your achievements especially in a way that shows that you are proud or too proud We've had a very successful year, and I think we have a right to toot our own horn a little.

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  14. 7 juni

    Learner's Word of the Day : stack - a usually neat pile, a group of things that are put one on top of the other

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  15. 6 juni

    Idiom: on the back burner 🍳 = in the position of something that will not receive immediate attention and action He put his career on the back burner to pursue his dream of being a musician.

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  16. 6 juni

    Learner's Word of the Day : struggle - to try very hard to do, achieve, or deal with something that is difficult

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  17. 5 juni

    Idiom: count your chickens before they hatch 🐣 = to believe that something will definitely happen before you know for certain that it really will Don't count your chickens before they hatch—we don't know yet if she will accept our offer.

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  18. 5 juni

    Learner's Word of the Day : generate - to produce (something) or cause (something) to be produced

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  19. 4 juni

    Idiom: be pushing up daisies 🌼 = to be dead We'll all be pushing up daisies by the time the government balances the budget.

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  20. 4 juni

    Learner's Word of the Day : overly - to an excessive degree

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  21. 3 juni

    Idiom: the apple of someone's eye 🍎 = a person or thing that someone loves very much His daughter is the apple of his eye.

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