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Stroke of midnight
Phrase: Stroke of midnight At the stroke of midnight, 2016 ended, and 2017 started. The stroke of midnight is exactly at midnight. Every night, exactly at the stroke of midnight, one day ends, and another begins. That’s right, exactly as the clock turned to midnight or at the stroke of midnight, we entered the year…
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See in the New Year
English Expression: See in the New Year How are you planning to see in the New Year? Maybe you are going to go to sleep early. Some people just can’t stay up late, you know. To see in the New Year means to stay awake past midnight on December 31 so you can see the…
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Bubbly
Word of the Day: Bubbly Tonight is New Year’s Eve! Time to crack open a bottle of bubbly! That means to open a bottle of champagne. Bubbly is a little nickname for champagne. Remember, folks, if you crack open a bottle of bubbly to ring in the New Year or even have a glass or…
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Ring in the New Year
Expression: Ring in the New Year How are you going to ring in the New Year? Are you planning a big party? A quiet gathering at home? Perhaps you are going to watch the Kohaku special on NHK (no SMAP this year but maybe PPAP). You may be like thousands of people who are going…
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Booze
Word of the Day: Booze Booze is a slang word for alcohol. You can give it a fancy name and an attractive colour and put it in a beautiful bottle, but at the end of the day, it’s still booze, no matter how much it costs. Did you know the word alcohol was initially borrowed…
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Out with the old, in with the new
English Saying: Out with the old, in with the new Here we are, it’s the final countdown to 2017! We’re in the last three-day home stretch. It is time to say out with the old, in with the new, or, in other words, to say goodbye to old things and hello to new things. For many people, this…
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Mummering
Word of the Day: Mummering I suppose that some of you know that Christmas is not over. No, not yet. We are still in the 12 days of Christmas. The 12 days of Christmas start on Christmas Eve and last until January 5th. During this time in Newfoundland and some parts of Ireland, people dress…
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Like turkeys voting for (an early) Christmas
English Expression: Like turkeys voting for (an early) Christmas Millions of people all over the world have just celebrated Christmas. I was thinking about an appropriate expression to introduce today, and I thought of something like turkeys voting for an early Christmas. This phrase describes people who are accepting a situation that is not beneficial to…
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Leftovers
Word of the Day: Leftovers It’s Boxing Day, and that means leftovers! Although yesterday, in many homes, the cook had spent hours and hours preparing Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, and the family spent about 40 minutes at most eating it, they did not eat everything. Today, many people will be eating leftovers. Leftovers…
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Merry Christmas! / Joyeux Noël
Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël! Fröhliche Weihnachten! メリークリスマス! Have a great Christmas, everyone!
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