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Breathe easy
WotD: Breathe easy Have you received your shots yet? Let me tell you, once you get them, you can breathe easy again. Everyone has been on edge with this pandemic. Of course, some people have been walking around unmasked, acting as if they don’t have a care in the world. When you breathe easy, you…
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Under your nose
Phrase: Under your nose Gentlemen, this question is for you. How many times have you unsuccessfully looked in the fridge? Then your wife comes along in a huff and says, “Here it is right under your nose!” Come on, tell the truth. It can’t be just me. Anyways, when someone says something is under your…
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Pastime
Word of the Day: Pastime What better day to talk about pastimes than Sunday? This is the seventh day, the day of rest. When I was a child, all the stores were closed on Sundays – you couldn’t even buy gasoline. Of course, things have changed. Nothing is sacred anymore, and Sunday is pretty much…
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Like a house on fire
Idiom: Like a house on fire English is a language that drives its learners crazy. It has so many idioms whose meanings are impossible to figure out logically. For example, if I told you that my wife’s mother and I get along like a house on fire, what would you think? Would you think we…
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Tone-deaf
Word of the Day: Tone-deaf Many people like to sing, but most people should never do it in public because they are tone-deaf. This is because they cannot recognize notes, and no matter what they do, they always sing off-key. This is me, by the way. I could not carry a tune if my life…
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Play on words
Phrase: Play on words If you are a male, the hardest thing to understand in a foreign language is a female. The second hardest thing to understand in a foreign tongue, which applies to both men and women, is a joke. I’m not going to talk about women here because I’ll only get myself into…
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Gamechanger
WotD: Gamechanger It’s been said before, and I’ll repeat it. COVID-19 is a gamechanger. Probably one of the biggest ones we will ever experience in our lives. Not only is this disease a game-changer, but it has sparked a plethora of other gamechangers that have disrupted and will continue to refashion our lives. A gamechanger…
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Bear with
Phrase: Bear with We’ll begin with a funny little poem to start the day off right. “Patience is a virtue, Virtue is a grace. Grace is a little girl. Who would not wash her face.” ― Dick King-Smith, Lady Daisy Patience is one of the virtues that is greatly lacking in today’s fast-paced society. Try…
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Willpower
Word of the Day: Willpower Humans are remarkable creatures because we have willpower. It’s one of the natural abilities we possess, enabling us to do more than other creatures. Willpower is the ability to control our thoughts and our behaviour so that we can restrain impulses. Although we have this ability, it is not a…
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Well-heeled
WotD: Well-heeled Have you ever purchased a handmade pair of shoes? I haven’t, but if you have, then you can genuinely say you are well-heeled. Our word for today doesn’t refer to the quality of your shoes but the quantity of money in your bank account. When we describe someone as being well-heeled, we mean…
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