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Take its toll
Phrase: Take its toll If you look at the news, you’ll quickly see that the lockdown is taking its toll. People are starting to come apart at the seams. When something takes its toll, it causes you some harm or causes you to suffer in some way. I’ve been working from home for a little…
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Scapegoat
Word of the Day: Scapegoat Whatever happened to the good old days when people took responsibility for their actions? I don’t think they ever existed. It’s human nature to pass the buck onto the closest person and make them the scapegoat. A scapegoat, you see, is the person we make shoulder the blame for our…
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Emotional roller coaster
WotD: Emotional roller coaster I’ve heard it said every generation has its challenges. Well, if that’s true, then mine has had enough for three generations. Life has been an emotional roller coaster since I turned 18. When emotions change quickly from happiness to sadness and back again within a short period, it’s like an emotional…
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One person’s loss is another person’s gain
Proverb: One person’s loss is another person’s gain It’s a well-known proverb – one man’s loss is another man’s gain. Some people would say it’s similar to schadenfreude or taking pleasure from someone else’s misfortune. In fact, it’s a recurring theme in life and what makes the world operate the way it does. For every…
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Hit home
Word of the Day: Hit home It happens to the best of us. At first, we think an unexpected change will be as good as a rest. Then reality hits home. When something hits home a person realizes that a situation is much worse, painful or miserable than they initially thought it would be. I…
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Use it or lose it
Proverb: Use it or lose it How much of what you studied in your school days do you remember? Well, if you can’t remember your school days, then you definitely can’t remember what you studied. All this goes to prove my point: use it or lose it. Use it or lose it means that the…
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Around the bend
Idiom: Around the bend Have you seen the news recently? I’m telling you, It’s enough to drive you around the bend. The constant amount of bad and scary news is enough to affect you mentally. It can leave you confused and unable to determine which way to turn for help or what to do. The…
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Pull yourself up by the bootstraps
Idiom: Pull yourself up by the bootstraps Students enjoy hearing about the lives of their English teachers. It provides more cultural and personal insight. I have always been independent. Here’s how I learned to pull myself up by the bootstraps. Before that, though, to pull yourself up by the bootstraps means to improve your circumstances…
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Half-hearted
WotD: Half-hearted Have you been having a good day or a bad one? I like to think that how we begin the day, whether we face it with enthusiasm or in a half-hearted way, determines how we will feel about it. To do something in a half-hearted way is to do it with no spirit…
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Grate on your nerves
Phrase: Grate on your nerves Have you seen Instagram recently? You have? Doesn’t it just grate on your nerves? Instagram seems to be full of shiny, happy people. They say it’s important not to let things get to you, but sometimes it’s the little things that grate on your nerves. When something grates on your…
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