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Phrase: Come out of the closet

Meaning: If a man comes out of the closet, he reveals that he is homosexual.

Examples:
He decided to come out of the closet, and tell his family and friends that he was homosexual.

That actress came out the closet last night and publicly said that she had a girlfriend, and wanted to marry her.

Date: 13-04-2023

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Subject: Secrets


Phrase: ETA / eta

Meaning: An abbreviation for estimated time of arrival. It can also be used to mean completion.

Examples:
-What does ETA mean?
-It means that the file will take three minutes to download.

Our ETA is 11.20, that is, we will arrive at about 11.20.

Date: 12-04-2023

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: radar

Meaning: An acronym for Radio Direction and Ranging.

Examples:
Politicians use radar traps to collect money from vehicle drivers unfairly.
This plane should be invisible to radar.

Date: 11-04-2023

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: laser

Meaning: An acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

Examples:
This machine produces a laser beam.
Lasers have many uses.

Date: 11-04-2023

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: NATO / Nato

Meaning: An acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

Nato is a group of countries that help one another militarily. Many people are against Nato.

Date: 10-04-2023

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: AIDS / Aids

Meaning: Aids is an acronym for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

This disease killed many people in the tweintieth century. The virus that causes Aids is called HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).

Date: 10-04-2023

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: USA

Meaning: The abbreviation of the United States of America. Sometimes the A is dropped, that is, you can say the USA or the US.

Examples:
I think that the USA / the US is the second most powerful country in the world.
Do US citizens believe in the American Dream? (US is an adjective here.)

Date: 09-04-2023

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: FBI

Meaning: An abbreviation for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI is a police deparment in the USA controlled by the government.

Date: 09-04-2023

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: CIA

Meaning: It stands for Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA is a US government organisation that secretly collects information on other countries.

Date: 09-04-2023

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: BBC

Meaning: The British Broadcasting Corporation

Note the following too: BBC English or BBC Pronunciation, that is, a standard form of pronunciation in Britain. See also RP.

In Castile, some people humorously say that BBC stands for "bodas, bautizos y comuniones".

Date: 03-04-2023

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: IRA

Meaning: The Irish Republican Army

Date: 03-04-2023

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: Bring something to a whole new level

Meaning: To improve something or to make something be in a more advanced position.

Examples:
This discovery will bring astronomy to a whole new level.

These sex toys will bring your sexual relations to a whole new level.

Date: 10-08-2021

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Subject: Ability


Phrase: With your tails between your legs

Meaning: When you have been defeated or you have lost.

Examples:
The Castilian army returned home with their tails between their legs in 1898, and Cuba became a free nation.

The football team left the field with their tails between their legs. They were eliminated in the first round of the competition.

Date: 10-08-2021

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Subject: Difficulty


Phrase: In your birthday suit

Meaning: That is to say, naked.

Examples:
When I saw my wife in her birthday suit for the first time, I thought she was a deity / goddess. She was so beautiful.

We are giving a nudist / naturist party tonight. Please come, and do not forget to wear your birthday suit.

Date: 04-08-2021

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Subject: Nature


Phrase: Give (someone) head

Meaning: "Give (someone) head" means performing fellation on a male. It can also imply performing cunnilingus on a female, but this is less usual. In other words, it refers to oral sex. Another word to refer to this is "blow job".

Examples:
When I arrived home earlier than usual, I found my wife giving my neighbour head.

She gave me head when I told her that I wanted to marry her.

I love oral sex, but my wife refuses to give head.

She gave me a blow job for my birthday. It is the best birthday present I have ever had.

"Candy came from out on the Island
In the backroom, she was everybody's darling
But she never lost her head
Even when she was giving head."
(Taken from "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed.)

Date: 04-08-2021

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Subject: Sex


Phrase: Heads, I win; tails, you lose

Meaning: I win no matter what happens, that is, I am in a more advantageous situation, or in control of a situation

Examples:

Banks are a good example of "heads, I win; tails, you lose". They always win, and we always lose. They can do whatever they wish with total impunity. They should be stopped.

Banks always offer their customers "heads, I win; tails, you lose" propositions.

Date: 29-07-2021

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Subject: Control


Phrase: Cul-de-sac

Meaning: A blind alley, that is, a dead-end street. A street that has only one way in and out.

Examples:

Cul-de-sacs / Culs-de-sac in this area can be very dangerous at night.

Don't take this street because it is a cul-de-sac. Take the next one, and then turn right.

We live on / in a cul-de-sac, and we love it because it is a quiet place.

Do you think money will resolve this cul-de-sac situation? We find it very difficult to make progress. (Used figuratively.)

Date: 29-07-2021

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Subject: Expressions


Phrase: Day in, day out

Meaning: Every day for many years.

Example:
He worked in the mine(s) day in, day out for fifty years.

Date: 23-07-2021

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Subject: Frequency


Phrase: ROM

Meaning: It stands for read-only memory. It is pronounced /rɒm/.

This type of memory cannot usually be modified, and it is persistent.


Examples:

I need to buy a CD ROM disc / disk (American English) to back up my data.

A DVD (= digital versatile disc / digital video disc) ROM disc can store more information than a CD (= compact disc) ROM disc.

I like this DVD ROM drive. It works like a charm.

As you will probably have noticed in the examples above, "CD ROM disc" is pleonastic, because the word "disc / disk" appears twice. The same applies to "DVD ROM disc". However, people say it so as to differentiate "disc" from "drive". Nevertheless, you can also say the following:

I want to buy a CD / DVD to back up my data.

I like your CD / DVD player.

I have written a new song. If you would like to hear it, play this CD / DVD.

Date: 22-07-2021

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: RAM

Meaning: Random Access Memory, that is, the memory that a computer uses. It can be modified. It is volatile, and faster than hard drives. It is pronounced /ræm/.

Example:
This computer has 32 GB (= gigabytes) of RAM.

Date: 22-07-2021

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: NASA

Meaning: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

NASA is managed by the US government. It is pronounced /'næsə/.

Date: 22-07-2021

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: Heads or tails?

Meaning: You choose one of the two sides of a coin, you toss the coin, and if the side that you have chosen is up when it lands, you win.

Example:
-Heads or tails?
-Heads.

(The coin is flipped...)

-Tails. I win. You lose.

Date: 20-07-2021

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Subject: Likelihood


Phrase: At rest

Meaning: If something is at rest, it does not move or change. If someone is at rest, he or she is dead.

Examples:
The Earth is never at rest, that is, it is changing continuously.
He lies at rest in that cemetery now, and will no longer hurt anyone.

Date: 21-05-2021

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Subject: Expressions


Phrase: SMS

Meaning: It stands for Short Message Service or Short Message System. It is used to refer to the transmission of short text messages via or to mobile phones.

Examples:
I will send you an SMS (message) tomorrow.
Here you can send free SMS (messages).

Date: 21-05-2021

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Subject: Abbreviations


Phrase: Risk your neck

Meaning: To put your life in danger, or to take unnecessary risks. The opposite is "save your neck".

Examples:
I'm not going to risk my neck to save an enemy.

I do not wish to say anything about that. It is top secret, and I'm not going to risk my neck talking about it.

You betrayed us to the enemy to save your neck.

Date: 16-04-2021

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Subject: Risk


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