Date range: August 23 – September 22
You are quiet and shy and don’t like crowds. You tend to be a loner and keep yourself to yourself. You are a perfectionist – you want everybody and everything to be perfect and this makes it difficult for people to live up to your high standards. You prefer to play a supporting role at work and in relationships.
keep yourself to yourself : to stay alone or with your family rather than spending time with other people
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You have a confident and attractive personality, but you tend to be proud. You like to be in the public eye and you are easily flattered. You love the sun and are very generous – indeed, you have a heart of gold (A sincere, generous, and kind nature, a very kind person). You like to organize other people, and you are quick to stand up for someone who you think is being attacked.
in the public eye : Well-known and attracting a lot of attention and scrutiny, as of a celebrity
a heart of gold : A sincere, generous, and kind nature, a very kind person
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You are very sensitive and easily hurt. If someone says an unkind word to you, you take it to heart but you are also very forgiving. Your family life is very important to you. You are sincere in love, but often take things too seriously. You are a loyal friend and have a good memory, but you can be moody sometimes.
take it to heart: to think about something seriously, often so that you become upset by it
Example: Don’t take it to heart – he was only joking about your hair.
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You are intelligent, interested in everything, and have an excellent general knowledge.
You think and talk fast and you are full of restless energy. You are versatile and good at doing several things at the same time. You have a strong sense of humour and often have your friends in stitches. You are sociable, get bored easily and love change.
have your friends in stitches: Have in stitches means to cause one to laugh hysterically
Example: That guy always has me in stitches, he’s a great stand-up comic.
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mind of your own: to have strong opinions and the ability to make your own decisions
Example: She’s a woman with a mind of her own, who says what she thinks.
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You are a born leader and like to dominate people. You are very active and rather impulsive, so you tend to do things on the spur of the moment (if you do something on the spur of the moment, you do it suddenly and do not take time to plan it or think carefully about it). You lose your temper very easily, but you get over it quickly and can be quite charming. You’re not good at following other people’s advice, but you’re quick to give advice to them
on the spur of the moment: if you do something on the spur of the moment, you do it suddenly and do not take time to plan it or think carefully about it
Example: On the spur of the moment, we decided to head north that day instead of East.
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You are sensitive, imaginative and creative, but also very emotional – your heart rules your head. You are not ambitious or materialistic and often have your head in the clouds. You are indecisive because you don’t always know your own mind, but you are good at putting yourself in other people’s shoes
putting yourself in other people’s shoes: imagine oneself in the situation or circumstances of another person, so as to understand or empathize with his or her perspective, opinion, or point of view
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Have you ever noticed how when you sometimes add a seemingly tiny word like a preposition or an adverb after a verb, the meaning can completely change? Crazy, huh? That’s phrasal verbs. They’re a little bit wacky.
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Today, we would like to share with you an advanced phrasal verb: have a memory like a sieve
Personalities of a person
Date range: January 20 to February 18
You are practical and realistic about what is important in life – you have your feet firmly on the ground. You are intelligent and love thinking up new ideas but you sometimes have a memory like a sieve . Once you have made a promise, you never go back on it. You like change, and often wear outrageous clothes that make you stand out in a crowd.
have a memory like a sieve: If you have a memory or mind like a sieve, you forget things very easily.)
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The post Advanced Phrasal verbs in context: Lesson 1 – “have a memory like a sieve” first appeared on Helena Daily English.]]>101. point out (someone or something) means to explain or call attention to someone or something
Example: My teacher was very kind when she pointed out the mistakes that I had made.
102. put out (something) means to produce or make something (a product/brochure/report/CD/movie/paper)
Example: The company puts out a newsletter every month for the employees.
103. regardless of (something) means without considering or thinking about something, without regard to something
Example: Regardless of the weather we are going to go fishing tomorrow morning.
104. right away means immediately
Example: forgot to bring my book but I will go home and get it right away.
105. rule out (someone or something) means to decide against or eliminate someone or something
Example: The police ruled out the man as a possible bank robber. We decided to rule out Monday as the day to have our meeting.
106. run into (something – a fact/trouble/problems/difficulty) means to experience something, to encounter something
Example: The mechanic ran into trouble when he was fixing my car. I ran into some interesting facts when I was researching my essay.
107. set up (something) means to establish something, to provide the money for something
Example: The newspaper company provided the money to set up the new travel magazine. The company set up a unique situation to test the new product.
108. show up means to appear, to arrive, to be present
Example: What time did your friend show up for the party?
109. so far means until now So far
Example: no one has entered the speech contest at the television station.
110. so to speak means as one might or could say, this is one way to say something
Example: We had a good time at the restaurant, so to speak, although the service was not very good.
111. sort of (something) means to be almost something, to be similar to something, to be not quite something
Example: Did you finish cleaning the kitchen?” “Sort of, but not really.
112. stick with (something) means to continue doing something, to not quite something
Example: My brother has been able to stick with his trumpet lessons since he was a child.
113. take advantage of (someone or something) means to use someone or something for one’s own benefit
Example: We took advantage of the beautiful weather and went to the beach.
114. take care of (someone or something) means to look after or give attention to someone or something
Example: You should take care of your health or you will become sick.
115. take out (something) means to remove something from somewhere, to extract something
Example: The teacher told us to take out our books. I took out some onions from the refrigerator.
116. take over (something) means to take control of something, to take command of something
Example: The large company wants to take over some of the small companies in our area.
117. take place means to happen, to occur
Example: The soccer game took place on the coldest day of the year.
118. to the extent that means to the degree that, in so far as
Example: I plan to provide information about the new company policy to the extent that I am familiar with it.
119. turn in (something) means to give something to someone, to hand something to someone
Example: I arrived at school early so that I could turn in my essay.
120. turn out means to be found or known, to prove to be true
Example: It turned out that more people came to the party than we expected.
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up to means until, as far as a certain point, approaching a certain point
Example: Up to last week I had never been inside a bowling alley. There were probably up to thirty people at the meeting.
up to (someone) to decide/do (something) means to be responsible to choose or decide something
Example: It is up to the company president to decide when the meeting will start.
used to means accustomed to
Example: My friend is not used to living in such a big city.
with respect to (something) means referring to something, concerning something
Example: I do not know what the company will do with respect to the old computer system.
work out (for the best) means to end successfully
Example: I hope that everything will work out for my friend when she moves to London next week
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Example: The man has been to China before. In fact, he has been there three times.
77. in favor of (someone or something) means to approve or support someone or something
Example: Everybody is in favor of the new police chief. My company is not in favor of changing our holiday schedule.
78. in general means in most situations or circumstances
Example: In general, most of the people in our apartment are happy with the new manager.
79. in order to mean for the purpose of
Example: They have decided to close down the school for the summer in order to do some major repairs.
80. in other words means in a different (usually more direct) way
Example: In other words, if you do not finish the assignment by Wednesday you will not pass the course.
81. in place means in the proper place or location
Example: Everything in the room was in place when we arrived for the meeting.
82. in some ways means in some unspecified way or manner, by some unspecified means
Example: In some ways, I know what my friend means but in some ways I do not.
83. in terms of (something) means with regard to something
Example: In terms of our agreement with the other company we were not allowed to sell the products online.
84. in time means early enough
Example: I did not come home in time to meet my cousin.
85. keep (someone or something) in mind means to remember and think about someone or something
Example: I told my co-workers to keep the new starting time for work in mind.
86. kind of means somewhat, more or less, moderately
Example: I was kind of tired when I arrived home last night.
87. look for (something) means to try to find something, to hunt/search for something
Example: My friend has been looking for her credit card all morning but she can`t find it.
88. lookup (something) means to search for something in a dictionary or other book
Example: I will look up my friend’s name in the telephone book. I looked up the word in the dictionary.
89. make a difference means to cause a change in a situation
Example: It does not make a difference whether our boss comes to the meeting or not.
90. make sense means to seem reasonable
Example: His new proposal really does make sense.
91. make sure means to make certain, to establish something without a doubt
Example: I want to make sure that my friend is going to meet me tomorrow.
92. more or less means somewhat, to some extent
Example: I more or less have decided to study business next year.
93. no matter means regardless
Example: No matter how hard I try, my piano teacher is never satisfied.
94. not at all means certainly not
Example: I am not at all happy with my new computer.
95. of course means certainly, definitely, naturally
Example: Of course you can use my car if you want to.
96. on the other hand means, however, in contrast, looking at the opposite side of a matter
Example: He is very intelligent but on the other hand he is very lazy and always gets low marks at school.
97. on time means at the scheduled time, exactly at the correct time, punctually
Example: Our train arrived exactly on time.
98. once again means again, one more time, once more
Example: I tried once again to phone my boss at his home .
99. open to (something) means to be agreeable to learn or hear about new ideas or suggestions
Example: Most members of the class were open to the teacher’s ideas.
100. pick up (something) means to get or receive something
Example: I will pick up my dry cleaning tomorrow. I picked up a copy of the newspaper at the station.
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