01.04 The School Of Life Flashcards
This sentence means that the person arrived three months ago and is still here now.
I’ve been here for three months
The word is an informal, playful way of emphasizing one’s true home—usually the place where someone grew up or where their family is. It’s often used by native speakers, especially in casual conversation, to distinguish between different places they might call home.
“Home-home”
- I live in Dublin now, but home-home is in Cork.”
- I’m staying in London for work, but I’m going back home-home for Christmas.”
- Emphasizing a deep emotional connection to a place
“New York feels like home, but home-home will always be Texas”
*“Are you going home this weekend?”
“You mean my flat here or home-home?”
Synonym of your native country
Home country
Back in ** (Russia)
Home-home
The phrase means that she is the youngest student in the class
She is the baby of the class
- “My little brother is the baby of the family—everyone spoils him!”
(He is the youngest sibling and gets a lot of attention.)
means to manage, deal with, or handle a difficult situation, challenge, or problem successfully
Cope with
- She had to cope with a lot of stress during the exams. (She had to manage the stress.)
Two types of water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts and that with low salt content, making it suitable for drinking and most land-based life.
Salt and fresh water
- The Atlantic Ocean is a vast body of salt water that separates Europe and the Americas.
- The Amazon River is one of the largest sources of fresh water in the world.
- Fresh water crocodile
to live in a place
inhabit /ɪnˈhæb.ɪt/
- These remote islands are inhabited only by birds.
- Crocodiles may inhabit in the river
Types of animals classified by their diet, but they have key differences in what they eat
1. (Meat-Eaters)
2. (Meat + Plant Eaters)
Omnivore and carnivore
- Lions, tigers, and sharks are carnivores because they mainly hunt and eat other animals.
- Bears, humans, and raccoons are omnivores because they consume fruits, vegetables, and meat.
The phrase people use humorously when they ask a question that they are actually curious about but don’t want to admit is for themselves. It’s often used to make a potentially embarrassing or awkward question sound less personal.
Asking for a friend
- If someone accidentally spends all their rent money on concert tickets, what should they do? Asking for a friend.
The phrase refers to the decade from 2000 to 2009. The word “*” means zero
Back in the noughties
- Back in the noughties, everyone had a flip phone and used MySpace.
It’s an Irish English phrase meaning “It was no fun at all” or “It was really boring/disappointing.”
It was zero craic
- The party was supposed to be great, but it was zero craic, so we left early.
The phrase refers to something that is falsely promoted as beneficial but is actually useless or fraudulent
Snake oli
- That new skincare cream claims to erase wrinkles overnight, but it’s just snake oil.
The phrase means that someone has a weakness for a particular thing—they are easily attracted to or influenced by it. It’s often used in a lighthearted or humorous way.
It implies that a person really loves, enjoys, or always falls for something.
A sucker for smth
1.”I’m a sucker for romantic comedies—I’ve seen every single one on Netflix!”
- “She’s a sucker for a good sales pitch; she always buys things she doesn’t need.”
- “I’m a sucker for puppies—I can’t walk past one without stopping to pet it!”
Irish synonym of Eraser
In other countries, such as the USA, the word “*” can also mean “condom”, so in an international context, it’s better to use “eraser” to avoid confusion.
rubber /ˈrʌb.ər/
The phrase that means “not small,” or “larger than small”
Anything but small
- The task was anything but small, with so many steps involved.
(This indicates that the task was complicated and required a lot of effort, so it wasn’t “small” in terms of difficulty.)
- N: a group of sheep, goats, or birds
- V: to move or come together in large numbers
Flock
- flock of: * a flock of sheep/goats/geese
2.flock to: * Hundreds of people flocked to the football match.
Collective nouns:
- A group of fish swimming together is called a “school.”
- Refers to a group of wolves that live and hunt together.
- A group of crows is known as…
- School of fish
* We saw a school of fish swimming near the coral reef. - Pack of wolves
* The pack of wolves howled at the full moon. - Murder of crowes
* A murder of crows perched on the tree branches, making a lot of noise.
V: stop working
Go off
- The alarm didn’t go off (don’t work)
