12. Serendipity Flashcards
Like luck, it’s finding something good when you are not looking for it
SERENDIPITY
Good fortune
Arrive at
GET TO
We got to the airport at 7pm
Commands:
Get to the gym!
Get to bed!
Get to school!
Collocations⭐️
TAKE YOURSELF + somewhere
Take yourself to bed!
Take yourself to work!
Get/ take your ass + somewhere
Take your ass home.
Take your ass to the gym.
Remove clothing, hats, ties, headphones, glasses, jewel, makeup
TAKE OFF
In Asia, you need to TAKE OFF your shoes before you come inside.
PUT ON - add clothing etc
Sudden increase in metric, or sudden increase in success generally
noun + TAKE OFF
If your IG account TAKES OFF it means there is a sudden increase in views and followers.
Specific metrics: my views took off, my sales took off, my follower count took off.
Success generally: the account took off, the business took off, the brand took off
Sales of the new product took off after advertising campaign.
Attendance at the conference took off once they announced the keynote speaker.
Flirt with someone; show romantic or sexual interest
HIT ON + person
Chad was hitting on Emma all night.
Do you hit on random women online?
He’s hitting on her ( when just one is interested)
They flirting with each other ( when both are interested)
Native expressions🌟
HIT ON an IDEA
HIT ON a SOLUTION- means come up with or discover.
During the meeting, we hit on a possible solution.
about unexpected outcome
TURN OUT to be something - contrast an outcome you didn’t expect!
It turned out to be a great movie.
He turned out to be a jerk.
Similar to
END UP & WIND UP - the end or the conclusion of the story
The hurricane wasn’t supposed to be very strong, but it turned out to be a category 4.
It ended up destroying several homes in the area.
The job interview seemed informal at first, but it turned out to be very rigorous.
I ended up doing very well.
The recipe looked simple to follow, but it turned out to be quite complicated.
It would up taking me twice as long to cook dinner.
Sometimes
Turn out + adj
It turned out great.
Everything will turn out fine.
TURN OUT + That + full clause
It turned out that we were wrong about you.
It turned out that only 15% of people who smoke get cancer.
END UP & WIND UP + gerund
It ended up being my favorite.
I wound up being my favorite.
We wound up getting married.
Did you end up calling her?
END UP & WIND UP + prepositional phrase
We ended up at the wrong house.
We ended up in the middle of nowhere.
I would up with a huge headache.
END UP & WIND UP + adj
She ended up happy.
He wound up broke.
You’re going to wind up sick if you don’t take care of your health.
Slang- ignore something we should be paying attention to
SLEEP ON something
We sleep on cool new stuff, threats, trends, and opportunities
Don’t sleep on this new artist; their music is incredible.
Business example you shouldn’t sleep on: cloud computing; blockchain technology; E-commerce platforms
Sales term that refers to a present age of what you sell
The comp pays you a percentage of your total sales- they pay you commissions.
Native way🌟
It is a commission-based pay.
We work on commissions.
We get paid commissions.
We get paid 15% commissions.
Straight commissions= only commissions; no hourly or salary pay.
We are on straight commissions.
We are paid straight commissions.
Hurry up and start working
GET TO IT!
Tone: bossy& urgent (direct command)
About beginning tasks
GET TO work!
GET TO cleaning!
GET TO studying!
Declarative sentence: urgency
I need to get to work on this project.
We should get to studying for the exam.Now that everyone is here, let’s get to it!
Start doing task we came here to do
GET DOWN to Business= get to it
Do nothing useful; waste time; be lazy or passive
STAND AROUND
SIT AROUND
LIE AROUND
Somebody + stand around
I’m gonna lie aromas the house and do nothing all weekend.
Hustle
1) work hours
2) be in hurry
3) side hustle
4) to scam someone
What are you learning?
What are you getting out of it?= what are you gaining from the experience?
GET something OUT OF something - gain money, knowledge, or anything valuable.
I get a lot out of my job.
It’s not just about money, my job is satisfying to me.
I got a lot of that English class. It was useful; I learned a lot.
What you GET OUT OF something usually depends on what you PUT INTO it.
WHAT YOU PUT IN - your efforts
WHAT YOU GET OUT OF-your reward
You get out what you put in.
PUT + something + into + somewhere
I put a lot of effort into my studies
We put a lot of money into the renovation.
GET + something + OUT OF + something
I got a lot of new vocabulary out of the class.
She got valuable experience out of her internship.
Expression
TO THIS DAY
-even now, from the past up until now; still used to emphasize that something is enduring or long -lasting
