Clinton, Bush, Obama Come Together (part 2) Flashcards
Love your neighbor as yourself
idiom
To treat other people with the same respect that you would want them to treat you
My parents always taught me to love my neighbor as I would love myself.
You should love your neighbor as you would like to be loved yourself.
Get off Your High Horse
idiom
To stop talking as if you were better than others
That politician really needs to get off his high horse and face the truth.
He refused to get off his high horse and listen to me.
Reach out to someone
verbal phrase
To offer help and support to someone
During the pandemic many people reached out to their friends and neighbors.
I’m trying to reach out to people in my community.
What binds people together
phrase
What we all have in common
We need to concentrate on what binds us together, not our differences.
Love is something that binds all people together.
Hardship
noun
A very difficult time / situation
There was a lot of hardship around the world in 2020.
We are trying to find a way to deal with all the hardship in the world.
Pull for someone’s success
verbal phrase
To support someone’s success
I want you to know that I’m pulling for your success.
She has always been pulling for her husband’s success.
March with someone
verbal phrase
To support and follow someone
Don’t worry, I will be marching with you all the way!
We should march with our new President and respect him.
Root for someone
verbal phrase
To express support for someone
I’m rooting for you to succeed every day.
I think he has been rooting for her since day one.
Keep someone in your prayers
phrase
Said to someone to wish them luck and show your support
I will keep you and your family in my prayers every day.
She has been in our prayers.
Godspeed
exclamation
An expression of good wishes to someone starting a journey
I wish you all the best on your cross-Atlantic trip, godspeed!
Godspeed! I hope we will meet again some day.