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(Be) Floored

Floored shocked (slang) knocked down (slang) drunk “I was totally floored to learn my art had…

Word Of The Week: Flexer

Flexer (slang) Someone who shows off or brags a lot. To behave in a way to…

Vandals Remove An Umbrella From A Statue

Listen here   Marija Juric Zagorka was a Croatian journalist and writer who worked in the…

Go Pear-Shaped

Go pear-shaped  To go wrong. If, e.g., a plan goes pear-shaped, it fails.  “When I lost…

Lacrosse, A Sport Created By Native Americans

Listen here Lacrosse is a team sport played with rubber balls and sticks. The sticks are equipped…

Bone-Tired (Tired To The Bone)

Bone-tired  Extremely tired, mentally and physically.  “They were tired to the bone from constant enemy´s attacks.”  …

Train Has Its Stop Inside A Block Of Flats

Listen here Obstacles for some, challenges for others. Chinese planners and engineers finally decided not to pull…

Countable And Uncountable Nouns

Nouns in English are either countable-C or uncountable-U. Some can be both, countable and uncountable, but…

Son Doong Is The Largest Natural Cave On The Planet

Listen here Hang Sơn Đoòng cave is located in Vietnam near its borders with Laos. The cave was…

Work Like A Dog

Work like a dog  To work very, extremely  hard.  Origin Perhaps this idiom refers to farm…