Phrase of the Day

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A special English phrase for every day of the year.

Discover a new phrase each day to use in your English! These are special phrases and sayings that English speakers use all the time, but you don't often see these phrases in English course books or other study material. Visit daily to learn some popular English phrases on a regular basis.

Did you know that we first introduced the Phrase of the day in early 2006!
You could say that puts us nearly 20 years ahead of the competition.

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"Just about"
We use this expression to say that something has almost happened, or to agree more or less with something

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"What's with the + noun?"
We use this expression to ask for an explanation for something we can see.

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"It's not up to much"
We use this expression to say that something is not very good.

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"Me too"
We use this expression to say we agree with someone, or are in the same situation.

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"I can't (verb) to save my life"
We use this expression to say that we absolutely can't do something

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"I'll bear it in mind"
We use this expression to thank someone for warning us about something that we will think about in a later situation.
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