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.

Phrase of the day

"Need a hand?"
We use this expression when we want to offer help to somebody. It is short for 'Do you need a hand?'

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"For a change"
We use this expression to introduce something different from what is normal.

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"Worse than useless"
We use this expression to say that something is absolutely terrible.

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"That'll do"
We use this expression to say that someone should stop something, or that something is enough.

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"Part of the problem"
We use this expression to explain one reason for a particular problem.

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"In a way"
We use this expression to introduce a contrasting idea or viewpoint, or to agree to a limited extent.
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