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

"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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"You're better off +ing"
We use this expression to advise someone to do something different.

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"I could murder a (something)"
We use this expression to say we are very hungry or thirsty.

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"By all means"
We use this expression to give someone permission to do something.

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"Just this once"
We use this expression to make an exception, or to ask for an exception to be made for us.

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"About time"
We use this expression to say that we think someone should have done something before, or something should have happened before. It's common when people are late.
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