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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"No wonder"
We use this expression to say something is not surprising.

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"It never crossed my mind"
We use this expression to say that we didn't even think of something.

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"Don't overdo it"
We use this expression to warn someone not to do too much of something.

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"I'm dreading it"
We use this expression to say that we are very worried about something, or not looking forward to it at all.

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"A load of rubbish"
We use this expression to say we think something is not true, or is useless.

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"Apparently"
We use this expression to report something that we have heard.
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