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PECKISH
/ˈpek.ɪʃ/ uk

🌿slightly hungry: a feeling of mild hunger

🌿The word comes from the earlier peck, meaning food which is based on the image of a bird that pecks at grain and the like.

🌿 By ten o'clock I was feeling peckish, even though I'd had a large breakfast.

🌿 'I'm a bit peckish I'll think I will make a small sandwich'
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🌸 slapdash 🌸

adjective | SLAP-dash


🌻Definition:

done or made without careful planning : haphazard, slipshod

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🌻Example :

"Much to my surprise, Gus didn't take me to task regarding my chronic gerund abuse or my slapdash approach to punctuation."

👨🏻Jerry Nelson, The Farm Forum
(Aberdeen, South Dakota), 11 Sept. 2017

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🌻Did You Know?

☘One of the first known uses of slapdash in English came in 1679 from the British poet and dramatist John Dryden,
who used it as an adverb in his play The kind keeper; or Mr. Limberham:
"Down I put the notes slap-dash" .☘

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There is very instructive incident involving the life of Alexander, the great Macedonian king. Alexander, after conquering many kingdoms, was returning home. On the way, he fell ill and it took him to his death bed. With death staring him in his face, Alexander realized how his conquests, his great army, his sharp sword and all his wealth were of no consequence.

He now longed to reach home to see his mother’s face and bid her his last adieu. But, he had to accept the fact that his sinking health would not permit him to reach his distant homeland. So, the mighty conqueror lay prostrate and pale, helplessly waiting to breathe his last. He called his generals and said, “I will depart from this world soon, I have three wishes, please carry them out without fail.” With tears flowing down their cheeks, the generals agreed to abide by their king’s last wishes.

“My first desire is that,” said Alexander, “My physicians alone must carry my coffin.” After a pause, he continued, “Secondly, I desire that when my coffin is being carried to the grave, the path leading to the graveyard be strewn with gold, silver and precious stones which I have collected in my treasury.

“The king felt exhausted after saying this. He took a minute’s rest and continued. “My third and last wish is that both my hands be kept dangling out of my coffin.”The people who had gathered there wondered at the king’s strange wishes. But no one dare bring the question to their lips.

Alexander’s favorite general kissed his hand and pressed them to his heart. “O king, we assure you that your wishes will all be fulfilled. But tell us why do you make such strange wishes?”

At this Alexander took a deep breath and said: “I would like the world to know of the three lessons I have just learnt. I want my physicians to carry my coffin because people should realize that no doctor can really cure any body. They are powerless and cannot save a person from the clutches of death. So let not people take life for granted.

The second wish of strewing gold, silver and other riches on the way to the graveyard is to tell People that not even a fraction of gold will come with me. I spent all my life earning riches but cannot take anything with me. Let people realize that it is a sheer waste of time to chase wealth.

And about my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I wish people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world.”

Alexander’s last words:  “Bury my body, do not build any monument, keep my hands outside so that the world knows the person who won the world had nothing in his hands when dying“.

With these words, the king closed his eyes. Soon he let death conquer him and breathed his last.
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#Daily_Idioms

1⃣A piece of cake .


⚠️Definition : Something easy to do .

🍏An example :

The match's test was a piece of cake .

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2⃣To go bananas


⚠️Definition : To become crazy .

🍎An example :

He went bananas when he saw his car stolen .

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3⃣Bring home the bacon .

⚠️Definition : To earn money .

🧕 : My husband always brings home the bacon and I spend it kindly .

🧕🏿 : An excellent husband you've got . I wish I were you 😅

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♦️putty

✔️be putty in your hands

Meaning:
👉 if someone is putty in your hands, they will do anything you want them to do, usually because they like you so much

Example"
👉He can't say no to her - he's putty in her hands.
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‍ 🌻other ways to say :KIND

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🌸Thoughtful

🌸Caring

🌸Considerate

🌸Nice

🌸Benevolent

🌸warmhearted

🌸Sympathetic
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‍ Today's Idioms


‍ ♨️Shoot yourself in the foot♨️

✅meaning :
To do or say somethings that causes problems for you

✅Example:
When Kate went on a trip before her final exam, she shot herself in the foot. She failed the test
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‍ ♨️to roll out the red carpet♨️

✅meaning :
To greet someone hospitably

✅Example:

They rolled out the red carpet for me
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‍ ♨️make up your mind♨️

✅meaning :
To make a decision

✅Example:
I have to decide wich job I want, the one in London or the one in Paris, but I can't make up my mind

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10 MOST DIFFICULT WORDS FOR ESL LEARNERS

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SYNONYMS

mad
crazy
insane
fool
cretin
ninny
loco
bonkers
crack pot
silly
dimwit
chump
fathead
nut
nutty
nutter
sappy
slap-head
bine head
muggings
balmy
cuckoo
kook
kookie
batty
cracket
daffy
lunatic
loopy
screwball
potty

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1⃣Have a bigger fish to fry

⚠️Definition : Have more things to do

🍊An example :

I couldn't attend the meeting , I had bigger fish to fry .

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2⃣Like two peas in a pod


⚠️Definition : Nearly identical , Very similar .

🍋An example :

Joe and Andrew are like two peas in a pod .

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3⃣ As red as cherry

⚠️Definition : Something very red

🍌An example :

Her cheeks were as red as cherry .

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SLEEP VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS 🛌😴

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