Idiom: Cut the mustard

Meaning:
To meet or exceed expectations, to be up to standard.

Example Sentence:
"After months of training, she was finally able to cut the mustard at her new job."

Word of the day: Duplicitous 🎭 (adjective)

Meaning:
Deceitful or dishonest; saying one thing and meaning another.

Example:
He appeared friendly, but his duplicitous behaviour soon became clear.

✨ PHRASE OF THE DAY ✨

💡 Come as a revelation

📘 Meaning:
To be a surprising or enlightening discovery, often something unexpected that changes how people think or feel.

📝 Example:
The update on her condition came as a revelation to everyone in the room.

Idiom - Hand in glove 🧤

Meaning: working together, often to do something dishonest

Example:
It was rumoured at the time that some of the gangs were working hand in glove with the police.

AS… AS… EXPRESSIONS

EXPRESSION | MEANING

as white as snow → very white
as black as night → very black
as old as time → very old
as drunk as a lord → very drunk
as busy as a bee → very busy
as easy as pie → very easy
as sick as a dog → very sick
as happy as Larry → very happy
as hard as nails → very hard

Informal 🆚 Formal English

Upgrade your English by replacing everyday words with more formal alternatives ⬇️

1️⃣ Ask → Inquire
2️⃣ Help → Assist
3️⃣ Buy → Purchase
4️⃣ Show → Demonstrate
5️⃣ Tell → Inform
6️⃣ Need → Require
7️⃣ Get → Obtain
8️⃣ Give → Provide
9️⃣ Start → Commence
🔟 End → Terminate

📌 Use formal words in emails, exams, interviews & professional writing.

🚑 Injury Vocabulary (Quick English Lesson)

1️⃣ Bruise
👉 A dark mark on the skin after being hit
📝 He got a bruise on his arm after the fall.

2️⃣ Cut
👉 An injury made by something sharp
📝 She cut her finger while cooking.

3️⃣ Sprain
👉 A twisted or stretched joint (ankle, wrist)
📝 He sprained his ankle during the match.

4️⃣ Fracture
👉 A crack or break in a bone
📝 The X-ray showed a small fracture.

5️⃣ Burn
👉 Injury caused by heat or fire
📝 She burned her hand on the stove.

6️⃣ Swelling
👉 When a body part becomes bigger due to injury
📝 There was swelling around his knee.

Word of the day - Reverent (adjective)

Meaning:
Showing deep respect, admiration, or seriousness—especially toward something considered important, sacred, or worthy of honor.

Example sentence:
The students listened in a reverent silence as the teacher spoke about the nation’s history.

Grease someone’s palm (idiom)

Meaning:
To bribe someone—usually with money—to get a favor, speed things up, or gain unfair advantage.

Example sentence:
He greased the official’s palm to get the paperwork approved quickly.

Click with someone (phrase)

Meaning:
To feel an immediate, natural connection with someone; to get along easily from the start.

Example sentence:
I clicked with my new colleague on the first day, and we became good friends quickly.

On the back burner (idiom)

Meaning:
To delay something or give it low priority while focusing on more important matters.

Example sentence:
The travel plans are on the back burner until we finish our exams.

🪄One word substitution: "A person who loves and collects books."

❤️ Bibliophile
👍 Writer
🔥 Librarian
👏 Publisher

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Nefandous (adjective)

Meaning:
Extremely wicked, evil, or morally reprehensible.

Example sentence:
The public was shocked by the nefandous crimes committed by the gang.

Synonyms:
Heinous, vile, atrocious, depraved

Q- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
🪄She is afraid ___ snakes.

🄰 of 👏
🄱 on 🔥
🄲 at ❤️
🄳 in 👍

Answer with Emojis ✅

Q- Fill in the blank:
🪄 She is interested __ learning English.

❤️ in
👍 on
😮 at
👏 about

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Besmirch (verb)

Meaning:
To damage someone’s reputation or good name by saying false or harmful things about them.

Example Sentence:
The false accusations were intended to besmirch his reputation before the election.