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🎃 Halloween vocabulary (UK edition)
Haunted: visited by ghosts
Fancy dress: costumes worn to a party
Trick or treat: what tiny witches shout at your door
13 more words, plus a quiz 👇
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Jobs and careers vocabulary 🔧
Ten jobs, each with a labelled photo: fuse box, stethoscope, wrench, pitchfork, dipstick.
(In Britain, "dipstick" is also an insult. Bonus vocabulary.)
Check out all ten 👇
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British slang of the day 👨
"Bloke" - an informal word for a man.
"Ask Steve. He's a really nice bloke."
High praise, British-style. 🇬🇧
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British slang you’ll actually hear in the UK 🇬🇧
Skint: having no money
Gobsmacked: too shocked to speak
Codswallop: nonsense
Argy-bargy: a noisy argument
46 more, with meanings, examples and a quiz 👇
funkyenglish.com/british-sla…
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Idiom of the day 🐑
"The black sheep of the family": the person a family or group disapproves of.
"I told everyone I prefer coffee to tea. I'm now officially the black sheep of the family."
Some things are never forgiven. 🙃
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ALT A watercolour illustration of a black sheep wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket, standing among four white sheep in bow ties and pearl necklaces in a cosy sitting room, with text overlay reading 'idiom: the black sheep of the family,' the example 'Everyone in my family is a lawyer, so as an artist, I'm the black sheep!' and 'meaning: the person a family or group disapproves of.'
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Your textbook taught you "How are you?" 📚
British people actually say "You alright?" - and no, they don't want your medical history. 😅
It just means hello. Reply short, bounce it back: "Yeah, good thanks, you?"
For more on real British greetings 👇
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Idiom of the day 🌕
"Once in a blue moon" — very rarely, almost never.
"He said he'd reply to my email 'right away.' He only actually does that once in a blue moon."
Some promises age like milk. 🙃
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I made a logic puzzle site called LogicDash - no English skills needed, just numbers and deduction.
Guess a hidden 5-bit pattern; each guess only tells you how many digits are wrong, never which.
Start with Classic, then come back daily for Quick Byte.
logicdash.io
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🐶 Dogs have earned a LOT of idioms in English:
"Let sleeping dogs lie" - don't stir up old trouble
"In the doghouse" - in trouble with someone
"Dog tired" - completely exhausted
22 more, with meanings and examples 👇
funkyenglish.com/dog-idioms/
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🦘 Kangaroo Court = Unfair Trial?
Find out the origin, meaning & real-world examples of this popular English idiom.
Read the full lesson on FunkyEnglish:
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Binge-watching in English? Master the slang first!
From 'spoiler alert' to 'Netflix and chill' (careful with that one!), learn 20+ streaming idioms native speakers actually use.
Read now:
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🐾 English has some VERY strange animal idioms…
Have you heard these?
• Let the cat out of the bag
• Pigs might fly
• Butterflies in my stomach
• Raining cats and dogs
👉 Do you know what they all mean?
Learn all 10 👇
funkyenglish.com/top-10-anim…
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🐶 English has a LOT of idioms about dogs.
If someone says it’s “raining cats and dogs”, do they mean animals are falling from the sky?
Of course not.
👉 It means it’s raining very heavily.
This is just one of many dog idioms.
Learn more dog idioms 👇
funkyenglish.com/dog-idioms/
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🤫 Your friend knows a secret…
You keep asking questions.
Finally they can’t hold it anymore.
They spill the beans.
👉 Meaning: to reveal a secret.
Example:
“I was planning a surprise party, but my brother spilled the beans.”
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⏰ You open your eyes in the morning…
But you’re still lying in bed.
Which phrasal verb describes this?
Answer 👇
Wake up
👉 Meaning: to stop sleeping.
Example:
“I wake up at 6:30 every morning.”
Learn more daily routine phrasal verbs:
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🤨 Something doesn’t feel right…
The deal sounds too good.
Someone asks for your bank details.
You smell a rat.
👉 Meaning: you suspect something dishonest is happening.
Example:
“When the email promised free money, I smelled a rat immediately.”
funkyenglish.com/idiom-smell…
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🧊 Idiom of the Day
One more mistake at work?
Your teacher is losing patience?
You’re on thin ice.
👉 Meaning: in a risky situation where one more mistake could cause serious trouble.
“After missing three deadlines, he’s on thin ice with his manager.”
funkyenglish.com/idiom-on-th…
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😳 Someone tries to trick you…
They suddenly change the price.
Or hide something in the small print.
They’re trying to pull a fast one.
👉 Meaning: to deceive someone in a sneaky way.
“The salesman tried to pull a fast one and charge me twice.”
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Studying computer science in English? 👇
Do you really know the difference between
argument and parameter?
compile-time vs run-time error?
24 essential CS terms explained clearly.
👉 funkyenglish.com/computer-sc…
#ComputerScience #LearnEnglish #CSStudent
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🔥 Idiom of the Day 👇
Green-eyed monster
Meaning: 👉 Jealousy or envy
Example:
“When my colleague got promoted, the green-eyed monster appeared.”
⚠️ Don’t use it for small jealousy — it suggests strong envy.
Originally from Shakespeare’s Othello
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