#idioms

🔶Throw/put somebody off the scent

🔸 to give someone false information to prevent them from catching you or discovering something.


🔸Was he trying to put me off the scent because I had come too close to the truth?

Idiomatic Expressions:

A. Expression: Barking up the wrong tree

📌Meaning: To pursue a mistaken or misguided course of action.
📌Example Sentence: If you think I'm the one who broke the vase, you're barking up the wrong tree.

B. Expression: The ball is in your court

📌Meaning: It’s your decision or responsibility to take the next step.
📌Example Sentence: I've done all I can; now the ball is in your court.

C. Expression: Burning the midnight oil

📌Meaning: To stay up late working on a project or task.
📌Example Sentence: He’s been burning the midnight oil to finish his dissertation on time.

D. Expression: A blessing in disguise

📌Meaning: Something that seems bad or unlucky at first but results in something good in the end.
📌Example Sentence: Losing that job was a blessing in disguise; it pushed me to start my own business, which is now thriving.

E. Expression: Bite the bullet

📌Meaning: To endure a painful experience or to face a difficult situation with courage.
📌Example Sentence: She didn’t want to confront her boss, but she knew she had to bite the bullet and discuss the issues.

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Practice:

1️⃣When the project was handed over to you, __________ to decide the next steps.
2️⃣After getting a flat tire on the way to the interview, she thought it was terrible luck, but it turned out to be __________ because she got a call for a better job.
3️⃣He’s been __________ every night this week to meet the deadline.
4️⃣Accusing him of theft is __________—he’s the most honest person I know.
5️⃣Sometimes you just have to __________ and tell the truth, no matter how hard it is.

Answers:

1- the ball is in your court
2- a blessing in disguise
3- burning the midnight oil
4- barking up the wrong tree
5- bite the bullet

ways to say "ok":

1. Sure thing
2. Understood
3. No worries
4. Affirmative
5. Cool
6. Gotcha
7. 10-4
8. Very well
9. Agreed
10. Right away
11. Consider it done
12. Definitely
13. Copy that
14. Yep
15. Okey-dokey
16. Alrighty
17. Fine
18. Okay by me
19. That works
20. As you wish
21. Absolutely
22. Will do
23. Sounds like a plan
24. I’m on it
25. It’s a go
26. Bingo
27. No sweat
28. Right you are
29. No biggie
30. Works for me
31. Check
32. Certainly
33. You got it
34. All good
35. Perfect
36. Consider it done
37. For sure

#Expressions

🔶The be-all and end-all


➖the most important part of a situation or of someone’s life.

🔸Jim, making money was the be-all and end-all of his job.

#Expressions

🔘The powers that be 


▫️the unknown people who have important positions of authority and power, and whose decisions affect your life.


▪️The powers that be don’t want the media to get hold of the story.


#pronunciation practice

Try to pronounce these words
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👉🏻  Pan 🆚 Pَen 🆚 Pِin

👉🏻  Bَed 🆚 Bِid

👉🏻  Tَen 🆚 Tِin

👉🏻  Sَet 🆚 Sِit


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