#Vocabulary

⚫️Res‧tive
/ˈrestɪv/ adjective (written)


▪️dissatisfied or bored with your situation, and impatient for it to change.

▪️Communist leaders struggled to rule over increasingly restive populations.


— restively adverb
— restiveness noun [U]

#Expressions

⚫️Giddy heights


➖ a situation in which you have a lot of success



🔘Although she had been quite a successful model, she had never reached the giddy heights of the Paris fashion world.

🪩 Out of the woods

🪄This means the worst part of a difficult situation is over, and the end goal is in sight.

Example:
The surgery went very well, so he’s officially out of the woods. He just needs to recover now.

🪩 Bring home the bacon

🪄To bring home the bacon means to make an income or earn a living to support your family.

Example:
Ever since her father was injured, she’s been working two jobs to bring home the bacon

📚 Take something with a pinch of salt, phrase.

❓ Definition: Regard something as exaggerated; believe only part of something.

❗️ Examples:

1. I take anything he says with a large pinch of salt.
2. An AIB spokesman rejected the claim it was ripping off customers and said it took the report with a pinch of salt as it did not believe true like-for-like comparisons were made.
3. The next time someone says one bullet is vastly superior to another in regards to wind deflection, take their advice with a grain of salt and check for yourself.
4. Many personnel believe that no matter what they have to say, it will be taken with a grain of salt.
5. Since I had no recourse to take this route, I took the stories with a pinch of salt and never checked them out.