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I am so terrified of losing the most precious person in my life.I wanted to be a hero but i am not. I have scars in my heart that i can't heal. I lost myself #reflections #phrases #original #sensivity #fear #emotions
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Discover the surprising origins of 25 common phrases with this video and auxiliary information. It's free and complete at auxvid.com/25-origins-o... ( #English, #phrases, #EnglishLanguage, #catchphrase, #idiom, #cliche, #expression, #maxim, #etymology, #wordOrigins, #language)
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"Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea. The most feminine & most domestic of all occupations imparts a magic harmony.. a witchery to her every glance."
- Braddon,M.E.: Lady Audley's Secret(1861-2.)
& By way - I disagree
(Painting - H.Tulp; Copd that of Bskye)
#phrases #lit
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For evil to triumph, it is enough that good men do nothing.!
#phrases
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4 everyday #phrases that may indicate someone is highly #intelligent
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#Socialskills expert shares 3 ‘magic #phrases’ that make you more #likable
www.upworthy.com/how-to-be-mo...
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a copy of the U.S. Constitution on his desk--who had worked at the DOJ for 37 years, had raised suspicions by using #telltale #phrases like #DueProcess’ in memos.
At Bondi’s direction, US marshals-- discovered offending document, & frog-marched him out of the building-the U.S. Constitution is banned
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22 common #Southern #phrases that leave people scratching their heads, laughing, or both
www.upworthy.com/confusing-hi...
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"F*** the dog" is the kind of #idiom you really don't want people to interpret literally.
"F the dog" and its more PG cousin "screw the pooch" have their origins in WWI #slang but stuck around because they had The Right Stuff.
#linguistics #English #history #phrases
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"Cityscape, townscape, streetscape, brainscape, hairscape, cloudscape, airscape, hardscape, bedscape, and other nonce words exist because 'landscape' is now a promiscuous word indeed." thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/reading-land... #Landscape #Language via @mitpress.bsky.social #writing #words #phrases
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"Little Goody Two-shoes" is an insult with a surprisingly complex #history . Popularized by a 1700s children's novel, the phrase has gone through several meanings and I'm going to share them with you because much like Margery Meanwell, I'm an educator.
#linguistics #etymology #phrases #words
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To be "hoisted by your own petard" is embarrassing for more reasons than you might realize. The metaphorical meaning is obvious, but many have never asked themselves "what is a petard?"
#linguistics #etymology #idioms #phrases #history
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Beginner Speaking: Useful everyday phrases 19 (A1)
youtu.be/ai6RZ633AFY
Here comes the next video aimed at beginner students devoted to practising some useful everyday phrases.
#englishinn #english #englishin3minutes #EnglishInn3Minutes #teachingenglish #speaking #phrases
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Late night thoughts:
Who is Tom and why is he a fool?
What did he do to be turned into a noun that indicates silly behavior?
#nouns
#tomfoolery
#etymology
#random
#words
#phrases
#latenightthoughts
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Literally figurative
Our love of phrases that trip off our tongue is a blessing and a curse. Read on at www.samyoung.co.nz/2025/12/lite...
#English #language #phrases #metaphor
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Organ grinders, monkeys... PUNCH cartoon by Quentin Blake 1962 #animals #gorillas #phrases #English #language
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Cette de la chatte
Le mot 'mots' désigne les unités de langage qui forment des phrases et transmettent des idées. Tous les mots sont des éléments de communication qui, combinés, permettent d'exprimer des pensées complexes. #mots #langage #communication #idée #phrases
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Mots désigne des unités de langage qui portent une signification. Ils peuvent être simples ou composés, utilisés pour former des phrases et exprimer des pensées, idées ou émotions. #Langage #Unites #Signification #Phrases #Emotions
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These #colour #idioms are worth their weight in gold. I'm closing out our colour idiom week with Part 5: miscellaneous hues
#linguistics #language #etymology #phrases #English #color
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Part 4 of my #colour #idiom series is #black and #white even if some of the origins are a bit #grey
#linguistics #language #etymology #phrases #English #color #gray
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Don't get sad because Part 3 of my #colour #idioms series looks at #blue
I'm sure the anticipation for this one left your balls blue and you seeing red.
#linguistics #language #etymology #phrases #history #color
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Part 2 of my series on #colour #idioms . Today's colour is #green and I envy you the viewer because I've said the word "green" so many times it's lost all meaning and makes me sick.
#linguistics #English #language #phrases #etymology #words #color
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'Message received,' say Proud Boys ICE says it received around 220,000 applications during its recruitment drive last year, and hired 12,000 new officers, more than doubling the size of its force. Beirich wonders how many of those applicants were drawn by the controversial social media posts. "The most dangerous part is that this is probably attracting white supremacists and other racial extremists to perhaps join the ranks of ICE. And that is a very toxic, very dangerous situation if it's happening," she said.
CBC news Sections ICE nodding to far-right extremists in recruitment posts, experts say | CBC News ICE nodding to far-right extremists in recruitment posts, experts say U.S. immigration enforcement agency memes look familiar to far-right groups Jonathan Montpetit · CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: January 25 Text to Speech Icon Listen to this article Estimated 7 minutes
" #ICE nodding to #FarRightExtremists in recruitment posts, experts say "
[using #codes #phrases #memes songs & pictures popular among #farright and #neonazi groups in their ads to attract people to ICE.
Who could possibly have foreseen this?]
www.cbc.ca/news/ice-...
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The #colour #red features in many popular #idioms because it carries so much metaphorical meaning. This video looks at the origins of a handful, including one I initially refused to believe
#linguistics #language #English #phrases #etymology #color
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