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Idiom Scenario 1
Two colleagues are talking ...
Colleague 1: You know, I really did not want to see our tried and trusted, highly-effective data entry system scrapped.
Colleague 2: Luckily the programmers in the IT department were able to write some code to effectively patch the old system to the new system.
Colleague 1: Giving our old system a new lease on life.
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Idiom Scenario 2
Two friends are talking ...
Friend 1: Well? How do you feel after surviving triple bypass surgery?
Friend 2: I feel that I have been given a new lease on life. I really thought I was going to die.
Friend 1: Planning any changes in your life?
Friend 2: Absolutely. I am going to spend less time working and more time with my family, for starters.
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#words #idiom
لغت / اصطلاح
🔮 accident
Something, often bad, that happens by chance
تصادف ، اتفاق ، حادثه
🔸 I had an accident when I was driving to work _ my car hit a tree
وقتی داشتم میرفتم سرکار، تصادف کردم _ ماشینم خورد به یه درخت
🔮 by accident
by chance; not because you have planned it
تصادفا ، اتفاقی
🔸 I took Jane's book by accident. I thought it was mine
من تصادفا کتاب جین رو برداشتم. فکر کردم مال منه.
🔮 accidental / adjective
If sth is accidental, it happens by chance
تصادفی , اتفاقی
🔸 accidental death
مرگ تصادفی / اتفاقی
🔮 accidentally / adverb
🔸 He accidentally broke the window
او به طور اتفاقی پنجره را شکست
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May 11
🐼🐧 A tale of two lands
🍆 p5
☘ p4
eitaa.com/English_House/2605
🍀 p6
eitaa.com/English_House/2662
#tale_of_two_lands #story #reading #listening #american #level6
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مشاهده در پیام رسان ایتا
🐞 idiom
اصطلاح
👉 means “to do something immediately while you have a good chance of success.“
تا تنور داغه باید چسبوند
Usage in a movie ("Clueless"):
⠀
- If you strike while the iron is hot, you can have any guy that you want!
- Like who?
- Let's see, who's available? There's Bronson... I got it! Elton! He just broke up with Folette!
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englishpod_0012dg.mp3
857.5K
🌺 cleaning the house
بار اول فقط گوش کنید.
بار دوم همزمان با گوش دادن، به متن نگاه کنید.
بار سوم بدون نگاه به متن، فقط گوش کنید.
⚜ میانبر به پادکست قبلی
eitaa.com/English_House/2575
⚜ میانبر به پادکست بعدی
eitaa.com/English_House/2692
#podcast #listening #english
#انگلیسی #پادکست #intermediate
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