✅ IDIOM OF THE DAY: What does "WRITING IS ON THE WALL" mean? ✅ What does "TAKE SOMETHING WITH A GRAIN OF SALT" mean?Source: VCC Learning Center.

✅ READINGPerseveranceYou never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.We avoid the things that we're afraid of because we think there will

✅ Synonym for HelpfulIf you describe someone as helpful, you mean that they help you in some way, such as doing part of your job for you or by giving you advice or information.E.g. "Thank you, you've been most helpful." ✅ Idiom "On the air" - being broadcast on radio or TV"The important governme

GerundsA gerund is a part of speech. It is a common grammar used by those who speak English. The word gerund actually means to continue. Many verbs are followed by gerunds.Here is a short list: enjoy, finished, stop/stopped, quit, mind, postpone, put off, keep, consider, think about, discuss, talk a

▶️Football Shirt▶️ Back To Square OneMeaning – To start again. If you go back to square one you go back to where you started, having made no progress. To start working on a plan from the beginning because your previous attempt to do something failed.It is likely that this phrase originated from the

We all understand the importance of body language at work—the way that a colleague's crossed arms might CONVEY HOSTILITY or a manager's feet on the desk might be an attempt to show DOMINANCE. But how does that translate into the digital realm, now that so many of us are working from home and

▲ "I have been slogging _________ at my essay for two weeks." a) across b) about c) around d) awayThe correct answer is d) "to slog away at something." It means to work hard at something usually for a long period of time. There is no expression "to slog around/about/across at something." Slog is als

❤️ Eating Expressions✅ Eat like a horse: To eat a lot✅ Eat like a bird: To eat very little✅ Pack/put away: to eat or drink a large amount✅ Wolf down: Eat food very quickly✅ Force down: Make yourself eat when you don’t want to✅ Work up an appetite: Do something to make you hungry✅ Make your mouth wat

Sign LanguageIdioms and Expressions About PlasticIdiom-Fish out of water Source: VCC Learning Center.

Prepositions Of Time & PlaceTime Sequencers TOEFL VocabularySource: VCC Learning Center.

"In hot water" - in trouble, in a situation where people are angry at you or are not happy with youThe employee is often in hot water with his boss.The man is always in hot water because of the stupid things that he says.If someone or something shows a particular quality, feeling, or type of behavio

Few and far between - not many, rare, unusualRestaurants are few and far between on the mountain highway.Mistakes in the report are few and far between.New ideas from our coach are few and far between. To divide something fifty-fifty - to divide something into two equal partsWe divided the money fif

❤️"To make headway" - to make progress❤️"We were not able to make any headway with the project."❤️"The company is beginning to make headway in the negotiations."❤️"The student is not able to make headway with the essay."✅ What does IN THE SAME BOAT mean?"On call" - available to go to work or to do s

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"To catch someone off balance" - to surprise someone who is not prepared"The security guard was able to catch the thief off balance.""The teacher tried to catch the students off balance with the difficult question.""Time and a half" - a rate of pay for workers that is one and a half times one's

Synonyms Of The DayIf you "start" an engine, car, or machine, or if it starts, it begins to work.E.g. "He started the car, which hummed smoothly."Source: VCC Learning Center.

"Seventh heaven"If you say that you are in "seventh heaven", you mean that you are in a state of complete happiness.E.g. "After I was given my first camera I was in seventh heaven." "To lend someone a hand" - to help someone"I asked my friend to lend me a hand to move the furniture.""If someone will

✅ IDIOMS: Another collection of 30 idioms to studySource: VCC Learning Center.

Proverb Of The Day"Penny wise and pound foolish" - to be careful with small amounts of money but to waste large amounts of money on unnecessary things"My friend is penny wise and pound foolish. He saves money on small things and wastes money on big things."✔️ Separate the wheat from the chaff[Wheat

Idiom Of The Day: "To be run down""To be run down" - to be in poor health or poor physical condition (usually from working or studying too hard)"The man is run down because he is working too hard.""The young woman became run down after studying late for her exams for many weeks.""For the time being"