inmadom / Nabbber

inmadom

Inma Dominguez España

Profesora de inglés de secundaria y de adultos. Me interesa la educación, internet, los idiomas, la historia, la literatura... I'm an English teacher. I'm interested in languages, literature, history... http://inmadom-myenglishclass.blogspot.com

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Plonk

Cheap wine <British English>

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May 22, 2011 17:53 PM

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snowclone

A snowclone is a popular sentence structure which is recycled and adapted from the original quote by replacing key words.

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May 1, 2011 12:03 PM

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dead ringer

Someone or something that very closely resembles another.
I dont know his name, but he's a dead ringer for his brother!

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Apr 30, 2011 15:23 PM

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mother lode

The place where the largest amount of gold, silver, etc., in a particular area can be found. Often used figuratively. The library's collection of old newspapers has proven to be a mother lode of information about the town's early history.

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Apr 29, 2011 20:57 PM

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zillion

An unspecified large number
He says he has a "zillion" ideas on a wide-range of baseball topics.

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Mar 22, 2011 22:04 PM

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dormer

A window set vertically into a small gable projecting from a sloping roof or the gable holding such a window.

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Mar 14, 2011 10:09 AM

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to foil

To prevent from being successful; thwart.
The British government has also foiled a plan by the Libyan leader to move $1.5 billion worth of Libyan banknotes out of the country.

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Mar 3, 2011 23:03 PM

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tee hee

A typographical representation of tittering or laughter.

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Mar 2, 2011 19:05 PM

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news anchor

<American English> A presenter of news broadcasts.
When he watched television, he believed that the characters and the news anchors were talking directly to him.

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Mar 2, 2011 18:54 PM

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outage

A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electric power.
This technology may not only facilitate communication across languages, but also reduce the threat to communication created by Internet outages.

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Mar 2, 2011 15:07 PM

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on the fly

(idiom) Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.
We are working things on the fly

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Feb 18, 2011 18:01 PM

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ice floes

large areas of ice which float on the sea
Polar bears swim between ice floes to catch seals.

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Feb 1, 2011 17:11 PM

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bolster

(verb) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
To bolster the economy, the Fed has kept rates at ultra-low levels since December 2008.

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Feb 1, 2011 17:05 PM

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dinky

(informal) of small size, insignificant; of poor quallity, shabby.
you can buy a dinky camera these days that can take very high quality HD video pictures
I love the German nineteenth century – they have the novella, one of my all-time favourite dinky little genres.

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Jan 30, 2011 14:49 PM

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catch-all

(adjective) Used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things.
He plans to focus on so-called cloud computing, an industry catch-all term for information and programs that are accessed over the Internet.

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Jan 22, 2011 18:24 PM

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spoof

a parody of a movie, song, etc.
Spaceballs is a spoof of Star Wars

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Jan 21, 2011 14:36 PM

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what’s good for the goose isn’t good for the gande

what’s good for the goose isn’t good for the gander
(idiom) Just because someone likes something doesn't mean other people will.

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Jan 20, 2011 22:02 PM

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a grassroots movement

Un movimiento de base
There's a grassroots movement not only in this district but across the country.

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Jan 20, 2011 21:54 PM

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winningest

More successful or winning more often than any others of its kind.
A computer named Watson will play against two of Jeopardy's winningest contestants ever.

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Jan 20, 2011 21:18 PM

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bespoke

custom-made, especially clothes.
Bespoke is a term dating from the 17th century for tailored clothing made at a customer's behest, and exactly to the customer's specification

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Jan 20, 2011 14:41 PM

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