Heartland English School – Word of the Day

Theme: Valentine’s Day expressions!

Word of the day: ask someone out [phrasal verb]

Meaning: to ask someone to go on a date

Examples:

If you like him, why don’t you ask him out?

I’m too shy to ask him out! Maybe he’ll ask me out first…

Theme: Valentine’s Day expressions!

Word of the day: flirt [verb]

Meaning: to behave playfully with someone who you are attracted to.

Examples:

Guys, I am not sure… but I think Lisa was flirting with me.

Harry liked to flirt with all the girls at the pub.

Theme: idioms related to weather

Word of the day: come rain or shine

Meaning: regardless of the weather, whatever the circumstances

Examples:

Come rain or shine, he is always on the job.

Every morning at 7 am, come rain or shine, Mark leaves his home and rides his bike to work.

Theme: idioms related to weather

Word of the day: throw caution to the wind

Meaning: If you throw caution to the wind, you behave in a way that isn’t considered sensible or careful.

Examples:

She threw caution to the wind and married him even though she knew he was a professional thief.

Sam is not one to throw caution to the wind; he always thinks very carefully before making any decisions.

Theme: idioms related to weather

Word of the day: rain on my parade

Meaning: prevent someone from enjoying an occasion or event; spoil someone’s plans

Examples:

I’m sorry to rain on your parade, but you’re not allowed to have alcohol on the beach.

I hate to rain on your parade, but I think your A in Chemistry was actually a clerical error.

Theme: idioms related to weather

Word of the day: steal my thunder

Meaning: If you steal someone’s thunder, you get the attention or praise that they thought they would get, usually by saying or doing what they had intended to say or do.

Examples:

Sandy stole my thunder when she announced that I got a promotion two days before I had planned to tell everyone about it.

As Rachel and I were singing, she suddenly stood in front of me and stole my thunder.

Theme: idioms related to weather

Word of the day: take a rain check

Meaning: politely decline an offer of something with the intention of taking it up another day (later)

Examples:

I’ll have to take a rain check on going to the movies this evening; I already have other plans.

I would have loved to come to your place, but I’ll take a rain check on that. I will be out of town during the weekend.

Theme: Three-word Phrasal Verbs

Word of the Day: keep up with

Meaning: do something fast enough

Examples: A small child can’t keep up with older children in sports. You have to do your homework and study so that you can keep up with the class.

Theme: Three-word Phrasal Verbs

Word of the Day: own up to

Meaning: to admit something; to admit you did something

Examples: If you don’t own up to your mistakes, you will look like a fool. The company owned up to having polluted the river.

Theme: Three-word Phrasal Verbs

Word of the Day: come up with

Meaning: to think of a new idea or solution to a problem

Examples: I need to come up with an idea for my essay. The Corning Glass Company came up with Gorilla Glass, the glass which is used on cell phones.