02/05/2020
🇺🇸🎓5 phrases you should know before studying in the U.S.⠀
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These phrases are those ones you need to know before you completely immerse into American student life. Let’s check how many you understand, and if you are using any of them🤓✏️⠀
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☔️Under the weather
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You might hear this as the weather turns cold and everyone starts to catch the flu. Saying that you feel under the weather means that you’re feeling ill, not full-blown sick, but not one hundred percent either. ⠀
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💡Example: “I’m sorry I missed class yesterday but I was feeling under the weather.”⠀
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📦🤔Think Outside the Box⠀
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The “box” in the case, represents what’s been done, the standard, something that’s boring or something everyone else is doing. “Outside the box” means you’re creative, unique, thinking about things in new ways and considering new and different approaches to a problem or idea.⠀
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💡Example: “I think as we approach this project, we really need to think outside of the box.”⠀
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🛒🐴Putting the Cart Before the Horse⠀
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It means that you are rushing into something without thinking or acting thoughtfully. It means you’re doing something out of order. It comes from the days when we used horses and carts. The horse pulls the cart so therefore, it remains positioned in front of the cart. If you put the cart before or in front of the horse, you’re not going anywhere.⠀
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💡Example: “Investing in company X before doing your research is really putting the cart before the horse.”⠀
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🍰 Piece of Cake⠀
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If something is a “piece of cake,” it means that it’s easy. It has absolutely nothing to do with actual cake.⠀
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💡Example: “Can you get this project done by Friday?” “Sure I can, it’s a piece of cake.”⠀
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👊🏻📚Hit the Books⠀
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Hitting the books just means that you’re going to study. It doesn’t mean punching the cover of your books, although you might want to.⠀
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💡Example: “I’ve got a big exam tomorrow so I’m going to go hit the books.”⠀
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Now for your to memorize them, write them in the comments below! Try using them in a sentence (different from my examples 😉), so you put these words in your active vocabulary. Let’s go! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻