Daily English Idiom/Slang/Common Mistake of the Day – 10 December 2017

By | December 10, 2017

Idiom of the Day
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➡ Feather your own nest
✔️ Meaning:
▪️If you feather your own nest, you use your position or your job illegally for personal gain.

✔️ For example:
▪️ Kelly says it’s accepted in many developing countries that a government official will use their position to feather their own nest, and this is why government salaries are kept so low.
▪️In some countries a person who feathers their own nest isn’t seen as being dishonest or corrupt; they’re seen as being clever.

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Slang of the Day

➡ Rap (1)
✔️ Meaning:
▪️ To talk together in a relaxed way (v.) | a relaxed talk (n.)

✔️ For example:
▪️ After most people had left the party, Mandy and a couple of her friends sat around rapping about their lives and loves.
▪️Let’s get together after work for a few drinks and a rap about football.

✔️ Variety: This slang term is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

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Daily One #Common_mistakes with #Confused_words

➡ Go for a walk, not make a walk.
❌ Don’t say: We made a walk along the river.
✔️ Say: We went for a walk along the river.

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