Spoken Englist 一

Rain or shine – no matter what happens
Every now and again – often or frequently
All in all: Everything being taken into account
Bread and butter: a job that provides you with the money you need to make a living; someone’s basic income
Enrage - very angry
Fastidious - hard to please
Ages – a long period of time
Carrot –top – a person who has red hair.
Apathetic -   [ap-uh-thet-ik] having or showing little or no emotion
Irascible -   [i-ras-uh-buh l] easily provoked to anger; very irritable
flibbertigibbet
/FLIB-ur-tee-jib-it/
A silly, flighty, or scatterbrained person, especially a pert young woman with such qualities.

Oblivious
unmindful; unconscious; unaware
A pretty penny
If something costs a pretty penny, it is very expensive.

A rising tide lifts all boats
This idiom, coined by John F Kennedy, describes the idea that when an economy is performing well, all people will benefit from it.
Scratchy voice - causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise
Bar fly
A bar fly is a person who spends a lot of time drinking in different bars and pubs.

Be all ears
If you are all ears, you are very eager to hear what someone has to say.
Vocabulary:
Matinee - an entertainment, esp. a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon
Perambulate - To walk about; to roam; to stroll
Draconian - (often lowercase) rigorous; unusually
severe or cruel
Scatterbrain - a person incapable of serious connected thought.
Pm – post meridiem
Am – ante meridiem

 

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