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take.
Knowing exactly why learning English is going to improve your life will give
Your whyis specific to you. It can be external (more money) but it’s stronger
when it’s internal (pride). Your why will most likely be a mixture of the two.
huge sense of pride knowing that I am helping others (internal). Being able
to live where I want and make all the decisions for my business gives me a
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have(orshow)alotofbottlehave(orshow)
boldnessorinitiative.Britis hinforma l
!OThemid19th-centuryslangphraseno
\bottle,meaning'nogoodoruseless',i sthe
iprobableoriginofbottle'scurrentsenseof
!'courageornerve'.Nowadayswealsofind
!theexpressionsloseyourbottlemeaning
;'loseyournerve'andbottleoutmeaning'failj
itodosomethingasaresultoflosingyour
inerve'.I
hit(orbeon)thebottlestarttodrinkalcohol
heavily,especiallyinanattempttoescape
fromone'sproblems,informa l
bottom
bebumpingalongthebottom(ofan
economyorindustry)beatthelowestpoint
initsperformancewithoutimprovingor
deterioratingfurther.
bottomdrawer:se eDRAWER.
thebottomfalls(ordrops)outofsomething
somethingfailsorcollapsestotally.
thebottomline:se eLINE .
fromthebottomofyourheart:se eHEART.
scrapethebottomofthebarrel:se eSCRAPE.
touchbottom:se eTOUCH.
youcanbetyourbottomdollar:seeyoucan
betyourbootsatBET.
bough t
haveboughtitbekilled,informa l
bounc e
bounceanideaoffsomeonesharean
ideawithanotherpersoninorder
togetfeedbackonitandrefineit.informa l
bounceoffthewallsbefullofnervous
excitementoragitation.Nort hAmerica n
informa l
adeadcatbounce:seeDEAD.
onthebounceOassomethingrebounds,
©inquicksuccession,informa l
02001GreyhoundStarH ehasnowwontwelv e
racesonthebounce,includingthreebig
competitions.
bound
duty-bound:seeDUTY.
honour-bound:se eHONOUR.
bounden
aboundendutyaresponsibilityregardedby
yourselforothersasobligatory.
iOBoundenasthepastparticipleofbindisi
Inowarchaicinallcontextsandisseldom
jfoundexceptinthisphrase.
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bowandscrapebehaveinanobsequious
waytosomeoneinauthority.
bowdowninthehouseofRimmonpaylip
servicetoaprinciple;sacrificeyour
principlesforthesakeofconformity.
|OR/mmonwasagodworshippedinancientj
IDamascus;thesourceofthisphraseis
jNaaman'srequestin2Kings5:18,'whenI
;bowdownmyselfinthehouseofRimmon,
jtheLordpardonthyservantinthisthing'.
haveasecondstringtoyourbow:se eSTRING .
makeyourbowmakeyourfirstformal
appearanceinaparticularrole.
takeabowQ(ofanactororentertainer)
acknowledgeapplauseafteraperformance,
©usedtotellsomeonethattheyshould
feelthemselvesworthyofapplause.
awarningshotacrossthebowsast