The English We Speak - Improve Your Spoken English Vocabulary

The English We Speak - Improve Your Spoken English Vocabulary

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What does 'talk shop' mean?

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What does 'talk shop' mean?

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  1. 1 Oomph - The English We Speak
  2. 2 Awesomesauce - The English We Speak
  3. 3 Clout - The English We Speak
  4. 4 GOAT - The English We Speak
  5. 5 Workation - The English We Speak
  6. 6 Moonshot - The English We Speak
  7. 7 Slap-bang - The English We Speak
  8. 8 Sadfishing: The English We Speak
  9. 9 Mic drop - The English We Speak
  10. 10 Tone deaf - The English We Speak
  11. 11 A game - The English We Speak
  12. 12 Frontliner - The English We Speak
  13. 13 You do you: The English We Speak
  14. 14 Contact tracing - The English We Speak
  15. 15 Key worker - The English We Speak
  16. 16 Sharenting - The English We Speak
  17. 17 Plastic footprint - The English We Speak
  18. 18 Spoiler alert: The English We Speak
  19. 19 What does 'listicle' mean? - The English We Speak
  20. 20 What does 'doomscrolling' mean? - The English We Speak
  21. 21 Crowdsourcing - The English We Speak
  22. 22 One step at a time - The English We Speak
  23. 23 What does 'bog-standard' mean? - The English We Speak
  24. 24 A wake-up call: The English We Speak
  25. 25 Learn the other meaning of 'thirsty' - The English We Speak
  26. 26 Learn the other meaning of 'roast' - The English We Speak
  27. 27 Sticking point: The English We Speak
  28. 28 What does 'flatten the curve' mean? - The English We Speak
  29. 29 What does 'living in a bubble' mean? - The English We Speak
  30. 30 The new meaning of 'cancelled' - The English We Speak
  31. 31 What does 'new normal' mean? Listen to The English We Speak
  32. 32 A slippery slope: The English We Speak
  33. 33 Throw shade: The English We Speak
  34. 34 What does 'bite the bullet' mean? Listen to The English We Speak
  35. 35 What does 'blended working' mean? - The English We Speak
  36. 36 What does JOMO mean? Listen to The English We Speak
  37. 37 Furlough - The English We Speak
  38. 38 What does 'spill the tea' mean? The English We Speak
  39. 39 What does 'flexing' mean? Learn in The English We Speak
  40. 40 Why are people saying 'salty'? - The English We Speak
  41. 41 What's a 'skeleton crew'? The English We Speak
  42. 42 What does 'lowkey' mean? The English We Speak
  43. 43 Live for something: The English We Speak
  44. 44 Cabin fever: The English We Speak
  45. 45 Bang on about something: The English We Speak
  46. 46 Fire: The English We Speak
  47. 47 Running on fumes: The English We Speak
  48. 48 Left on read: The English We Speak
  49. 49 Sheeple: The English We Speak
  50. 50 What does 'hater' mean? - The English We Speak
  51. 51 What does 'talk shop' mean?
  52. 52 What does 'snackable' mean?
  53. 53 What does 'a memory like a sieve' mean?
  54. 54 What does 'nomophobia' mean?
  55. 55 What is 'peacocking'?
  56. 56 What does 'to kick into the long grass' mean?
  57. 57 What does 'rat race' mean?
  58. 58 What is a 'microworker'?
  59. 59 What does 'serial returner' mean?
  60. 60 What does 'talk the talk' mean?
  61. 61 What does 'out with the old, in with the new' mean?
  62. 62 What does 'the more the merrier' mean?
  63. 63 What does 'take one for the team' mean?
  64. 64 What does 'mind your Ps and Qs' mean?
  65. 65 What does 'dad dancing' mean?
  66. 66 What does 'big data' mean?
  67. 67 What does 'punch above your weight' mean?
  68. 68 What is a 'social media influencer'?
  69. 69 What does the expression 'Goldilocks' mean?
  70. 70 What does the English word 'ghosting' mean? 👻
  71. 71 What is 'slow TV'?
  72. 72 What does 'tiger mother' mean?
  73. 73 What does 'buzzkill' mean?
  74. 74 What does 'buyer's remorse' mean?
  75. 75 What does 'freecycle' mean?
  76. 76 What does 'carbon footprint' mean?
  77. 77 What does 'cough up' mean?
  78. 78 What does 'brain fade' mean?
  79. 79 What does the English word 'fib' mean?
  80. 80 What does 'hot under the collar' mean?
  81. 81 What does 'eat your heart out' mean?
  82. 82 What does 'across' mean? (it's not what you think)
  83. 83 What does 'fat chance' mean?
  84. 84 What does 'milk it' mean?
  85. 85 What does 'to fight tooth and nail' mean?
  86. 86 What does 'it's a small world' mean?
  87. 87 What does 'vanish into thin air' mean?
  88. 88 What does 'get the short straw' mean?
  89. 89 What does 'soft skills' mean?
  90. 90 What does 'big deal' mean?
  91. 91 What does 'clever clogs' mean?
  92. 92 What does 'couch surfing' mean?
  93. 93 What does 'like riding a bike' mean?
  94. 94 What does 'on fire' mean?
  95. 95 What does 'out of order' mean?
  96. 96 What does 'dead' mean?
  97. 97 What does 'give someone the runaround' mean?
  98. 98 What does 'laughing all the way to the bank' mean?
  99. 99 What does 'the joke is on you' mean?
  100. 100 What does 'keep a lid on it' mean?
  101. 101 What does 'to pull the wool over someone's eyes' mean?
  102. 102 What does 'take the rough with the smooth' mean?
  103. 103 What does 'hard-nosed' mean?
  104. 104 What does 'to have a soft spot' mean?
  105. 105 What does 'make a song and dance (about something)' mean?
  106. 106 What does 'giant killer' mean?
  107. 107 What does 'from pillar to post' mean?
  108. 108 What does 'small talk' mean?
  109. 109 A bright spark: The English We Speak
  110. 110 To be all downhill - The English We Speak
  111. 111 Fireworks: The English We Speak
  112. 112 To have all your Christmases come at once: The English We Speak
  113. 113 It's the thought that counts - The English We Speak
  114. 114 Digital detox: The English We Speak
  115. 115 Leaves a bad taste in your mouth: The English We Speak
  116. 116 What is 'a pea-souper'? The English We Speak
  117. 117 Throw in the towel: The English We Speak
  118. 118 A walk in the park: The English We Speak
  119. 119 Dumbphone: The English We Speak
  120. 120 No fear (Halloween Special): The English We Speak
  121. 121 What does 'something to chew on' mean? The English We Speak
  122. 122 Waffle on: The English We Speak
  123. 123 skew-whiff: The English We Speak
  124. 124 What does 'to play a blinder' mean?
  125. 125 Miffed: The English We Speak
  126. 126 Humblebrag: The English We Speak
  127. 127 Out of your depth - The English We Speak
  128. 128 Mardy: The English We Speak
  129. 129 What does 'curry favour' mean? The English We Speak
  130. 130 Take the biscuit: The English We Speak
  131. 131 Step on it: The English We Speak
  132. 132 Ping - The English We Speak
  133. 133 Crunch time: The English We Speak
  134. 134 Have a pop: The English We Speak
  135. 135 A necessary evil: The English We Speak
  136. 136 If the cap fits: The English We Speak
  137. 137 My bad: The English We Speak
  138. 138 To have a good nose: The English We Speak
  139. 139 Friends in high places: The English We Speak
  140. 140 Catch-22: The English We Speak
  141. 141 Let the dust settle: The English We Speak
  142. 142 Nothing to shout about: The English We Speak
  143. 143 Let sleeping dogs lie: The English We Speak
  144. 144 Bleed someone dry: The English We Speak
  145. 145 Small change: The English We Speak
  146. 146 That'll teach you! : The English We Speak
  147. 147 An old hand: The English We Speak
  148. 148 Out of the loop: The English We Speak
  149. 149 Rub it in: The English We Speak
  150. 150 Smombie: The English We Speak
  151. 151 Barking up the wrong tree: The English We Speak
  152. 152 Cloud cuckoo land: The English We Speak
  153. 153 A taste of your own medicine: The English We Speak
  154. 154 Happy-go-lucky: The English We Speak
  155. 155 Whizz-kid: The English We Speak
  156. 156 The best of both worlds: The English We Speak
  157. 157 Bone idle: The English We Speak
  158. 158 To cut a long story short: The English We Speak
  159. 159 Just the ticket: The English we Speak
  160. 160 FOMO: The English We Speak
  161. 161 Do a runner: The English We Speak
  162. 162 A thing: The English We Speak
  163. 163 All that jazz: The English We Speak
  164. 164 Not Gonna Lie: The English We Speak
  165. 165 Up your game: The English We Speak
  166. 166 Shout it from the rooftops: The English We Speak
  167. 167 Blow the cobwebs away: The English We Speak
  168. 168 Knees up: The English We Speak
  169. 169 Put someone on the map: The English We Speak
  170. 170 Down in the dumps: The English We Speak
  171. 171 Excuse me: The English We Speak
  172. 172 A sting in the tail: The English We Speak
  173. 173 So done with: The English We Speak
  174. 174 Lolz: The English We Speak
  175. 175 Have a go - The English We Speak
  176. 176 About - The English We Speak
  177. 177 Wing it - The English We Speak
  178. 178 Pot Luck - The English We Speak
  179. 179 How to say it beats me - The English We Speak

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