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Phrase: Put into practice
So, talk is cheap.
No, wait, I’ve done that one before.
What’s today’s post?
Oh, yeah, put into practice.
If you put something into practice, you make your dream, idea, or words a reality.
OK, talk is still cheap.
That’s why when you talk a good game, you have to put it into practice.
Make it a reality.
Believe me; it’s easier said than done.
Let’s say you have an idea or a dream.
You want to speak English the next time you go to the Big Apple.
You’re in luck.
Nobody’s going to be jetting off to NY anytime soon, so you have some time to work on your English skills.
Yes, you read that correctly.
I did say W-O-R-K.
See what I mean?
I told you putting it into practice wasn’t going to be easy.
Now, this is when the going gets tough, and the tough get going.
Are you tough enough?
I’m not talking about eating broccoli sprouts, tough.
I’m talking about toughness as in willing-to-put-in-the-hours-and-spend-your-evenings-learning-about-the-proper-use-of-determiners tough.
This is as tough as knowing what a gerund is and how to spell it backward. (Just for your knowledge, it’s T, I.)
If you are that tough, then you can put your words into practice and improve your English skills, and I’ll say more power to you.
It was Anton Chekov who said, “Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.”
Once you’ve improved your English, get out there, explore and knock the socks off the world with your accomplishment.
What?
Didn’t you think the world wears socks?
Hey, we all get cold feet sometimes.
Put your words into practice.
Study!
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