Tag: (get) back on track
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Call someone out
WotD: Call (someone) out Here we go again. In ‘call (someone) out,’ we have a phrasal verb that can have three different meanings depending on how they are used. To start, let’s look at the most straightforward definition to understand. If China were to attack Japan militarily, Japan would have to call the self-defence forces…
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Heyday
Word of the Day: Heyday My students know I’ve said for a while now Japan is entering the age of the woman. Women are not in their heyday yet, but they will be soon, and it will last for a very long time. The word heyday refers to the most successful period for someone or…
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Sweep under the carpet
Idiom: Sweep under the carpet Problems occur in life, and how we face them determines what kind of person we are. We could do the cowardly thing, sweep them under the carpet and hope they go away. The thing is, they never do. The other option is to face the problem head-on, challenge it, deal with it…
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Power vacuum
Word of the Day: Power vacuum I apologize, but I can’t get away from Brexit. It sounds a little funny because Brexit is all about Great Britain getting away from the EU, and now I can’t get away from Brexit. Anyway, to get back on track, I mean, it is just a slow-moving political disaster…
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Back on track
Idiom: (Get) back on track Let me pick up where I left off yesterday. Of course, after someone taking part in a conversation goes off on a tangent, they have to get back to the subject at hand or get back on track again. To get back on track means to begin talking about the…
