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show someone the ropes

If you show someone the ropes, you teach or explain to them how to do a particular job.In this expression: ropes = basic methods, or the way something is done.Someone "learning the ropes" is being taught the basics.Someone who "knows the ropes" is fa

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Al- Haj( The Pilgrimage )

“Our Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline toward them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be g

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A puzzle

A father and his son are going to a football game by his car. They want to cross the railway. But the car stops on the railway. The father hears the voice of the train and he understands it’s quite near. He tries to start the car hopelessly, but he c

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You can say that again.

When someone says that you can say that again that does not means you have to say it twice, it means he/she (or they) agree(s) with you completely.Example:Anne: I think EC is a good place for studying English.Grace: You can say that again. It is a pl

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Need 4 liters

This is a simple puzzle. Hope everyone has heard about this before.But you should be able to explain your answer. So try it.There are two empty buckets. One can hold 5 liters of water and the other can hold 3 liters of water. How can you collect 4 li

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to burn the midnight oil

to burn the midnight oil: that means to stay up late studying or workingExamples:1. The design is due tomorrow and we're far from finished. We are about to burn the midnight oil tonight.2. She burned the midnight oil in order to brush up on her Engli

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