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Fiona: Every day, it's the same old thing.
Joey: What do you mean ?
Fiona: Take the bus, go to work, punch in, punch out. What's the point ?
Joey : Well, you know, make money, do a good job. That sort of thing.
Fiona: Well, I'm just not interested in the rat race.
Joey: What would you rather be doing ?
Fiona: I'd like to be making movies.
Joey: Fiona, you hardly ever watch movies. And when you do, you don't pay attention.
Fiona: Well, if I made a movie, I would pay attention to it !
Explanation :
The rat race - a way of life in modern society, characterized by people competing with each
other for power and money
Example : He decided to get out of the rat race, and went to work on a farm.
Nerys: Look at all the waste paper in the waste bin next to the photocopier.
Rolf: There is rather a lot but it's the same with all the photocopier.
Nerys: What do they do with all that waste paper ?
Rolf: As far as I know they just throw it out as trash.
Nerys: That's really wasteful. There's a better way of dealing with it than that.
Rolf: Well we should try to recycle all our waste paper. That would save the company a lot of
money and help the environment.
Explanation :
Wasteful - Action that is wasteful uses too much of something valuable such as time, money, or energy.
Example : This kind of training is ineffective, and wasteful of scarce resources ........
Teddy: It's been a pretty tight game so far, don't you think ?
Martin: Yes, neither side have looked like scoring a goal so far.
Teddy: Except that one time when our striker was almost through but was fouled by the
fullback. The referee didn't see it.
Martin: Yes, it really gets up my nose when something like that happens.
Teddy: Well, let's hope that the ref will be looking right way if that fullback tries playing dirty again.
Martin: And then we'll get a penalty.
Explanation :
If you say that someone or something gets up your nose, you mean that they annoy you.
Example : He's just getting up my nose so much at the moment.
Daryl: I am upset. Somebody told my boss I have a part-time job.
Smith: And he doesn't like that ?
Daryl: No, he doesn't. He thinks that I am too tired to work.
Smith: I am sorry. I have to admit I told him.
Daryl: You told him ? Why ?
Smith: I couldn't help it. He asked me point-blank.
Explanation :
If you can't help the way you feel or behave, you cannot control it or stop it from happening. You can also say that you can't help yourself.
If you say something point-blank, you say it very directly or rudely, without explaining or apologizing.
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