▶️ - unpack (verb)
One of its meanings:
= to explain or examine sg in order to make its meaning clearer:
~ He read the agreed statement to the group and then began to unpack it for them.

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"Then proverbs are quoted to summarize a certain story, or inversely, a story is told to UNPACK THE MEANING OF a proverb."
― R. Sambuli Mosha

🔘 - cross sy's path/cross paths with sy 🐾😁
​= to meet someone, especially by chance:
~ I hope I don't cross his path/cross paths with him again.

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🐳 - let your freak flag fly 🐠🐟🐡🐬🦈

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ℹ️ - tittle (noun) /ˈtɪt(ə)l/

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🌀 - sobriquet / soubriquet (noun) /ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ/ - formal = a nickname

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🖊🖌🖍 - may / might + perfect infinitive

✒️ - The structure 'have + past participle' is called a perfect infinitive.

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✳️ - like a/the Cheshire Cat /ˌtʃeʃə(r) ˈkæt/
✴️ - (a) grin like a/the Cheshire cat

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- lynch (verb) /lɪntʃ/
- lynching (noun) /ˈlɪntʃɪŋ/

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▶️ - Parallel structure, also known as parallelism

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▶️ - Parallelism is most often found in the following forms

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🌕 - filter out

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🌕 - filter out

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🤳 - Mobile phone vocabulary 📱

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⚪️ - play possum /ˈpɒs(ə)m/

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⚪️ - play possum /ˈpɒs(ə)m/

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🔘 - impasse (noun) /ˈæmpɑːs/
- reach an impasse:
~ The peace talks have reached an impasse.
▶️ synonyms: deadlock, dead end, stalemate

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🔘 - impasse (noun) /ˈæmpɑːs/
- reach an impasse:
~ The peace talks have reached an impasse.
▶️ synonyms: deadlock, dead end, stalemate

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