1. The idiom take a rain check is
used when you have to refuse an invitation but would like to accept the
invitation for another time in the near future.
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Do you want
to go to the movies tonight? – I am working tonight, I’ll take a rain
check.
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I’ll take
a rain check on that invite to lunch. Do you want to have lunch this
time next week instead?
·
He is so
sick, he took a rain check from the meeting today. We will
rearrange the meeting for early next week.
2. The noun page-turner refers
to a book that is so exciting or interesting that you can’t stop reading the
book and you continue turning to the next page. Therefore, to be a real
page turner describes a book that is extremely exciting and full of
suspense.
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Have you
read ‘The Girl on the Train’? It’s a real page-turner.
·
The Da Vinci
Code was a real page-turner, I read it in one night, I couldn’t put
it down.
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The next
book I read I want it to be a real page-turner, I want to read a
really inspiring book.
·
The novel I
am reading now is a real page turner, it’s all I think about!
3. In the same boat is an idiom used to express solidarity or understanding. To be in the
same boat with somebody means you are in the same situation or predicament as
another person and you understand what they are going through or experiencing.
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I hate my
job but I can’t find a better position. I am in the same boat,
I can’t find any better position.
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I have been
studying all night but I still don’t understand the maths problem. I
studied all night too, we are in the same boat. I think we
should talk to the professor.
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I’m so
confused! I don’t know what to do with my future. I am in the same
boat, I don’t if I should continue studying or follow my dreams and travel
the world. It is a very hard decision to make, I understand why you are
confused.