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Graveyard Shift

A Graveyard shift is a great phrase that native speakers all know.

First of all, a “shift” in this sense, means one time going to work.  If you work 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday, then you have 5 eight hour shifts per week.

Adjective order

 Adjective order     (by Catherine Chapman, BBC)

When we use two or more adjectives together to describe a noun, the order we put them in is quite important. For example, we don't usually say an old Indian beautiful carpet. It sounds much better say a beautiful old Indian carpet.

Differences between British and American English

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TOP 170 phrasal verbs

back away —  отступать, отказываться 
back off —  отступaть, отстать 
be back —  вернуться, возвращаться 

be off —  уходить, уезжать, быть свободным, не работающим