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Welcome to the A to Z English podcast, my name is Jack and I am here with my co -host Social and today we are doing another collocations episode.
Social, I am going to give you three verbs and then three expressions that go or three phrases that go with that verb.
And so our first verb is take uh take the nail on the head.
I like that one. Take a blind eye.
Well these are very violent.
Take a toll. Take a toll.
Right and what does it mean to take a toll on something?
Usually we say take a toll on something.
Let's say that you were a competitive athlete and you ran track for a number of years like 10 years or something and now you know you have bad ankles because you ran so much, then the sport took a toll on your body.
Right, to have a negative effect on something or someone, you know, take a toll means over time it has caused a negative effect on you.
So, working at this very stressful job has took a toll on his health.
Like the stress of the job took a toll.
It hurt his health.
You know. Mm -hmm. Yeah, okay.
Number two. Turn. Turn the nail on the head.
Turn a toll. Turn a blind eye.
Turn a blind eye which is funny when I think about the phrase because turn a blind eye means to pretend that you didn't see something and so why would you say it's like redundant because to turn, you know, your eye would already be to look away.
And then a blind eye already can't seize.
Yeah, it's kind of like it's like a double, like a, you know, very, very don't look, you know, like, yeah.
Yes. Yeah. So to turn a blind eye.
So let's say that you see a little boy picking on your daughter, and then your daughter punches him in the face.
And you're the only adult around.
So you just turn a blind eye because you feel like he deserved it you know.
Yeah you know sometimes I sometimes I turn a blind eye to my University students you know when I'm teaching English a student might be sleeping or using their phone and you know sometimes I'll say something and sometimes I will turn a blind eye because I just don't want to deal with it you know what I mean it's like, uh, okay if you don't want to, if you, if you're bored with my lecture, then enjoy your day.
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It's time to wake up.
You know, rise and shine.
Steady time. They're adults, so yeah.
I'm not going to treat them like babies.
I'll just like, OK, let them sleep.
As long as they're not bothering my class, I will turn a blind eye.
But OK. The last one is hit.
Hit a blind eye. Which is kind of funny.
Hit the nail on the head.
hit a toll um hit the nail on the head yes and what does it mean to hit the nail on the head it means when someone is like right on like they're exactly right about something like oh you hit the nail on the head like let's say that you were like you know I I suspect that Sarah goes out partying all the time because she's only sleeping in class it's like who knows maybe she's just tired for some other reason and then you see Sarah out partying like Every time that you go out and you're like, you know what?
You really hit the nail on the head with that one It turns out Sarah is a party animal That's exactly right I mean I could say that to you right now about your definition right like you hit the nail on the head That was exactly correct.
Right? Yeah, yeah You're you know When you're right about something you're very accurate about some it could be a prediction or what you think is correct and then you find out you're correct, you...
it's like it's like a bulls -eye.
Like you kind of the same thing, right?
Like you hit the nail on the head, bulls -eye, we also say that.
I think they have the same meaning.
Yes, yes, they would be right, yeah.
Hit the bulls -eye, hit the nail on the head.
I think, yeah, very similar.
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