When someone calls you and you miss the call, and then you call back and they don’t answer, we call this “phone tag.”
Did you know that the average person talks on the phone for about 450 minutes per month. That’s almost 8 hours. Which means that on average a person speaks on the phone for 2 hours per week, and 25 minutes per day. Do you think that you speak more or less than that?
If you don’t have enough time to work out, you can do these activities for 30 minutes instead!
Raking leaves = 147 calories
Gardening = 153 calories
Vacuuming = 119 calories
Kissing = 6 calories per minute!
Sitting and watching television even burns 40 calories an hour!
2. work out
Intransitive
Meaning: to be successful, to solve a problem
Example: Don’t worry. Everything will work out fine.
3. work something out
Transitive / Separable
Meaning: to make a calculation
Example: I need to work out my finances before I purchase the house.
How often do you study English? I hope the answer is often! Or frequently! You should occasionally visit my blog for some quick English lessons.
Learn about adverbs of frequency:
Did you know that two weeks before Christmas and mid-March are the most common times for couples to break up? And interestingly, more couples break up on Mondays than any other day of the week!
Do you want some help learning English?
Learn about the difference between “some” and “any.”
When I was a child, someone broke into my parent’s garage and stole the lawn mower!
2. break something in
Transitive / Separable
Meaning: wear something a few times so that it doesn’t look/feel new
Example: I need to break in my new sneakers before I run the marathon!
Did you know that a good way to break in soccer cleats is to wear them in the shower? It seems strange, but it works!