Back that cat up.
If you turn your back on someone or something, it means you’re don’t care what happens to them anymore and won’t help them no matter what. Your cat may turn its back on you, but don’t worry. We’ll be back.
If you haven’t studied English for a while….
Then you probably need to _______________ up on your grammar and vocabulary. Insert the right phrasal verb. Practice up. Brush up. Write up.
Standing in and out.
I did stand up to Flash the other day. Remember that I stand in for him any time he takes a day off and sleeps. Those posts stand out because they don’t happen that often. I think Flash is lazy sometimes, that’s why I have to stand in so our students don’t get stood up…
We can’t do stand-up. We’re cats.
My assistant stood up to me today. She said I should sit on the other part of the sofa when I wanted to take a nap where she was. If you stand up to someone, it means you tell them you won’t do what they want, usually because of a principle. Humans should stand up…
Snow in Seattle
It snowed here yesterday. Or maybe it was the day before. I was asleep. The city is covered with a ‘blanket’ of snow. It doesn’t snow here very often. In places that get snow frequently, they have special trucks called ‘snowplows’ that clear the streets so that cars can drive and people can go out…