Мой любимый ENGLISH. Ломаем стереотипы и движемся к мечте.

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How stories shape our minds.

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Игра слов: fan - 1) фанат, 2) вентилятор
He must be famous. - Должно быть/Вероятно, он популярен/знаменит.

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Vague language

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pun = play on words

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FIY - for your information
TMI - too much information
BTW - by the way
IDK - I don't know
AFAIK - as far as I know
YOLO - you only live once
TIA - thanks in advance
FWIW* - for what it's worth
BFN - bye for now
LMK - let me know
NAGI - not a good idea
TTYL - talk to you later
GLHF - good luck, have fun

FWIW* - не знаю, насколько это важно; на всякий случай; не настаиваю

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Where is IMHO? WTF?

Thank you, good list.
AFAIK, the maritime communication was loooong before sms, so funny acronymed.

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Where is IMHO? WTF?

I just thought everyone was fed up with those two. )) What's more, the first one is mostly IMO among native speakers these days. Perhaps the reason is that their opinions are not humble anymore. ))

Thank you, good list.
AFAIK, the maritime communication was loooong before sms, so funny acronymed.

You're welcome. )
Those are also called 'texting', 'weblish' or 'internet abbreviations'.

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to catch up - играть в догонялки?

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to catch up - играть в догонялки?

"нагнать, наверстать"
I spent two weeks catching up with my studies. — Я две недели нагонял своих однокурсников в учебе.
He's working hard to catch up with the others after missing a term. — Пропустив семестр, он сидит в упор, чтобы догнать остальных.
Let's do lunch somewhere so we can catch up. — Давай как-нибудь пообедаем вместе и расскажем друг другу последние сплетни.
We had caught up on sleep. — Нам удалось отоспаться.
(амер.; разг.) - придираться; заваливать (на экзаменах)
The examiners caught him up on the third question. — Экзаменаторы завалили его на третьем вопросе.


The police caught up with the thieves — Полиция поймала воров.

LingvoEconomics: catch up with - догонять, приближаться к какому-л. уровню (в экономическом соревновании)

etc.

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duh [dɜ:] (slang, American, ironic) - а то! ещё бы! (как ответ на очевидное утверждение)

A lot of people care about money. - Duh! — Для многих людей деньги не пустой звук. - А то!
John's asked Ann out again. I think he really likes her. - Duh! — Джон снова назначил Энн свидание. По-моему, она ему очень нравится. - Тоже мне, новость!

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