Phrasal verb of the day: Act up.

Meaning: To behave or function improperly. Act up can also mean to be troublesome or to cause trouble or pain. Act up is an intransitive verb. This means that it cannot be followed by an object.

"I think I need to take my car to the mechanic because it's acting up again".
"My knee is acting up again. It must be the weather".
Or "the kids next door are acting up again. I wish their mother would tell them to be quiet."

Idiom of the day: Once in a Blue Moon:

Meaning

A very rare event or occurrence.
According to popular usage, a blue moon refers to the second full moon that occurs in any calendar month. On average, there will be 41 months that have two full moons in every century. By that calculation 'once in a blue moon' means once every two-and-a-half years

Origin

There are rare examples of the moon actually appearing blue, after volcanic eruptions or unusual weather conditions. That's not what is being referred to in this phrase though. Just the opposite in fact as a blue moon was originally cited as something that was absurd and therefore impossible; only later did it come to mean unlikely.


Song of the day: Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen. 1975

The song is in the style of a stream-of-consciousness nightmare that takes place in a prison. It begins as a letter from the protagonist to his mother, before he is attacked by demons in his mind. It has unusual musical structure for popular music.

The title draws strongly on contemporary rock ideology, the individualism of the bohemian artists' world, with rhapsody affirming the romantic ideals of art rock. It has become one of the most revered songs in popular music history, winning several awards and topping many polls. The song is ranked #163 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

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Vocabulary of the Day

Stream of Consciousness:
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Contempory
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Bohemian
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