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Sunday school • bribe • most people know
Sunday best • get away with • get told off
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  2. We saw the boy by his mother.
  3. Did you see what I made in ?
  4. Did you a lot when you were a child?
  5. We tried to the police officer, but he got angry and gave us a bigger ticket.
  6. All the children were wearing their for the party.
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997 The Prank

Shirley talks about a prank she and her brothers did on the locals in her area.

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sunday school

I went  to the Sunday school.

Christians generally worship on Sundays. Sunday school is a class that precedes the church service, where Christian children learn about their religion. Notice the following.

  1. I hated Sunday school when I was a kid. I just wanted to play with my friends.
  2. Jack’s mom is a Sunday school teacher at the local church.

bribe

They bribed us to go there by giving us sweets.

When we bribe someone, we try to make them do something we want by giving them money or gifts. In the text the example is funny, but a bribe is most often negative. Here are some samples.

  1. They bribed the police not to arrest them.
  2. The honest building inspector could not be bribed.

as most people know

As most people know, it rains a lot in Scotland.

We use the phrase ‘as most people know’ when we give information that we expect people to know already. Sometimes, however, the listener may not know, so to be safe, we tell them. Here are two samples.

  1. As most people know, Canada is very cold in the winter so you should pack warm clothes.
  2. As you know, eating lots of fruit and vegetables is good for your health.

Sunday best

All the ladies were in their Sunday best.

Traditionally, Christians wore their best clothes to church on Sunday. Today, ‘Sunday best’ has become an idiom to talk about semi-formal clothing. Notice the samples.

  1. The celebrities at the Cannes film festival were all in their Sunday best.
  2. It’s a five-star restaurant so wear your Sunday best!

get away with

Yeah, we got away with it.

When we do something wrong or make a mistake and there is no penalty, we say ‘we got away with it’. Here are some samples.

  1. The police caught us walking on a private beach. Since we were foreigners, we got away with it.
  2. We cheated on the test, but everybody had the same answers so we didn’t get away with it.

get told off

We didn’t get told off, cause we didn’t get caught.

To ‘get told off’ means to be scolded by someone in authority for doing something negative. Notice the samples below.

  1. He accidently broke his mom’s favorite vase but didn’t get told off, cause she thought the cat did it.
  2. I got told off by my friend for gossiping about her.
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