Catch numbers and times
Listen for the number first, then the words around it. Check whether the speaker is talking about a time, an amount or an order.
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To jump ship
Jump ship means leaving an organization, group, or activity, often to join another or avoid difficulties. It can suggest a change of loyalty or abandonment, but it does not by itself establish a crisis.
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Put into perspective
To put something into perspective means to compare a problem, number, or event with relevant facts or a wider background so you can judge its true seriousness, importance, or scale more fairly. The expression describes the mental shift that happens when a useful comparison gives you a balanced view, showing whether an issue is truly severe or simply a normal part of a bigger process.
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One-off
One-off means that an action, event, charge, or object occurs or exists only once. When you call an event a one-off, you state that it does not establish a routine or repeated series.
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In one go
'In one go' means completing an entire task or action in a single continuous attempt or period of effort, rather than dividing it into separate steps, trips, or sessions. In this phrase, 'go' functions as a noun meaning an attempt or round of activity.
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