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The document defines and provides examples for several English words and phrases: having a bearing on something, being gross or unpleasant, winding up in an unexpected situation, having had one's day meaning being less popular, being passé meaning no longer fashionable, tapping into something to use it successfully, compelling meaning strong and convincing, decrying meaning criticizing as bad, and scoffing meaning laughing at as stupid or silly.

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Colloquial English

The document defines and provides examples for several English words and phrases: having a bearing on something, being gross or unpleasant, winding up in an unexpected situation, having had one's day meaning being less popular, being passé meaning no longer fashionable, tapping into something to use it successfully, compelling meaning strong and convincing, decrying meaning criticizing as bad, and scoffing meaning laughing at as stupid or silly.

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1) have a bearing on sth

to have an influence on something or a relationship to something/ it’s relevant (incidir, tener


relación con, influir):

What you decide now could have a considerable bearing on your future.

2) gross
adjective
UK /ɡrəʊs/ US /ɡroʊs/
gross adjective (UNPLEASANT)

informal
extremely unpleasant:

"Oh, gross!" she said, looking at the flies buzzing above the piles of dirty plates.

3) wind up
— phrasal verb with wind verb
UK /waɪnd/ US /waɪnd/wound | wound

informal

to find yourself in an unexpected and usually unpleasant situation, especially as a result of what
you do:

If he keeps doing stuff like that he's going to wind up in prison!

You don't want to wind up homeless, do you?

4) have had its/your day


to be much less popular than before:

She sold a lot of books in the 1990s, but she's had her day.

5) passé
adjective
disapproving
UK /pɑːˈseɪ/ US /pæsˈeɪ/

no longer fashionable:
Wines from that region were quite popular for a while, but now they're rather passé.
6) tap into sth
— phrasal verb with tap verb
UK /tæp/ US /tæp/
-pp-

to manage to use something in a way that brings good results (aprovechar, explotar):

If only we could tap into all that energy and creativity.

7) compelling
adjective
UK /kəmˈpel.ɪŋ/ US /kəmˈpel.ɪŋ/
compelling adjective (STRONG)

If a reason, argument, etc. is compelling, it makes you believe it or accept it because it is


so strong (convincente, irresistible):
compelling evidence
It's a fairly compelling argument for going

8) decry
verb [ T ]
formal
UK /dɪˈkraɪ/ US /dɪˈkraɪ/

to criticize something as bad, without value, or unnecessary:


Lawyers decried the imprisonment of several journalists

9) scoff
verb
UK /skɒf/ US /skɑːf/
scoff verb (LAUGH)

to laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they
are stupid or silly:
The critics scoffed at his paintings.
Years ago people would have scoffed at the idea that cars would be built by robots

- what drew me to advertising was…


- my father took the baton from him
- among purists in the field
- ear worms , they get into your head and you can’t get them out
- rudimentary
- susceptible to
- a cerebral guy
- ears perk up when they see a celebrity
- they are the gold standard
- to hit a false note

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