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Hello ladies and gentlemen. The weather is lovely and warm, finally, and here's what we Brits say 👇😎🇬🇧  It is .... outside (very hot: most of these are rather informal in use and are used to really exaggerate... as we Brits do)  - baking  - boiling  - roasting  - sweltering  - scorching ( a scorcher)  - sizzling (like when frying hot food)  - I spent the day under the umbrella because it was baking and i needed to protect my sensitive bald head. 👴  - I sat all day under the scorching sun... hence why i now look like a dried grape.  - The weather forecast says tomorrow will be an absolute scorcher. So it's bikini time!!! - Yeah, I heard it's going to be sweltering tomorrow, blin!  Collocations: ☀☀☀  - Blisteringly hot  - Scorching hot (compound adj)  - under the blazing sun (very hot and bright sun)  - Under the sizzling sun  We have these words (adjectives):  - humid (when the weather is hot with w...

✅ KNOW SMTH LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND  - I used to know grammar like the back of my hand until VK stopped me from downloading books.  ✅ KNOW SMTH INSIDE OUT  - Don't worry, I can save your pet. I know a cat's anatomy inside out!  ✅ KNOW SMTH BACKWARDS & FORWARDS  - Mum, no need to teach me how to use the washing machine. I know this thing backwards and forwards. See how clean the dog is?  ✅ TO KNOW ONE'S STUFF  - What's 4+5? No idea! Ask Steven Hawking. He really knows his stuff.  ✅ KNOW LIKE A BOOK (a bit old fashioned)  - I know this forest; every tree, every river - like a book!  ✅ TO DO SMTH BLINDFOLDED  - Cook shashliki? It's so simple. I can do it blindfolded. Now pass me the petrol!  ✅ TO DO SMTH WITH YOUR EYES SHUT (same as above)  - Oh stop hassling me! I've been driving for 40 years. I can drive with my eyes...  ✅ TO KNOW ONE'S WAY AROUND SMTH (usually mechanical)  - Let me see why your car isn't w...