Learning English from Magazine

Bangkok Post Magazine

(Vol.8 No.49 / Dec. 6-12, 2015)

Fade to Black

Interesting phrases

-           - To do Sth in a flash (immediately)

-        - To churn Sb out over Sth

-        - To hit the bottle = to drink too much (same as to hit the booze)

-        - To come over the past seven days

-   

-        - To run in its timeslot for eternity

-        - To have great fun doing Sth

-        - To morph into Sth

-        - To get Sb through this crisis

-        - To come out of his coma

-        - To remain in the embrace of Buddhism, doing Sth.

-        
         
         Bonus

         Sth/Sb erupts in cheers.

-        

         Sb is thrilled.

-        

         The sun goes down/up.

-    

      I asked during rehearsal for the scene: “Am I the one kind of upset about this ending?”

-        

          He transcended his fatherly duty.

-        

         The task of caring for a child rested in the palm of his mother.

      The show, called _____, goes to air every Sunday morning on Channel 8.