Idiom

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Pull someone's leg (IDM)

 - to tell someone something that is not true, as a joke
- to tell a lie but in a friendly way

 - หมายถึง บอกบางคนเกี่ยวกับบางอย่างที่ไม่เป็นจริง หรือเป็นลักษณะพูดเล่นๆในลักษณะที่เป็นมิตร
เช่น 

1. I don't like someone who always pulls my leg.

2. I was excited when he told me that I'd won the lottery but he was just pulling my leg. 

3. So, if someone tells you that working as a teacher is easy, they are pulling your leg.

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Author, author:  Writing a sequel to H2G2 by Douglas Adams Since I agreed to do Hitchhiker part six a lot of people have approached me to say how brave I am. I knew I was being cheeky saying yes to this project. Optimistic, even. But brave? Hardly brave. Brave is diving into a swollen river to rescue a photogenic child. Brave is admitting that yes, you did notice that woman who just sashayed past. But finishing someone else's sci-fi series, surely that shouldn't be classed as brave. It's not as if there's any actual danger, I thought at the time. I think a little differently now. I have known for decades that H2G2 is an extraordinary series. More than extraordinary. Brilliant. A lightning bolt across the worthy sci-fi landscape, jazzing up those tired old electrons, getting those sluggish matter transporters firing on all cylinders again. It was just what we needed in 1979, when sci fi was all about "chosen ones": Arthur Dent was everyman and therefor...
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Sub: English Formulaic Writing

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Phra Thaweesak Thannawaro English Formulaic Writing Subject ID Student: 5501403950 M.A. (Inter-program) MCU, Bangkok, Thailand Television Summary of text features Structure ·         General Statement: A T.V. is a man made machine that works on electricity. The T.V. produces sound and images that you can turn on and off. ·         Description Appearance: A T.V. is a cube made from wood and plastic, screens are made of glass, four legs on wheels, mechanical parts such as wires, buttons, and some have dials, remote control, aerial, and plug. Types/sizes: A pocket T.V. (the smallest T.V.) and the largest T.V. Uses: Show a variety of programs, changing channel, connecting to another machine, turning on and off, volume up and down, give information, news, entertainment and advertisement. Grammar ·         General nouns: Television, sound, image, ...
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The MCU senior & junior students (MA in English) unify to organize orientation ceremony 2014, MCU Wat Srisudaram, Bangkok.

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Showing harmony and teamwork: After publishing a good news of yearly orientation 2014 of faculty of humanities of MCU, We all are very much welcome to warmly receive all our new comers who're intentionally going to study in Master of Arts Program in English.  Last Wednesday, we had a preparatory meeting of welcoming all the new students to the gate of Mahachula Buddhist university.  11 June, 2014: THIS WAS FROM PRE-MEETING OF THE UPCOMING ORIENTATION CEREMONY ON SUNDAY 15TH, JUNE 2014 From the meeting, there were my five classmates and ten junior students joining the meeting together to plan on the upcoming orientation ceremony of our new MA junior students who are coming to study in MA English program. In conclusion of meeting, there were a lot of important things to do together, let me conclude all we've consulted with them in short as the following: 1. Everyone must pay 10 0 baht in order to support our orientation activity and provide some drinks to serve t...
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