Today's English phrase is... 'Make light of something'
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So what do I call this look?
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I call it
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waiting by the phone on a Friday
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afternoon for someone to call you
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and say...
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‘Would you like to come out tonight?’
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Here is another word
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just for you English fans out there.
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Well, this, in fact, is a phrase today...
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to make light of something.
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If you make light of something,
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it means you are taking away
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the seriousness of a situation
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or maybe
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something that is being talked about.
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You make light of it.
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Sometimes it can be a bad thing
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if you make
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light of a serious situation.
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So you are trying to put a humorous
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or positive spin
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on a certain situation.
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You make light of it.
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That is today's super duper phrase.
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