Skip to main content

Is a place where cars are repaired called a mechanic? What does it mean to 'play the field

Fantastic morning to my KIB students.  Do you ever think  ideas of what to teach you daily will soon disappear into thin air?  Well it won't happen anytime soon.

Do you need the scoop for the day?  Then let's get down to brass tacks.

A person who  repairs vehicles is known as an auto-mechanic to car-mechanic  to technician.

Those that are fond of pronouncing mechanics as 'mekniks' should know that's wrong.
Mechanics is pronounced 'mikanik.

A place where cars are repaired  is called a Garage or an  'automobile repair shop ', not a mechanic.

Garage is pronounced as. /ˈɡærɪdʒ/ (GArij ) or  /ˈɡæra:(d)ʒ/ (GAraaj)
Americans say.  /ɡəˈra:(d)ʒ /gaRAAJ)

Finally,  the idiom for today is 'play the field'.  What does it mean to play the field?

It means to indulge in a series of sexual relationships without committing oneself to anyone.

Obviously a lot of guys like playing the field.  It helps to boost they're ego and make them feel more like a man.

Finally the class with King Ifey a done and dusted. Have a wonderful day ahead.

I will be on the next flight  Yugoslavia.

Toodles

Comments

  1. Afolabi Esther Oluwasemilore11 July 2017 at 00:34

    Mechanic (mikanik).... Thanks teacher ifey

    ReplyDelete
  2. So we're going to Yugoslavia tisha.... And you dinor tell me.... Lemme goan pack up.... No time

    ReplyDelete
  3. Mikanik? I hope I remember always

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It's simple. I think most Nigerians call it Mikanik

      Delete
  4. Some ladies love playing the field also.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Tnx teacher ifey. On my way to d Garij,hope d auto mikanik finishes on tym. Loads of activities today

    ReplyDelete
  6. Tnx teacher ifey. On my way to d Garij,hope d auto mikanik finishes on tym. Loads of activities today

    ReplyDelete
  7. Men. Playing the field since 1900. We just needed to find a better ball.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Lol ...chukwudi hei... You are funny. You need to find better ball.. Lol

      Delete
  8. boost they're ego.
    I think it's boost THEIR ego.
    Dont worry i know its not intentional ok..#tongueout

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How to use 'many a' and 'a great deal of' in a sentence. How to pronounce 'impasse'

Good morning KIB  earthlings. Lets get down to brass tacks. Let's look at the use of verbs. Yesterday someone brought a statement to me and enquired if it were correct. 'many a fellow knows the truth' Many a driver ploughs this road daily' 'Many a teacher doesn't know how to  English'. All these sentences are correct. According to Oxford dictionary, Many a: ( formal: always used with a singular noun and a singular verb) means a large number of something. E.g many a young person has experimented with drugs.   So,  don't pluralise anything in the sentence because there is an 'A' already. 'Many a teachers like to flog their students ' is wrong. 'A great deal' How do you use 'a great deal'? A great deal takes a singular verb. E.g A great deal of bananas is planted in the north. 'A great deal' takes a singular verb.  Finally,  the pronunciation of impasse is /'ampa:s/ Not (impas) It's not Enem

Is it 'off head', 'off hand' 'off pat' or 'by heart'?

I love all the new students in my class. You guys are awesome by the way. 😀😀 Today. I want to give you a better expression for saying that 'you know something very well'. #Offhead? There is nothing like offhead. 'I know it off head' is wrong. #Offhand? What does offhand mean? It mean without previous thought or consideration. Just like saying 'on the spur of moment' , 'immediately', 'spontaneously'. So, do you just know something offhand? No...not at all. You can say something offhand, do anything offhand but then it seems weird to say ' I know the answer offhand'. It is normal 'to say the answer offhand'. Do you get my drift? People don't know anything spontaneously, rather, they  say what they already know, spontaneously. Now to the final expression #HaveSomethingOffPat? It means to know something or be able to do something perfectly; be perfect master of something . So rather than say, I know it offha