You wrote the Terms and Conditions that
I scroll through quickly while I download the update for Candy Crush. Terms and
Conditions are the only things keeping
us from the purge, everybody. I don’t
read them – I just hit Accept. iTunes may own my ovaries for all I know.
* keep
someone from: to prevent a person from doing something
ex> I don’t want to keep you from
something more important, but I really would like to talk to you.
Note> People often shorten this
expression to “I don’t want to keep you.”
* for
all I know: I’m not sure if this is true or not; to speculate
ex> They left two hours ago. For
all I know, they’re halfway to Busan by now.
The seductive southern lawyers from John
Grisham novels get all the glory, the Noah Feldmans, but the rest of you form
the foundation for our day to day lives. It’s backbreaking
and often, there is not much glory.
* backbreaking:
physically demanding
ex> Working in the construction
business entails long hours of backbreaking work.
Note> People use this phrase in the
verb form, “break one’s back.”
ex> My parents broke their backs
to put us through college.
Either way, you can’t go wrong. I look at you and see our nation’s future.
* you
can’t go wrong: there is no way to fail
ex> You can’t go wrong by
telling the truth at all times.
Those are all positions of such great
influence. Understand that one day you will have the power to make a difference.
* make
a difference: to create a positive change
ex> Amy spent her later years working
to make a difference in the lives of poor children.
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