BLAST FROM THE PAST: Educated guess

This BLAST FROM THE PAST episode was originally published on Sunday, May 3, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘educated guess.’ An educated guess is a guess based on accumulated knowledge and experience. An educated guess is more likely to be correct than a pure guess. You can read along as you listen by clicking or copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser:https://links.artisanenglish.jp/EducatedGuess Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. You listen to the podcast episodes. Now check to see if you learned from what you heard. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz I also offer FREE 20-minute lessons twice a month for anyone. All you have to do is sign up to win. Look under Book a Private Lesson at ArtisanEnglish.jp for Saturday Free-For-Anyone https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SatFree4Any1and Sunday Free-For-Anyone  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SunFree4Any1. Below are five terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Around the corner: When you hear someone say that something is (just) around the corner, they mean that it will be happening in the very near future. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/AroundTheCorner Connect the dots: The phrase connect the dots means to gather information from different places and piece it all together into something that makes sense. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/ConnectTheDots Rainy day fund: A rainy day fund is a reserved amount of savings a person can access when things are not going well or unforeseen circumstances arise. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/RainyDayFund Rhyme or reason: The phrase rhyme or reason is always used in the negative and it means something makes no sense or has no logical explanation. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/RhymeOrReason Turn a corner: When you turn a corner; you reach and pass by the worst of a situation, and things gradually begin to improve from there. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/TurnACorner