Word of the Day: Make waves

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp today. This episode was published on Thursday, January 6, 2022. Our Word of the Day is ‘make waves.’  To make waves means to change the ways things are done or to cause trouble. Making waves can be good or bad depending on your point of view. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/MakeWaves 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 Below are three terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Short-term pain for long-term gain: Short-term pain for long-term gains means to undergo a short period of discomfort to realize a longer period of enjoyment in your life. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/ShortTermPain Status quo: Status quo is Latin for the way things are now or the current situation. Status quo is still used in the English language today. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/StatusQuo Upset the applecart: To upset the applecart means to interfere with or otherwise disrupt someone's plans. This interference could be harmful or unintentional. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/UpsetTheAppleCart