Word of the Day: Safety net

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today. These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary. Safety net: A safety net is something such as a system that is designed to help reduce hardship or adversity when people find themselves in trouble. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SafetyNet Try a multiple-choice English Vocabulary Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz If you'd like to take a FREE TRIAL LESSON, please contact me, David, at https://www.artisanenglish.jp/contact/ https://links.artisanenglish.jp/TrialLesson I provide 100% error correction, fantastic discussion topics and detailed after-lesson written feedback. Below are five terms from today’s episode that may have been new to you. Fall through the cracks: People fall through the cracks when society has forgotten or failed to notice them and is no longer willing to offer them help. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/FallThroughTheCracks Pull your weight: If you pull your weight, you do your fair share of any work that needs to be done. Lazy co-workers don't pull their weight. https://b.link/TuesdayPullYourWeight  Nest egg: an amount of money a person keeps for a particular purpose such as retirement, health care, university education, etc. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/NestEgg Fall back on: We fall back on someone or something when everything else has failed. We can depend on the people we fall back on to support us when needed. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/FallBackOn Stand on your own two feet: to be able to provide for yourself all the things that your parents once provided. https://b.link/TuesdayStandOnYourOwnTwoFeet