{"id":15547,"date":"2022-04-30T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/?p=15547"},"modified":"2022-04-25T22:52:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T13:52:20","slug":"simon-39-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/simon-39-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon\u5148\u751f\u306e\u82f1\u8a9e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3067\u5b66\u3076\u4f7f\u3048\u308b\u82f1\u8a9e\u8868\u73fe\u30fcA close shave \u300c\u5371\u6a5f\u4e00\u9aea\u300d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hello, this is Simon.<\/p>\n

I had a bit of a close shave<\/strong><\/em> the other week. Being the first week of April, it was to be a fairly light week of work as not all classes had started up. I only had lessons on the Monday, Thursday and Friday, a meeting on Tuesday and on Wednesday a staff get-together to pack textbooks into boxes for each school. Nothing too hectic.<\/p>\n

The first two days went well, a good sign for the up and coming school year. However, on Tuesday evening I got a call saying that one of my Monday students had been diagnosed with Covid. I wasn’t too worried because I had had minimal close contact with the student, the room was well ventilated, we were all wearing masks, and I wasn\u2019t deemed to be a \u201cclose contact\u201d. Just as a precaution, I was told stay home on the Wednesday. It was a well timed break and I got a lot of things done at home, a very productive day. I went to bed feeling good, but then had a terrible night’s sleep\u2026.<\/p>\n

I woke up feeling very lethargic, so took my temperature, it was 37.2. I thought “No big deal. I’ll just keep checking it throughout the day.” It started to drop over the next few hours and I felt pretty good after dropping my daughter off at daycare. “It should be down to normal.” I thought, as I checked it again. However, it had gone up to 37.5. I called my boss to let him know, and made a beeline for the doctor\u2019s<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Once there, I was offered the option of an antigen test or PCR test. I opted for the antigen test<\/strong><\/em>, because it gave instant results, and after about 10 minutes, the test came back negative (Phew!). I was told to take that day off as well, just in case. The antigen test was new to me, so I did a bit of investigation and found that it can give false negatives in the early stages of infection, as opposed to the PCR test, which is considered the gold standard<\/strong><\/em>. It got me a little worried, so I self quarantined from my family that night.<\/p>\n

The next day I felt fine, but I was still worried about teaching that afternoon. I called my clinic to see if I could get another antigen test, just to be safe, but was told that I couldn’t. I tried a few other clinics and had no luck. Finally, I called the original clinic again explained my situation: that I had had a negative result in the antigen test and my symptoms had disappeared, but there was still a chance that I could have the virus, and in my job I come into contact with large numbers of children. They finally relented<\/strong><\/em> and said I could come in for a PCR test. I went in took the test, and had to wait a day for the results. Again, I was told to take the day off.<\/p>\n

Long story short, the test came up negative. I was finally in the clear!<\/strong><\/em> I had had all that time off it seemed for nothing. But, I learned that in future, I should just go for the PCR test. Anyway, I was happy to be able to start the following week with a new lease on life<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

My first week back at school, felt like it was off to a rocky start, so I thought I\u2019d write about it and include a view words and phrases that may come in handy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“a close shave”<\/h2>\n
The phrase \u201ca close shave\u201d is used to describe a situation that comes very close to being dangerous (e.g. I had a close shave driving to work when huge truck cut right in front of me.)<\/div>\n
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“made a beeline for the doctor\u2019s”<\/h2>\n
To \u201cmake a beeline\u201d for something\/someone means to go both quickly and directly towards them (e.g. As soon as he got in the door, he made a beeline for the bar.)<\/div>\n
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“I opted for the antigen test”<\/h2>\n
To \u201copt\u201c for something means to make a particular choice for that thing and not another, or others (e.g. I was given the choice of being paid extra for my work, or given a day off. After thinking about it, I opted for the day off.)<\/div>\n
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“the gold standard”<\/h2>\n
\u201cGold standard\u201d in this case means something that is of superior quality to others of its kind, which is used a reference to which the others are compared (e.g. Toyota is considered the gold standard in manufacturing efficiency and effectiveness.)<\/div>\n
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“they finally relented”<\/h2>\n
The verb to \u201crelent\u201d means to do something that you had previously refused to do (e.g. The mother wouldn\u2019t let her child stay at a friends house. However, after three days of constant nagging she finally relented.)<\/div>\n
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“I was finally in the clear”<\/h2>\n
The expression to \u201cbe in the clear\u201c is used when we are no longer in danger from something (e.g. He was worried that he had broken a bone and wouldn\u2019t be able to play in the tournament, but the x-rays showed that he was in the clear.) This expression is also used to mean if someone is no longer suspected of a crime (e.g. The witness\u2019s testimony placed him more than 50 km away from the scene of the crime.)<\/div>\n
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“a new lease on life”<\/h2>\n
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The expression \u201ca new lease on life\u201d\u00a0 means a situation in which you feel more energetic and active than you did before or have better prospects for your life ahead (e.g. Changing jobs\/having a child gave him a new lease on life.)<\/p>\n

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Take care, and see you next month!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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