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Storms are weather events with rain, lightning, thunder and wind. But what could this expression mean? Let’s find out.
Take the world by storm.
Speaker A: How’s the ukulele coming along? Ready to take the world by storm?
Speaker B: Well, maybe just the learn-English-with-ukulele world, Jonathan.
Speaker A: Is that world even out there, Anna?
Speaker B: I will find it. A is for apple, b…
If you “take the world by storm”, you are really good at something. People notice your work and like it. You can take many “worlds” by storm… even the English-teaching-with-a-ukulele world.
And that’s English in a Minute.
*This article has been edited and reprinted from VOA Learning English with permission from Voice of America (VOA) for use in English language materials.