The Central Bank of Shakespeare by Supratim Ghosh Dastidar https://padlet.com/sgsupratim7/xybe523hxk682hpd The cat is out of the bag! We've got the opportunity to make a heap of the most interesting phrases and words that Shakespeare coined. Also, feel free to add in suitable pictures or other media that supplement your addition to this endearing collection. We're gonna make it big, come what come may! en-us 2021-06-02 11:10:55 UTC 2025-10-01 14:03:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f451.png "break the ice" sgsupratim7 https://padlet.com/sgsupratim7/xybe523hxk682hpd/wish/1579200174 Where was it used: The Taming of the Shrew
Meaning: Reducing the initial social tension to make it comfortable.
Usage: I know Rakesh is a very confident person because he always comes forward to break the ice, often with a witty joke. 
Food for Thought: Want to know the origin of this term? Check out the video.]]> 2021-06-02 11:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sgsupratim7/xybe523hxk682hpd/wish/1579200174 "greek to me" sgsupratim7 https://padlet.com/sgsupratim7/xybe523hxk682hpd/wish/1579216090 Where was it used: Julius Caesar
Meaning: unintelligible/cannot be understood.
Usage: They talked to me about financial markets at length but it was all Greek to me. ]]> 2021-06-02 11:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sgsupratim7/xybe523hxk682hpd/wish/1579216090 lack-lustre sgsupratim7 https://padlet.com/sgsupratim7/xybe523hxk682hpd/wish/1579526790 The word was popularized in the play As You Like It.
"And then he drew a dial from his poke | And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye,"
Meaning: something that lacks vitality.]]> 2021-06-02 13:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sgsupratim7/xybe523hxk682hpd/wish/1579526790 swagger sgsupratim7 https://padlet.com/sgsupratim7/xybe523hxk682hpd/wish/1579707319 For Shakespeare, the word meant “to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air” or “to boast or brag noisily.” Today, the word is often used to suggest "a confident attitude."]]> 2021-06-02 14:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sgsupratim7/xybe523hxk682hpd/wish/1579707319 "If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?" sgsupratim7 https://padlet.com/sgsupratim7/xybe523hxk682hpd/wish/1580136740 From The Merchant of Venice.

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