{"id":635,"date":"2019-07-23T10:36:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T16:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=635"},"modified":"2022-09-24T00:23:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T06:23:25","slug":"prime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/prime\/","title":{"rendered":"prime: ministers, numbers, mr.t & more"},"content":{"rendered":"

it is logical for spanish speakers to translate primer ministro<\/em> (the top executive position in a parliamentary government)\u00a0to\u00a0first<\/span> minister <\/em>in english, but in fact the title in english is prime minister.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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boris johnson is the new\u00a0prime minister<\/span> of great britain.
\n<\/em><\/h6>\n

countries that have prime ministers<\/em><\/span> include netherlands, canada, australia, new zealand, israel, serbia, united kingdom, india, pakistan, iraq, japan and south korea.<\/p>\n

\"amazon<\/p>\n

amazon\u00a0prime<\/u>\u00a0offers members several excellent services.<\/em><\/h6>\n

there are various other applications for the word:<\/p>\n

prime<\/strong> <\/em>can mean excellent<\/em> or superior<\/em>.<\/p>\n

prime numbers<\/strong><\/em> are only evenly divisible by themselves and the number one, for example 2, 3, 5, 7,11, 37 and 51.<\/p>\n

\"prime<\/a><\/p>\n

prime<\/span>\u00a0rib is a quality cut of beef.<\/em><\/h6>\n

subprime lending<\/strong><\/em> or the practice of offering high risk loans at higher interest rates\u00a0led to<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(caused) a financial crisis in the u.s.in 2008.<\/p>\n

\"bob<\/a><\/h6>\n
bob dylan during the recording of “like a rolling stone”.<\/em><\/h6>\n

the first line of bob dylan<\/strong>‘s\u00a0like a rolling stone<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0says<\/p>\n

once upon a time u dressed so fine, threw the bums a dime<\/em> in your prime<\/em>, didn’t you?<\/h4>\n
\"guy<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"the<\/a><\/h6>\n
“brother, can u spare a <\/em>dime<\/span><\/em>” is an expression used to ask for charity and is associated with the economic depression of the 1930s. (bertslideart.wordpress.com)<\/em><\/h6>\n

the same rhyme of dime<\/em> and prime<\/em> ()appears in five to one<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>by the doors<\/strong><\/p>\n

trade in your hours for a handful of dimes<\/em>, gonna make it baby in our prime<\/em><\/h4>\n

listen for it at 2:10 in this vid<\/p>\n

this sarcastic lyric sets the tone for the rest of the song, which criticizes a woman who didn’t feel any sympathy for the\u00a0suffering of poor people until she became poor herself.\u00a0in your (his,her,etc.) prime<\/strong> <\/em>is used to describe when someone is living the best years of their life<\/em> or performing at their highest level<\/em>. the opposite concept is\u00a0has-been<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n