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What does “rise and shine” mean?
Meaning, example sentence and a quick practice question.
C1
Said cheerfully to wake someone up; time to get up
“Rise and shine! We leave in twenty minutes.”
Say it smoothly: “ry-zan-shine”
From the C1 lesson Full of Beans (energy and routines).
Quick check
What does “rise and shine” mean?
Teaching this phrase?“rise and shine” is part of a ready-to-teach lesson, with a reading, three exercises, speaking tasks and an answer key, in Everyday English Chunks C1 Pack 4 (Communication, Decisions and Habits).
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