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Today's expression so important.

To hunker down. It's a phrasal verb to hunker down, H-U-N-K-E-R, hunker down, D-O-W-N. Now, there are many usages of this phrasal verb to hunker down,

but a very common meaning is to get serious, to really focus,

to put all your energy into whatever you're doing.

So a good example would be when you're driving.

Do many of you drive?

Well, I do drive.

I've been driving for a long time.

And let's be honest, if you have been driving for a long time and if you are driving on a road that you know, do you concentrate that much?

Probably not.

It's almost automatic.

It's not very stressful.

However, if you're driving on that same road and the rain is coming down really hard,

or the snow is just flying everywhere,

or if you see lots of children walking along the side of the street,

suddenly you get serious.

You start to really focus.

You use both hands on the steering wheel.

Your foot is ready to hit the brake.

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