Turning over a new leaf

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Transcript: And today we're going to talk about the story of Emily. Emily was in her late 20s, working a very monotonous 9 to 5 desk job that you really didn't like in everyday. She felt like she was stuck in a cycle of spreadsheets, meetings, and she really wanted to change this. One day, while she was participating in a work meeting, she saw one post on Instagram that really caught her attention. It was an advertisement for a volunteer program in which she could go to a remote village in Southeast Asia, and the idea of escaping her boring life and doing something different really steered her curiosity. As the weeks went by, she couldn't stop thinking about the opportunity. She was really considering turning over a new leaf. What does it mean to turn over a new leaf? When you turn over a new leaf, it means that you start something new. Like you make a significant change in your life. And that's what Emily was trying to do. She wanted to turn over a new leaf. She wanted to start something new. She was tired of the daily grind, like working hard every day in her monotonous job, and she wanted to do something new. After some weeks of contemplation, she finally decided to apply for the volunteer program. She couldn't wait to take the plunge. What does it mean to take the plunge? When you take the plunge, you basically take a big step or you make a bold, courageous decision. And that's what she did. She left her job and she started in a new volunteer program. So today we learned basically two new expressions, the first one being turning over a new leaf, which means starting fresh or making a significant change in someone's life. And the second one taking the plunge, which means making a bold decision or taking a big step.