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Whoa, it's a bit windy in here.
Let's learn four phrases with the word wind.
Oof, that's better.
If you act with caution, you're careful.
But if you throw caution to the wind, it's the opposite.
You behave in a riskier way.
After years in a stable job, he decided to throw caution to the wind and open his own cafe.
If you get a second wind,
you suddenly feel energy again to do something that requires a lot of effort.
The marathon runner was exhausted, but the sight of the finish line gave her a second wind.
If you get wind or something,
you hear a piece of information that someone else wanted to keep a secret.
Don't let him get wind of the plan.
It's supposed to be a surprise party.
And finally, if something is gone with the wind, it disappears and is gone forever.
She spent hours looking for her lost earring, but sadly it was gone with the wind.
Throw caution to the wind and start using these phrases in your conversations.