🗓️ Idiom: Centre Yourself (verb)
💬 Meaning
- Calm your mind and focus on the present moment.
- Find your inner balance when you feel stressed or upset.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Before the meeting, she took a minute to centre herself and breathe deeply.
- He always centres himself before making an important decision.
- When things get stressful, try to centre yourself instead of reacting quickly.
🏛️ Origin
The idiom “centre yourself” comes from the idea of finding your physical or emotional centre — a balanced point within you. It became popular through meditation, mindfulness, and yoga practices, which encourage focusing your attention inward to feel calm and steady.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
Before speaking in public, it helps to take a moment to ________ yourself.
Answer
centre
2. Choose the correct answer:
What does “centre yourself” mean?
a) Move to the middle of the room
b) Focus and calm your mind
c) Think about other people’s problems
Answer
b) Focus and calm your mind
3. Change the sentence using “centre yourself”:
“She paused for a moment to feel calm and focused before the interview.”
Answer
She paused for a moment to centre herself before the interview.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
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