❌ Common mistakes ❌
⬛️ Loan or Borrow
❌Example Mistake: Can you borrow me that book? You can loan me my notes.
Tip: The listener may be confused since “loan” means “to give” and “borrow” means “to take.” It’s simple memorization that’s required to get the correct meaning.
For example, “borrow me that book” means “take me that book” in the above example. Where do you want the listener to take the book? That isn’t what you meant to say!
Instead, you would like to use the book, so you want someone to give it to you.
✅Correction: Can you loan me that book? You can borrow my notes.
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⬛️ Since or For
❌Example Mistake: I have known him for always. I saw him since last year.
Tip: You use “for” if you don’t have to calculate the period of time, because the amount of time is indicated in the sentence already. You use “since” if you have to calculate the period of time, because you only have the starting point.
✅Correction: I have lived here for two months. (You don’t have to calculate, you know the period is “two months.” ) / I have lived here since 1975. (You have to calculate now. If you came in 1975—the starting point—and now it’s 2016.)
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⬛️ Loan or Borrow
❌Example Mistake: Can you borrow me that book? You can loan me my notes.
Tip: The listener may be confused since “loan” means “to give” and “borrow” means “to take.” It’s simple memorization that’s required to get the correct meaning.
For example, “borrow me that book” means “take me that book” in the above example. Where do you want the listener to take the book? That isn’t what you meant to say!
Instead, you would like to use the book, so you want someone to give it to you.
✅Correction: Can you loan me that book? You can borrow my notes.
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⬛️ Since or For
❌Example Mistake: I have known him for always. I saw him since last year.
Tip: You use “for” if you don’t have to calculate the period of time, because the amount of time is indicated in the sentence already. You use “since” if you have to calculate the period of time, because you only have the starting point.
✅Correction: I have lived here for two months. (You don’t have to calculate, you know the period is “two months.” ) / I have lived here since 1975. (You have to calculate now. If you came in 1975—the starting point—and now it’s 2016.)
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📚 Vocabulary
🔶 Notorious (adj.) [nō-,nəˈtôrēəs]
❗️Meaning:
Famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed.
❕Example:
Los Angeles is notorious for its smog.
🔷 Replete (adj.) [riˈplēt]
❗️Meaning:
Filled or well-supplied with something
❕Example:
With a heart replete with gratitude, she burst into tears.
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🔶 Notorious (adj.) [nō-,nəˈtôrēəs]
❗️Meaning:
Famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed.
❕Example:
Los Angeles is notorious for its smog.
🔷 Replete (adj.) [riˈplēt]
❗️Meaning:
Filled or well-supplied with something
❕Example:
With a heart replete with gratitude, she burst into tears.
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📆 Idiom
✳ talk turkey
✍ Meaning:
If you talk turkey, you discuss something seriously, usually to do with business or money.
🔖 For example:
🔸 After the owner had shown him around the apartment, Shane decided it was just what he wanted, so he said, "OK, I'm interested. Let's talk turkey."
🔸 I started to say something about the deal, but Mr Hamilton said, "Not now, my boy. We never talk turkey at the dinner table."
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✳ talk turkey
✍ Meaning:
If you talk turkey, you discuss something seriously, usually to do with business or money.
🔖 For example:
🔸 After the owner had shown him around the apartment, Shane decided it was just what he wanted, so he said, "OK, I'm interested. Let's talk turkey."
🔸 I started to say something about the deal, but Mr Hamilton said, "Not now, my boy. We never talk turkey at the dinner table."
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📝Phrasal Verb of the Day
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✳️ bring back (2)
✍ Meaning:
to make something from the past come back, such as a memory, a feeling, an idea, etc.
🔎 For example:
🔺 bring back sth : Hearing these old songs really brings back the old days, doesn't it?
🔺 bring sth back : The letters she'd found brought some wonderful memories back.
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✳️ bring back (2)
✍ Meaning:
to make something from the past come back, such as a memory, a feeling, an idea, etc.
🔎 For example:
🔺 bring back sth : Hearing these old songs really brings back the old days, doesn't it?
🔺 bring sth back : The letters she'd found brought some wonderful memories back.
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✴️ #phrasal_verb
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✳️ scrap paper 📝
🙄A piece of scrap paper
✍ Definition of SCRAP PAPER:
🔺Please take out a piece of scrap paperand practice the math problems on the board.
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🙄A piece of scrap paper
✍ Definition of SCRAP PAPER:
paper that is partly used or is of poor quality but that you can use for unimportant things
🔺Please take out a piece of scrap paperand practice the math problems on the board.
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✅ Vocabulary
🎬 Talking about MOVIES in English
Let's cut to the chase
we all love movies. We love to talk about our favorite movies, but don't have the right words.
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🎬 Talking about MOVIES in English
Let's cut to the chase
we all love movies. We love to talk about our favorite movies, but don't have the right words.
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✳️ refer to (2)
❇️ Meaning:
to direct someone to a place or a person for information, help or treatment
✅ For example:
🔺 refer sb to sb/sth: After checking the results, my doctor referred me to a heart specialist for further tests.
🔺 refer sb to sb/sth: I can't take your case myself, but I can refer you to another lawyer who's an expert in this area of law.
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✳️ refer to (2)
❇️ Meaning:
to direct someone to a place or a person for information, help or treatment
✅ For example:
🔺 refer sb to sb/sth: After checking the results, my doctor referred me to a heart specialist for further tests.
🔺 refer sb to sb/sth: I can't take your case myself, but I can refer you to another lawyer who's an expert in this area of law.
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✳️ make yourself at home
❇️ Meaning:
If you make yourself at home, you relax and feel comfortable in someone else's home.
✅ For example:
🔻When we arrived at my apartment, I showed my guests the sofa and said, "Make yourself at home."
🔻Bill certainly knows how to make himself at home. Within five minutes of arriving he'd turned on my TV and helped himself to a beer from my fridge.
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✳️ make yourself at home
❇️ Meaning:
If you make yourself at home, you relax and feel comfortable in someone else's home.
✅ For example:
🔻When we arrived at my apartment, I showed my guests the sofa and said, "Make yourself at home."
🔻Bill certainly knows how to make himself at home. Within five minutes of arriving he'd turned on my TV and helped himself to a beer from my fridge.
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✳️ reel in
#word_of_the_day #vocabulary
#phrasal_verb
🔺 Reeling in a fish
✅ Definition of REEL IN
Ⓜ️eaning:
to pull in (a fish that is caught on a hook on the end of a fishing line) by turning the reel of a fishing rod
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#word_of_the_day #vocabulary
#phrasal_verb
🔺 Reeling in a fish
✅ Definition of REEL IN
Ⓜ️eaning:
to pull in (a fish that is caught on a hook on the end of a fishing line) by turning the reel of a fishing rod
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🎧Used Computer
Mark considers buying one of Todd's older computers.
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Mark considers buying one of Todd's older computers.
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🇺🇸Todd: Hey, Mark, I heard that you might be interested in buying a computer.
🇬🇧Mark: That's right. Yeah, I'm interested in buying a Mac computer because I've never used Mac before.
Todd: Well, that is actually perfect because I have two MacIntosh laptops and I'm selling one of them.
Mark: You're kidding.
Todd: Yeah.
Mark: How much?
Todd: Well, I'll sell it to you for 20,000 Japanese yen, so that's almost 200 dollars. That's a pretty good deal. But there's a problem with it.
Mark: What's the problem?
Todd: The problem is the disc drive is broken, so sometimes if you put a DVD into the disc drive it doesn't work.
Mark: OK.
Todd: Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn't work.
Mark: Well, that's not too bad because I have another computer that I can watch DVD's on.
Todd: OK.
Mark: How long have you had it?
Todd: I've had it for about three years, and it works great, like it's great for the internet. It's great for lots of things. I just unfortunately accidentally broke the DVD because I had a problem. I couldn't get a DVD out and I foolishly tried to get it out the wrong way, so but it still works. There is one other problem. It has a power cord and I lost the original power cord for it.
Mark: Right, OK, so I need to buy a new power cord.
Todd: You need to buy a new one.
Mark: And how much will that set me back?
Todd: That will probably cost you about 6,000 yen.
Mark: 6,000 yen.
Todd: Yeah, so it's not too bad.
Mark: So that new Mac that you got over there, how much was that new?
Todd: If you buy it new, well this is an older edition, but now they're about 100,000 yen. They're actually quite a good deal. That's why I'm selling it so cheap because you can buy a new Mac for pretty cheap.
Mark: Right. OK. Sounds a good deal. Can I build websites on that one?
Todd: Yeah. You can pretty much do anything. It has a lot of capabilities. It's very easy, and if you like the TV show the Sopranos, I'll throw in a bunch of DVD's as well.
Mark: Really.
Todd: So you can watch them for free.
Mark: Right, so 20,000 yen and how many DVD's?
Todd: Well, there is a set of four so there's probably, I don't know, there's four DVD's but there's probably 18 episodes of the show the Sopranos.
Mark: Right.
Todd: It's a good show.
Mark: OK. That sounds like we may have a deal.
Todd: Cool.
Mark: Yeah. Let me talk to the girlfriend about it. See if she wants to buy a Mac because it's her money, too. Maybe I need to borrow some money off her.
Todd: OK.
Mark: And then we can do the deal.
Todd: OK, sounds good. Alright, thanks Mark.
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🇬🇧Mark: That's right. Yeah, I'm interested in buying a Mac computer because I've never used Mac before.
Todd: Well, that is actually perfect because I have two MacIntosh laptops and I'm selling one of them.
Mark: You're kidding.
Todd: Yeah.
Mark: How much?
Todd: Well, I'll sell it to you for 20,000 Japanese yen, so that's almost 200 dollars. That's a pretty good deal. But there's a problem with it.
Mark: What's the problem?
Todd: The problem is the disc drive is broken, so sometimes if you put a DVD into the disc drive it doesn't work.
Mark: OK.
Todd: Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn't work.
Mark: Well, that's not too bad because I have another computer that I can watch DVD's on.
Todd: OK.
Mark: How long have you had it?
Todd: I've had it for about three years, and it works great, like it's great for the internet. It's great for lots of things. I just unfortunately accidentally broke the DVD because I had a problem. I couldn't get a DVD out and I foolishly tried to get it out the wrong way, so but it still works. There is one other problem. It has a power cord and I lost the original power cord for it.
Mark: Right, OK, so I need to buy a new power cord.
Todd: You need to buy a new one.
Mark: And how much will that set me back?
Todd: That will probably cost you about 6,000 yen.
Mark: 6,000 yen.
Todd: Yeah, so it's not too bad.
Mark: So that new Mac that you got over there, how much was that new?
Todd: If you buy it new, well this is an older edition, but now they're about 100,000 yen. They're actually quite a good deal. That's why I'm selling it so cheap because you can buy a new Mac for pretty cheap.
Mark: Right. OK. Sounds a good deal. Can I build websites on that one?
Todd: Yeah. You can pretty much do anything. It has a lot of capabilities. It's very easy, and if you like the TV show the Sopranos, I'll throw in a bunch of DVD's as well.
Mark: Really.
Todd: So you can watch them for free.
Mark: Right, so 20,000 yen and how many DVD's?
Todd: Well, there is a set of four so there's probably, I don't know, there's four DVD's but there's probably 18 episodes of the show the Sopranos.
Mark: Right.
Todd: It's a good show.
Mark: OK. That sounds like we may have a deal.
Todd: Cool.
Mark: Yeah. Let me talk to the girlfriend about it. See if she wants to buy a Mac because it's her money, too. Maybe I need to borrow some money off her.
Todd: OK.
Mark: And then we can do the deal.
Todd: OK, sounds good. Alright, thanks Mark.
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▪️ That is actually perfect
That is actually perfect, because I have two MacIntosh laptops and I'm selling one of them.
'That is actually perfect' means that something has no flaws or it works out really well with how your life is going. Notice the following:
▫️That is actually perfect; I'll come by your house after work.
▫️That is actually perfect; I would love to come with you, as I can't drive.
▪️ Accidentally
I just unfortunately accidentally broke the DVD because I had a problem.
To do something 'accidentally' means that you did it by mistake or did not intentionally do it. Notice the following:
▫️I accidentally broke the glass when I was washing the dishes.
▫️She says that she did not mean to lose the keys and that she did it accidentally.
▪️ Foolishly
I couldn't get a DVD out and I foolishly tried to get it out the wrong way.
If you do something 'foolishly,' you do it in a way that is not very intelligent because you don't any better or because you do it without thinking. Notice the following:
▫️I foolishly tried to get the dish out the oven without using oven gloves.
▫️She foolishly told her friends, and soon the whole school knew her secret.
▪️ Set me back
How much will that set me back?
When you ask someone how much something will 'set you back,' you are informally asking how much it will cost. This form of the question is used mostly between friends. Notice the following:
▫️Financially, how much to you think that will set the company back?
▫️He thinks the new paintwork will set me back around a week's wages.
▪️ We may have a deal
That sounds like we may have a deal.
'We may have a deal' means that you and someone else might be able to agree on a type of exchange. You can say 'we have a deal' when you agree with the price or conditions that someone suggests to sell you a service or an item. Notice the following:
▫️If you can give me a few days to think about it, then we may have a deal.
▫️If you can add a free laptop bag into the price, then I think we may have a deal.
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▪️ That is actually perfect
That is actually perfect, because I have two MacIntosh laptops and I'm selling one of them.
'That is actually perfect' means that something has no flaws or it works out really well with how your life is going. Notice the following:
▫️That is actually perfect; I'll come by your house after work.
▫️That is actually perfect; I would love to come with you, as I can't drive.
▪️ Accidentally
I just unfortunately accidentally broke the DVD because I had a problem.
To do something 'accidentally' means that you did it by mistake or did not intentionally do it. Notice the following:
▫️I accidentally broke the glass when I was washing the dishes.
▫️She says that she did not mean to lose the keys and that she did it accidentally.
▪️ Foolishly
I couldn't get a DVD out and I foolishly tried to get it out the wrong way.
If you do something 'foolishly,' you do it in a way that is not very intelligent because you don't any better or because you do it without thinking. Notice the following:
▫️I foolishly tried to get the dish out the oven without using oven gloves.
▫️She foolishly told her friends, and soon the whole school knew her secret.
▪️ Set me back
How much will that set me back?
When you ask someone how much something will 'set you back,' you are informally asking how much it will cost. This form of the question is used mostly between friends. Notice the following:
▫️Financially, how much to you think that will set the company back?
▫️He thinks the new paintwork will set me back around a week's wages.
▪️ We may have a deal
That sounds like we may have a deal.
'We may have a deal' means that you and someone else might be able to agree on a type of exchange. You can say 'we have a deal' when you agree with the price or conditions that someone suggests to sell you a service or an item. Notice the following:
▫️If you can give me a few days to think about it, then we may have a deal.
▫️If you can add a free laptop bag into the price, then I think we may have a deal.
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✅ Sound like a native speaker: the BEST pronunciation advice
Are you following the wrong pronunciation advice? Do you think that to have good English pronunciation you need to say every word per-fect-ly? Have you been told that you need to say each syllable in exactly the same way that it is written? Well, in this video I explain why what seems like logical advice is actually COMPLETELY WRONG. The secret to getting excellent English pronunciation is to relax your tongue and to start missing syllables! That’s because native speakers do not speak perfectly in natural, everyday speech. In fact, it even sounds strange to say every word perfectly. I explain to you how we use 'elision' to make our speech more connected, flowing, and relaxed. This means that we don’t say every vowel and sometimes even miss words. I also tell you about the most important sound you need to know about in English to improve your pronunciation – the schwa sound: /ə/.
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Are you following the wrong pronunciation advice? Do you think that to have good English pronunciation you need to say every word per-fect-ly? Have you been told that you need to say each syllable in exactly the same way that it is written? Well, in this video I explain why what seems like logical advice is actually COMPLETELY WRONG. The secret to getting excellent English pronunciation is to relax your tongue and to start missing syllables! That’s because native speakers do not speak perfectly in natural, everyday speech. In fact, it even sounds strange to say every word perfectly. I explain to you how we use 'elision' to make our speech more connected, flowing, and relaxed. This means that we don’t say every vowel and sometimes even miss words. I also tell you about the most important sound you need to know about in English to improve your pronunciation – the schwa sound: /ə/.
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