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โœ… LEARN ENGLISH AT HOME: How to choose a textbook ๐Ÿ“š

When you have the right textbook, you will find that learning English doesnโ€™t have to be hard or boring. If you are studying English on your own, Iโ€™ll show you how to choose the right textbook โ€” what to look for, and what to avoid. These are the two English textbooks I mention at the end of the video: Basic Grammar in Use and Understanding and Using English Grammar.
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12 English Expressions with ALL: "for all I know", "all along", "all talk"...
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โœณ๏ธ #video
#Word_of_the_Day

โœณ๏ธ tear down

๐Ÿ”บTearing down a house ๐Ÿค”

๐Ÿ”Ž Definition of TEAR DOWN
[ #phrasal_verb ]
โ“‚๏ธeaning-->: to completely destroy (something, such as a building or wall)

๐Ÿ”บThey tore down the old hospital and built a new one.

๐Ÿ”บWe're planning to tear down the wall between the kitchen and the dining room.


โž–often used figuratively
tearing down the walls of injusticeโคต๏ธ

๐Ÿ”บThey're trying to tear his reputation down.

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๐Ÿ“ Idiom of the Day

๐Ÿ“š not your cup of tea
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โœ Meaning:
If something is not your cup of tea, it's not what you like or what you're interested in.

โœ For example:

๐Ÿ”บAction movies aren't really my cup of tea. I prefer dramas and comedies, to be honest.

๐Ÿ”บ Karen knows all that new-age spiritual stuff isn't my cup of tea, so why would she give me a book on star signs and astrology for my birthday?
โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”
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๐ŸŒ€ #Idiom
๐Ÿ”†[ #Phrasal_Verb ]๐Ÿ”†

โœณ๏ธ pay back (1)

โ‡๏ธ Meaning:

If you pay someone back, you return money that you borrowed from them in the past.

โœ… For example:

๐Ÿ”บ pay sb back:
 Thanks for lending me the money. I'll pay you back when I get paid next week.

๐Ÿ”บ pay back sb:
 Will you pay back your friends first, or will you pay back the bank first?

๐Ÿ”บ pay sth back to sb:
 You promised you'd pay all the money back to me this week. So where is it?

โ€Œ โ”โ”โ”โ”๐Ÿฅ€๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿฅ€โ”โ”โ”โ”“
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โ”—โ”โ”โ”๐Ÿฅ€๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฅ€โ”โ”โ”โ”›
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โœณ๏ธ Foreign

/fษ’rษชn/
(adjective)

โ“‚๏ธeaning = of/from a country thatโ€™s different to your own country.

๐Ÿ—ฃ #Pronunciation
โœด๏ธ #vocabulary
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Classroom English: Vocabulary & Expressions for Students
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Learn English with Friends

Joey is suppost to wait for his nephew Mikael, while he goes and picks up some books. At that moment, Joey sees this hot girl walk into a room. What Joey doesn't know at first, is that the room dicusses English as a second language. Enjoy.

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English listening practice - Funny videos.
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๐ŸŽžLearn English Through Movies

โ—๏ธ'Friends' | "The Test"
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โœ… IELTS & TOEFL Academic Vocabulary - Nouns (AWL)

Are you studying for TOEFL or IELTS? In this lesson you will learn academic and technical nouns which commonly appear on the tests. The vocabulary you learn here will be especially helpful in the reading section but will improve your score in the reading, writing, speaking, and listening sections as well. I will teach you nouns such as: aspect, disposal, indication, substitute, trend, and others. Do the quiz, and check out the detailed academic vocabulary list in our resources section.
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๐Ÿ“… Phrasal Verb of the Day
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โœณ๏ธ stand by (1)

๐Ÿ“š Meaning:

If you're standing by, you're ready to do something or help somebody.

๐Ÿ”Ž For example:

๐Ÿ”บ stand by
 The airport's rescue team stands by around the clock in case there is a fire or a plane crash.

๐Ÿ”บ stand by
 A doctor is always standing by at the boxing stadium in case one of the fighters needs medical attention.
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โœโœ Idiom โœโœ

๐Ÿ”ฐ make a killing

โœ๐Ÿฝ Meaning:

โž•If you make a killing, you make a lot of money from a sale or a deal of some sort.

โœ๐Ÿฝ For example:

โœMy aunt made a killing when she bought some shares in a company as soon as they were issued, and sold them a few weeks later for three times what she paid.

โœLots of people made a killing when property values went so high back in the nineties. 
โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”
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๐ŸŒ€ #Idiom
๐Ÿ“…  Word of the Day

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โœณ๏ธ sting (v)


๐Ÿ”บBees will not sting unless they are threatened.

๐Ÿ“ definition of STING

1โƒฃof an insect, plant, or animal : to hurt (someone) by piercing the skin with a sharp, pointed part that usually contains poison

๐Ÿ”บI got stung by a bee.

๐Ÿ”บThe jellyfish stung the swimmer.

๐Ÿ”บThe bees will sting if you bother them.

2โƒฃ to cause a quick, sharp pain

๐Ÿ”บThe iodine will sting for a few minutes

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โœณ๏ธ #vocabulary
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โœณ๏ธ Schedule

/สƒedjuหl/ or /skedส’uหl/

โ“‚๏ธ= a list of planned activities or things to be done showing the times or dates when they are intended to happen or be done.
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โœณ๏ธ #Pronunciation
โ‡๏ธ #vocabulary
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โœณ๏ธ To go bankrupt

โ“‚๏ธeaning= when people or an organisation go bankrupt it means they donโ€™t have enough money to pay their debts (they run out of money).
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โœณ๏ธ #idiom
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โœ… English Grammar - Causative

Need to get your hair cut? You can have your friend do it for you. These sentences both use a sentence structure known as the CAUSATIVE. In this grammar lesson we will look at this structure in both the active and passive forms.
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โœ… Internet Safety
DO NOT trust people on the Internetโ€ฆ no matter how old, rich, beautiful, or kind they are! In this important video, I will tell you how to be careful on the Internet. Be very careful if you are going to meet someone to buy or sell something. NEVER give people your personal information address. Be safe on the web and in real life!
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