Show the differences:
1- I'll see him about it tomorrow.
2- I'll be seeing him about it tomorrow.
3- I'm seeing him about it tomorrow.
1- I'll see him about it tomorrow.
2- I'll be seeing him about it tomorrow.
3- I'm seeing him about it tomorrow.
In 1 the speaker is making a promise or announcing a decision about his future actions, whereas in 2 the speaker suggests that 'seeing him' will occur as a part of the normal pattern of events. 3, on the other hand, suggests that the event is part of a specially pre-arranged plan.
✨Surveillance
sur‧veil‧lance /səˈveɪləns $ sər-/ BrE AmE #noun [uncountable]
= the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime that has happened or is expected:
🔹More banks are now installing surveillance cameras.
🧩#Common_collocations with “surveillance”
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sur‧veil‧lance /səˈveɪləns $ sər-/ BrE AmE #noun [uncountable]
= the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime that has happened or is expected:
🔹More banks are now installing surveillance cameras.
🧩#Common_collocations with “surveillance”
#Vocabulary
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✨Come to pass
= to happen; to take place; to occur
🔹Our only hope now is that these dire predictions will not come to pass, but can be avoided somehow.
🔹When it finally came to pass, it almost felt like a letdown.
🔹And when do you think all these good things will come to pass?
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= to happen; to take place; to occur
🔹Our only hope now is that these dire predictions will not come to pass, but can be avoided somehow.
🔹When it finally came to pass, it almost felt like a letdown.
🔹And when do you think all these good things will come to pass?
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✨May as well 🆚 Might as well✨
We can use may as well and might as well for making suggestions. We can use them to say what we think is the easiest or most logical course of action when we cannot see a better alternative.They are both fairly informal.
🚩Might as well is more common than may as well:
🔹You might as well get a taxi from the station. It’ll be quicker than me coming in to get you.
🅰️:What time does the film finish?
🅱️:I think it’s ten o’clock.
🅰️:Uh-huh. We may as well eat in town before it, then.
🚩We can make may as well and might as well stronger by using just after may or might:
🔹Well, I think if it’s a choice between a job and a place at college, you may just as well take the job. At least you’ll earn some money.
🔹We don’t know anyone here and they’re discussing stuff that doesn’t concern us. We might just as well leave.
⚠️Warning:
May as well and might as well don’t mean the same as may also and might also, in the sense of ‘possibly in addition’:
🔹Before you go hiking, buy yourself a good pair of boots. You may also need to buy thick walking socks. (in addition to boots, you might need to buy socks)
❌Not: You may as well buy …
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We can use may as well and might as well for making suggestions. We can use them to say what we think is the easiest or most logical course of action when we cannot see a better alternative.They are both fairly informal.
🚩Might as well is more common than may as well:
🔹You might as well get a taxi from the station. It’ll be quicker than me coming in to get you.
🅰️:What time does the film finish?
🅱️:I think it’s ten o’clock.
🅰️:Uh-huh. We may as well eat in town before it, then.
🚩We can make may as well and might as well stronger by using just after may or might:
🔹Well, I think if it’s a choice between a job and a place at college, you may just as well take the job. At least you’ll earn some money.
🔹We don’t know anyone here and they’re discussing stuff that doesn’t concern us. We might just as well leave.
⚠️Warning:
May as well and might as well don’t mean the same as may also and might also, in the sense of ‘possibly in addition’:
🔹Before you go hiking, buy yourself a good pair of boots. You may also need to buy thick walking socks. (in addition to boots, you might need to buy socks)
❌Not: You may as well buy …
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✨Headers and tails
Headers and tails are common in speaking, but very uncommon in writing.
🚩We use headers when we place information at the front of what we say. This can help our listeners to understand more easily what we are referring to. Headers can consist of a noun phrase or noun phrases or whole clauses. The header is followed by a pronoun (capitalized in the examples) which refers back to the header:
🔹Anna, David’s sister, SHE’s going to New York for her birthday.
🔹That big house, is IT where the doctor lives?
🔹Going to football matches, THAT’s what my cousin Jim likes best.
🚩Tails occur at the end of what we say. They are commonly noun phrases. Tails refer back to a pronoun (capitalized in the examples), and commonly give more information about it. Like headers, they help a listener to understand more easily what we are referring to:
🔹THEY’re not cheap to buy, cars in Singapore.
🔹SHE’s a really good marathon runner, Alice.
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Headers and tails are common in speaking, but very uncommon in writing.
🚩We use headers when we place information at the front of what we say. This can help our listeners to understand more easily what we are referring to. Headers can consist of a noun phrase or noun phrases or whole clauses. The header is followed by a pronoun (capitalized in the examples) which refers back to the header:
🔹Anna, David’s sister, SHE’s going to New York for her birthday.
🔹That big house, is IT where the doctor lives?
🔹Going to football matches, THAT’s what my cousin Jim likes best.
🚩Tails occur at the end of what we say. They are commonly noun phrases. Tails refer back to a pronoun (capitalized in the examples), and commonly give more information about it. Like headers, they help a listener to understand more easily what we are referring to:
🔹THEY’re not cheap to buy, cars in Singapore.
🔹SHE’s a really good marathon runner, Alice.
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🔴Big, large and great
🔹We use big and large with concrete nouns - the names of objects which we can see or touch. In an informal style, big is more common than large.
✨He has got big / large feet.
✨They have a large / big house in the city.
🔹We use great with abstract nouns - the names of things which we cannot see or touch.
✨I think it was a great mistake.
✨I have great respect for him.
🔹In an informal style big is also used with countable abstract nouns. Large is NOT used with abstract nouns.
✨I think it was a big mistake.
(🚫BUT NOT I think it was a large mistake.)
⚠️None of these three words are used with uncountable nouns.
✨I have got a lot of luggage.
(🚫NOT I have got big/large/great luggage.)
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🔹We use big and large with concrete nouns - the names of objects which we can see or touch. In an informal style, big is more common than large.
✨He has got big / large feet.
✨They have a large / big house in the city.
🔹We use great with abstract nouns - the names of things which we cannot see or touch.
✨I think it was a great mistake.
✨I have great respect for him.
🔹In an informal style big is also used with countable abstract nouns. Large is NOT used with abstract nouns.
✨I think it was a big mistake.
(🚫BUT NOT I think it was a large mistake.)
⚠️None of these three words are used with uncountable nouns.
✨I have got a lot of luggage.
(🚫NOT I have got big/large/great luggage.)
⚡️#Perfect_your_sentences
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✨Hear that, see that
We use hear that and see that to introduce new pieces of information. When we do this, the verbs hear and see mean ‘understand’ or ‘notice’. We normally use hear when we are thinking of something someone told us, and see when we are thinking about something we read about or saw. We often use the verbs in the present simple and sometimes leave out that:
➖I hear Kevin’s getting married in June.
➖I see the Indian cricket team won again.
🔹We use verbs such as understand, learn and gather in a similar way:
➖We gather that this is the key for the flat.
➖I saw them yesterday and they understand he has resigned.
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We use hear that and see that to introduce new pieces of information. When we do this, the verbs hear and see mean ‘understand’ or ‘notice’. We normally use hear when we are thinking of something someone told us, and see when we are thinking about something we read about or saw. We often use the verbs in the present simple and sometimes leave out that:
➖I hear Kevin’s getting married in June.
➖I see the Indian cricket team won again.
🔹We use verbs such as understand, learn and gather in a similar way:
➖We gather that this is the key for the flat.
➖I saw them yesterday and they understand he has resigned.
#Useful_phrases
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🗣The 🔟➕ method for English Fluency
One of the keys to English fluency success is consistency. If you can do something effective EVERY DAY then you're going to make fast progress.
However, it's hard to do something effective. Most people give up between 2 weeks and 3 months after starting. Want to know a way to stay consistent?
Use the 🔟➕Method. It works like this:
1️⃣ Choose an English-learning technique that is effective (LRRC method - https://www.tofluency.com/tfp/ ), pronunciation practice, or going through flashcards.
2️⃣ For the next 3 months, do this for 10 minutes every day.
3️⃣ If you do more, great! This is bonus time.
4️⃣ If you don't, don't worry. You've done your 10 minutes.
This takes the pressure off. If you try to commit to doing too much, it will be overwhelming. This is where people give up.
But 10 minutes is doable, right? Think about a time when you can commit 10 minutes in your day to doing this.
If you miss a day, don't worry. You've not failed. Do your 10 minutes the next day.
#Speaking_tips
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One of the keys to English fluency success is consistency. If you can do something effective EVERY DAY then you're going to make fast progress.
However, it's hard to do something effective. Most people give up between 2 weeks and 3 months after starting. Want to know a way to stay consistent?
Use the 🔟➕Method. It works like this:
1️⃣ Choose an English-learning technique that is effective (LRRC method - https://www.tofluency.com/tfp/ ), pronunciation practice, or going through flashcards.
2️⃣ For the next 3 months, do this for 10 minutes every day.
3️⃣ If you do more, great! This is bonus time.
4️⃣ If you don't, don't worry. You've done your 10 minutes.
This takes the pressure off. If you try to commit to doing too much, it will be overwhelming. This is where people give up.
But 10 minutes is doable, right? Think about a time when you can commit 10 minutes in your day to doing this.
If you miss a day, don't worry. You've not failed. Do your 10 minutes the next day.
#Speaking_tips
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⏳It’s time
✨We can use the expression it’s time + subject + past verb form to refer to the present moment:
➖Gosh! It’s almost midnight. It’s time we went home.
Not: It’s time we go home.✘
✨It’s time with a verb in the to-infinitive form can refer to the speaker and the listener together:
➖Come on. It’s time to start packing. We have to leave in two hours. (or It’s time we started packing.)
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✨We can use the expression it’s time + subject + past verb form to refer to the present moment:
➖Gosh! It’s almost midnight. It’s time we went home.
Not: It’s time we go home.✘
✨It’s time with a verb in the to-infinitive form can refer to the speaker and the listener together:
➖Come on. It’s time to start packing. We have to leave in two hours. (or It’s time we started packing.)
#Useful_phrases
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🔻Almost or nearly?🔻
We use almost and nearly to refer to the progress of things, especially if we are measuring and counting things. In these examples, almost and nearly can both be used:
✨[someone has been running five miles on a running machine in a gym]
➖Don’t give up! You’re almost there.
➖It’s time for bed. It’s nearly 10 o’clock.
➖Their CD has sold almost 90,000 copies in the last week.
➖Nearly all my friends were in the photograph.
✨We also use almost and nearly with extreme adjectives such as perfect, impossible or frozen:
➖That guy is almost impossible.
➖The chicken is still nearly frozen. I thought you’d taken it out of the freezer.
✨We use almost (but not nearly) to soften statements:
➖I almost wish I hadn’t offered to pay his fine.
✨We use almost before any and before negative words such as no, none, never, nobody, nothing. We don’t use nearly in this way:
✨[describing computer software which traces the history of towns]
➖Using this special software, you can find the history of almost any building.
➖They’ve almost no confidence that they can use the new phone properly.
➖She almost never raises her voice.
❌Not: She nearly never raises her voice.
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We use almost and nearly to refer to the progress of things, especially if we are measuring and counting things. In these examples, almost and nearly can both be used:
✨[someone has been running five miles on a running machine in a gym]
➖Don’t give up! You’re almost there.
➖It’s time for bed. It’s nearly 10 o’clock.
➖Their CD has sold almost 90,000 copies in the last week.
➖Nearly all my friends were in the photograph.
✨We also use almost and nearly with extreme adjectives such as perfect, impossible or frozen:
➖That guy is almost impossible.
➖The chicken is still nearly frozen. I thought you’d taken it out of the freezer.
✨We use almost (but not nearly) to soften statements:
➖I almost wish I hadn’t offered to pay his fine.
✨We use almost before any and before negative words such as no, none, never, nobody, nothing. We don’t use nearly in this way:
✨[describing computer software which traces the history of towns]
➖Using this special software, you can find the history of almost any building.
➖They’ve almost no confidence that they can use the new phone properly.
➖She almost never raises her voice.
❌Not: She nearly never raises her voice.
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👍🏻Of course!
✨We use of course to refer to things that are obvious or already known to the speaker and listener, or to everybody:
➖A tropical climate is, of course, very humid, so we sweated all the time.
(We use commas here, before and after of course, to show that it refers to the whole of the first clause.)
🅰️:It’s a public holiday – that’s why the shops are closed.
🅱️:Oh, of course, yes! I’d completely forgotten.
✨We use of course when a situation or piece of information is not surprising:
➖Our car broke down on the way to the station so, of course, we missed the train and had to buy new tickets. It cost us £80!
➖He’s mega-rich and, of course, he can afford to fly first class all the time.
✨We use of course to mean ‘yes’ when we are giving permission to someone to do something:
🅰️:Can I borrow your newspaper for a minute?
🅱️:Of course. Go ahead.
🚫Warning:
We don’t use of course when we answer a question and give the listener information they do not already know. This can sound impolite:
🅰️:When you were in London, did you go to any shows?
🅱️:Yes, we did. We went to three.
❌Not: Of course. We went to three.
(The listener 🅰️ may hear of course as meaning ‘how could you think we didn’t go to any shows?’ and 🅰️ may think 🅱️ felt that 🅰️ had asked a stupid question.)
#Useful_phrases
#Culture
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✨We use of course to refer to things that are obvious or already known to the speaker and listener, or to everybody:
➖A tropical climate is, of course, very humid, so we sweated all the time.
(We use commas here, before and after of course, to show that it refers to the whole of the first clause.)
🅰️:It’s a public holiday – that’s why the shops are closed.
🅱️:Oh, of course, yes! I’d completely forgotten.
✨We use of course when a situation or piece of information is not surprising:
➖Our car broke down on the way to the station so, of course, we missed the train and had to buy new tickets. It cost us £80!
➖He’s mega-rich and, of course, he can afford to fly first class all the time.
✨We use of course to mean ‘yes’ when we are giving permission to someone to do something:
🅰️:Can I borrow your newspaper for a minute?
🅱️:Of course. Go ahead.
🚫Warning:
We don’t use of course when we answer a question and give the listener information they do not already know. This can sound impolite:
🅰️:When you were in London, did you go to any shows?
🅱️:Yes, we did. We went to three.
❌Not: Of course. We went to three.
(The listener 🅰️ may hear of course as meaning ‘how could you think we didn’t go to any shows?’ and 🅰️ may think 🅱️ felt that 🅰️ had asked a stupid question.)
#Useful_phrases
#Culture
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🔶Any more or anymore?
💠Any more as a determiner
✨We use any more as a determiner to describe ‘an indefinite quantity of something’. Any more is similar to some more. Some more is more common in affirmative statements; any more is more common in questions, in clauses with if and in sentences with negative words such as hardly, never, scarcely:
➖Would you like any more tea?
➖If you find any more books, please let us know.
➖She doesn’t want any more contact with him.
➖There are hardly any more people here than last month.
➖Yes, I’d like some more information about trains to Berlin, please.
Not: Yes, I’d like any more information about …✘
💠Any more as an adverb
✨Any more is also an adverb and has the meaning of ‘no longer’ or ‘in the past but not now.’ In this meaning, we use it in end position:
➖We don’t go to Cornwall on holiday any more.
(We used to go in the past but not now.)
➖The cost of electricity is not cheap any more.
✨Especially in #American_English, any more, as an adverb, can be written as one word, anymore:
➖He doesn’t cycle anymore.
#Easily_confused_words
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💠Any more as a determiner
✨We use any more as a determiner to describe ‘an indefinite quantity of something’. Any more is similar to some more. Some more is more common in affirmative statements; any more is more common in questions, in clauses with if and in sentences with negative words such as hardly, never, scarcely:
➖Would you like any more tea?
➖If you find any more books, please let us know.
➖She doesn’t want any more contact with him.
➖There are hardly any more people here than last month.
➖Yes, I’d like some more information about trains to Berlin, please.
Not: Yes, I’d like any more information about …✘
💠Any more as an adverb
✨Any more is also an adverb and has the meaning of ‘no longer’ or ‘in the past but not now.’ In this meaning, we use it in end position:
➖We don’t go to Cornwall on holiday any more.
(We used to go in the past but not now.)
➖The cost of electricity is not cheap any more.
✨Especially in #American_English, any more, as an adverb, can be written as one word, anymore:
➖He doesn’t cycle anymore.
#Easily_confused_words
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⭐️Reach for the stars
يطمح؛ يبلغ المعالي
= to aim for something that is very difficult to achieve
➖My parents always taught me to reach for the stars when I was growing up—that I could be anything I set my mind to!
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يطمح؛ يبلغ المعالي
= to aim for something that is very difficult to achieve
➖My parents always taught me to reach for the stars when I was growing up—that I could be anything I set my mind to!
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🔺Along or alongside?🔻
Along and alongside are #prepositions or #adverbs.
⚪️Along
As a preposition, along means ‘in a line next to something long and thin’, e.g. a road, a path:
➖There were lots of shops along the main street.
➖I saw three different boats along the bank of the river.
✨We use along as an adverb with verbs of motion meaning ‘together with’:
➖Why don’t you come along with us to the party?
➖They said they’d bring the bikes along and we can ride to the swimming pool.
⚫️Alongside
As a preposition, alongside means ‘close beside’, ‘next to’ or ‘together with’:
➖The trees alongside the fence have all been damaged by the wind. (near)
➖Put your bike alongside mine. (next to)
➖I find it difficult to cope with this illness alongside all my other problems. (together with)
✨We also use alongside as an adverb, meaning ‘along the side of’ or ‘next to’ something:
➖I parked my car in the drive and William parked his alongside.
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Along and alongside are #prepositions or #adverbs.
⚪️Along
As a preposition, along means ‘in a line next to something long and thin’, e.g. a road, a path:
➖There were lots of shops along the main street.
➖I saw three different boats along the bank of the river.
✨We use along as an adverb with verbs of motion meaning ‘together with’:
➖Why don’t you come along with us to the party?
➖They said they’d bring the bikes along and we can ride to the swimming pool.
⚫️Alongside
As a preposition, alongside means ‘close beside’, ‘next to’ or ‘together with’:
➖The trees alongside the fence have all been damaged by the wind. (near)
➖Put your bike alongside mine. (next to)
➖I find it difficult to cope with this illness alongside all my other problems. (together with)
✨We also use alongside as an adverb, meaning ‘along the side of’ or ‘next to’ something:
➖I parked my car in the drive and William parked his alongside.
#Confusing_words
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