💢#Conversation /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən $ ˌkɑːnvər-/ BrE AmE #noun
#Metaphor
✨A conversation or discussion is like a journey, with the speakers going from one place to another.
💬 Let’s go back to what you were saying earlier.
💬 Can we return to the previous point?
💬 I can’t quite see where you’re heading.
💬 The conversation took an unexpected turn/direction.
💬 I’m listening – Go on!
💬 We’ve covered a lot of ground.
💬 I was just coming on to that.
💬 We eventually arrived at a conclusion.
💬 It’s a roundabout way of saying she’s refusing our offer.
💬 You’re on the right/wrong track.
💬 We wandered off the topic.
💬 The conversation drifted rather aimlessly.
💬 We kept going round and round in circles.
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#Metaphor
✨A conversation or discussion is like a journey, with the speakers going from one place to another.
💬 Let’s go back to what you were saying earlier.
💬 Can we return to the previous point?
💬 I can’t quite see where you’re heading.
💬 The conversation took an unexpected turn/direction.
💬 I’m listening – Go on!
💬 We’ve covered a lot of ground.
💬 I was just coming on to that.
💬 We eventually arrived at a conclusion.
💬 It’s a roundabout way of saying she’s refusing our offer.
💬 You’re on the right/wrong track.
💬 We wandered off the topic.
💬 The conversation drifted rather aimlessly.
💬 We kept going round and round in circles.
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💢#Either /ˈaɪðə $ ˈiːðər/ BrE AmE #conjunction
أمّا؛ أيْ؛ أَيًّا كانَ؛ أيضا فوق ذلك؛ أيّما؛ كل من أي من أحد الأمري
✨Either can be used in the following ways:
🔻in the expression either...or:
🔹Students could choose either French or Spanish.
🔹You can either come by bus or take a taxi.
🔻as a determiner (followed by a singular countable noun):
🔹a long room with a door at either end
🔻as a pronoun:
🔹Olive oil and corn oil are both suitable, so you could use either.
(followed by ‘of’):
🔹Does either of you speak Chinese?
🔻as an adverb (in negative sentences):
🔹Jerry wasn’t there either.
✨When either is the subject of a sentence, it is usually used with a singular verb:
🔹Is either of them at home?
But in #spoken_English a plural verb is sometimes used:
🔹Are either of them at home?
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أمّا؛ أيْ؛ أَيًّا كانَ؛ أيضا فوق ذلك؛ أيّما؛ كل من أي من أحد الأمري
✨Either can be used in the following ways:
🔻in the expression either...or:
🔹Students could choose either French or Spanish.
🔹You can either come by bus or take a taxi.
🔻as a determiner (followed by a singular countable noun):
🔹a long room with a door at either end
🔻as a pronoun:
🔹Olive oil and corn oil are both suitable, so you could use either.
(followed by ‘of’):
🔹Does either of you speak Chinese?
🔻as an adverb (in negative sentences):
🔹Jerry wasn’t there either.
✨When either is the subject of a sentence, it is usually used with a singular verb:
🔹Is either of them at home?
But in #spoken_English a plural verb is sometimes used:
🔹Are either of them at home?
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✨ Nearly 🆚 Almost
🔻Nearly and Almost are only interchangeable in the affirmative
🔸 There's not nearly enough food here to feed twenty people.
🔸I think there's almost/nearly enough food here to feed a dozen people.
🔸Almost /Nearly all cars use unleaded petrol these days.
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🔻Nearly and Almost are only interchangeable in the affirmative
🔸 There's not nearly enough food here to feed twenty people.
🔸I think there's almost/nearly enough food here to feed a dozen people.
🔸Almost /Nearly all cars use unleaded petrol these days.
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✨ Alert 🆚 Alarm
🔻Alert = warn someone of the danger
🔸In case of fire, alert the hotel guests.
🔻Alarm = make someone feel anxious
🔸Don't alarm us with awful tales about the dangers of air travel.
🔸Don't alarm us with awful tales about the dangers of air travel.
🔸This door activates an alarm.
🔸We got alarmed when we found the door wide open.
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🔻Alert = warn someone of the danger
🔸In case of fire, alert the hotel guests.
🔻Alarm = make someone feel anxious
🔸Don't alarm us with awful tales about the dangers of air travel.
🔸Don't alarm us with awful tales about the dangers of air travel.
🔸This door activates an alarm.
🔸We got alarmed when we found the door wide open.
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✨ Agree to 🆚 Agree with 🆚 Agree on
🔻agree to something
🔸 I agree to the proposal.
🔻agree with someone
🔸I agree with you.
🔻agree on = agree about
🔸Surely we can agree on this.
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🔻agree to something
🔸 I agree to the proposal.
🔻agree with someone
🔸I agree with you.
🔻agree on = agree about
🔸Surely we can agree on this.
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✨ Diary 🆚 Agenda
🔻Diary = a book with spaces for days of the year
🔸 I've made a note of your birthday in my diary.
🔻Agenda = schedule of business at a meeting
🔸What's the first item on the agenda?
🔸We had to work through three agendas!
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🔻Diary = a book with spaces for days of the year
🔸 I've made a note of your birthday in my diary.
🔻Agenda = schedule of business at a meeting
🔸What's the first item on the agenda?
🔸We had to work through three agendas!
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💢#Strange /streɪndʒ/ BrE AmE #adjective
غريب ; أجنبي ; غير معروف ; غير مطّلع على
#Metaphor
✨A person who behaves in a strange or unusual way is like someone who comes from a different place or is in a different world.
⭕️He seemed completely out of place in that company.
⭕️Everyone was growing tired of her outlandish behaviour.
⭕️The university environment was rather alien to me.
⭕️There was something otherworldly about her.
⭕️He seems to live in a world of his own.
⭕️Honestly, I sometimes wonder if you and I are on the same planet!
⭕️Hello, Earth to Trisha, have you been listening to anything I said?
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غريب ; أجنبي ; غير معروف ; غير مطّلع على
#Metaphor
✨A person who behaves in a strange or unusual way is like someone who comes from a different place or is in a different world.
⭕️He seemed completely out of place in that company.
⭕️Everyone was growing tired of her outlandish behaviour.
⭕️The university environment was rather alien to me.
⭕️There was something otherworldly about her.
⭕️He seems to live in a world of his own.
⭕️Honestly, I sometimes wonder if you and I are on the same planet!
⭕️Hello, Earth to Trisha, have you been listening to anything I said?
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🔻See a movie = to go out to the movie theater and watched the movie there 🎭
🔻Watch a movie = to watch it in a home environment on DVD or TV 📺
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🔻Watch a movie = to watch it in a home environment on DVD or TV 📺
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✨Reliability 🆚 Reliance
➖Reliability is the quality of being reliable, dependable or trustworthy
➖Reliance is the act of relying on someone or something; trust
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➖Reliability is the quality of being reliable, dependable or trustworthy
➖Reliance is the act of relying on someone or something; trust
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✨ Disturb 🆚 Bother 🆚 Annoy
🔻Disturb = interrupt someone while they’re working, etc.
🔸 Don't disturb your father now. He's busy.
🔻Bother = make someone uncomfortable
🔸There are quite a few unexplained matters in this case that bother me.
🔻Annoy = make someone angry
🔸If you want to annoy Mr Ahmed, just ring his front doorbell.
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🔻Disturb = interrupt someone while they’re working, etc.
🔸 Don't disturb your father now. He's busy.
🔻Bother = make someone uncomfortable
🔸There are quite a few unexplained matters in this case that bother me.
🔻Annoy = make someone angry
🔸If you want to annoy Mr Ahmed, just ring his front doorbell.
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✨ Back 🆚 Again
🔻Back = returned someone’s hospitality
🔸 Sue invited us to dinner last month; it's time we invited her back.
🔻Again = on another occasion
🔸We enjoyed having our neighbours to dinner and we must invite them again.
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🔻Back = returned someone’s hospitality
🔸 Sue invited us to dinner last month; it's time we invited her back.
🔻Again = on another occasion
🔸We enjoyed having our neighbours to dinner and we must invite them again.
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✨ Later 🆚 After
🔻Later = refers to time = at a later time
🔸I arrived at the party first, and my husband arrived later.
🔻After = refers to sequence
🔸I arrived at the party first, and my husband arrived after me.
🔸I can quote the first line of 'To be or not to be', but I don't know what comes after.
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🔻Later = refers to time = at a later time
🔸I arrived at the party first, and my husband arrived later.
🔻After = refers to sequence
🔸I arrived at the party first, and my husband arrived after me.
🔸I can quote the first line of 'To be or not to be', but I don't know what comes after.
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✨ In 🆚 After
🔻In = within, before the end of
🔸 I’ll see you in a week.
🔸I'll see you in a week's time.
🔻After = at the end of
🔸It's hard to get back to work after a week on holiday!
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🔻In = within, before the end of
🔸 I’ll see you in a week.
🔸I'll see you in a week's time.
🔻After = at the end of
🔸It's hard to get back to work after a week on holiday!
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Forwarded from ڪيفُ تقٌوُلُِ بَالُِلُِغة الُِانجٍلُِيزْية
✨Must-see (n.)
= something that is highly recommended and should be seen by everyone who goes to a particular place; something that should not be missed.
🔻The Statue of Liberty is a must-see if you visit New York City.
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= something that is highly recommended and should be seen by everyone who goes to a particular place; something that should not be missed.
🔻The Statue of Liberty is a must-see if you visit New York City.
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💢#Method /ˈmeθəd/ BrE AmE #noun
منهج ; طريقة ; نظام ; أسلوب
#Metaphor
✨The methods that you use to do something are like tools and machines. The process of doing something is like using a machine.
◾️It takes years to learn the tools of the trade.
◽️We have a very efficient mechanism/apparatus for dealing with this.
◾️Some search engines are more powerful than others for retrieving information from the Web.
◽️It is an important part of the machinery of government.
◾️It is an effective instrument of government.
◽️We don’t have much political leverage in this matter.
◾️I know very little about the internal workings of the company.
◽️Everything is running like clockwork.
◾️We’re firing on all cylinders.
◽️You should set the wheels in motion now.
◾️We need to move up a gear.
◽️She engineered the public relations campaign.
✨A method of doing something is like a road from one place to another. The process of doing something is like a journey.
🔸What’s the best way of doing it?
🔹This is a certain route/path to success.
🔸Maybe we should try a different approach.
🔹We have explored several different avenues.
🔸He showed us what to do, step by step.
🔹This job is just a stepping-stone for me.
🔸There’s a useful short cut that I can show you.
🔹We need to move things along a bit faster.
#Phrases
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منهج ; طريقة ; نظام ; أسلوب
#Metaphor
✨The methods that you use to do something are like tools and machines. The process of doing something is like using a machine.
◾️It takes years to learn the tools of the trade.
◽️We have a very efficient mechanism/apparatus for dealing with this.
◾️Some search engines are more powerful than others for retrieving information from the Web.
◽️It is an important part of the machinery of government.
◾️It is an effective instrument of government.
◽️We don’t have much political leverage in this matter.
◾️I know very little about the internal workings of the company.
◽️Everything is running like clockwork.
◾️We’re firing on all cylinders.
◽️You should set the wheels in motion now.
◾️We need to move up a gear.
◽️She engineered the public relations campaign.
✨A method of doing something is like a road from one place to another. The process of doing something is like a journey.
🔸What’s the best way of doing it?
🔹This is a certain route/path to success.
🔸Maybe we should try a different approach.
🔹We have explored several different avenues.
🔸He showed us what to do, step by step.
🔹This job is just a stepping-stone for me.
🔸There’s a useful short cut that I can show you.
🔹We need to move things along a bit faster.
#Phrases
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