✨Tired of, with, by, or from?🤔
📚 When ‘tired’ means fatigued either in body or in mind, it is followed by ‘by’ if it is used as a participle (An invalid may be tired by the slightest exertion), and by ‘with’ or ‘from’ if it is adjectival:
❶ I am tired with climbing that steep hill.
❷ Nowadays I seem to get tired from the least exertion.
🔻‘With’ suggests ‘on account of,’
🔻‘from’ suggests ‘as a result of’.
🔻‘Tired out’ usually takes ‘with.’
📚 When ‘tired’ means satiated or the colloquial fed up, it is followed by ‘of’:
❶ I am tired of listening to his complaints.
❷ I am tired of rice pudding; we have had it every day.
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Reference: English Propositional Idioms by Frederick T. Wood.
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📚 When ‘tired’ means fatigued either in body or in mind, it is followed by ‘by’ if it is used as a participle (An invalid may be tired by the slightest exertion), and by ‘with’ or ‘from’ if it is adjectival:
❶ I am tired with climbing that steep hill.
❷ Nowadays I seem to get tired from the least exertion.
🔻‘With’ suggests ‘on account of,’
🔻‘from’ suggests ‘as a result of’.
🔻‘Tired out’ usually takes ‘with.’
📚 When ‘tired’ means satiated or the colloquial fed up, it is followed by ‘of’:
❶ I am tired of listening to his complaints.
❷ I am tired of rice pudding; we have had it every day.
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Reference: English Propositional Idioms by Frederick T. Wood.
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💠 PHRASAL VERBS 💠
🔴 Abide by:
= To abide by a rule is to respect it.
✨ It is important to abide by the rules and regulations.
🔴 Account for:
= To account for is to explain.
✨ I hope you can account for the money you spent on that expensive vacation.
🔴 Add up:
= When explanations add up, they make sense.
✨ Her explanations just do not add up.
🔴 Advise against:
= To advise against something is to recommend not doing it.
✨ The old man advised me against walking alone after sunset.
🔴 Agree with:
= When you agree with something, you have the same opinion.
✨ Do you agree with the opinion that education should be free for all?
🔴 Allow for:
= To allow for something is to take that into consideration.
✨ We must allow for potential problems that can delay the completion of the project.
🔴 Appeals to:
= If something appeals to you, you find it attractive or interesting.
✨ The idea of spending an afternoon at the beach just does not appeal to me.
🔴 Back away:
= To back away is to move backwards in fear.
✨ When the child saw the snake, he backed away in fright.
🔴 Back down:
= To back down is to withdraw or concede defeat.
✨ The protesters forced the government to back down on its attempts to demolish the old fort.
🔴 Back up:
= To back somebody up is to give them support.
✨ When I was in trouble, there was no one to back me up.
🔴 Blow up:
= To blow up at somebody is to get angry with them.
✨ Why are you blowing up at me when it is not my fault?
🔴 Break out:
= When a riot breaks out, it starts suddenly.
✨ Riots have broken out in parts of the country.
#phrasal_verb
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🔴 Abide by:
= To abide by a rule is to respect it.
✨ It is important to abide by the rules and regulations.
🔴 Account for:
= To account for is to explain.
✨ I hope you can account for the money you spent on that expensive vacation.
🔴 Add up:
= When explanations add up, they make sense.
✨ Her explanations just do not add up.
🔴 Advise against:
= To advise against something is to recommend not doing it.
✨ The old man advised me against walking alone after sunset.
🔴 Agree with:
= When you agree with something, you have the same opinion.
✨ Do you agree with the opinion that education should be free for all?
🔴 Allow for:
= To allow for something is to take that into consideration.
✨ We must allow for potential problems that can delay the completion of the project.
🔴 Appeals to:
= If something appeals to you, you find it attractive or interesting.
✨ The idea of spending an afternoon at the beach just does not appeal to me.
🔴 Back away:
= To back away is to move backwards in fear.
✨ When the child saw the snake, he backed away in fright.
🔴 Back down:
= To back down is to withdraw or concede defeat.
✨ The protesters forced the government to back down on its attempts to demolish the old fort.
🔴 Back up:
= To back somebody up is to give them support.
✨ When I was in trouble, there was no one to back me up.
🔴 Blow up:
= To blow up at somebody is to get angry with them.
✨ Why are you blowing up at me when it is not my fault?
🔴 Break out:
= When a riot breaks out, it starts suddenly.
✨ Riots have broken out in parts of the country.
#phrasal_verb
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⭐️Special uses of SOME⭐️
📚Apart from its common use as a quantifier, SOME can be used to refer to an unspecified person or thing, etc. When used in this way, it is generally stressed and can mean:
🔻- 'several':
⏩ I haven't seen Tom for some years.
🔻- 'approximately':
⏩There were some 400 demonstrators.
🔻- 'extraordinary':
⏩That's some radio you have bought! (informal)
🔻- 'an unknown':
⏩There must be some book which could help.
🔻- 'no kind of':
⏩That's some consolation. I must say! (ironic)
📚With abstract nouns SOME can be used to mean
🔻 'an amount of':
⏩We've given some thought to your idea and find it interesting.
#Grammar
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📚Apart from its common use as a quantifier, SOME can be used to refer to an unspecified person or thing, etc. When used in this way, it is generally stressed and can mean:
🔻- 'several':
⏩ I haven't seen Tom for some years.
🔻- 'approximately':
⏩There were some 400 demonstrators.
🔻- 'extraordinary':
⏩That's some radio you have bought! (informal)
🔻- 'an unknown':
⏩There must be some book which could help.
🔻- 'no kind of':
⏩That's some consolation. I must say! (ironic)
📚With abstract nouns SOME can be used to mean
🔻 'an amount of':
⏩We've given some thought to your idea and find it interesting.
#Grammar
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✨Nouns and nouns Collocations Examples✨
⭕️ Noun + noun
🌐 List of noun and noun combinations that start with (P)🌐
🅿️ Package holiday .. مجموعةعطلات
✨ The company was the first to offer package holidays to tourists.
🅿️ Panic attack .. نوبة هلع
✨ There may also be panic attacks and a history of attempted suicide.
🅿️ Parking ticket .. تذكرة موقف سيارات
✨ I came back to find a parking ticket on the windscreen.
🅿️ Peer group .. مجموعة اقران
✨ She was rejected by her peer group.
🅿️ Personality disorder .. اضطراب في الشخصية
✨ These two personality disorders are analogous in their erratic and aggressive behavior.
🅿️ Personnel carrier .. ناقلة جند
✨ It says that only four damaged armored personnel carriers can be returned.
🅿️ Pipe bomb .. قنبلة أنبوبية
✨ I just kept hearing all the gunshots and the pipe bombs.
🅿️ Position paper .. ورقة موقف
✨ Cummins prepared a position paper at that meeting laying out his arguments.
🅿️ Post office .. مكتب بريد
✨ I work in the reservation post office.
🅿️ Power politics .. سياسات القوة
✨ The last month has been a portrait in the new power politics.
🅿️ Pressure group .. مجموعة ضغط
✨ They were up against a powerful pressure group.
🅿️ Price competition .. منافسة الأسعار
✨ The result has been intense price competition that has hastened a shakeout.
🅿️ Probation officer .. ضابط مراقبة
✨ He worked as a senior probation officer and was born in 1942.
🅿️ Production cost .. تكلفة إنتاج
✨ A simple production that could easily sell to cover the production cost.
🅿️ Production line .. خط إنتاج
✨ The company has added production lines at its mills and joint ventures.
🅿️ Profit margin .. هامش ربح
✨ The decline is like manna from heaven for corporate profit margins.
🅿️ Property right .. حق ملكية
✨ The initial assignment of property rights determines who builds the fence.
#Combinations_P
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⭕️ Noun + noun
🌐 List of noun and noun combinations that start with (P)🌐
🅿️ Package holiday .. مجموعةعطلات
✨ The company was the first to offer package holidays to tourists.
🅿️ Panic attack .. نوبة هلع
✨ There may also be panic attacks and a history of attempted suicide.
🅿️ Parking ticket .. تذكرة موقف سيارات
✨ I came back to find a parking ticket on the windscreen.
🅿️ Peer group .. مجموعة اقران
✨ She was rejected by her peer group.
🅿️ Personality disorder .. اضطراب في الشخصية
✨ These two personality disorders are analogous in their erratic and aggressive behavior.
🅿️ Personnel carrier .. ناقلة جند
✨ It says that only four damaged armored personnel carriers can be returned.
🅿️ Pipe bomb .. قنبلة أنبوبية
✨ I just kept hearing all the gunshots and the pipe bombs.
🅿️ Position paper .. ورقة موقف
✨ Cummins prepared a position paper at that meeting laying out his arguments.
🅿️ Post office .. مكتب بريد
✨ I work in the reservation post office.
🅿️ Power politics .. سياسات القوة
✨ The last month has been a portrait in the new power politics.
🅿️ Pressure group .. مجموعة ضغط
✨ They were up against a powerful pressure group.
🅿️ Price competition .. منافسة الأسعار
✨ The result has been intense price competition that has hastened a shakeout.
🅿️ Probation officer .. ضابط مراقبة
✨ He worked as a senior probation officer and was born in 1942.
🅿️ Production cost .. تكلفة إنتاج
✨ A simple production that could easily sell to cover the production cost.
🅿️ Production line .. خط إنتاج
✨ The company has added production lines at its mills and joint ventures.
🅿️ Profit margin .. هامش ربح
✨ The decline is like manna from heaven for corporate profit margins.
🅿️ Property right .. حق ملكية
✨ The initial assignment of property rights determines who builds the fence.
#Combinations_P
#Noun_noun
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⭐️How to Use LIKE in Spoken
English⭐️
📚In informal speaking, you will hear like used very commonly. It has a number of functions:
📕1- Filler
• We can use like to fill in the silence when we need time to think about what to say next or how to rephrase what we have just said:
▶️I want to … like … I think we need to think carefully about it. It’s … like … it’s a very difficult decision for us to make.
📒 2- Focusing attention
• We can use like to bring attention to what we are going to say next. We do this especially when talking about quantities and times:
▶️There were like five hundred guests at the wedding. (like brings focus to the large number of guests)
▶️It wasn’t till like 12:00 that I actually got to start on the project. (like brings focus to how late it was)
📙 3- Asking for an example (Like what?)
• In speaking, we often use like what? to ask for an example:
▶️A: Some really funny things happened on the last day of school.
B: Funny things? Like what?
🔺It can also be used to ask a question, meaning ‘similar to what?’:
▶️[talking about a new restaurant]
A:There was kangaroo steak on the menu. I decided to try it.
B:Really?
A:Yeah. It actually tasted good.
B:Like what?
A:I don’t know. Like steak but softer.
📗 4- Softening what has just been said
• We can use like at the end of what we say to modify or soften what we have just said especially if we are not sure if it was the right thing to say:
▶️[A and B are talking about B’s holiday]
A: So did you buy anything there?
B: No. It was too expensive, like.
I hated the film. It was very violent, like.
📘 5- Reported speech
• It has become common in very informal speaking to use like as a reporting verb. It can be used to report what someone said or what someone thought. It is used especially by young people, and it makes what is reported sound more dramatic:
▶️Jason was like ‘I’m not going to Alma’s party because Chris is going to be there’ and I’m like ‘he’s so afraid of Chris’. (in the first use of like, it means ‘he said’, but in the second use it means ‘I thought’)
📕 6-Saying something is like something else
• We can use the structure it + be + like to introduce an example or say that something is similar to something else:
• It’s like when you go to the airport and you keep thinking that you have forgotten something important.
▶️[a woman talking about her husband Bob]
Everyone is always saying hello to Bob. It’s like being married to a superstar!
📒 7- Be like or what is … like?
• We can use be like to ask for a description of someone or something (e.g. their appearance, their character, their behaviour):
▶️What’s your new apartment like?
👇
Not: How is your new apartment like?
🔺Be like or look like?
• We use be like to talk about someone’s character or personality. We use look like to talk about someone’s appearance:
▶️A: What’s your new boss like?
B: She’s nice. She’s very professional.
👇
Not: She’s like a very professional person.
▶️A: What does your father look like?
B: He’s very like me but taller and older!
📌Compare📌
A: What is Martina’s new boyfriend like?
B: He’s really nice.
(What is his personality like? Is he nice?)
A: What does Martina’s new boyfriend look like?
B: He’s tall, with blond hair.
(What is his appearance like? Is he handsome?)
#Spoken_English
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English⭐️
📚In informal speaking, you will hear like used very commonly. It has a number of functions:
📕1- Filler
• We can use like to fill in the silence when we need time to think about what to say next or how to rephrase what we have just said:
▶️I want to … like … I think we need to think carefully about it. It’s … like … it’s a very difficult decision for us to make.
📒 2- Focusing attention
• We can use like to bring attention to what we are going to say next. We do this especially when talking about quantities and times:
▶️There were like five hundred guests at the wedding. (like brings focus to the large number of guests)
▶️It wasn’t till like 12:00 that I actually got to start on the project. (like brings focus to how late it was)
📙 3- Asking for an example (Like what?)
• In speaking, we often use like what? to ask for an example:
▶️A: Some really funny things happened on the last day of school.
B: Funny things? Like what?
🔺It can also be used to ask a question, meaning ‘similar to what?’:
▶️[talking about a new restaurant]
A:There was kangaroo steak on the menu. I decided to try it.
B:Really?
A:Yeah. It actually tasted good.
B:Like what?
A:I don’t know. Like steak but softer.
📗 4- Softening what has just been said
• We can use like at the end of what we say to modify or soften what we have just said especially if we are not sure if it was the right thing to say:
▶️[A and B are talking about B’s holiday]
A: So did you buy anything there?
B: No. It was too expensive, like.
I hated the film. It was very violent, like.
📘 5- Reported speech
• It has become common in very informal speaking to use like as a reporting verb. It can be used to report what someone said or what someone thought. It is used especially by young people, and it makes what is reported sound more dramatic:
▶️Jason was like ‘I’m not going to Alma’s party because Chris is going to be there’ and I’m like ‘he’s so afraid of Chris’. (in the first use of like, it means ‘he said’, but in the second use it means ‘I thought’)
📕 6-Saying something is like something else
• We can use the structure it + be + like to introduce an example or say that something is similar to something else:
• It’s like when you go to the airport and you keep thinking that you have forgotten something important.
▶️[a woman talking about her husband Bob]
Everyone is always saying hello to Bob. It’s like being married to a superstar!
📒 7- Be like or what is … like?
• We can use be like to ask for a description of someone or something (e.g. their appearance, their character, their behaviour):
▶️What’s your new apartment like?
👇
Not: How is your new apartment like?
🔺Be like or look like?
• We use be like to talk about someone’s character or personality. We use look like to talk about someone’s appearance:
▶️A: What’s your new boss like?
B: She’s nice. She’s very professional.
👇
Not: She’s like a very professional person.
▶️A: What does your father look like?
B: He’s very like me but taller and older!
📌Compare📌
A: What is Martina’s new boyfriend like?
B: He’s really nice.
(What is his personality like? Is he nice?)
A: What does Martina’s new boyfriend look like?
B: He’s tall, with blond hair.
(What is his appearance like? Is he handsome?)
#Spoken_English
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✨Adverb and adverb Collocations Examples✨
⭕️ Adverb + adverb
🌐 List of adverb and adverb combinations that start with (O-R)🌐
⚫️Only just .. فقط للتو
▫️We made it to the airport on time, but only just.
⚫️Only just .. بالكاد
▫️I can afford it, but only just.
⚫️Pretty well .. بشكل جيد
▫️She knows pretty well everything there is to know on the subject.
⚫️Quite a lot .. كثير جداً
▫️They drank quite a lot of drinks.
⚫️Quite enough .. بشكل كافي
▫️I’ve had quite enough of your tantrums.
⚫️Quite often .. غالباً
▫️We talk about adoption quite often now.
⚫️Right away .. مباشرةً
▫️If I get the job, I can start right away.
⚫️Right now .. الآن
▫️I’m sorry, but I can’t talk right now.
⚫️Right now .. حالاً
▫️Do it right now!
#CombinationsO_R
#Adverb_Adverb
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⭕️ Adverb + adverb
🌐 List of adverb and adverb combinations that start with (O-R)🌐
⚫️Only just .. فقط للتو
▫️We made it to the airport on time, but only just.
⚫️Only just .. بالكاد
▫️I can afford it, but only just.
⚫️Pretty well .. بشكل جيد
▫️She knows pretty well everything there is to know on the subject.
⚫️Quite a lot .. كثير جداً
▫️They drank quite a lot of drinks.
⚫️Quite enough .. بشكل كافي
▫️I’ve had quite enough of your tantrums.
⚫️Quite often .. غالباً
▫️We talk about adoption quite often now.
⚫️Right away .. مباشرةً
▫️If I get the job, I can start right away.
⚫️Right now .. الآن
▫️I’m sorry, but I can’t talk right now.
⚫️Right now .. حالاً
▫️Do it right now!
#CombinationsO_R
#Adverb_Adverb
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🔴 After some verbs and adjectives we can use either a preposition + gerund or a to-infinitive, with no difference in meaning.
🚩The people voted for joining / voted to join the European Community.
⭕️We can use these expressions:
🕷aim at doing / to do
🕷amazed at finding / to find
🕷angry at finding / to find
🕷annoyed at finding / to find
🕷content with being / to be
🕷grateful for having / to have
🕷pay for having / to have
🕷ready for taking / to take
🕷satisfied with being / to be
🕷thankful for having / to have
🕷surprised at finding / to find
🕷vote for doing / to do
#grammar
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🚩The people voted for joining / voted to join the European Community.
⭕️We can use these expressions:
🕷aim at doing / to do
🕷amazed at finding / to find
🕷angry at finding / to find
🕷annoyed at finding / to find
🕷content with being / to be
🕷grateful for having / to have
🕷pay for having / to have
🕷ready for taking / to take
🕷satisfied with being / to be
🕷thankful for having / to have
🕷surprised at finding / to find
🕷vote for doing / to do
#grammar
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✨Examples of Verb Preposition Collocations✨
🔴The boys argued about which bus to take.
⚪️He always cares about me.
🔴Don’t forget about the party you promised.
⚪️The students protested about the invasion.
🔴Don’t worry about me. I’ll be all right.
⚪️I base my conclusions on market research.
🔴She blames the lack of interest on the teacher’s poor explanation.
⚪️You can count on me anytime.
🔴Can you elaborate on the process?
⚪️I like to pride myself on my ability to concentrate.
🔴She is working on a new novel.
⚪️She had to apologized to the whole family.
🔴I think you should apply yourself to getting a degree.
⚪️Professor Samson attributes this painting to Leonardo.
🔴She committed herself to finding a new job.
⚪️There is no need for you to consent to anything.
🔴Can you explain Andrew to me?
⚪️Have you been invited to their party?
🔴I object to your opinion.
⚪️I want to apologize for my mistakes.
🔴I‘m for Mayor Martini.
⚪️All three are to be congratulated for doing so well.
🔴I can’t excuse myself for not doing it.
⚪️Let me pay for Tom.
🔴Rose scolded the child gently for her bad behavior.
⚪️I can vouch for her ability to work hard.
🔴He always agrees with my opinion.
⚪️These mountains do not compare with the Himalayas.
🔴She covered her face with her hands.
⚪️I’d like to discuss our next conference with the boss.
🔴Peter packed his case with extra brochures.
⚪️We looked around the school and talked with the principal.
🔴He derived the meaning from the context of the sentence.
⚪️Please distract Tim from the television.
🔴The children were expelled from school for their bad behavior.
⚪️She seemed totally absorbed in her book.
🔴You should participate in this training course
⚪️John succeeded in getting a new job.
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🔴The boys argued about which bus to take.
⚪️He always cares about me.
🔴Don’t forget about the party you promised.
⚪️The students protested about the invasion.
🔴Don’t worry about me. I’ll be all right.
⚪️I base my conclusions on market research.
🔴She blames the lack of interest on the teacher’s poor explanation.
⚪️You can count on me anytime.
🔴Can you elaborate on the process?
⚪️I like to pride myself on my ability to concentrate.
🔴She is working on a new novel.
⚪️She had to apologized to the whole family.
🔴I think you should apply yourself to getting a degree.
⚪️Professor Samson attributes this painting to Leonardo.
🔴She committed herself to finding a new job.
⚪️There is no need for you to consent to anything.
🔴Can you explain Andrew to me?
⚪️Have you been invited to their party?
🔴I object to your opinion.
⚪️I want to apologize for my mistakes.
🔴I‘m for Mayor Martini.
⚪️All three are to be congratulated for doing so well.
🔴I can’t excuse myself for not doing it.
⚪️Let me pay for Tom.
🔴Rose scolded the child gently for her bad behavior.
⚪️I can vouch for her ability to work hard.
🔴He always agrees with my opinion.
⚪️These mountains do not compare with the Himalayas.
🔴She covered her face with her hands.
⚪️I’d like to discuss our next conference with the boss.
🔴Peter packed his case with extra brochures.
⚪️We looked around the school and talked with the principal.
🔴He derived the meaning from the context of the sentence.
⚪️Please distract Tim from the television.
🔴The children were expelled from school for their bad behavior.
⚪️She seemed totally absorbed in her book.
🔴You should participate in this training course
⚪️John succeeded in getting a new job.
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🔰Giving bad news:
📌 I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you...
📌 I'm sorry I've got a bit of bad news to tell you...
📌 I really don't know how to say it, but...
📌 I'm sorry to have to say this, but...
📌 I really feel bad to have to say this, but...
🔰Responding to bad news:
📌 I'm awfully sorry that...
📌 I'm sorry to hear that...
📌 I'm sorry to hear such terrible news.
📌 My goodness!
📌 I can't believe it!
📌 I do sympathize with you.
📌 Please, accept my deepest sympathy.
📌 I know how you must be feeling.
📌 That's awful / a pity
📌 That must be awful
📌 Poor you!
📌 Oh, dear!
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📌 I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you...
📌 I'm sorry I've got a bit of bad news to tell you...
📌 I really don't know how to say it, but...
📌 I'm sorry to have to say this, but...
📌 I really feel bad to have to say this, but...
🔰Responding to bad news:
📌 I'm awfully sorry that...
📌 I'm sorry to hear that...
📌 I'm sorry to hear such terrible news.
📌 My goodness!
📌 I can't believe it!
📌 I do sympathize with you.
📌 Please, accept my deepest sympathy.
📌 I know how you must be feeling.
📌 That's awful / a pity
📌 That must be awful
📌 Poor you!
📌 Oh, dear!
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⭐️Prepositions with GOOD⭐️
📚Good (i.e. kind) to children, to one's parents, to the poor, to animals, etc.
📚Good (i.e. beneficial) for someone or something: good for one's health, good for a cough, good for children.
📚Good for (i.e wealthy to the extent of, or likely to give) a few thousand pounds, a fiver, etc (Colloquial.)
📚Good (i.e. skilful or proficient) at a subject, a hobby, or an activity: good at mathematics, good at photography, good at making aeroplanes. (In colloquial English sometimes used sarcastically, as good at finding jobs for others, good at looking after his own interests.)
📚Good on (i.e. in performing on) a musical instrument: good on the violin, good on the organ.
📚Good on (i.e. in treating of or dealing with) a particular subject: good on the Elizabethan drama, good on the French Revolution.
📚Good as (i.e in the capacity or role of) whatever or whoever is specified: good as a preacher, good as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
📚Good with (i.e skilful in the use, management or treatment of) something or someone: good with one's hands, good with one's needle, good with children.
📚Any good, no good, not much good to a person or organization, for a use or purpose, at a pursuit or activity, as (i.e in the capacity of) someone or something, with (i.e. in the use, management or treatment of).
• Is this screwdriver any good to you?
• These apples are no good for cooking.
• She is not much good at cookery.
• He is a pleasant fellow, but no good as a teacher.
• He is quite brilliant intellectually, but he is no good with his hands.
📚For good: for ever.
After we had been in the village a few months we so liked it that we decided to settle there for good.
Sometimes for good and all: e.g. 'When once he has made up his mind it is made up for good and all'.
An influence for good, however, means 'an influence in the direction of, or making for, good'.
📚For the good of: for the benefit or advantage of; e.g. for the good of one's health, for the good of the children, for the good of the cause, for the good of the school.
In appropriate cases the of-adjunct may be replaced by a possessive adjective (for your good, for my own good) or by a genitive (for everyone's good).
📚To the good: to the advantage.
• I was fifty pence to the good over that deal.
• If we arrive earlier than we expected, all to the good.
(I.e it will be so much the more advantageous.Note the use of all in this idiom. It would be incorrect to omit it.)
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📚Good (i.e. kind) to children, to one's parents, to the poor, to animals, etc.
📚Good (i.e. beneficial) for someone or something: good for one's health, good for a cough, good for children.
📚Good for (i.e wealthy to the extent of, or likely to give) a few thousand pounds, a fiver, etc (Colloquial.)
📚Good (i.e. skilful or proficient) at a subject, a hobby, or an activity: good at mathematics, good at photography, good at making aeroplanes. (In colloquial English sometimes used sarcastically, as good at finding jobs for others, good at looking after his own interests.)
📚Good on (i.e. in performing on) a musical instrument: good on the violin, good on the organ.
📚Good on (i.e. in treating of or dealing with) a particular subject: good on the Elizabethan drama, good on the French Revolution.
📚Good as (i.e in the capacity or role of) whatever or whoever is specified: good as a preacher, good as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
📚Good with (i.e skilful in the use, management or treatment of) something or someone: good with one's hands, good with one's needle, good with children.
📚Any good, no good, not much good to a person or organization, for a use or purpose, at a pursuit or activity, as (i.e in the capacity of) someone or something, with (i.e. in the use, management or treatment of).
• Is this screwdriver any good to you?
• These apples are no good for cooking.
• She is not much good at cookery.
• He is a pleasant fellow, but no good as a teacher.
• He is quite brilliant intellectually, but he is no good with his hands.
📚For good: for ever.
After we had been in the village a few months we so liked it that we decided to settle there for good.
Sometimes for good and all: e.g. 'When once he has made up his mind it is made up for good and all'.
An influence for good, however, means 'an influence in the direction of, or making for, good'.
📚For the good of: for the benefit or advantage of; e.g. for the good of one's health, for the good of the children, for the good of the cause, for the good of the school.
In appropriate cases the of-adjunct may be replaced by a possessive adjective (for your good, for my own good) or by a genitive (for everyone's good).
📚To the good: to the advantage.
• I was fifty pence to the good over that deal.
• If we arrive earlier than we expected, all to the good.
(I.e it will be so much the more advantageous.Note the use of all in this idiom. It would be incorrect to omit it.)
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⚪️ My sister is good ....... the piano . She’s been playing on it since she was a little girl! 🎹
Anonymous Poll
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17%
✨ on
6%
✨ with
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⭐️Special case of RECLASSIFICATION⭐️
⏩In order to understand this lesson, we have to read about reclassification.
📚Nouns may be shifted from one class to another by means of conversion. Thus a nonconut noun like cheese can be 'reclassified' as a count noun involving a semantic shift so as to denote quality partition 'kind/ type/form of', eg:⏬
🔻A: What cheeses have you got today?
B: Well, we have Cheddar, Gorgonzola, and Danish Blue.
📚Similarly, a noun like coffee, which is normally nonconut, as in (1), can be reclassified as :
• a count noun to mean an 'appropriate unit of' as in (1a) and (1b), or
• a kind/sort/brand of' as in (1c) and (1d):⏬
🔻(1)Do you want tea or coffee?
🔻(1a)Can I have a coffee, please? ['a cup of coffee']
🔻(1b)Two coffees, please. ['two cups of coffee']
🔻(1c)This is a nice coffee.
🔻(1d)I like Brazilian coffees best.
📚📚THERE IS A SPECIAL CASE OF RECLASSIFICATION IN CASES LIKE THE FOLLOWING:
🔻Are you cosmetics?
HERE THERE IS NO COREFERENCE RELATION BETWEEN SUBJECT AND COMPLEMENT AS IN
🔻Are you a teacher?
THE COMPLEMENT REPRESENTS INSTEAD A COMPRESSED FORM OF THE PREDICTION:
eg: Are you (selling) cosmetics?
IN THIS USE OF THE NOUN THERE IS AN IMPLIED CONTRAST:
'COSMETICS AS OPPOSED TO TOYS, JEWELLERY, ETC IN A DEPARTMENT STORE'.
🔘 SIMILARLY:
🔻Are you 103? ['the occupant of the room number 103, as opposed to 104, etc']
THE CONTRAST MAY ALSO BE MORE EXPLICIT, AS IN:
🔻Are you church or chapel? ['a member of the Church of England or a nonconformist']
IN THESE LAST CASES WE MAY ARGUE THAT THE NOUN HAS BEEN RECLASSIFIED AS AN ADJECTIVE AS IN
🔻They're very Oxbridge.
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⏩In order to understand this lesson, we have to read about reclassification.
📚Nouns may be shifted from one class to another by means of conversion. Thus a nonconut noun like cheese can be 'reclassified' as a count noun involving a semantic shift so as to denote quality partition 'kind/ type/form of', eg:⏬
🔻A: What cheeses have you got today?
B: Well, we have Cheddar, Gorgonzola, and Danish Blue.
📚Similarly, a noun like coffee, which is normally nonconut, as in (1), can be reclassified as :
• a count noun to mean an 'appropriate unit of' as in (1a) and (1b), or
• a kind/sort/brand of' as in (1c) and (1d):⏬
🔻(1)Do you want tea or coffee?
🔻(1a)Can I have a coffee, please? ['a cup of coffee']
🔻(1b)Two coffees, please. ['two cups of coffee']
🔻(1c)This is a nice coffee.
🔻(1d)I like Brazilian coffees best.
📚📚THERE IS A SPECIAL CASE OF RECLASSIFICATION IN CASES LIKE THE FOLLOWING:
🔻Are you cosmetics?
HERE THERE IS NO COREFERENCE RELATION BETWEEN SUBJECT AND COMPLEMENT AS IN
🔻Are you a teacher?
THE COMPLEMENT REPRESENTS INSTEAD A COMPRESSED FORM OF THE PREDICTION:
eg: Are you (selling) cosmetics?
IN THIS USE OF THE NOUN THERE IS AN IMPLIED CONTRAST:
'COSMETICS AS OPPOSED TO TOYS, JEWELLERY, ETC IN A DEPARTMENT STORE'.
🔘 SIMILARLY:
🔻Are you 103? ['the occupant of the room number 103, as opposed to 104, etc']
THE CONTRAST MAY ALSO BE MORE EXPLICIT, AS IN:
🔻Are you church or chapel? ['a member of the Church of England or a nonconformist']
IN THESE LAST CASES WE MAY ARGUE THAT THE NOUN HAS BEEN RECLASSIFIED AS AN ADJECTIVE AS IN
🔻They're very Oxbridge.
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⚪️ My sister is good ....... the piano . She’s been playing on it since she was a little girl! 🎹
Thank you all dear friends 🌹
✨ON is the correct answer ✅✅
📚Good on (i.e. in performing on) a musical instrument: good on the violin, good on the organ.
♦️ Check the “ Prepositions with GOOD “ post above, please!
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✨ON is the correct answer ✅✅
📚Good on (i.e. in performing on) a musical instrument: good on the violin, good on the organ.
♦️ Check the “ Prepositions with GOOD “ post above, please!
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Forwarded from Omar Alamri
لما في السبتيتل يصادفك كلمة Okay مترجمهاش خبط لزق "حسنًا" حسس الى قدامك أنك مترجم بشري بيشغل دماغه شوية وبيستشعر السياق، مش إنه متعاقد مع جوجل ترانسليت ...مثال
1: I just can't take this anymore, okay?
لا يمكنني الصمود أكثر، أتفهمني؟
2: I'll do the living room, you do the rest, okay?
سأتولى تنظيف غرفة المعيشة وأنت نظف بقية الشقة، اِتفقنا؟
3: I'll take your car today, okay?
سأستعير سيارتك اليوم، موافق؟
4: Okay, now what?
لا بأس، ماذا سنفعل الآن؟
الآلة لن تُفني المترجم البشري لأنها لا تشعر، فلا تكن مثل الآلة في الترجمة 🧐
#فقه_الترجمة_المرئية 😁
ملحوظة: الصورة لجذب الانتباه فقط، the fault in our stars fans will relate 😉
1: I just can't take this anymore, okay?
لا يمكنني الصمود أكثر، أتفهمني؟
2: I'll do the living room, you do the rest, okay?
سأتولى تنظيف غرفة المعيشة وأنت نظف بقية الشقة، اِتفقنا؟
3: I'll take your car today, okay?
سأستعير سيارتك اليوم، موافق؟
4: Okay, now what?
لا بأس، ماذا سنفعل الآن؟
الآلة لن تُفني المترجم البشري لأنها لا تشعر، فلا تكن مثل الآلة في الترجمة 🧐
#فقه_الترجمة_المرئية 😁
ملحوظة: الصورة لجذب الانتباه فقط، the fault in our stars fans will relate 😉
Forwarded from ✨ Collocαтιoɴ Lαɴd ESL ✨
✨VERB + FOR Collocation Examples✨
🔳Combinations with FOR with Example Sentences🔳
🔳Account for .. يُعزى لِ
▪ That accounts for his success.
🔳Admire for .. يُعجَب بِ
▪ I really admire you for your courage.
🔳Allow for .. يسمح بِ
▪ I think you need to allow for misunderstandings.
🔳Apologize for .. يعتذر عن
▪ I want to apologize for my mistakes.
🔳Ask for .. يطلب
▪ I always ask for extra tomato sauce on my pizza.
🔳Be for .. يؤيد/يوافق على
▪ I‘m for Mayor Martini.
🔳Blame for .. يلوم على
▪ I blame Janet for the broken pottery.
🔳Care for .. يهتم بِ
▪ He doesn’t care for playing golf.
🔳Charge for .. يكلِّف من أجل
▪ The accountant charged him $400 for his advice.
🔳Congratulate for .. يهنئ على
▪ All three are to be congratulated for doing so well.
🔳Count for .. يُحسب لِ
▪ Your good marks count for 50% of your grade.
🔳Earmark for .. يخصص لِ
▪ Congress earmarked $6 million for safety improvements.
🔳Excuse for .. يسمح لِ
▪ I can’t excuse myself for not doing it.
🔳Forgive for .. يسامح على
▪ He never forgave himself for harming her.
🔳Keep for .. يعتني بِ
▪ Would you keep my dog for me?
🔳Pay for .. يدفع عن
▪ Let me pay for Tom.
🔳Pray for .. يدعو لِ
▪ I’ll pray for you.
🔳Prepare for .. يجهز لِ
▪ A hotel room is being prepared for them.
🔳Scold for .. يوبخ على
▪ Rose scolded the child gently for her bad behavior.
🔳Search for .. يبحث عن
▪ Anan searched for a parking place.
🔳Substitute for .. يستبدل بِ
▪ Margarine can be substituted for butter in this recipe.
🔳Thank for .. يشكر على
▪ She said goodbye and thanked us for coming.
🔳Vote for .. يصوَّت لِ
▪ There were 21 votes for and 17 against the motion, with 2 abstentions.
🔳Vouch for .. يضمن لِ
▪ I can vouch for her ability to work hard.
🔳Wait for .. ينتظر من أجل
▪ Wait for me!
🔳Wish for .. يتمنى لِ
▪ She shut her eyes and wished for him to get better.
🔳Work for .. يعمل لدى
▪️He works for an engineering company.
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🔳Combinations with FOR with Example Sentences🔳
🔳Account for .. يُعزى لِ
▪ That accounts for his success.
🔳Admire for .. يُعجَب بِ
▪ I really admire you for your courage.
🔳Allow for .. يسمح بِ
▪ I think you need to allow for misunderstandings.
🔳Apologize for .. يعتذر عن
▪ I want to apologize for my mistakes.
🔳Ask for .. يطلب
▪ I always ask for extra tomato sauce on my pizza.
🔳Be for .. يؤيد/يوافق على
▪ I‘m for Mayor Martini.
🔳Blame for .. يلوم على
▪ I blame Janet for the broken pottery.
🔳Care for .. يهتم بِ
▪ He doesn’t care for playing golf.
🔳Charge for .. يكلِّف من أجل
▪ The accountant charged him $400 for his advice.
🔳Congratulate for .. يهنئ على
▪ All three are to be congratulated for doing so well.
🔳Count for .. يُحسب لِ
▪ Your good marks count for 50% of your grade.
🔳Earmark for .. يخصص لِ
▪ Congress earmarked $6 million for safety improvements.
🔳Excuse for .. يسمح لِ
▪ I can’t excuse myself for not doing it.
🔳Forgive for .. يسامح على
▪ He never forgave himself for harming her.
🔳Keep for .. يعتني بِ
▪ Would you keep my dog for me?
🔳Pay for .. يدفع عن
▪ Let me pay for Tom.
🔳Pray for .. يدعو لِ
▪ I’ll pray for you.
🔳Prepare for .. يجهز لِ
▪ A hotel room is being prepared for them.
🔳Scold for .. يوبخ على
▪ Rose scolded the child gently for her bad behavior.
🔳Search for .. يبحث عن
▪ Anan searched for a parking place.
🔳Substitute for .. يستبدل بِ
▪ Margarine can be substituted for butter in this recipe.
🔳Thank for .. يشكر على
▪ She said goodbye and thanked us for coming.
🔳Vote for .. يصوَّت لِ
▪ There were 21 votes for and 17 against the motion, with 2 abstentions.
🔳Vouch for .. يضمن لِ
▪ I can vouch for her ability to work hard.
🔳Wait for .. ينتظر من أجل
▪ Wait for me!
🔳Wish for .. يتمنى لِ
▪ She shut her eyes and wished for him to get better.
🔳Work for .. يعمل لدى
▪️He works for an engineering company.
#Combination_FOR
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