✨GEEK /ɡiːk/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

geeky #adjective
  
= #informal someone who is not popular because they wear unfashionable clothes, do not know how to behave in social situations, or do strange things SYN nerd:

🔹Thanks to brilliant computer geeks, I can copy, scan, fax, and send photos all from a single machine.

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GEEK 🤓

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#️⃣#Smell /smel/ #verb


💢smell + adj

🔹The stew smelled delicious.

🔹Mm! Something smells good!

💢smell of

🔹My clothes smelt of smoke.

💢smell like

🔹It smells like rotten eggs.

💢sweet-smelling/foul-smelling etc

🔹sweet-smelling flowers

💢smell trouble/danger etc ➡️ to feel that something is going to happen, especially something bad:

🔹Miller had smelled trouble the moment she said who she was.

💢smell a rat #idiom #informal ➡️ to guess that something wrong or dishonest is happening:

🔹He's been working late with her every night this week - I smell a rat!

💢smell wrong/fishy/odd etc #idiom #informal ➡️ to seem dishonest or untrue:

🔹The whole thing is beginning to smell fishy to me.

💢smell something out #phrasal_verb:

1️⃣ to find something by smelling SYN sniff out:

🔹They use dogs trained to smell out explosives.

2️⃣ #informal ➡️ to find or recognize something because you have a natural ability to do this SYN sniff out:

🔹They’ll be able to smell out any corruption.


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#️⃣#Terrible /ˈterəbəl, ˈterɪbəl/ #adjective


💢extremely severe in a way that causes harm or damage SYN horrible, awful:

🔹Their son had been injured in a terrible accident.

🔹We’re worried that something terrible might have happened to Greg.

🔹a terrible storm

💢very bad SYN awful:

🔹The hotel was absolutely terrible.

🔹I’d better write this down; I have a terrible memory.

💢making you feel afraid or shocked:

🔹There was a terrible noise and the roof caved in.

🔹She wept when she heard the terrible news.

💢to a very great degree SYN grave:

🔹You’re making a terrible mistake.


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📚#Thesaurus:

⚪️terrible/awful (also dreadful especially #British_English) ➡️ very bad :

✨The journey was terrible – it took six hours.

✨The food was good but we had terrible service.

✨It’s such an awful programme! How can you watch it?

✨He looked dreadful.

⚪️horrible ➡️ very bad and unpleasant – used especially when something has a strong effect on you and you feel shocked, annoyed, or sick :

✨This soup tastes horrible.

✨I got a horrible shock when I saw the bill.

✨a horrible accident

✨a horrible thing to say to someone

⚪️appalling ➡️ terrible – especially in a way that is shocking. Appalling is stronger and a little more formal than terrible or horrible :

✨The refugees are living in appalling conditions.

✨The teacher said my handwriting was appalling.

⚪️disgusting ➡️ terrible – used about a taste, smell, habit etc, often one that makes you feel sick :

✨The smell was disgusting and I had to go out.

✨Do you have to bite your nails? It’s a disgusting habit.

⚪️lousy #informal ➡️ terrible – used especially to express annoyance :

✨I’ve had a lousy day at the office.

✨This area is a lousy place to live.

⚪️hopeless ➡️ very bad and difficult – used when there is no chance of success or improvement :

✨We were trying to pay off our debts but it was a hopeless situation.

✨He was given the almost hopeless task of trying to negotiate a ceasefire.

⚪️diabolical #British_English ➡️ extremely bad – used to express great disapproval of an action or event :

✨The prices are diabolical.

✨a diabolical waste of money

✨McAndrew gave a diabolical performance on Saturday.


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#️⃣#Worse /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/ #adjective


1️⃣ more unpleasant, bad, or severe

💢worse than

🔹The violence was worse than we expected.
🔹The traffic is much worse after five o'clock.
🔹The weather was a lot worse this year.
🔹Conditions will get worse as the winter continues.
🔹High inflation will make unemployment worse.
🔹Don’t say anything, you’ll only make matters worse.
🔹The bullying got worse and worse until finally he had to leave the school.
🔹There’s nothing worse than being robbed while you’re on holiday.
🔹The school’s not perfect, but I suppose it could be worse.

2️⃣ more ill than before:

🔹If she’s worse in the morning, I’ll call the doctor.
🔹I was worried because he seemed to be getting worse rather than better.
🔹The tablets seemed to make him worse.

3️⃣ be none the worse for something ➡️ to not have been harmed by something:

🔹She seemed none the worse for her night out in the cold.

4️⃣ worse luck #spoken ➡️ used to say that you are disappointed or annoyed by something:

🔹I’ve got one more year of college, worse luck!

5️⃣ somebody could do worse than do something #spoken ➡️ used to say that you think that someone should do something:

🔹He could do worse than marry Eleanor.

6️⃣ go from bad to worse ➡️ to continue getting worse:

🔹Things went from bad to worse, and in the end she lost her job.

7️⃣ the worse for wear (also the worse for drink #British_English) #informal ➡️ drunk


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#️⃣#Worse /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/ #noun [uncountable]

1️⃣something worse:

🔹We thought the situation was bad, but worse was to follow.

2️⃣take a turn for the worse ➡️ to change and become worse:

🔹Last year his health took a turn for the worse.


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#️⃣#Worse /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/ #adverb [the comparative of badly] ➡️ in a more severe or serious way than before

💢worse than

🔹By lunch time it was raining worse than ever.

💢[sentence adverb]

🔹The business could become less profitable or, even worse, could close down.

🔹Suppose Rose, or worse still, Peter had seen the photograph?

💢worse off #adjective [not before noun] ➡️ if you are worse off, you have less money OPP better off:

🔹The rent increases will leave us worse off.

💢worse off than

🔹I don’t think we’re any worse off than a lot of other people.

💢in a worse situation OPP better off:

🔹People in rural areas are even worse off, as they have no regular bus service.

💢worse off than

🔹Other sports are much worse off than athletics.


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ADVERSE 🆚 AVERSE


✨Adverse = harmful ➡️(often followed by the word “effects”)

✨Averse = strong feeling of dislike ➡️(often followed by “to”)


🔹Rainstorms can cause “ADVERSE” conditions, and many people are “AVERSE” to rain. 


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📗individual

BrE AmE #noun [countable]
 
1️⃣a person, considered separately from the rest of the group or society that they live in:

💥the rights of the individual

💥Each individual receives two genes, one inherited from each parent.

💥Most churches were built with donations from private individuals ➡️ (=ordinary people, rather than the government or companies).

2️⃣a person of a particular kind, especially one who is unusual in some way:

💥a strange-looking individual


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🎯 ON THE MONEY 🎯

✨If something is 'on the money' it is absolutely correct

🔹I didn’t like Mona’s suggestion, but Nadia’s was right on the money.

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#️⃣interpret /ɪnˈtɜːprət, ɪnˈtɜːprɪt $ -ɜːr-/ #verb

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⚪️translate #verb [intransitive and transitive] ➡️ to change written or spoken words into another language:

✨She has translated a number of his books.

✨Michael Meyer translated the play from the original Norwegian.

✨Can you translate this into French?

⚪️interpret #verb [intransitive and transitive] ➡️ to change what someone is saying into another language, as they are speaking:

✨No one in our tour group spoke Spanish so we had to ask the guide to interpret.

✨We'll have to find someone who speaks Chinese to interpret the questions and answers for our guests.

✨I had to interpret for my boss on the last trip to Japan.

⚪️put something into English/French/Japanese etc #British_English ➡️ to translate something into another language, especially a few words or a short piece of writing:

✨I've written a message for Kelly. Could you put it into Italian for me?

✨I had to put a list of Japanese words into English.

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🌟AFICIONADO🌟


= someone who is very interested in a particular activity or subject and knows a lot about it

✨Plural = aficionados or aficionadoes or aficionadi

🔹We became aficionados of playing crossword puzzles most of the day.

✨Aficionada = a woman who is a aficionado

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#️⃣#alien /ˈeɪliən/ #adjective


1️⃣very different from what you are used to, especially in a way that is difficult to understand or accept SYN strange:

🔹the alien environment of the city

🔹be alien to somebody

🔹a way of life that is totally alien to us

2️⃣belonging to another country or race SYN foreign:

🔹alien cultures

🔹an alien multiracial society

3️⃣[only before noun] relating to creatures from another world:

🔹alien beings from another planet


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⚪️citizen ➡️ someone who lives in a particular town, country, or state:

✨Good citizens understand that they have a responsibility to the community.

⚪️national ➡️ a citizen of a country who is living in another country:

✨Her husband is a French national.

⚪️resident ➡️ someone who lives in a particular street or area:

✨She was a resident of Chicago for many years.

⚪️native ➡️ someone who was born in a particular country but moved to another country – used when describing a person or their life:

✨Picasso was a native of Spain, although he spent much of his life in France.

⚪️subject ➡️ someone who was born in a country that has a king or queen, and has a right to live there:

✨Northern Ireland citizens are British subjects.

⚪️alien #formal ➡️ someone who is not a legal citizen of the country they are living or working in - used in official contexts:

✨Employers cannot hire illegal aliens.


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#️⃣#Among /əˈmʌŋ/ (also a‧mongst /əˈmʌŋst/) #preposition


1️⃣in or through the middle of a group of people or things:

🔹The girl quickly disappeared among the crowd.
🔹I could hear voices coming from somewhere among the bushes.
🔹We walked among the chestnut woods on the mountain slopes.
🔹She began rummaging among the books on her desk.

2️⃣with a particular group of people:

🔹Jim relaxed, knowing he was among friends.

3️⃣used to say that many people in a group have the same feeling or opinion, or that something affects many people in a group:

🔹The problem is causing widespread concern among scientists.
🔹The general opinion among police officers was that the law should be tightened.
🔹The changes will mean 7,000 job losses among railway workers.

4️⃣used to talk about a particular person, thing, or group as belonging to a larger group:

🔹She was the eldest among them.
🔹Innocent civilians were among the casualties.
🔹My grandfather had among his possessions a portrait by Matisse.
🔹Representatives were chosen by the students from among themselves.

5️⃣among other things / places / factors etc used to say that you are only mentioning one or two people or things out of a much larger group:

🔹At the meeting they discussed, among other things, recent events in Japan.

6️⃣if something is divided or shared among a group of people, each person is given a part of it:

🔹A father’s property was divided among his heirs.

7️⃣among yourselves / ourselves / themselves with each other:

🔹The allies found it hard to agree among themselves.


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#️⃣#Chart /tʃɑːt $ tʃɑːrt/ #verb


1️⃣to record information about a situation or set of events over a period of time, in order to see how it changes or develops:

🔹Scientists have been charting temperature changes in the oceans.

2️⃣to make a plan of what should be done to achieve a particular result:

🔹Each team was responsible for making its own decisions and charting its own course.

3️⃣to make a map of an area of land, sea, or stars, or to draw lines on a map to show where you have travelled:

💢if a record charts, it enters the weekly list of the most popular records:

🔹Their next single didn’t chart.


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✨BE TO + infinitive✨

“ I am to.. you are to .. etc ”


1️⃣Plans and arrangements:

✨We use this structure in a formal style to talk about official and other plans and arrangements.

◾️The President is to visit Nigeria next month.

◾️We are to get a 10 per cent wage rise in June.

◾️I felt nervous because I was soon to leave homefor the first time.

✨A perfect infinitive can be used to show that a planned event did not happen.

◾️I was to have started work last week, but I changed my mind.

2️⃣ 'fate':

✨Another use is to talk about things which are/were ‘hidden in the future’, fated to happen.

🔘I thought we were saying goodbye for ever. But we were to meet again, many years later, under very strange circumstances.

3️⃣ pre-conditions:

✨This structure is common in if-clauses, when the main clause expresses a pre­ condition - something that must happen first if something else is to happen.

◽️If we are to get there by lunchtime, we had better hurry.

◽️He knew he would have to work hard if he was to pass his exam.

4️⃣ orders:

✨The structure is used to give orders, for example by parents speaking to children.

🔻You are to do your homework before you watch TV.

🔻She can go to the party, but she's not to be back late.

5️⃣ be + passive infinitive:

✨Be + passive infinitive is often used in notices and instructions.

am/are/is (not) to be + past participle

🔹This cover is not to be removed.

✨Sometimes only the passive infinitive is used.

🔹To be taken three times a day after meals, (on a medicine bottle)

✨Some other common expressions with be + passive infinitive:

🔺There’s nothing to be done.

🔺She was nowhere to be found.

🔺I looked out of the window, but there was nothing to be seen.



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