✨Any fool
= used for saying that anyone at all can do or understand something because it is very easy or obvious
🔻Any fool can see that she’s joking.
🔻Any fool knows that!
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= used for saying that anyone at all can do or understand something because it is very easy or obvious
🔻Any fool can see that she’s joking.
🔻Any fool knows that!
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✨Any better
any more/better/bigger/etc
= used for saying or asking whether something is more better bigger etc even by a small amount
🔻If your headache gets any worse, you should see a doctor.
🔻The army couldn’t advance any further.
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any more/better/bigger/etc
= used for saying or asking whether something is more better bigger etc even by a small amount
🔻If your headache gets any worse, you should see a doctor.
🔻The army couldn’t advance any further.
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👌🏻Get it right: #damage
✨When damage means ‘harm or injury’ it is an uncountable noun, and so:
▪ it is never used in the plural
▪ it never comes after a or a number
🔹These toxins can cause damages to the lungs and brains.✘
🔸These toxins can cause damage to the lungs and brains.✔️
🔹They should consider the serious damages that their decisions may cause.✘
🔸They should consider the serious damage that their decisions may cause.✔️
🔹A great damage has been done to agriculture, forests, and people’s health.✘
🔸Great damage has been done to agriculture, forests, and people’s health.✔️
✨The plural form damages is a specialized legal term meaning ‘money that a court orders you to pay someone because you have harmed them or their property’.
🔻Mr Galloway was awarded substantial damages.
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✨When damage means ‘harm or injury’ it is an uncountable noun, and so:
▪ it is never used in the plural
▪ it never comes after a or a number
🔹These toxins can cause damages to the lungs and brains.✘
🔸These toxins can cause damage to the lungs and brains.✔️
🔹They should consider the serious damages that their decisions may cause.✘
🔸They should consider the serious damage that their decisions may cause.✔️
🔹A great damage has been done to agriculture, forests, and people’s health.✘
🔸Great damage has been done to agriculture, forests, and people’s health.✔️
✨The plural form damages is a specialized legal term meaning ‘money that a court orders you to pay someone because you have harmed them or their property’.
🔻Mr Galloway was awarded substantial damages.
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🔻#Discover /dɪsˈkʌvə $ -ər/ BrE AmE #verb [transitive]
#Metaphore
✨Discovering things such as facts and information is like finding them by digging or searching in the ground.
◽️Let me know if you #dig_up anything about him.
◾️I #unearthed some useful facts and figures.
◽️The facts only #came_to_light after a long investigation.
◾️We #left_no_stone_unturned in our search for the truth.
◽️The book is a #mine/#goldmine of information.
◾️I think that this will prove a #rich_seam to #mine for your research.
◽️It took me a long time to find it, but I finally #struck_gold/oil.
◾️You need to read a lot more: you’ve only just begun to #scratch_the_surface.
◽️You need to put in a lot of #spadework.
◾️The journalists were #grubbing_around for something to print.
◽️They #raked_up a lot of scandals.
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#Metaphore
✨Discovering things such as facts and information is like finding them by digging or searching in the ground.
◽️Let me know if you #dig_up anything about him.
◾️I #unearthed some useful facts and figures.
◽️The facts only #came_to_light after a long investigation.
◾️We #left_no_stone_unturned in our search for the truth.
◽️The book is a #mine/#goldmine of information.
◾️I think that this will prove a #rich_seam to #mine for your research.
◽️It took me a long time to find it, but I finally #struck_gold/oil.
◾️You need to read a lot more: you’ve only just begun to #scratch_the_surface.
◽️You need to put in a lot of #spadework.
◾️The journalists were #grubbing_around for something to print.
◽️They #raked_up a lot of scandals.
#Phrases
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Zero conditional with examples | English grammar lesson
In this lesson you will learn the use and meaning of zero conditional sentences in English.
I give you an explanation of the form with lots of examples as well as what verb tenses are used and why.
This video will be particularly useful for ESL students…
I give you an explanation of the form with lots of examples as well as what verb tenses are used and why.
This video will be particularly useful for ESL students…
🔹OXYMORON
An oxymoron is a figure of speech, usually one or two words, in which seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side.
This contradiction is also known as a paradox. In speech, oxymorons can lend a sense of humor, irony, or sarcasm.
➖The word "oxymoron" is itself oxymoronic, which is to say contradictory. The word is derived from two ancient Greek words:
🔻"oxys" = sharp
🔻"moronos" = dull or stupid
📚Example sentences:
✨I like a smuggler. He is the only honest thief.
✨I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.
✨And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
✨Modern dancing is so old fashioned.
✨A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
✨I am a deeply superficial person.
✨We're busy doing nothing.
✨No one goes to that restaurant anymore. It's always too crowded.
✨A joke is an extremely serious issue.
✨I like humanity, but I loathe persons.
✨I generally advise persons never ever to present assistance.
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An oxymoron is a figure of speech, usually one or two words, in which seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side.
This contradiction is also known as a paradox. In speech, oxymorons can lend a sense of humor, irony, or sarcasm.
➖The word "oxymoron" is itself oxymoronic, which is to say contradictory. The word is derived from two ancient Greek words:
🔻"oxys" = sharp
🔻"moronos" = dull or stupid
📚Example sentences:
✨I like a smuggler. He is the only honest thief.
✨I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.
✨And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
✨Modern dancing is so old fashioned.
✨A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
✨I am a deeply superficial person.
✨We're busy doing nothing.
✨No one goes to that restaurant anymore. It's always too crowded.
✨A joke is an extremely serious issue.
✨I like humanity, but I loathe persons.
✨I generally advise persons never ever to present assistance.
#Vocabulary
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✨The following sentence may be interpreted in four ways.🤔
“He's only thinking about marrying a fellow doctor.”
1️⃣He's only <THINKING> about ...
[ie nothing has been yet decided]
2️⃣He's only thinking about < marrying a fellow doctor>.
[ie he is thinking of nothing else these days]
3️⃣He's only thinking about marrying <a fellow doctor>
[ie he would not consider a wife in any other profession]
4️⃣The situation is only {ie: merely} that <he's thinking about marrying a fellow doctor>
{ie you musn't imagine, for example, that he is worried about a difficult patient}
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“He's only thinking about marrying a fellow doctor.”
1️⃣He's only <THINKING> about ...
[ie nothing has been yet decided]
2️⃣He's only thinking about < marrying a fellow doctor>.
[ie he is thinking of nothing else these days]
3️⃣He's only thinking about marrying <a fellow doctor>
[ie he would not consider a wife in any other profession]
4️⃣The situation is only {ie: merely} that <he's thinking about marrying a fellow doctor>
{ie you musn't imagine, for example, that he is worried about a difficult patient}
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✨#Lukewarm /ˌluːkˈwɔːm◂ $ -ˈwɔːrm◂/ BrE AmE #adjective
فاتر؛ دافيء
1️⃣food, liquid etc that is lukewarm is slightly warm and often not as hot or cold as it should be:
🔻She sipped some lukewarm coffee from her mug.
2️⃣not showing much interest or excitement: تعوزه الحماسة؛ غير مبالٍ
🔻His idea got only a lukewarm response from the committee.
🔸Chill-lukewarm reception استقبال فاتر
🔸lukewarm attitude
موقف غير متحمس؛ موقف فاتر
🔸lukewarm bath
حَمَّامٌ دافِئ ( 34-37 درجة مئوية)
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فاتر؛ دافيء
1️⃣food, liquid etc that is lukewarm is slightly warm and often not as hot or cold as it should be:
🔻She sipped some lukewarm coffee from her mug.
2️⃣not showing much interest or excitement: تعوزه الحماسة؛ غير مبالٍ
🔻His idea got only a lukewarm response from the committee.
🔸Chill-lukewarm reception استقبال فاتر
🔸lukewarm attitude
موقف غير متحمس؛ موقف فاتر
🔸lukewarm bath
حَمَّامٌ دافِئ ( 34-37 درجة مئوية)
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✨Definitely/Certainly not 🆚 Absolutely not
🔻Definitely/Certainly not! = No, without any doubt at all.
🔸Bill: Will you lend me some
money?
🔹Bob: No way! Definitely not!
🔸Bob: Have you ever stolen
anything?
🔹Fred: Certainly not!
🔻Absolutely not! = a strong denial or refusal.
🔸Bob: Will you please slip this bottle into your pocket?
🔹Bill: Absolutely not!
🔸Bob: Can I please have the car again tonight?
🔹Father: Absolutely not! You can’t have the car every night!
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🔻Definitely/Certainly not! = No, without any doubt at all.
🔸Bill: Will you lend me some
money?
🔹Bob: No way! Definitely not!
🔸Bob: Have you ever stolen
anything?
🔹Fred: Certainly not!
🔻Absolutely not! = a strong denial or refusal.
🔸Bob: Will you please slip this bottle into your pocket?
🔹Bill: Absolutely not!
🔸Bob: Can I please have the car again tonight?
🔹Father: Absolutely not! You can’t have the car every night!
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✨Definitely/Certainly not 🆚 Absolutely not 🔻Definitely/Certainly not! = No, without any doubt at all. 🔸Bill: Will you lend me some money? 🔹Bob: No way! Definitely not! 🔸Bob: Have you ever stolen anything? 🔹Fred: Certainly not! 🔻Absolutely not! =…
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Real World English: agreement & disagreement
In this episode of our series, Ed Pegg talks about appropriate ways of agreeing or disagreeing with friends and colleagues.
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✨Save #preposition
باستثناء؛ ما عدا
= except
🔻No one, save perhaps his wife, knows where he is.
🔹save for:
🔻The room was completely dark, save for one candle burning in the corner.
🔹save that:
🔻We know little about his childhood, save that his family was poor.
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باستثناء؛ ما عدا
= except
🔻No one, save perhaps his wife, knows where he is.
🔹save for:
🔻The room was completely dark, save for one candle burning in the corner.
🔹save that:
🔻We know little about his childhood, save that his family was poor.
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🔹Position of “still” in a sentence
✨The position of “still” in a sentence depends on the type of verb:
⚪️If the sentence has a main verb without auxiliary verb, “still” comes immediately before it.
◻️I still watch cartoons.
⚫️If the sentence has an auxiliary / modal verb, “still” goes in the middle position between the auxiliary / modal and the main verb.
◼️He is still waiting for the bus.
🔴Finally, if the sentence has the verb “be” as a main verb or linking verb, then “still” goes after the verb “to be“.
♦️I am still tired.
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✨The position of “still” in a sentence depends on the type of verb:
⚪️If the sentence has a main verb without auxiliary verb, “still” comes immediately before it.
◻️I still watch cartoons.
⚫️If the sentence has an auxiliary / modal verb, “still” goes in the middle position between the auxiliary / modal and the main verb.
◼️He is still waiting for the bus.
🔴Finally, if the sentence has the verb “be” as a main verb or linking verb, then “still” goes after the verb “to be“.
♦️I am still tired.
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