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🍃 Giving bad news in English

1. Introducing bad news
2. Explaining why
3. Presenting solutions

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🗣 GIVING DIRECTIONS

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🗣 I’m SORRY 😐

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✨ TELL.. as an instruction

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🗣 When talking about how many people in a group! 🗣

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🍃🍂USEFUL SPOKEN PHRASES with “ beat “🍂🍃


🍁(it) beats me🍁

🔰used to say that you do not know something, or cannot understand or explain it:

✨ ‘What’s he saying?’ ‘Beats me!’

🍁beat it! 🍁

🔰used to tell someone to leave at once, because they are annoying you or should not be there

✨ The big guy turned to me and said, "Beat it, kid – nobody wants you here."

🍁can you beat that/it?🍁

🔰used to show that you are surprised or annoyed by something:

✨ They’ve got eight children! Can you beat that?

🍁beat your brains out🍁

🔰to think about something very hard and for a long time:

✨ I’ve been beating my brains out all week trying to finish this essay.

🍁if you can’t beat 'em, join 'em🍁

🔰used when you decide to take part in something even though you disapprove of it, because everyone else is doing it and you cannot stop them

✨ It was the toughest football team we'd ever faced, and we'd had enough. Finally, we gave up and said, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!"

🍁beat the rap🍁

🔰American English informal =to avoid being punished for something you have done

✨ The youngsters were caught shoplifting, but somehow they were able to beat the rap.

🍁beat time 🍁

🔰to make regular movements or sounds to show the speed at which music should be played:

✨ a conductor beating time with his baton

🍁beat a path/track🍁

🔰to make a path by walking over an area of land

✨ We beat a path/track through the undergrowth.

🍁to beat the band🍁

🔰American English informal =in large amounts or with great force:

✨ It’s raining to beat the band.

🍁beat the heat🍁

🔰American English informal =to make yourself cooler:

✨ Fresh lemonade is a great way to beat the heat.

🍁beat your breast🍁

🔰literary to show clearly that you are very upset or sorry about something

✨ There's no point in beating your breast about losing the money - you won't get it back.

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↗️ HOW TO MASTER ENGLISH INTONATION ↘️

↘️ Use Falling intonation in ...
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🔴I Am Sorry🆚I Apologize 🔵

At first glance, you may think there is little difference in meaning between these two phrases.

However, which one you choose may depend on how heartfelt your remorse is. Let's take a closer look.

🅰️ I am sorry is a phrase that is used :

• to express regret or remorse for actions.
• to express sympathy for someone who has experienced a loss or hardship.

⭕️ I am sorry to hear about your grandmother's passing-she was a good lady.

⭕️ I am sorry that I hurt your feelings when I said I wouldn't come to your party.

⭕️ I am sorry that I broke your window with my baseball.

⭕️ I cannot tell you how sorry I am that your daughter is sick.

🅱️ I apologize is a way to formally admit that you did something wrong, whether you feel "sorry" about it or not.

So while you might formally admit that what you did was wrong, you might not actually feel remorse for your actions.

⚠️Notice how different these sentences sound.⚠️

⭕️ I apologize for hurting your feelings when I said I wouldn't come to your party.

⭕️ I apologize for breaking your window with my baseball.

⭕️ I apologize for leaving you off of the original guest list.

⭕️ If you think I was being rude, I apologize.

🔰 As you can see, these phrases do mean very similar things, and they are often used interchangeably. Yet, there is a different connotation to the phrases.

♨️I am sorry connotes a feeling of remorse, while I apologize does not.♨️

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🔰In spite of🆚despite🔰


In spite of and despite have a similar meaning to although or even though.

They express a contrast between two things. They are both more common in writing than in speaking. Despite is a little more formal than in spite of.

🍃 We usually use in spite of and despite with a noun:

🔸He got the job in spite of his prison record.

🔸John’s company is doing extremely well despite the recession.

🍃 We can also use in spite of and despite with -ing:

🔸He was very fast in spite of being terribly overweight.

🔸They arrived late despite leaving in plenty of time.


⚠️ Warning:

We don’t use a that-clause after in spite of or despite. We use in spite of the fact that or despite the fact that:

✅ When they arrived at Malaga it was hot, in spite of the fact that it was only the end of April.

❌ Not: … in spite of that it was only the end of April

🍃 In spite of is written as three separate words.( not inspite )

🍃 We never use of with despite:

✅ They enjoyed the rides in spite of the long queues. (or … despite the long queues.)

❌Not: … inspite the long queues or …despite of the long queues.


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🍂 FIRST, FIRSTLY or AT FIRST 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔


🔴 FIRST / FIRSTLY

First can be an adjective or an adverb and refers to the person or thing that comes before all others in order, time, amount, quality or importance:

◽️Adjective: What’s the name of the first person who walked on the moon?

◽️ Adverb: Beth always arrives first at meetings.

🔸We often use first, especially in writing, to show the order of the points we want to make. When we are making lists, we can use first or firstly. Firstly is more formal than first:

◽️Dear Mr Paul

✅ First(ly) I would like to thank you for your kind offer of a job …

❌Not: At first I would like to thank you …

✅ First(ly) the sodium chloride is dissolved in the water and heated gently. Second(ly) a dye is added to the solution.

❌Not: At first, the sodium chloride …


🔴 AT FIRST

🔸At first means ‘at the beginning’ or ‘in the beginning’ and we use it when we make contrasts:

◽️At first when I went to England to study English, I was homesick, but in the end I cried when it was time to leave.

◽️He called for help. No one heard him at first, but eventually two young girls came to help him.

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🕝SOMETIMES !🕝

When you are talking about how often something happens, there are many expressions to describe the middle ground between often and occasionally.Here are ten phrases and how to use them in your speaking & writing English:

1️⃣🕝FAIRLY OFTEN...🕝

🔘E.g: They meet fairly often to play chess .

2️⃣🕝MORE OFTEN THAN NOT...🕝

🔘E.g: More often than not, a student will come up with the right answer.

3️⃣🕝(AT LEAST) HALF THE TIME...🕝

🔘E.g: Half the time you don't even listen to what I say.

🔴USAGE: Phrases 1, 2, and 3 are quite positive. When we use 'at least' with phrase 3 it means more than half of the time.

4️⃣🕝ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY...🕝

🔘E.g: She visited him in hospital almost every other day.

🔴USAGE: Phrase 4 means a little less than half the time.

5️⃣🕝SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK/ A YEAR🕝

🔘E.g: Several times a year, the waste is pumped from the lagoons and spread across cropland as fertilizer.

🔴USAGE: In Phrase 5, several sounds quite positive. It means a number more than 3. It also says that 3 times a week is often.

6️⃣🕝EVERY SO OFTEN...🕝

🔘E.g: Every so often I treat myself to a meal in an expensive restaurant.

7️⃣🕝NOW AND THEN...🕝

🔘E.g: Now and then a bird's song broke in upon the silence of the wood.

8️⃣🕝FROM TIME TO TIME...🕝

🔘E.g: Remember to look back upon your mistakes from time to time, but never regret them.

9️⃣🕝ONCE IN A WHILE...🕝

🔘E.g: Earrings need to be taken out and cleaned once in a while.

🔴USAGE: Phrases 6, 7, 8, and 9 are less often. they are similar in meaning to 'occasionally'.

1️⃣0️⃣🕝ON A GOOD DAY...🕝

🔘E.g: On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting.

🔴USAGE: Phrase 10 suggests that something doesn't happen very often but that when it happens, it's a good thing.


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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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🗣 Useful Phrases 🗣

✨ as easy as pie 🥧
✨ a piece of cake 🍰

= very easy

✨Example:

• He said it is a difficult problem, but I don’t agree. It seems as easy as pie to me! 🥧

• I had a test yesterday. It wasn’t that difficult, it was just a piece of cake! 🍰

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🗣Speaking Tip: Don’t say “I’m fine”❌


Here are how native English speakers respond to “How are you?”

✨How are you?
🗣– I’m good, thanks. You?

✨How’s it going?
🗣– It’s going pretty good. And you?

✨How are you doing?
🗣– I’m doing great, thanks. Yourself?

✨How’s it going?
🗣– Ah, things have been better. What about you?

⚠️When you’re not doing so great, say “I’m not doing that great” instead of saying “so-so.”

✨Hey, what’s up?
🗣– Hey, what’s up?

✨How do you do?
🗣– How do you do?

⚠️“How do you do?” is not a question, asking how you’re doing. It’s just a formal way of saying “hello”. So the proper response is:

🗣“How do you do?”,
🗣“Hello”, or
🗣“Nice to meet you.”

So now that you know, stop saying “I’m fine” every time someone asks you “How are you?”🙂


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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.


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