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🔹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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✨#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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✨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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🛑ACROSS 🆚 OVER 🆚 THROUGH


🔻ACROSS = from one side to the other of a surface area

🔹They're laying a pipeline across Siberia.

🔻OVER = on or above a surface, not necessarily from one side to the other

🔹We skated over the frozen lake.

🔻THROUGH = movement within a solid or enclosing medium

🔹Water flows through this pipe.
🔹It was difficult to cut through the forest.


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🛑 ADOPTED 🆚 ADAPTED 🆚 ADJUSTED


🔻ADOPTED = taken and used

🔹We have adopted the same sort of assembly methods they use in Japan.

🔻ADAPTED = changed it to suit our needs; become used to

🔹I have found it difficult to adapt (myself) to living in the country after living in a large city.

🔻ADJUSTED = change it in order to correct it

🔹 The picture is out of focus. Could you adjust it slightly please?


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🛑 AFFAIRS 🆚 BUSINESS


🔻AFFAIRS = matters connected with my private or professional life

🔹 You can keep your nose out of my affairs.

🔻BUSINESS = work to do with buying and selling

🔹 Business hasn't been doing very well lately.


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🛑 ACCEPT 🆚 ALLOW 🆚 ADMIT


🔻ACCEPT = let me join

🔹I applied to join the club, but they won't accept me.

🔻ALLOW/ ADMIT = give someone the right to go in = let me go in

🔹They won't admit anyone to the theatre/ allow anyone into the theatre after the performance has started.


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🛑 IN MY OPINION 🆚 ACCORDING TO


🔻IN MY OPINION = in my personal opinion

🔹In my opinion, scientists take a pessimistic view.

🔻ACCORDING TO = as stated by other people

🔹According to many scientists, the level of the oceans is rising.


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🛑PAIN 🆚 HURT 🆚 ACHE


🔻IT PAINS ME = makes me feel sad

🔹It pains me to recall my schooldays.

🔻HURT = you feel pain, possibly from injury; injured

🔹My head hurts. (intransitive use)

🔹I hurt my foot. (transitive use)

🔻ACHE (intransitive) = you feel dull, constant pain

🔹My head aches.


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🛑 ADMIT (TO) 🆚 ADMIT + OBJECT


🔻ADMIT (TO) = confess

🔹Sally admits to using your computer.

🔹Sally admits using/that she used your computer.

🔻ADMIT + OBJECT = agree something is true

🔹The man admitted his guilt to the police.


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🔻article ON 👉🏻 serious and specific information

🔻article ABOUT 👉🏻 general interest

🔹Have you read this article ON the Antarctic?

🔹There's an article ABOUT tourism in today's paper.


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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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✨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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✨12 ways to use “Get”

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✨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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