#️⃣#Middle /ˈmɪdl/ #noun


💢the middle of

🔹We rowed out towards the middle of the lake.

💢in the middle (of something)

🔹Jo was standing in the middle of the room.
🔹Those are my two brothers, and that’s me in the middle.
🔹The meat was burnt on the outside and raw in the middle.

💢through the middle (of something)

🔹The new road will go right through the middle of the wood.

💢down the middle (of something)

🔹Draw a line down the middle of the page.

💢the middle of the night/day

🔹I got a phone call from her in the middle of the night!

💢the middle of the week/month/year etc

🔹Everything should be sorted out by the middle of next year.

💢be in the middle of (doing) something ➡️ to be busy doing something:

🔹Can I call you back – I’m in the middle of a meeting.

💢in the middle of something ➡️ if you are in the middle of something, it is happening to you or around you:

🔹The company is in the middle of a takeover battle.

💢in the middle of nowhere ➡️ a long way from the nearest big town:

🔹They live miles away, in the middle of nowhere.

💢divide/split something down the middle ➡️ to divide something into equal halves or groups:

🔹We put all the money together and then split it down the middle.

#️⃣#Middle /ˈmɪdl/ #adjective

💢in your middle twenties/thirties etc ➡️ about 25, 35 etc years old

💢middle brother/child/daughter etc ➡️ the brother etc who is between the oldest and the youngest

💢middle course/way etc ➡️ a way of dealing with something that is between two opposite and often extreme ways


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#️⃣#Pleased /pli:zd/ #adjective


💢pleased about

🔹I could tell she was pleased about something.

💢pleased with

🔹Gwinn was pleased with the results.

💢pleased for

🔹That’s wonderful! I’m really pleased for you.

💢pleased (that)

🔹Her mother was pleased that she chose a college close to home.

💢pleased to hear/see/report etc

🔹I’m pleased to tell you that you’ve got the job.

💢(I’m) pleased to meet you #spoken #formal ➡️ used as a polite greeting when you meet someone for the first time

💢pleased to help/assist ➡️ very willing or happy to help:

🔹If there’s anything we can do, we’d be pleased to help.

💢pleased with yourself ➡️ feeling proud or satisfied because you think you have done something clever, often in a way that annoys other people:

🔹Miranda, pleased with herself for getting it right, sat down.


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#️⃣#Safe /seɪf/ #adjective


💢safe from

🔹The birds’ nests are high up, safe from predators.
🔹Make sure you keep these documents safe.

💢be (as) safe as houses #British_English ➡️ (=be completely safe)

🔹Your money will be as safe as houses.

💢not harmed, lost, or stolen:

🔹Your family are all safe.

💢safe and sound/well ➡️ (=unharmed, especially after being in danger)

🔹The missing children were found safe and sound.

💢not likely to cause any physical injury or harm OPP dangerous:

🔹Flying is one of the safest forms of travel.
🔹Don’t go near the edge – it isn’t safe.
🔹a safe working environment

💢it is safe (for somebody) to do something

🔹Is it safe to swim here?

💢safe to use/drink/eat etc

🔹The water is treated to make it safe to drink.

💢safe for

🔹play areas that are safe for children

💢(at/from) a safe distance

🔹We watched from a safe distance.
🔹Drivers should keep a safe distance from the car in front.

💢safe driver

🔹Women are safer drivers than men.

💢not involving any risk and very likely to be successful:

🔹a safe investment
🔹a safe method of contraception

💢it’s safe to say/assume (that)

🔹I think it’s safe to say that the future is looking pretty good.

💢a place where something is not likely to be stolen or lost

💢keep/put something in a safe place

🔹Keep your credit cards in a safe place.

💢safe journey/arrival/return etc ➡️ a journey etc when someone or something is not harmed or lost:

🔹His family celebrated his safe return home.

💢safe journey #British_English ➡️ (=said to someone when they start a long journey)

🔹Dad rang to wish me a safe journey.

💢a safe subject of conversation is not likely to upset anyone or make people argue:

🔹I kept to safe subjects, like the weather.

💢to be on the safe side #spoken ➡️ to do something in order to be certain to avoid an unpleasant situation:

🔹I’d take an umbrella, just to be on the safe side.

💢be in safe hands ➡️ to be with someone who will look after you very well:

🔹Everyone wants to feel that their children are in safe hands.

💢a safe pair of hands ➡️ someone you can trust to do a difficult job without making mistakes

🔹The next leader of the party should be a safe pair of hands.

💢better (to be) safe than sorry #spoken ➡️ used to say that it is better to be careful, even if this takes time, effort etc, than take a risk that may have a bad result:

🔹Set the alarm clock – better safe than sorry!

💢safe in the knowledge that ... ➡️ completely certain that something is true or will happen:

🔹She went out, safe in the knowledge that no one else was awake.

💢safe! #British_English #spoken #informal ➡️ used by young people to show approval of something:

🔹‘Alex is having a party.’ ‘Oh, safe!’

💢#British_English #spoken #informal ➡️ used to say that something is good and that there is no problem:

🔹‘How’s your new boss?’ ‘She’s safe.’


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#️⃣#Well /wel/ #adjective (comparative better, superlative best)


💢healthy:

🔹‘How are you?’ ‘Very well, thanks.’
🔹I don’t feel very well.
🔹You’re looking very well.
🔹I hope you get well again soon.

💢it’s just as well (that) ➡️ #spoken ➡️ used to say that things have happened in a good or fortunate way:

🔹It’s just as well I kept some money aside for emergencies.

💢it’s/that’s all very well, but ... #spoken ➡️ used to say that something seems to be a good idea, but is not really possible or helpful:

🔹It’s all very well the doctors telling me I’ve got to rest, but who’s going to look after my children?

💢that’s/it’s all well and good #spoken especially #British_English ➡️ used to say that something is good or enjoyable, but it also has some disadvantages:

🔹Going off on foreign holidays is all well and good, but you’ve got to get back to reality sometime.

💢it might/would be as well #spoken ➡️ used to give someone advice or make a helpful suggestion:

🔹It might be as well to make him rest for a few days.

💢all is well/all is not well formal used to say that a situation is satisfactory or not satisfactory:

🔹All is not well with their marriage.

💢all’s well that ends well ➡️ used to say that a difficult situation has ended with a good result. It is the title of a humorous play by William Shakespeare about the relationship between the two main characters, Helena and Bertram.


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#️⃣#Nervous /ˈnɜːvəs $ ˈnɜːr-/ #adjective


💢nervous about

🔹She was so nervous about her exams that she couldn’t sleep.

💢feel/get nervous

🔹Paul always gets nervous whenever he has to give a presentation.

💢nervous smile/laugh/look/glance

🔹‘Don’t be silly,’ she said with a nervous laugh. ‘There’s no such thing as ghosts.’

💢nervous of

🔹We were all a bit nervous of him at first ➡️ (=frightened of him).

💢nervous condition/illness/disorder

🔹She was suffering from a nervous condition.

🔹He had a nervous twitch ➡️ (=his body made small uncontrolled movements).

💢nervous exhaustion/strain
➡️ a mental condition in which you feel very tired, usually caused by working too hard or by a difficult emotional problem


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✨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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#️⃣#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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#️⃣#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/ #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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#️⃣#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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#️⃣#Friendly /ˈfrendli/ #adjective


💢friendly to/towards

🔹Why is he suddenly so friendly towards you, Charlotte?

💢be friendly with somebody ➡️ to be friends with someone:

🔹Betty’s very friendly with the Jacksons.

💢not at war with your own country, or not opposing you OPP hostile:

🔹friendly nations

💢#British_English ➡️ a friendly game is played for pleasure or practice, and not because it is important to win:

🔹a friendly match against AC Milan

💢user-friendly/customer-friendly etc ➡️ not difficult for particular people to understand or use:

🔹a user-friendly computer program

🔹a customer-friendly shopping mall

💢environmentally-friendly/ozone-friendly/eco-friendly etc not harmful to the environment, ozone layer etc:

🔹eco-friendly washing powder

💢friendly fire ➡️ bombs, bullets etc that accidentally kill people who are fighting on the same side

#️⃣#friendly /ˈfrendli/ #noun (plural friendlies) [countable] #British_English

= a game played for pleasure or practice, and not because it is important to win


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#️⃣#Content /ˈkɒntent $ ˈkɑːn-/ #adjective [not before noun]

1️⃣happy and satisfied:

🔹Andy was a good husband, and Nicky was clearly very content.

💢content with

🔹We’ll be content with a respectable result in tomorrow’s match.

2️⃣content (for somebody) to do something ➡️ willing to do or accept something, rather than doing more:

🔹She sat quietly, content to watch him working.

🔹He seemed quite content to let Steve do the talking.

🔹Dr Belson had been more than content for them to deal with any difficulties.

3️⃣not content with something ➡️ used to emphasize that someone wants or does more than something:

🔹Not content with her new car, Selina now wants a bike.


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#️⃣#likely /ˈlaɪkli/ BrE AmE #adjective

• comparative: likelier
• superlative: likeliest

1️⃣something that is likely will probably happen or is probably true OPP unlikely:

💥Snow showers are likely tomorrow.

🔘likely outcome/effects/consequences etc

💥What are the likely effects of the law going to be?

💥the most likely cause of the problem

🔘likely to do/be something

💥Children who live in the country’s rural areas are very likely to be poor.

🔘more/less/most/least likely

💥Young drivers are far more likely to have accidents than older drivers.

💥It is more than likely (=almost certain) the votes will have to be counted again.

💥It could have been an accident, but that was hardly likely (=not very likely).

💥He could offer no likely explanation when I asked him.

2️⃣[only before noun] ▶️ suitable for a particular purpose:

💥the three most likely candidates for president

💥One likely source of energy is wind power.

3️⃣a likely story #spoken ▶️ used to tell someone you do not believe what they have just said


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✨Above = too good for


Above can be used in the following ways:

1️⃣ as a #preposition (followed by a noun)

🔸The birds were flying high above the trees.

2️⃣ as an #adverb (without a following noun)

🔸She stared up at the stars above.

3️⃣ as an #adjective

🔸Please reply to the above address.

🔺In “She’s above cheating on her exams.”, above here is used as a #preposition, meaning too good for; it’s impossible for her to do such thing because she’s a morally good person.


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#️⃣#Choice /tʃɔɪs/ #adjective

ذو جودة عالية ؛ ممتاز 👍🏻👌🏻

= of high quality; excellent


💥I had the the most expensive dish on the menu - a choice fillet of fish.

💥a choice cut of meat

💥They bought a choice piece of real estate in the heart of the city.


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♦️ABSENT (adj/v)
غائب/يُغَيِّب

This word may be an #adjective or a #verb. If it is a verb it is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable, and has a reflexive pronoun as its object. For both parts of speech, the place where the absentee should have been is indicated by from.

➖Several students were ABsent from the lecture. (adj.)
⚠️ غائب (غاب غير متعمداً)؛ غير متواجد.

➖Several students abSENTed themselves from the lecture.(v)
⚠️ غاب متعمداً.

✨To absent oneself from usually suggests a deliberate action; to be absent from does not; it merely implies that the person in question was not present.

🔻Absence and absentee also take from.

➖His absence from the meeting was not noticed.

➖He was charged with being an absentee from the army.


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🔻Incubation period
🔻فترة حضانة المرض : و هي الفترة بين الإصابة بالمرض وظهور أعراضه
= the period between infection and the appearance of signs of a disease.

🔻Isolation
🔻العزل الصحي
= is the complete separation from others of a person suffering from contagious or infectious disease.

🔘Self-isolation is voluntary isolation.
🔘العزل الذاتي

🔻Mitigation
🔻سُبُل تخفيف / تقليل
= measures taken to slow the spread of infection.

🔻Pandemic
🔻وباء متفشي ( في جميع أنحاء العالم )
= is a disease prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world. A pandemic is an epidemic that has spread over a large area.
Pandemic can be both a #noun and an #adjective (e.g., a pandemic disease).

🔻Quarantine
🔻الحجر الصحي
= is a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
🔘Self-quarantine is when someone isn’t ordered to go into quarantine but chooses to do so out of caution; also called voluntary quarantine.
🔘الحجر الصحي الذاتي / الطوعي

🔻Screening
🔻فحص / تنظير
= examining a person to see if they have a disease. This frequently involves taking their temperature, asking about symptoms, and asking about potential exposures to infected people.

🔻Social distancing
🔻التباعد الاجتماعي (المسافات التي تقلل الاتصال بين مجموعات كبيرة من الناس)
Social distancing refers to measures that reduce contact between large groups of people.
The CDC specifically recommends maintaining a distance of 6 feet (2 meters) between people.

🔻Symptom
🔻عَرَض / علامة / دلالة
= is a phenomenon that arises from and accompanies a particular disease or disorder and serves as an indication of it.

🔻Virus
🔻فيروس
= an infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals.

🔻WHO
🔻منظمة الصحة العالمية (الاسم المختصر)
WHO stands for the World Health Organization, a United Nations agency based in Geneva, Switzerland.

🔻Zoonotic
🔻حيواني المنشأ/ المصدر
= relating to any disease of animals communicable to humans. The #noun form is zoonosis.

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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 
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💢#Proud /praʊd/ BrE AmE #adjective


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   ✨Being too proud, and thinking that you are better than other people, is like being high up. Being humble is like being low down.

🔺I can’t stand that superior attitude of his!

🔺They look down on everyone who isn’t as rich as they are.

🔺She’s got very uppity since she was promoted.

🔺Despite his great wealth, he’s not at all stuck-up.

🔺She treated other people with lofty disdain.

🔺They look down their noses at people like us.

🔺I don’t know why you’re being so high and mighty all of a sudden.

🔻He rose from lowly origins.

🔻His family snubbed her because she was low-born.

🔻We were taught to look up to people from a higher class.

🔻The way you crawl to him makes me sick.

🔻I’m not going to abase myself before anyone.

🔻They regarded ordinary working people as their social inferiors.


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💢#Strange /streɪndʒ/ BrE AmE #adjective
غريب ; أجنبي ; غير معروف ; غير مطّلع على


#Metaphor


     ✨A person who behaves in a strange or unusual way is like someone who comes from a different place or is in a different world.

⭕️He seemed completely out of place in that company.

⭕️Everyone was growing tired of her outlandish behaviour.

⭕️The university environment was rather alien to me.

⭕️There was something otherworldly about her.

⭕️He seems to live in a world of his own.

⭕️Honestly, I sometimes wonder if you and I are on the same planet!

⭕️Hello, Earth to Trisha, have you been listening to anything I said?


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