🍃BINOMIALS in English language🍃
Binomials are two words separated by a conjunction that almost always appear in the same order.
#Vocabulary
#Useful_expressions
#Binomials
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Binomials are two words separated by a conjunction that almost always appear in the same order.
#Vocabulary
#Useful_expressions
#Binomials
@pmperfect1
🍃BINOMIALS in English language🍃
🔺Common binomial pairs in English 🔺
🔰PART 1️⃣ 🔰
🔵Binomial pairs with ‘and’ conjunction.🔵
☘️Neat and tidy☘️
🍂Meaning: Clean and well organised, in perfect order.
🍂Example: Susan’s office is always neat and tidy: she pays a special attention to her desk.
☘️Far and wide☘️
🍂Meaning: A huge number of places, spread across a large geographical area, often used with “from”.
🍂Example: Alistair and Jane looked far and wide for the missing dog.
☘️Sick and tired☘️
🍂Meaning: Bothered or exhausted about something/someone.
🍂Example: Ann was sick and tired of her boss, so she decided to quit her job.
☘️Safe and Sound☘️
🍂Meaning: Unharmed, 100% healthy
🍂Example: The Japanese boy who got lost in the forest, was finally found safe and sound after three days.
☘️Short and sweet☘️
🍂Meaning: When something is done very quickly and comes straight to the point
🍂Example: Ben’s speech has been short and sweet: he told exactly what the employees needed to know.
☘️Ups and downs☘️
🍂Meaning: The good and bad times
🍂Example: The ups and downs in a relationship are routine, you just have to cope with them.
☘️Wait and see☘️
🍂Meaning:To be patient until the outcome of a situation becomes clearer.
🍂Example: We will have to wait and see whether or not these measures prove to be effective in practice.
☘️Pros and Cons☘️
🍂Meaning: Advantages and disadvantages of a situation
🍂Example: We need to assess the pros and cons, before signing the contract.
☘️Null and void☘️
🍂Meaning: Not valid
🍂Example: When a contract doesn’t have a date or isn’t signed properly, it is null and void.
☘️Wine and Dine☘️
🍂Meaning: To entertain someone with a good meal and good company
🍂Example: Top managers always wine and dine the agency’s best clients.
☘️Skin and Bone☘️
🍂Meaning:Very thin, with a sick appearance.
🍂Example: When we went to Cuba, we saw a lot of hungry dogs that were nothing but skin and bones.
☘️By and large☘️
🍂Meaning: On the whole
🍂Example: We missed the train and had to buy another ticket, but by and large ,the trip to Scotland was unforgettable.
☘️Out and About☘️
🍂Meaning: Busy, out of home
🍂Example: I can’t sit doing nothing when I’m on holiday. I love to be out and about most of the time.
☘️Bits and pieces☘️
🍂Meaning: Small individual things
🍂Example: Then there are all the other bits and pieces involved in a wedding: invitations, photos, and car hire.
☘️On and off☘️
🍂Meaning: Intermittently.
🍂Example: With so much worry, I only slept on and off last night.
#Vocabulary
#Useful_expressions
#Binomials_with_and
@pmperfect1
🔺Common binomial pairs in English 🔺
🔰PART 1️⃣ 🔰
🔵Binomial pairs with ‘and’ conjunction.🔵
☘️Neat and tidy☘️
🍂Meaning: Clean and well organised, in perfect order.
🍂Example: Susan’s office is always neat and tidy: she pays a special attention to her desk.
☘️Far and wide☘️
🍂Meaning: A huge number of places, spread across a large geographical area, often used with “from”.
🍂Example: Alistair and Jane looked far and wide for the missing dog.
☘️Sick and tired☘️
🍂Meaning: Bothered or exhausted about something/someone.
🍂Example: Ann was sick and tired of her boss, so she decided to quit her job.
☘️Safe and Sound☘️
🍂Meaning: Unharmed, 100% healthy
🍂Example: The Japanese boy who got lost in the forest, was finally found safe and sound after three days.
☘️Short and sweet☘️
🍂Meaning: When something is done very quickly and comes straight to the point
🍂Example: Ben’s speech has been short and sweet: he told exactly what the employees needed to know.
☘️Ups and downs☘️
🍂Meaning: The good and bad times
🍂Example: The ups and downs in a relationship are routine, you just have to cope with them.
☘️Wait and see☘️
🍂Meaning:To be patient until the outcome of a situation becomes clearer.
🍂Example: We will have to wait and see whether or not these measures prove to be effective in practice.
☘️Pros and Cons☘️
🍂Meaning: Advantages and disadvantages of a situation
🍂Example: We need to assess the pros and cons, before signing the contract.
☘️Null and void☘️
🍂Meaning: Not valid
🍂Example: When a contract doesn’t have a date or isn’t signed properly, it is null and void.
☘️Wine and Dine☘️
🍂Meaning: To entertain someone with a good meal and good company
🍂Example: Top managers always wine and dine the agency’s best clients.
☘️Skin and Bone☘️
🍂Meaning:Very thin, with a sick appearance.
🍂Example: When we went to Cuba, we saw a lot of hungry dogs that were nothing but skin and bones.
☘️By and large☘️
🍂Meaning: On the whole
🍂Example: We missed the train and had to buy another ticket, but by and large ,the trip to Scotland was unforgettable.
☘️Out and About☘️
🍂Meaning: Busy, out of home
🍂Example: I can’t sit doing nothing when I’m on holiday. I love to be out and about most of the time.
☘️Bits and pieces☘️
🍂Meaning: Small individual things
🍂Example: Then there are all the other bits and pieces involved in a wedding: invitations, photos, and car hire.
☘️On and off☘️
🍂Meaning: Intermittently.
🍂Example: With so much worry, I only slept on and off last night.
#Vocabulary
#Useful_expressions
#Binomials_with_and
@pmperfect1
🍃BINOMIALS in English language🍃
🔺Common binomial pairs in English 🔺
🔰PART 2️⃣ 🔰
🔵Binomial pairs with ‘and’ conjunction.🔵
☘️Hustle and bustle☘️
🍂Meaning: A large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding.
🍂Example: He moved to his parents’ farm to have a break from the hustle and bustle of the big city.
☘️Part and parcel☘️
🍂Meaning: Something that can’t be separated from a specific condition, experience, topic.
🍂Example: Stress and fatigue are part and parcel of working on shifts.
☘️Peace and quite☘️
🍂Meaning: A period of calm, silence,etc., especially after noise, stress
🍂Example: Why don’t you allgo and play outside? Your mother needs a bit of peace and quiet.
☘️Back and forth☘️
🍂Meaning: Going from one place or position to another and back again.
🍂Example: The back and forth movement of the tide causes erosion of the coastline.
☘️Far and wide☘️
🍂Meaning: Over a great distance or large area; nearly everywhere.
🍂Example: People came from far and wide to see the show.
☘️Loud and clear☘️
🍂Meaning: In a clear and easily understandable manner.
🍂Example: The message from voters came across loud and clear.
☘️Odds and ends☘️
🍂Meaning: Miscellaneous things.
🍂Example: The garage was filled with a random assortment of odds and ends.
☘️Wear and tear☘️
🍂Meaning: The damaging effects of ordinary use in a long period
🍂Example: When you calculate the value of a used car, you have to consider the wear and tear.
☘️Spick and span☘️
🍂Meaning: Clean, spotless; original sense “like new”.
🍂Example: I mopped up the kitchen floor so it was spick and span.
☘️Slice and dice☘️
🍂Meaning: To break a body of information down into smaller parts or to examine it from different viewpoints so that you can understand it better
🍂Example: Transcripts of the debate were available almost immediately, providing some opportunities to slice and dice the contenders’ words.
☘️Do’s and don’ts☘️
🍂Meaning: Instructions and warnings about what you should and should not do in a particular situation
🍂Example: Here is a list of do’s and don’ts for anyone planning to start a business.
☘️Live and learn☘️
🍂Meaning: Learning about life by experiences and unpleasant mistakes.
🍂Example: Live and learn is my motto. You can learn a lot from your mistakes.
☘️Live and let live☘️
🍂Meaning: Being tolerant with others
🍂Example: At first, my flatmates used to quarrel a lot, but now they decided to live and let live.
☘️Rules and regulations☘️
🍂Meaning: Law, Legislation
🍂Example: In every community rules and regulations are necessary to settle disagreements.
#Vocabulary
#Useful_expressions
#Binomials_with_and
@pmperfect1
🔺Common binomial pairs in English 🔺
🔰PART 2️⃣ 🔰
🔵Binomial pairs with ‘and’ conjunction.🔵
☘️Hustle and bustle☘️
🍂Meaning: A large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding.
🍂Example: He moved to his parents’ farm to have a break from the hustle and bustle of the big city.
☘️Part and parcel☘️
🍂Meaning: Something that can’t be separated from a specific condition, experience, topic.
🍂Example: Stress and fatigue are part and parcel of working on shifts.
☘️Peace and quite☘️
🍂Meaning: A period of calm, silence,etc., especially after noise, stress
🍂Example: Why don’t you allgo and play outside? Your mother needs a bit of peace and quiet.
☘️Back and forth☘️
🍂Meaning: Going from one place or position to another and back again.
🍂Example: The back and forth movement of the tide causes erosion of the coastline.
☘️Far and wide☘️
🍂Meaning: Over a great distance or large area; nearly everywhere.
🍂Example: People came from far and wide to see the show.
☘️Loud and clear☘️
🍂Meaning: In a clear and easily understandable manner.
🍂Example: The message from voters came across loud and clear.
☘️Odds and ends☘️
🍂Meaning: Miscellaneous things.
🍂Example: The garage was filled with a random assortment of odds and ends.
☘️Wear and tear☘️
🍂Meaning: The damaging effects of ordinary use in a long period
🍂Example: When you calculate the value of a used car, you have to consider the wear and tear.
☘️Spick and span☘️
🍂Meaning: Clean, spotless; original sense “like new”.
🍂Example: I mopped up the kitchen floor so it was spick and span.
☘️Slice and dice☘️
🍂Meaning: To break a body of information down into smaller parts or to examine it from different viewpoints so that you can understand it better
🍂Example: Transcripts of the debate were available almost immediately, providing some opportunities to slice and dice the contenders’ words.
☘️Do’s and don’ts☘️
🍂Meaning: Instructions and warnings about what you should and should not do in a particular situation
🍂Example: Here is a list of do’s and don’ts for anyone planning to start a business.
☘️Live and learn☘️
🍂Meaning: Learning about life by experiences and unpleasant mistakes.
🍂Example: Live and learn is my motto. You can learn a lot from your mistakes.
☘️Live and let live☘️
🍂Meaning: Being tolerant with others
🍂Example: At first, my flatmates used to quarrel a lot, but now they decided to live and let live.
☘️Rules and regulations☘️
🍂Meaning: Law, Legislation
🍂Example: In every community rules and regulations are necessary to settle disagreements.
#Vocabulary
#Useful_expressions
#Binomials_with_and
@pmperfect1
🍃BINOMIAL pairs in English language🍃
🔺 Common binomial pairs in English 🔺
⚪️ Binomial pairs with ‘or’ conjunction ⚪️
☘️Sink or Swim☘️
🍂Meaning: To be in a situation where you can either swim and be successful or sink and fail.
🍂Example: It’s a sink or swim situation.
☘️Sooner or later☘️
🍂Meaning: Something that will happen in the future, even if you are uncertain about the date.
🍂Example: Sooner or later I’ll sign up to the gym and start working out regularly.
☘️Take it or leave it☘️
🍂Meaning: The last offer in a negotiation
🍂Example: I’m not going to pay more than 1000 € for this bike. Take it or leave it!
☘️Give or take☘️
🍂Meaning: A little more or less than the amount mentioned
🍂Example:The car cost 5000 £, give or take a few pounds
☘️Now or never☘️
🍂Meaning: Something to do in that moment or never again.
🍂Example: Julie was at that stage in the life when she feels that her last chance of marrying has come and that her fate must be decided now or never.
☘️More or less☘️
🍂Meaning: Mostly/ approximately/ almost
🍂Example: There are hundred people in the room, more or less.
☘️Make or break☘️
🍂Meaning: To be a crucial factor in determining the success of something.
🍂Example: Vince knew that his ability to come up with a catchy hook would make or break his song.
☘️Take it or leave it☘️
🍂Meaning: A situation has to be accepted without change, or rejected outright.
🍂Example: That’s the deal: take it or leave it.
☘️Win or lose☘️
🍂Meaning: Whether you succeed or fail
🍂Example: Win or lose, you must be proud that you got this far.
#Vocabulary
#Binomials
#Binomials_with_or
#Useful_expressions
@PMPerfect1
🔺 Common binomial pairs in English 🔺
⚪️ Binomial pairs with ‘or’ conjunction ⚪️
☘️Sink or Swim☘️
🍂Meaning: To be in a situation where you can either swim and be successful or sink and fail.
🍂Example: It’s a sink or swim situation.
☘️Sooner or later☘️
🍂Meaning: Something that will happen in the future, even if you are uncertain about the date.
🍂Example: Sooner or later I’ll sign up to the gym and start working out regularly.
☘️Take it or leave it☘️
🍂Meaning: The last offer in a negotiation
🍂Example: I’m not going to pay more than 1000 € for this bike. Take it or leave it!
☘️Give or take☘️
🍂Meaning: A little more or less than the amount mentioned
🍂Example:The car cost 5000 £, give or take a few pounds
☘️Now or never☘️
🍂Meaning: Something to do in that moment or never again.
🍂Example: Julie was at that stage in the life when she feels that her last chance of marrying has come and that her fate must be decided now or never.
☘️More or less☘️
🍂Meaning: Mostly/ approximately/ almost
🍂Example: There are hundred people in the room, more or less.
☘️Make or break☘️
🍂Meaning: To be a crucial factor in determining the success of something.
🍂Example: Vince knew that his ability to come up with a catchy hook would make or break his song.
☘️Take it or leave it☘️
🍂Meaning: A situation has to be accepted without change, or rejected outright.
🍂Example: That’s the deal: take it or leave it.
☘️Win or lose☘️
🍂Meaning: Whether you succeed or fail
🍂Example: Win or lose, you must be proud that you got this far.
#Vocabulary
#Binomials
#Binomials_with_or
#Useful_expressions
@PMPerfect1
⚫️ BINOMIALS ⚫️
⚫️ meet and greet
= to welcome
*️⃣ Example:
When the guest arrives, I'll do the meet and greet in the reception.
⚫️ kill or be killed
= live or die
*️⃣ Example:
Life in those days was kill or be killed: only the strong survived.
⚫️ loud and clear
= easy to hear and understand
*️⃣ Example:
A: Did you hear what I said?
B: Loud and clear!
⚫️ high and dry
= stranded
*️⃣ Example
They left me high and dry.
⚫️ hit and miss
= unreliable, inconsistent
*️⃣ Example:
The team's performance this season was hit and miss.
⚫️ here and there
= a variety of places
*️⃣ Example:
They looked here and there, but couldn't find her.
⚫️ hammer and tongs
= with great effort
*️⃣ Example:
He's been going hammer and tongs to finish the report by Friday.
⚫️ give and take
= compromise
*️⃣ Example:
There should be a certain amount of give and take, but don't let them push you around.
⚫️ cool, calm and collected
= without stress or nervousness
*️⃣ Example:
She looked cool, calm and collected as she presented to the board, but said afterward she was having kittens.
⚫️ first and foremost
= first
*️⃣ Example:
First and foremost, let me thank you all for coming today.
⚫️ crash and burn
= total failure
*️⃣ Example:
I'm gonna crash and burn, if I don't get some study done.
⚫️ cat and mouse
= use strategy
chase
*️⃣ Example:
Hackers have been playing cat and mouse with internet security firms.
⚫️ for better or worse
= good or bad, no matter what the result
*️⃣ Example:
For better or worse, he was reelected for another four years.
⚫️ be all and end all
= the most important part
*️⃣ Example:
Gavin thinks he is the be all and end all of Sales.
⚫️ alive and kicking
= living and healthy
*️⃣ Example:
A: How's old man Burns?
B: He's pushing 80, but he's alive and kicking.
#binomials
#useful_phrases
@PMPerfect1
⚫️ meet and greet
= to welcome
*️⃣ Example:
When the guest arrives, I'll do the meet and greet in the reception.
⚫️ kill or be killed
= live or die
*️⃣ Example:
Life in those days was kill or be killed: only the strong survived.
⚫️ loud and clear
= easy to hear and understand
*️⃣ Example:
A: Did you hear what I said?
B: Loud and clear!
⚫️ high and dry
= stranded
*️⃣ Example
They left me high and dry.
⚫️ hit and miss
= unreliable, inconsistent
*️⃣ Example:
The team's performance this season was hit and miss.
⚫️ here and there
= a variety of places
*️⃣ Example:
They looked here and there, but couldn't find her.
⚫️ hammer and tongs
= with great effort
*️⃣ Example:
He's been going hammer and tongs to finish the report by Friday.
⚫️ give and take
= compromise
*️⃣ Example:
There should be a certain amount of give and take, but don't let them push you around.
⚫️ cool, calm and collected
= without stress or nervousness
*️⃣ Example:
She looked cool, calm and collected as she presented to the board, but said afterward she was having kittens.
⚫️ first and foremost
= first
*️⃣ Example:
First and foremost, let me thank you all for coming today.
⚫️ crash and burn
= total failure
*️⃣ Example:
I'm gonna crash and burn, if I don't get some study done.
⚫️ cat and mouse
= use strategy
chase
*️⃣ Example:
Hackers have been playing cat and mouse with internet security firms.
⚫️ for better or worse
= good or bad, no matter what the result
*️⃣ Example:
For better or worse, he was reelected for another four years.
⚫️ be all and end all
= the most important part
*️⃣ Example:
Gavin thinks he is the be all and end all of Sales.
⚫️ alive and kicking
= living and healthy
*️⃣ Example:
A: How's old man Burns?
B: He's pushing 80, but he's alive and kicking.
#binomials
#useful_phrases
@PMPerfect1