🗣 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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✨ 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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#️⃣#Arrive /əˈraɪv/ #verb
💢arrive in/at
🔹What time does the plane arrive in New York?
🔹 I usually arrive at school on time.
💢arrive late/early
🔹He arrived late as usual.
🔹By the time the police arrived on the scene, the burglars had fled.
💢If something arrives, it is brought or delivered to you:
🔹The card arrived on my birthday.
💢If an event or particular period of time arrives, it happens:
🔹When her wedding day arrived, she was really nervous.
💢If a new idea, method, product etc arrives, it begins to exist or starts being used:
🔹Since computers arrived, my job has become much easier.
💢to be born:
🔹Sharon’s baby arrived just after midnight.
💢arrive at a decision/solution/compromise etc: ➡️ to reach a decision, solution etc after a lot of effort:
🔹After much consideration, we have arrived at a decision.
💢somebody has arrived ➡️ used to say that someone has become successful or famous:
🔹When he saw his name painted on the door he knew he’d arrived!
📚#Thesaurus:
⚪️Arrive ➡️ to get to the place you are going to :
✨I arrived at the party at around 7 o'clock.
✨They were due to arrive home from Spain yesterday.
⚪️Get ➡️ to arrive somewhere. Get is much more common in #everyday_English than arrive :
✨What time do you usually get to work?
✨I’ll call you when I get home.
⚪️Reach ➡️ to arrive somewhere, especially after a long journey :
✨When we finally reached the port, we were all very tired.
⚪️Come ➡️ if someone comes, they arrive at the place where you are :
✨She came home yesterday.
✨What time did the plumber say he’d come?
⚪️Turn up ➡️ (also show up) #informal to arrive somewhere, especially when someone is waiting for you :
✨I’d arranged to meet Tom, but he never turned up.
⚪️Roll in #informal ➡️ to arrive somewhere later than you should and not seem worried about it :
✨Rebecca usually rolls in around noon.
⚪️Get in ➡️ to arrive somewhere – used especially about people arriving home, or a plane, train etc arriving at an airport, station etc :
✨I usually get in at around 6 o'clock.
✨What time did your plane get in?
⚪️Come in ➡️ if a plane, train, or ship comes in, it arrives in the place where you are :
✨We liked to watch the cruise ships come in.
⚪️Land ➡️ if a plane or the passengers on it land, they arrive on the ground :
✨We finally landed at 2 a.m.
✨They watched the planes taking off and landing.
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💢arrive in/at
🔹What time does the plane arrive in New York?
🔹 I usually arrive at school on time.
💢arrive late/early
🔹He arrived late as usual.
🔹By the time the police arrived on the scene, the burglars had fled.
💢If something arrives, it is brought or delivered to you:
🔹The card arrived on my birthday.
💢If an event or particular period of time arrives, it happens:
🔹When her wedding day arrived, she was really nervous.
💢If a new idea, method, product etc arrives, it begins to exist or starts being used:
🔹Since computers arrived, my job has become much easier.
💢to be born:
🔹Sharon’s baby arrived just after midnight.
💢arrive at a decision/solution/compromise etc: ➡️ to reach a decision, solution etc after a lot of effort:
🔹After much consideration, we have arrived at a decision.
💢somebody has arrived ➡️ used to say that someone has become successful or famous:
🔹When he saw his name painted on the door he knew he’d arrived!
📚#Thesaurus:
⚪️Arrive ➡️ to get to the place you are going to :
✨I arrived at the party at around 7 o'clock.
✨They were due to arrive home from Spain yesterday.
⚪️Get ➡️ to arrive somewhere. Get is much more common in #everyday_English than arrive :
✨What time do you usually get to work?
✨I’ll call you when I get home.
⚪️Reach ➡️ to arrive somewhere, especially after a long journey :
✨When we finally reached the port, we were all very tired.
⚪️Come ➡️ if someone comes, they arrive at the place where you are :
✨She came home yesterday.
✨What time did the plumber say he’d come?
⚪️Turn up ➡️ (also show up) #informal to arrive somewhere, especially when someone is waiting for you :
✨I’d arranged to meet Tom, but he never turned up.
⚪️Roll in #informal ➡️ to arrive somewhere later than you should and not seem worried about it :
✨Rebecca usually rolls in around noon.
⚪️Get in ➡️ to arrive somewhere – used especially about people arriving home, or a plane, train etc arriving at an airport, station etc :
✨I usually get in at around 6 o'clock.
✨What time did your plane get in?
⚪️Come in ➡️ if a plane, train, or ship comes in, it arrives in the place where you are :
✨We liked to watch the cruise ships come in.
⚪️Land ➡️ if a plane or the passengers on it land, they arrive on the ground :
✨We finally landed at 2 a.m.
✨They watched the planes taking off and landing.
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✂️CUT IT OUT!
= stop doing something bad
🔹That noise is really annoying. Cut it out!😤
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= stop doing something bad
🔹That noise is really annoying. Cut it out!😤
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🌟With respect to (something)
= referring to something, concerning something
🔹I do not know what the company will do with respect to the old computer system.💻
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= referring to something, concerning something
🔹I do not know what the company will do with respect to the old computer system.💻
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#️⃣#Content /ˈkɒntent $ ˈkɑːn-/ #verb [transitive] 1️⃣content yourself with (doing) something ➡️ to do or have something that is not what you really wanted, but is still satisfactory: 🔹Mr Lal has been asking for more responsibility, but has had to content…
📚#Thesaurus:
⚪️satisfied ➡️ feeling that something is as good as it should be, or that something has happened in the way that you want:
✨The teacher is satisfied with his progress.
✨another satisfied customer
⚪️happy [not before noun] ➡️ satisfied. Happy is very commonly used instead of satisfied in #everyday_English:
✨The boss seems happy with my work.
✨I’m happy to work part-time until the kids are older.
⚪️pleased [not before noun] ➡️ very satisfied:
✨I’m pleased with the results.
✨He came out looking pleased with himself.
⚪️content [not before noun] ➡️ satisfied with what you are doing, so that you do not want to change anything:
✨She seemed content to just sit and watch the others.
✨Sam was quite content with his life on the farm.
⚪️fulfilled [not usually before noun] ➡️ feeling that you have achieved enough in your life, and that you do not need things that are more interesting, important, or useful:
✨I enjoy being a mother, but to feel fulfilled I need to work too.
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⚪️satisfied ➡️ feeling that something is as good as it should be, or that something has happened in the way that you want:
✨The teacher is satisfied with his progress.
✨another satisfied customer
⚪️happy [not before noun] ➡️ satisfied. Happy is very commonly used instead of satisfied in #everyday_English:
✨The boss seems happy with my work.
✨I’m happy to work part-time until the kids are older.
⚪️pleased [not before noun] ➡️ very satisfied:
✨I’m pleased with the results.
✨He came out looking pleased with himself.
⚪️content [not before noun] ➡️ satisfied with what you are doing, so that you do not want to change anything:
✨She seemed content to just sit and watch the others.
✨Sam was quite content with his life on the farm.
⚪️fulfilled [not usually before noun] ➡️ feeling that you have achieved enough in your life, and that you do not need things that are more interesting, important, or useful:
✨I enjoy being a mother, but to feel fulfilled I need to work too.
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#️⃣#Method /ˈmeθəd/ BrE AmE #noun
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⚪️method ▶️ a way of doing something, especially one that is well known and often used:
✨You can choose whichever method of payment you prefer.
✨an environmentally friendly method for treating household waste
⚪️way ▶️ a set of actions that you use in order to do something. Way is more #informal than method and is used more often in #everyday_English:
✨What’s the best way to remove wine stains?
✨a new way of treating the disease
✨There are lots of ways of cooking mushrooms.
⚪️means ▶️ something that you use to do something or achieve something:
✨Their main means of transport is their car.
✨E-mail is often the most convenient means of communication.
✨He looked around for a means of escape.
✨Education and training are the most efficient means of improving the nation’s economy.
⚪️approach ▶️ a way of dealing with a particular problem or situation, especially a way that has been carefully thought about or planned:
✨Today’s approach to raising children is very different from 40 years ago.
✨I think we need to try a different approach.
⚪️technique ▶️ a particular way of doing something, for which you need a skill that has to be learned and practised:
✨tips on how to improve your exam technique
✨More patients are surviving thanks to improved surgical techniques.
⚪️tactics ▶️ methods that you use in order to achieve what you want, especially in a game or competition:
✨There were complaints about police tactics used to clear demonstrators.
✨The team was discussing tactics for the game.
⚪️strategy ▶️ a set of carefully planned methods for achieving something that is difficult and may take a long time:
✨our sales strategy
✨a strategy to reduce the level of teenage smoking
⚪️mode #formal ▶️ a particular way of doing something:
✨For him, painting is just another mode of expression.
✨You can choose between several different modes of operation.
✨the most efficient mode of transportation
✨Withdrawing a child from class is still the preferred mode of providing extra help to that child.
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📚#Thesaurus:
⚪️method ▶️ a way of doing something, especially one that is well known and often used:
✨You can choose whichever method of payment you prefer.
✨an environmentally friendly method for treating household waste
⚪️way ▶️ a set of actions that you use in order to do something. Way is more #informal than method and is used more often in #everyday_English:
✨What’s the best way to remove wine stains?
✨a new way of treating the disease
✨There are lots of ways of cooking mushrooms.
⚪️means ▶️ something that you use to do something or achieve something:
✨Their main means of transport is their car.
✨E-mail is often the most convenient means of communication.
✨He looked around for a means of escape.
✨Education and training are the most efficient means of improving the nation’s economy.
⚪️approach ▶️ a way of dealing with a particular problem or situation, especially a way that has been carefully thought about or planned:
✨Today’s approach to raising children is very different from 40 years ago.
✨I think we need to try a different approach.
⚪️technique ▶️ a particular way of doing something, for which you need a skill that has to be learned and practised:
✨tips on how to improve your exam technique
✨More patients are surviving thanks to improved surgical techniques.
⚪️tactics ▶️ methods that you use in order to achieve what you want, especially in a game or competition:
✨There were complaints about police tactics used to clear demonstrators.
✨The team was discussing tactics for the game.
⚪️strategy ▶️ a set of carefully planned methods for achieving something that is difficult and may take a long time:
✨our sales strategy
✨a strategy to reduce the level of teenage smoking
⚪️mode #formal ▶️ a particular way of doing something:
✨For him, painting is just another mode of expression.
✨You can choose between several different modes of operation.
✨the most efficient mode of transportation
✨Withdrawing a child from class is still the preferred mode of providing extra help to that child.
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#️⃣#Continue /kənˈtɪnjuː/ #verb 1️⃣[intransitive and transitive] ➡️ to not stop happening, existing, or doing something ⇨ continuous, continual, discontinue 🔘continue to do something 💥Sheila continued to work after she had her baby. 💥He will be continuing…
📚#Thesaurus:
🔄 to continue doing something
⚪️continue ▶️ to not stop doing something that you are already doing:
✨We need the money to continue our work.
✨They continued arguing for a long time.
✨Despite all the warnings, many people continue to smoke.
✨Sometimes she just couldn’t see the point of continuing.
✨My teacher advised me to continue with my studies.
⚪️go on (also carry on especially #British_English) ▶️ to continue doing something. Go on is less #formal than continue, and is the phrase that people usually use in #everyday_English:
✨Dan went on talking but she was no longer listening.
✨He carried on with his day job. ✨Sheehan has carried on with her campaign.
⚪️keep (on) doing something [not in progressive] ▶️ to continue doing something for a long time – especially so that you feel tired or annoyed:
✨We kept on walking until we got to the top of the hill.
✨The man kept staring at me.
⚪️persevere /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪə, ˌpɜːsɪˈvɪə $ ˌpɜːrsəˈvɪr/ ▶️ to continue trying to do something in a very patient and determined way, in spite of difficulties. Persevere sounds rather #formal:
✨He didn’t know any English, but he persevered and became a good student.
✨Her health was rapidly declining but she persevered with her duties.
✨Stevenson persevered in his efforts to discover what had really happened.
✨Children today seem less willing to seek out challenges and persevere in the face of adversity.
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🔄 to continue doing something
⚪️continue ▶️ to not stop doing something that you are already doing:
✨We need the money to continue our work.
✨They continued arguing for a long time.
✨Despite all the warnings, many people continue to smoke.
✨Sometimes she just couldn’t see the point of continuing.
✨My teacher advised me to continue with my studies.
⚪️go on (also carry on especially #British_English) ▶️ to continue doing something. Go on is less #formal than continue, and is the phrase that people usually use in #everyday_English:
✨Dan went on talking but she was no longer listening.
✨He carried on with his day job. ✨Sheehan has carried on with her campaign.
⚪️keep (on) doing something [not in progressive] ▶️ to continue doing something for a long time – especially so that you feel tired or annoyed:
✨We kept on walking until we got to the top of the hill.
✨The man kept staring at me.
⚪️persevere /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪə, ˌpɜːsɪˈvɪə $ ˌpɜːrsəˈvɪr/ ▶️ to continue trying to do something in a very patient and determined way, in spite of difficulties. Persevere sounds rather #formal:
✨He didn’t know any English, but he persevered and became a good student.
✨Her health was rapidly declining but she persevered with her duties.
✨Stevenson persevered in his efforts to discover what had really happened.
✨Children today seem less willing to seek out challenges and persevere in the face of adversity.
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💢#Accept
✨In #everyday_English, when talking about accepting a job, accepting responsibility or blame, or accepting a method of payment, people usually use take:
🔻 They offered me the job and I accepted. 👉🏻 They offered me the job and I took it.
✨When talking about accepting an offer, people often say take someone up on their offer:
🔻 He decided to take her up on her offer.
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✨In #everyday_English, when talking about accepting a job, accepting responsibility or blame, or accepting a method of payment, people usually use take:
🔻 They offered me the job and I accepted. 👉🏻 They offered me the job and I took it.
✨When talking about accepting an offer, people often say take someone up on their offer:
🔻 He decided to take her up on her offer.
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👍🏻Speak like Natives!
✨GET OUT
🔻I got out of home. 👉🏻 = I left home.
🔻I got you out of home. 👉🏻 = I made you leave home.
🔻I got out with you. 👉🏻 = I had fun with you outdoors.
🔻I got a hair out of your eye. 👉🏻 = I removed a hair from your eye.
🔻I couldn’t got the words out. 👉🏻 = I couldn’t say something.
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✨GET OUT
🔻I got out of home. 👉🏻 = I left home.
🔻I got you out of home. 👉🏻 = I made you leave home.
🔻I got out with you. 👉🏻 = I had fun with you outdoors.
🔻I got a hair out of your eye. 👉🏻 = I removed a hair from your eye.
🔻I couldn’t got the words out. 👉🏻 = I couldn’t say something.
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