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English is the language of the air.

This means that all pilots have to identify themselves and speak in English while flying, regardless of their origin.

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💮 10 alternative words for “thing”

The word thing is ubiquitous, i.e. it’s everywhere. A good thing, a bad thing, many things, something, anything, everything; we use the word a lot.

Here are ten alternatives we can use:

💮 1. a detail
He told us all the details of his life.
(He told us everything.)

💮 2. a feature
The new Galaxy smartphone has many unique features.
(It has many unique things, many functions.)

💮 3. an item
There are twenty items on the shopping list.
(There are twenty things on the list.)

💮 4. an issue
There are many controversial issues surrounding the building of the shopping centre.
(There are many controversial things about the construction.)

💮 5. a matter
This is very serious – it’s a matter for the police.
(It’s something we should inform the police about.)
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💮 6. a point
The minister made some good points during his speech.
(He said some valid and interesting things.)

💮 7. a subject
The book covers many subjects.
(It contains many different things.)

💮 8. a topic
The journalist writes about a wide range of topics.
(He writes about different things.)

💮 9. a trait
Kindness and generosity are good traits.
(They are good things in a person’s character.)

💮 10. an attribute
Stamina is a necessary attribute for a long-distance runner.


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Amazing World

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💮 Height & Weight

❇️ Height
🔹tall, very tall, quite tall; six feet tall; not very tall; short;

🔹he is tall; he is taller than his mother; she isn't tall; she isn't as tall as he is;

🔹average height; medium height; middle height;

🔹he is average height; she is of medium height; she is of middle height.

❇️ Weight
🔸thin, quite thin, slim, slender; skinny, underweight; a thin girl; she is thin; she is slim;

🔸plump, chubby, stout, overweight, obese, fat; a stout woman; he is overweight;

🔸medium-build; heavily built; thickset; broad-shouldered; he is medium-build;

🔸a slender young girl; a slim figure; a delicate figure; delicate constitution;

🔸strong, muscular, athletic; weak, feeble.


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Learn nouns, compare them, visual pics

Usage differs,

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🔵 Common Fixed Expressions🔵

🔸do good,harm, business,one'sbest,afavour, sport, exercise, one's hair, one's teeth, one's duty, 50mph

🔹make a journey, an offer,arrangements, a suggestion, a decision, an attempt, an effort, an excuse, an exception, a mistake, a noise, a phone call, money, a profit, a fortune, love, peace, war, a bed, a fire, progress

🔺Note that we say make a bed, but we often talk about doing the bed(s) as part of house work.

Compare:

➖ He's old enough to make his own bed now.
➖ I'll start on the vegetables as soon as I've done the beds.

🔻We use take, not make, in take a photo, and have, not make, in have an (interesting) experience.

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🔴Doubt🔴

🔺Clauses after the verb doubt can be introduced by whether, if or that.

➖Economists doubt whether interest rates will fall in the near future.
➖I doubt if she'll come this evening.
➖The directors doubt that new machinery is really necessary.

🔺In an informal style, people sometimes use no conjunction.
➖I doubt we''ll have enough money for a holiday.

🔺After negative forms of doubt, we normally use that or noconjunction.
➖I don't doubt (that) there willbemoreproblems.

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🔴Efficient and Effective🔴

🔺If somebody/something is efficient, he/she/it works in a well-organised way without wasting time or energy.

➖He's not very efficient: he keeps filing letters in the wrong place, he works very slowly, and he keeps forgetting things.
➖The postal service is even less efficient than the telephone system.

🔺If something is effective, it has the right effect: it solves a problem or gets a result.

➖My headache's much better. Those tablets really are effective.
➖I think a wide black belt would look very effective with that dress.

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Laying The Table

Useful expressions

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🔵Farther and Further🔵

1️⃣ distance

We use both farther and further to talk about distance. They mean the same.
➖Edinburgh is farther/further away than York.

2️⃣'additional'

Further (but not farther) can mean'additional', 'extra', 'more advanced'.
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🔴Forget and Leave🔴

🔺We can use forget to talk about accidentally leaving things behind.
➖Oh damn! I've forgotten my umbrella.

🔺However, we normally use leave if we mention the place.
➖Oh damn! I've left my umbrella at home.

❌I've forgotten my umbrella at home.

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👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Gender in English Grammar

English does not have many problems of grammatical gender. Usually, people are he or she and things are it. Note the following points.

🔺Animals, cars, ships and countries

🔷People sometimes call animals he or she, especially when they are thought of as having a personality, intelligence or feelings. This is common with pets and domestic animals like cats, dogs and horses.

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