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1⃣ take an instant dislike to sb phrasal verb
📖 dislike sb as soon as you meet them.
🏷 He may suddenly take a dislike to foods that he's previously enjoyed.
🏷 And to make matters worse I took an instant dislike to the wife.

2⃣ resent /rɪˈzent/ verb [transitive]
📖 to feel angry or upset about a situation or about something that someone has done, especially because you think that it is not fair
📌 resent (somebody) doing something
🏷 I resented having to work such long hours.
📌 bitterly/deeply/strongly resent
🏷 She bitterly resented his mother’s influence over him.

3⃣ hostile /ˈhɒstaɪl $ ˈhɑːstl, ˈhɑːstaɪl/ adjective
📖 angry and deliberately unfriendly towards someone, and ready to argue with them
📌 hostile to/towards
🏷 Southampton fans gave their former coach a hostile reception.
🏷 Several of the neighbors had become openly hostile to one another.
— hostility noun

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🏃‍♂️ A lot of, lots of, plenty of, a great deal of etc. 📌

🔗 1. These expressions have similar meanings to the determiners much, many and most, but the grammar is not quite the same. Of is used after these expressions even before nouns with no determiner.
Compare:
◇Plenty of shops open on Sunday mornings. (NOT Plenty shops ---)
◇Many shops open on Sunday mornings. (NOT Many of shops ---)
◇There is not a lot of rice left. (NOT There is not a lot rice left.)
◇There is not much rice left. (NOT There is not much of rice left.)

🔗2. A lot of and lots of

□These are rather informal. There is not much difference between a lot of and lots of. They are both used mainly before singular uncountable and plural nouns, and before pronouns. When a lot of/lots of is used before a plural subject, the verb is plural.
◇A lot of my friends live abroad.
◇Lots of time is needed to learn a language.

🔗3. Plenty of

□Plenty of means enough and more. It is used before singular uncountable and plural nouns.
◇There is plenty of time.
◇Plenty of shops accept credit cards.

🔗4. A large amount of, a great deal of and a large number of

□These expressions are rather formal. A large amount of and a great deal of are generally used before uncountable nouns.
◇She has spent a great deal of time in Europe.

○A large number of is used before plural nouns. The following verb is plural.
◇A large number of issues still need to be addressed.

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Today's phrasal verbs are:

✳️Make after
✳️Make up for
✳️Make up

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🔘 Also 📌

🔗 1. Also is an adverb. It is used for adding another fact or idea to what you have already said.

◇Mary writes excellent short stories. She also likes to paint.
◇Bill Gates is one of the richest men in the world. He is also a great philanthropist.
◇My brother is a good singer. He is also a great actor.
◇Coffee is a very popular beverage. It is also rich in antioxidants.

□Also can also be used for showing that what you have just said about someone or something is true about another person or thing.
◇John now works at the State Bank of India, where his father also worked for thirty years.

🔗2. Not only --- but also

○This is a relatively formal structure. When you use this structure don’t forget to put not only and but also before the words or expressions that they modify. Also make sure that the structure is parallel.
◇He was not only a great singer but also an accomplished pianist.
◇I was not only upset but also angry.
◇He not only misbehaved with the servants but also broke the windows and furniture.

🔗3. Not only can be moved to the beginning of the sentence for emphasis. It is then followed by auxiliary verb + subject. If there is no auxiliary verb, we use do / does / did.

◇Not only did he misbehave with the servants, but he also broke the windows and furniture. (NOT Not only he misbehaved with --)

○But can be left out in this case and then we separate the two clauses with a semi-colon.
◇Not only did he misbehave with the servants; he also broke the windows and furniture.

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