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⭕️Vocabulary

πŸ‘‰Four words that often confuse learners of English are dead, death, die and died.

‼️Compare:

πŸ“’My cat is dead.
πŸ“’It died yesterday.
πŸ“’Its death was a surprise.

πŸ‘‰The explanation is quite simple:

πŸ“’Dead is an Adjective (a descriptive word)
πŸ“’Death is a Noun (a naming word)
πŸ“’Die is a Verb (an action word)
πŸ“’Died is the past tense of the verb Die

‼️Expressions using Dead:

πŸ“’I wouldn't be caught dead… (there/wearing that/doing that etc)
= To refuse to and affirm that you would never do something

πŸ“’To stop dead in your tracks
= To stop suddenly or abruptly

πŸ“’Dead as a doornail
= Something that is completely/obviously/certainly dead

πŸ“’In the dead of winter/night
= In the middle of winter/night

‼️Expressions using Death:

πŸ“’To be on death's door
= To be very close to dying. Here death is personified.

πŸ“’You'll catch your death outside!
= An expression used to warn people about how cold the weather is outside. "You'll catch a cold, or worse!"

πŸ“’To do something to death
= To do something over and over again until it is no longer popular. They've played that song to death on the radio!

πŸ“’A matter of life and death
= A usually figurative way if saying something's extremely important

‼️Expressions using Die:

πŸ“’To be dying to do something
= to be desperate to do something e.g. "I'm dying to go on holiday"

πŸ“’To be dying of something
= literal or figurative, e.g. "I'm dying of hunger/heat"


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πŸ’’Vocabulary
⭕️The difference between "Courageous & Brave"

πŸ‘‰ Courageous is a person who can face opposition for Morality invoving of threat of Physical Punishment or other threats to Reputation or career.

πŸ‘‰brave is talking about a person who faces Physical Dangers or Pain and usually such people are so Zealous.

❗️The examples will server our purpose to make you understand.

πŸ”· Zoro was a brave person but Nelson Mandella was a courageous person.
πŸ”· Imam Khomeini died after a brave fight against his ILLNESS.

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πŸ’’Vocabulary
⭕️The difference between "quiet & silent"

πŸ‘‰Quiet: You make a sound but not a loud sound.

❎ I have a car with  silent engine. (silent engine = broken car)
βœ… I have a car with quiet engine. (all cars make sound, however this car doesn't make a loud sound -> quiet) 

πŸ‘‰Silent: You don't make any sound at all ( no noise, no sound).

 βŽ She didn't say anything, she was quiet.
 βœ… She didn't say anything, she was silent.

‼️The word β€œquiet” used for there to be very little noise or for someone to not talk very much,
but the word β€œsilent” used for there to be no sound at all or for someone to not speak at all.

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⭕️The difference between " unknown and unfamiliar"

πŸ”·unknown: usually describes something that people in general do not know or know very little about:
πŸ”Ή 'Whether or not there is life on any of these planets remains unknown.'

πŸ”Άunfamiliar:
Something that you yourself have not seen, heard or experienced before is  (to you):
πŸ”Έ'The voice on the phone sounded unfamiliar.'

πŸ‘‰ Common Errors

❎ I don't like driving on unknown roads.
βœ… I don't like driving on unfamiliar roads.

❎ The names on the list were unknown to me.
βœ… The names on the list were unfamiliar to me

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πŸ“˜πŸ“˜American English File 2, 2nd Edition, Unit 4C, Exercise 4, READING Vocabulary, Pages 32 & 33

πŸ€₯ WHAT DID YOU REALLY DO ON THE WEEKEND?

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πŸ“—πŸ“—πŸ“—American English File 3, 2nd Edition, GRAMMAR 9B, Exercise 1, Page 88 & 149

πŸ”Ž quantifiers

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πŸ“•American English File 1, 2nd Edition, Unit 3C, Exercise 2, GRAMMAR, Pages 25 & 128

πŸ”Žβ“ word order in questions

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