At sixes and sevens


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Egghead

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Blimey


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Eager beaver


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Be snowed under


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Shoot the breeze


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"A human being is a part of the whole called by 'Universe', a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings something separated from the rest, a kind of optical us as delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting to our personal desires and affection for a few persons us nearest to us

Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening compassion to embrace all living creatures and the our circle of whole of nature in its beauty".

~ Albert Einstein

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#Reality,
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The most important skill in life is to keep balance.
Be kind but don't let the people abuse you.
Trust but don't be deceived.
Be content but don't stop improving yourself.
مهمترين مهارت در زندگى نگه داشتن تعادله.
مهربون باش اما نذار ازت سو استفاده كنن.
اعتماد كن اما گول نخور.
قانع باش اما از پيشرفت خودت دست نكش.

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"OPTIMISM"

As Hope, Optimism is very necessary and has a strong effect on our lives and actions...

Optimism is beyond Hope because being optimistic is hoping more...

Never lose that character in any walk of your life and surely you will hopefully achieve your goals.

Optimism gives you strength and confidence to work with your entire willingness.

Showing Optimism in your actions is like reaching the half of the way to get succeeded,
The other half in no longer far...
So...
Keep being optimistic and you're going to make it even better.

#Thought
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#idioms

اصطلاحات مفید ✳️
معنای اصطلاح 🅾️
مثالها 🔴🔵

✳️ Lightning fast
🅾️ extremely fast

🔴 I don’t think we can keep up with him, he’s got a lightning fast bike.

🔴 The robbery lasted only a minute, and then the robbers disappeared in a lightning fast car.



✳️ Chase rainbows
🅾️ waste time trying to achieve something impossible

🔵 My wife never believed I would make it as an executive manager; she always thought I was just chasing rainbows.

🔵 Can’t you see you’re only chasing rainbows? There’s no way to get this girl marry you.


✳️ Storm in a teacup
🅾️ exaggerating a problem, anger or worry about something unimportant

🔴 Their debate was only a storm in a teacup – actually neither of them took the problem too serious.

🔴 The reports about the demonstration are a storm in a teacup – there wasn’t as much violence there as they say.


✳️ Face like thunder
🅾️ being clearly very angry or upset

🔵 I don’t know what was happening, I just saw that a man with a face like thunder was chasing a little boy out of the grocer’s shop.

🔵 She didn’t say anything but her face was like thunder; she slammed the door as she left, and we haven’t seen her ever since.


✳️ Raining cats and dogs
🅾️ pouring, raining very heavily

🔴 Where are you going, can’t you see it’s raining cats and dogs? You’ll get soaked in a minute if you go out now.

🔴 They didn’t go to the theme park because it was raining cats and dogs almost all day.


✳️ a breath of fresh air
🅾️ said about a new, fresh, and imaginative approach, a change that feels good.

🔵 The president says that the country needs a breath of fresh air.


✳️ Snowed under
🅾️ having too much to do

🔴 I’d love to help you, but I’m completely snowed under at the moment.

🔴 Could you come over and fix the tap in the bathroom? But of course, only if you aren’t snowed under, it’s not so urgent.


✳️ Head in the clouds
🅾️ having unrealistic or impractical ideas, daydreaming

🔵 Is your sister in love? I see her walking around all day with her head in the clouds.

🔵 You have your head in the clouds if you think Mary will come to your birthday party after the nasty things you’ve done to her.


✳️ Under the weather
🅾️ ill, sick, feeling unwell, sad or lacking energy

🔴 Do you mind if I stay out of work today? I’m feeling under the weather, I may have the flu.

🔴 I heard you were ill yesterday. Are you feeling better now or are you still under the weather?


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IDIOMS USING "LET"


1. let alone
✳️Meaning: stop disturbing
🔴Example: Tell Charles to let that boy alone.

2. let down
✳️Meaning: disappoint, fail
🔴Example: Mrs. Smith is so reliable that I know she will never let me
down.

3. let go
✳️Meaning: release
🔴Example: The police told the terrorist to let the hostages go.

4. let off
✳️Meaning: permit to leave
🔴Example: Ask the bus driver to let you off at Fifth Avenue.

✳️Meaning: to excuse
🔴Example: They caught me with the stolen items, but the judge let me
off.

5. let pass
✳️Meaning: overlook, disregard
🔴Example: I will let your remarks pass.

6. let up
✳️Meaning: pause, decrease in intensity
🔴Example: The storm did not let up until the following day.

7. let out
✳️Meaning: lengthen, expand
🔴Example: He had gotten taller and fatter, so I had to let out his pants.


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⏩ #quiet vs. #silent


⭕️ Quiet: You make a sound but not a loud sound.

Example:

✗ I have a car with silent engine. (silent engine = broken car)

✓ I have a car with quiet engine. (all cars make sound, however this car doesn't make a loud sound -> quiet)

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

Example:

✗ She didn't say anything, she was quiet.
✓ She didn't say anything, she was silent.

🔺The word “quiet” used for there to be very little noise or for someone to not talk very much,
but the word “silent” used for there to be no sound at all or for someone to not speak at all.

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⭕️ #Be_like vs. #look_like

🔹We use be like to talk about someone’s character or personality.

🔹We use look like to talk about someone’s appearance:

▶️A: What’s your new boss like?
B: She’s nice. She’s very professional.

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Not: She’s like a very professional person.


▶️A: What does your father look like?
B: He’s very like me but taller and older!


🔹Compare:

A: What is Martina’s husband like?
B: He’s really nice.
(What is his personality like?
Is he nice?)

A: What does Martina’s husband look like?
B: He’s tall, with blond hair.
(What is his appearance like?
Is he handsome?)

🔺We can also use "be like" to ask for a description of places and things.

– I saw the new office building today.
– What's it like? (= What is it like?)
– It's beautiful!

– I saw the new film last night.
– What was it like?
– Pretty good!

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Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

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💢 Expressions

Here are some expressions that use words related to your favourite time of the week...the weekend!

💢a wet weekend
this expression can be used to describe rainy weather on the weekend, but here we use it to describe a person who we think is boring and not fun:
'I don't like him. He's as much fun as a wet weekend!'

💢a long weekend
This expression decribes not working on the weekend, and also, having an extra day off on Friday or Sunday - probably because of a national holiday. At least three days off including Saturday and Sunday:
'I feel refreshed after my long weekend. I love having three days'

💢a Saturday night special
This slang phrase is becoming a little old fashioned these days. A Saturday night special is a cheap and small gun. The name first appeared in the New York Times back in the '60s.
'The robber was caught by the police carrying a Saturday night special.'

💢Sunday best
Your Sunday best are your smartest or 'best' clothes. If you were going to a formal party you would wear your Sunday best.
Traditionally people would dress in smart clothes on a Sunday when they went to church:
'Joanna looked lovely all dressed up in her Sunday best'.

💢Sunday driver
A Sunday driver is someone who drives very slowly. The description has a negative meaning. We use it to desribe a driver who makes other drivers angry because of their slow driving.
Sunday drivers go for a drive on Sunday just for something to do. They are not in a hurry and are not going anywhere special:
'DRIVE! COME ON! COME ON! I'M IN A HURRY! MOVE OUT OF MY WAY! I HATE SUNDAY DRIVERS!'


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🔴 LIKE vs. AS


📚LIKE
similar to; the same as.

🔸The structure of the sentence is usually:

🔴 VERB + LIKE + NOUN / PRONOUN.


🔸He speaks like a native speaker. (He speaks similar to a native speaker)
🔸She looks like a supermodel.
🔸You look like him.
🔸Stop behaving like animals.

🔰LIKE is mainly used as a comparison.


📚AS
the way; in the same way; in the same condition

🔸The structure of the sentence is usually:

🔴 AS + SUBJECT + VERB.

🔸Nobody sings as she does. (Nobody sings in the same way she does)
🔸They went to the party as they were.
🔸Please don't use my plate as an ashtray.
🔸As I said before, we have to get ready.


✌️Notice how you could replace AS with 'the way' or 'in the same way' and maintain the same meaning.

⚡️It is common in American English to use LIKE instead of AS. However, it is generally considered informal to use it in this way.
🔸We play football like champions do.


📘Another use of AS
is to say what the role/position/function of a person/thing is.

🔸He started work as a carpenter.
🔸She used the tapestry as decoration in her living room.
🔸I worked as an English teacher at the school.


📚LIKE vs. AS

🔴 Be careful, in similar sentences that use LIKE and AS, the meanings of each sentence are very different. For example:

🔸As your boss, I must warn you to be careful. (I am your boss - I am in the role of boss - REALITY.)

🔸Like your boss, I must warn you to be careful. (I am not your boss, but he/she and I have a similar opinion. - COMPARISON)


📒Another example with different meanings:

🔸This curry is hot, like all good curries. (Like + Noun Phrase)
🔸= Similar to all good curries
🔸This curry is hot, as it should be. (As + Clause)
= Comparing to the way a curry should be. Notice how after AS there is a Subject + Verb (a clause)



📚AS IF

📗In English we also use as if to make comparisons. However it has a few distinct characteristics to its use:

1. The verb after AS IF is always in the past subjunctive, no matter what tense the sentence is.

2. If the verb BE directly follows AS IF, we use were for all personal pronouns.

🔸He looks as if he knew the answer... but he doesn't.
(The verbs LOOKS indicates this sentence is in the present - but the verb after AS IF - knew - is in the past subjuntive).

🔸She walks as if she were a supermodel.

(The verb after AS IF -be - has been changed to were and not was).

🔸He boarded the airplane as if he were a seasoned traveller.

🔸He spends money as if he owned a bank.


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Active & Passive Verb Tenses

#Grammar #Passive

🟢 You are standing in the place where...


📗📗📗American English File 3, Second Edition, Student Book, Unit 6A, Exercise 1, READING Vocabulary, Pages 54 & 55

Last update: October 4, 2019  

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Who knows you better -
your mother or your best friend?


American English File 2, Second Edition,
Unit 1B, Page 6, READING Vocabulary

Last update: October 4, 2019



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