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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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🔴 Prepositions
(Part 1)


🔸Ahead
🔹ahead/behind schedule
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🔸As

🔹as a matter of fact
🔹as a result of
🔹as a rule
🔹as far as
🔹as far as I know
= to the best of my knowledge
🔹as long as
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🔸At

🔹at + address
🔹at a glance
🔹at a guess
🔹at a loss
🔹at any cost / at all cost/s
🔹at any rate
🔹at ease
🔹at first
🔹at first sight
🔹at heart
🔹at … km/miles per hour
🔹at large
🔹at last
🔹at least
🔹at night
🔹at noon
🔹at once
🔹at random
🔹at school
🔹at short notice
🔹at the age of
🔹at the back of
🔹at the beginning (of)
🔹at the corner
🔹at the crossroads
🔹at the door
🔹at the end (of)
🔹at the expense of
🔹at the front
🔹at the hospital
🔹at the latest
🔹at the moment
🔹at the sight of
🔹at the top/bottom of
🔹at the weekend
🔹at university
🔹at work
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🔸By

🔹by accident
🔹by all accounts
🔹by all means
🔹by bus/car/plane
🔹by chance
🔹by cheque/credit card
🔹by day/night
🔹by far
🔹by force
🔹by hand
🔹by heart
🔹by means of
🔹by mistake
🔹by now
🔹by oneself
🔹by one's side
🔹by phone/post/airmail
🔹by profession
🔹(take) by surprise
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🔸For

🔹for a change
🔹for a while
🔹for ages
🔹for certain/sure
🔹for example
🔹for fear of
🔹for granted
🔹for hire/rent
🔹for instance
🔹for life
🔹for one's sake
🔹for the sake of
🔹for sale
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🔸From

🔹from experience
🔹from now/then on
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🔸In

🔹in + month/season
🔹in + year/century
🔹all in all
🔹in a bad/good mood
🔹in a mess
🔹in a queue
🔹in a row/rows
🔹in a state
🔹in a while
🔹in addition (to)
🔹in aid of
🔹in advance
🔹in answer to
🔹in any case
🔹in captivity
🔹in case of
🔹in cash
🔹in charge of
🔹in comfort
🔹in common
🔹in conclusion
🔹in connection with
🔹in contact with
🔹in court
🔹in debt
🔹in detail
🔹in difficulty
🔹in exchange for
🔹in fact
🔹in favour of
🔹in flames
🔹in full
🔹in general
🔹in half
🔹in haste
🔹in honour of
🔹in hospital
🔹in instalments
🔹in memory
🔹in need of
🔹in/out of action
🔹in/out of business
🔹in/out of control
🔹in/out of danger
🔹in/out of demand
🔹in/out of fashion
🔹in/out of hand
🔹in/out of order
🔹in/out of place
🔹in/out of print
🔹in/out of season
🔹in/out of shape
🔹in/out of sight
🔹in/out of stock
🔹in/out of touch
🔹in/out of use
🔹in one's opinion
🔹in other words
🔹in pain
🔹in pairs
🔹in particular
🔹in person
🔹in practice
🔹in prison
🔹in private
🔹in progress
🔹in public
🔹in reality
🔹in/with reference to
🔹in relation to
🔹in reply to
🔹in return
🔹in secret
🔹in shock
🔹in short
🔹in sight of
🔹in summary
🔹in support of
🔹in the beginning
🔹in the centre (of)
🔹in the city/country
🔹in the corner of
🔹in the end
🔹in the first place
🔹in the future
🔹in the long/short run
🔹in the meantime
🔹in the middle (of)
🔹in the mood for
🔹in the morning/afternoon/evening
🔹in the mountains
🔹in the North/South
🔹in the streets
🔹in the suburbs
🔹in this respect
🔹in touch with
🔹in town
🔹in trouble (with)
🔹in vain
🔹in writing
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🔸Into

🔹into pieces
🔹(come) into power


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🔴 Prepositions
(Part 2)

🔸On

🔹on a + day
🔹on + date
🔹on + road/avenue
🔹on a diet
🔹on a farm
🔹on a journey/trip/tour
🔹on an excursion
🔹on an island
🔹on account of
🔹on approval
🔹on arrival
🔹on average/the average
🔹on behalf of
🔹on board
🔹on business
🔹on credit
🔹on demand
🔹on display
🔹on/off duty
🔹on easy terms
🔹on fire
🔹on good/bad terms
🔹on holiday
🔹on impulse
🔹on one's birthday
🔹on one's mind
🔹on one's own
🔹on page
🔹on purpose
🔹on sale
🔹on schedule
🔹on second thought/s
🔹on strike
🔹on television
🔹on time
🔹on top of
🔹on the back of
🔹on the contrary
🔹on the corner
🔹on the floor
🔹on the house
🔹on the left/right
🔹on the market
🔹on the move
🔹on the one/other hand
🔹on the outskirts
🔹on the phone
🔹on the point of
🔹on the radio
🔹on/off the road
🔹on the whole
🔹on weekdays
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🔸Out

🔹out of breath
🔹out of date
🔹out of the ordinary
🔹out of practice
🔹out of the question
🔹out of reach
🔹out of the ark / went out with the ark (Brit.)
= behind the times
= having seen better days
🔹out of the question
🔹out of tune (with sb/sth)
≠ in tune (with sb/sth)
🔹out of work
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🔸To

🔹to one's amazement
🔹to one's astonishment
🔹to one's surprise
🔹to some extent
🔹to the best of my knowledge
= as far as I know
🔹to this day
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🔸Under

🔹under age
🔹under arrest
🔹under control
🔹under pressure
🔹under repair
🔹under strain
🔹under the circumstances
🔹under the impression
🔹under the weather
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🔸With

🔹with regard to
🔹with respect to
🔹with a view to
🔹with the exception of
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🔸Without

🔹without a doubt
🔹without delay
🔹without fail
🔹without warning


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🔴 The difference between "wish & hope

🔸Wish is most commonly used in hypothetical (or imagined) situations:

🔷I wish that I had a dog. (I don't really have a dog, but if I did, I would be happy.)

🔷I wish (that) you were here. (Unfortunately, you're not, and I miss you.)

🔸Sometimes wish is used in greeting and expressions of goodwill:

🔷We wish you a "Merry Christmas."
🔷They wished him "Happy Birthday."
🔷Wish me luck.


🔸Hope can also be used in expressions of goodwill, but the grammar is slightly different:

🔷I hope (that) you have a Merry Christmas.
(some time in the future)

🔷I hope (that) you had a nice Birthday.
(some time in the past)


🔸 Hope can be used to specify a desired outcome. For future hopes, the possibilities remain open, but for past hopes, the outcome has usually been determined already.


🔷I hope you can come to the party on Saturday.
(future possibility)

🔷I was hoping that you would come to the party.
(but you didn't make it)

🔷I had hoped to see you at the party on Saturday.
(but I didn't)

🔷I hope to get an A on the exam.
(it is still possible)


🔸Wish and hope are also used in certain types of requests and pleasantries. In such situations, wish carries a more definite and formal tone.

🔷I wish to see the doctor.
(right now)

🔷I hope to see you again.
(anytime in the future)


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✳️ Prepositional Collocations (by)


🔵 by accident
Eg I was so sleepy that I put salt in my coffee by accident.

🔴 by all accounts
Eg By all accounts, Seville is a beautiful city.

🔵 by appointment
Eg The museum is open at weekends by appointment.

🔴 by the arm/hand
Eg He took me by the hand as we walked along the beach.

🔵 by auction
Eg We’re selling our antique furniture by auction.

🔴 by birth
Eg I grew up in England but I’m Irish by birth.

🔵 by bus/train/plane, etc.
Eg Are you going to go there by bus or by train?

🔴 by chance
Eg I found some money in my jacket pocket by chance.

🔵 by cheque
Eg I’ve never paid for anything by cheque.

🔴 by day/night
Eg The Eiffel Tower looks spectacular by night.

🔵 by design
Eg I became a teacher more by accident than by design.

🔴 by the drozen
Eg I always buy eggs by the drozen. A drozen means 12.

🔵 by far
Eg Before Sunset is by far my favourite film – I just love it.

🔴 by hand
Eg My granduncle built this house by hand.

🔵 by heart
Eg At school we had to learn poems by heart.

🔴 by invitation
Eg Membership to the club is by invitation only.

🔵 by land/sea/air
Eg I get sick whenever I travel by sea.

🔴 by law
Eg Dog owners must have a licence for the pets by law.

🔵 by luck
Eg They played badly but won the match by luck.

🔴 by means of
Eg I was able to afford the car by means of a bank loan.

🔵 by mistake
Eg I chose the wrong road by mistake. Now we’re lost.

🔴 by nature
Eg German people tend to be quite organised by nature.

🔵 by no means
Eg It’s by no means certain that the economy will improve.

🔴 by now
Eg If you don’t know me by now, you’ll never know me.

🔵 by oneself
Eg I don’t mind spending time by myself.

🔴 by phone
Eg Get in touch with me by phone if you need any help.

🔵 by post
Eg Do you think it’s safe to send cash by post.

🔴 by request
Eg Guided tours of the gallery are available by request.

🔵 by rights
Eg By rights, it’s my turn to play but you can go ahead.

🔴 by one’s side
Eg He was by her side whenever she needed him.

🔵 by surprise
Eg The unusual question took John by surprise.

🔴 by the time
Eg I’ll have gone to bed by the time you get home.

🔵 by the way
Eg By the way, I won’t be able to come to class next week.

🔴 by word of mouth
Eg . The best form of advertising is by word of mouth.


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✳️ Collocations With Practice.


➖ VERB+ practice ➖


💠Need practice

Most trainee teachers need practice in writing on a blackboard.

💠Have practice

Using a mouse is the easiest thing in the world once you've had some practice.


💠Improve with practice

Don't worry. Your English will improve with practice.


💠Learn through practice

You get knowledge from books, but skills can only be learnt through practice.


💠Come with practice

Playing the piano is the kind of skill that only comes with years of practice.


💠Give you practice

This exercise gives students practice in using the past tense.


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