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πŸ–Œ - idiom - ruffle someone's feathersπŸ¦‰
▢️ Conditional words and expressions - IF, SUPPOSING, IF ONLY, WHAT IF + 1. simple past / 2. past perfect ◀️
🐬 WISH + 1. simple past / 2. past perfect / 3. would+infinitive 🐳
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πŸ†˜ mistakes with "WISH" 🚫
Confident = optimistic πŸ™Œ; self-assured

Confidant = man you trust with your secrets

Confidante = woman you trust with your secrets.

πŸ‘©πŸ»πŸ’¬ πŸ€πŸ™Š

#Vocabulary
πŸ– πŸƒ - be like a red rag to a bull / a red flag to a bull / like waving a red flag in front of a bull πŸ‚ πŸ–

= An object, utterance, or act which is certain to provoke someone.

~ Just mentioning his poor marks to him was waving a red rag to a bull.
πŸ’  In two circumstances, TOO can be used in a positive statement:
1️⃣ You are too funny! = You are so funny! = You are very funny!
2️⃣ You are too kind! = You are so kind! = You are very kind!
-[yet]

β–ΊWhen 'yet' is used in affirmative statements, it actually implies a negative, as in:

-I've yet to see the Eiffel Tower in France.( = I have not yet seen it.) = ( I haven't seen it yet)

#Grammar
πŸ”˜ homework assignments βœ”οΈ

πŸ”΄ a homework / homeworks ❌

πŸ”˜ homework / any homework βœ”οΈ
πŸ’  - at the North Pole - at the South Pole etc πŸ’ 
- the points of the compass (north, south, east, west, south-east, north-west etc)
▢️ the difference between 'IN the south' and 'TO the south' or just 'south' ◀️
πŸ”Έ - stroke = slash β€”- in numbers πŸ”Έ
πŸ†˜ Some adjectives have a different meaning when used before or after a noun:
- concerned, opposite, present, responsible, involved πŸ–