💠 - other - the other - another - - - difference 💠

✅ - The other books are ... ☑️
✅ - The others are ... ☑️

▶️ Special case:

✴️ Another + number + plural noun ✴️
~ We need another three teachers ...

✴️ Another + couple of / few ✴️
~ ... another couple of months to ...
~ This will take another few minutes.

💥 Unexpected results can also be introduced by BUT or YET. 🐳

🖌 the last but one / the next to last / the next but two 🖌

🔘 be in the right 🔘

🌀 be in the wrong 🌀

💥 catch/take someone unaware(s) 💥👽👻

~ We were caught unawares by the fierce storm. ⚡️🌪💦

✴️ - regret + gerund or to-infinitive

▶️ - I regret doing something => I did it and now I'm sorry about it.

▶️ - I regret to say / to tell you / to inform you => I'm sorry that I have to say (etc.)

🌕 the coast is clear ☀️🌈😎

🖌 Not Good or No Good?

~ This car is not good, but it gets me to work.
~ That car is no good; it doesn’t run at all.

~ TV no good for babies, study shows. Not bad, either.

✴️ - frisson (noun) /ˈfriːsɒn/

= a sudden strong feeling of excitement, fear, or pleasure

#Vocabulary

◼️ broken English
🔘 the Queen's English
⚪️ plain English

📖📚📓

⏹ - retentive (adj.) /rɪˈtentɪv/

➡️ = Able to retain or remember many things.

▶️ ~ I don’t have a retentive memory; I quickly forget most of what I hear and see.

#Vocabulary

TROOP = group of soldiers, police, etc.

TROUPE = group of actors, singers, etc. 💃

I left the police 👮👮👮 TROOP to join a singing TROUPE. 🎤

#Vocabulary

🐾 - find your feet 🐾🐾 🐈🐕🐎

= to become familiar with a new place or situation:

~ It took a while, but I've finally found my feet in my job
~ New students need a little time to find their feet.

💧- clear the air 💦 💦🌦⛈🌤

💡💡💡- according to one's (own) lights 💡💡💡

#idiomatic_expressions

- I wish he WERE here. ✔️

#Grammar

🖌🖍🖋📖 🔍
- I wish she WERE here. (correct)
- I wish she WAS here. (informal)

#Grammar