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🐻🐼🐨 envelop (verb) vs envelope (noun) βœ‰οΈ

- envelop (verb) /ΙͺnˈvelΙ™p/
- envelope (noun) /ˈenvΙ™lΙ™ΚŠp/

#Vocabulary
πŸ“– - on paper / look good on paper = in theory πŸ“

~ I think your plan only works on paper.
~ This automotive design looks really good on paper.

#idiomatic_expressions
πŸ–ŒπŸ–πŸ–‹ Commonly confused words πŸ› πŸ’‘πŸ”
πŸ’  The four main kinds of conditionals πŸ’  β˜•οΈ

#Grammar
πŸ†˜πŸ› πŸ”¦πŸ’‘πŸ”
- moral (noun, adj.) /ˈmΙ’rΙ™l/
- morale (noun) /mΙ™Λˆrɑːl/

#Vocabulary
πŸ–Œ - 'Morale' (noun) means the general attitude usually of a group of people.
πŸ–‹ - 'Moral' (noun) means the lesson learned from a story or a situation.

#Grammar
#Vocabulary
▢️ - outgoing (adj.) - openly friendly and responsive : extroverted
~ His outgoing personality made him popular at school.

#Vocabulary
😁😎
✳️ - outgoing (adj.) - directed to an intended recipient; addressed and ready for posting:
~ outgoing mail
✴️ - incoming (adj.) - newly arrived or received:
~ incoming mail

#Vocabulary
πŸ–ŒπŸ–πŸ–‹ Punctuating Dialogue
- dialogue tags, actions, and/or thoughts ➑️ go outside of the quotation marks

#Grammar
βœ’οΈβœοΈπŸ“ Punctuation - quotations within quotations - double and single quotation marks

#Grammar
✳️ an ordinary/average/regular Joe
= an ordinary man

#idiomatic_expressions
βœ‚οΈ - be a cut above sy/sg = to be much better than someone or something else
~ a cut above the rest
~ a cut above average
~ This is a cut above the average Hollywood thriller.

#idiomatic_expressions
πŸ’° - avarice (noun) /ˈævΙ™rΙͺs/ - formal πŸ’΅πŸ’ΆπŸ’·
= insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth

- avaricious (adj.) /ˌævΙ™ΛˆrΙͺΚƒΙ™s/

#Vocabulary
πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» pull/tear your hair out πŸ™…πŸ™…β€β™‚οΈ
= to feel very worried or very annoyed about something
~ When they still weren't home by midnight, I was pulling my hair out.

#idiomatic_expressions
▢️ Passive voice 2/1

✳️ Present/Future Modals β€”> The passive form ➑️ modal + BE + past participle
✴️ Past Modals β€”> The passive form ➑️ modal + HAVE BEEN + past participle

#Grammar
▢️ Passive voice 2/2

✳️ Present/Future Modals β€”> The passive form ➑️ modal + BE + past participle
✴️ Past Modals β€”> The passive form ➑️ modal + HAVE BEEN + past participle

#Grammar
πŸ”˜ fat chance = slim chance

#idiomatic_expressions
πŸ”˜ fat chance = slim chance

#idiomatic_expressions
πŸ”˜ fat chance = slim chance

#idiomatic_expressions
πŸ”˜ fat chance = slim chance

#idiomatic_expressions
βšͺ️ - blind someone with πŸ“ˆπŸ“‰πŸ“Š
⚫️ - blind someone with science/technology πŸ“‘πŸŒ‘πŸ”¬

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