🆚 - valuable vs. invaluable 🆚

#Vocabulary

- live down
To overcome or reduce the shame of something.
If you are unable to live down a mistake, failure, or bad reputation, you are unable to make people forget about it.

#idiomatic_expressions

CONFIDENT = optimistic 󾍘; self-assured.

CONFIDANT = person you trust with your secrets. 󾆞󾔲󾆑

I am confident in you as my confidant.

EXHAUSTING = tiring.
Cycling 240 km is exhausting.

EXHAUSTIVE = complete, full, thorough.
Make an exhaustive search for clues!

FACT: We can use “whose” with people,animals AND objects:
I know a man whose dad is tall. → ✔️
He has a car whose door is missing. → ✔️

DENOUNCE = condemn: Fans *denounced* 😠💢 the singer’s racist comments.
RENOUNCE = formally give up: I will never renounce my beliefs.
ANNOUNCE= tell people something clearly or loudly.

Should of → ❌
Could of → ❌
Would of → ❌
Should have → ✔️
Should’ve → ✔️
Could have → ✔️
Could’ve → ✔️
Would have → ✔️
Would’ve → ✔️

WRITE 📝 = what authors do.
RIGHT = opposite of left; correct ✔️.
RITE = ceremony; custom.
WRIGHT = maker or builder.
(Tricky, right?)

Follow “one of” with a PLURAL noun:
One of my cat 😸 → ❌
One of my CATS 😸😽 → ✔️
One of the kid 👶 → ❌
One of the KIDS 👶👧 → ✔️

RECKLESS = rash; careless.
Don’t be a reckless driver! 🌲💥 🚗
FECKLESS = incompetent; ineffective.
The boss fired the feckless worker.

Generally, SHALL = WILL.

But when you ask questions, use SHALL only with “I” and “we”:
Shall YOU marry me? 💍 → ❌
Shall WE dance? 💃 → ✔️

EXCEPTIONABLE = offensive:
I was criticized for my EXCEPTIONABLE comments. 👩💬 😡

EXCEPTIONAL = outstanding:
My essay 📝 is EXCEPTIONAL. 👍

“Scared of” suggests a phobia: I’m *scared of* ghosts 👻 and snakes. 🐍

“Scared about” = worried about: I’m *scared about* tomorrow’s exam. 😓

#Vocabulary

ENVELOP (v.) = surround, enclose: Fog *enveloped* the town.

ENVELOPE (n.) = flat container for a letter: He hates licking 👅 *envelopes*. ✉️

Let me TO show you the world 🌎. → ❌.

Let me show you the world 🌍. → ✔️.

👮After “let me,” use the bare infinitive of the verb (without “to”).

Let me TO teach you how to drive. → WRONG.

Let me teach you how to drive. → RIGHT.

A PART = one part.
Hard work is a part of success.

APART = away from each other; separately.
It’s hard to be apart from me. 😊

Technically,

🎲 = Die. (Singular)

🎲🎲 = Dice. (Plural)

(However, because so many people use “dice” as a singular word, it’s also accepted.)

You wear *pants*, not “a pant.” 👖

You cut with *scissors*, not “a scissor.” ✂️

If you can’t see well, you need *glasses*, not “a glass.” 👓

“Semiannual” = occurring twice a year.

“Biennial” = occurring every two years.

“Biannual” can mean both, so avoid using it if you can.

Annual - 1 year
Biennial - 2 years
Triennial - 3 years
Quadrennial - 4 years
Quinquennial - 5 years
Sexennial - 6 years
Septennial - 7 years
Octennial - 8 years
Novennial - 9 years
Decennial - 10 years

Kid = (n.) human child 👦🏻

Kid = (n.) baby goat 🐐

Kid = (v.) deceive (someone) in a playful or teasing way

#Vocabulary