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🖌🖋🖍 - objective (noun) vs. goal (noun)

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◽️◻️ ⬜️ - the whole nine yards

◾️◼️ ⬛️ - go the whole nine yards

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◽️◻️ ⬜️ - the whole nine yards

◾️◼️ ⬛️ - go the whole nine yards

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🌕 - catch/take/throw someone off guard - also: catch/take someone by surprise

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🌕 - catch/take/throw someone off guard - also: catch/take someone by surprise

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- act as 💡💡💡

~ You speak Greek – will you act as interpreter?
~ Body fat acts as an insulator.

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- insatiable (adj.) /ɪnˈseɪʃəb(ə)l/
~ an insatiable appetite/curiosity/thirst/desire/hunger/demand for sg
"Once you drink, your thirst for human blood will be insatiable." ― Dracula Untold movie 👻💀☠️
🦉 - savvy (noun, adj., verb) /ˈsævi/ 💡💡💡

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🦉 - savvy (noun, adj., verb) /ˈsævi/ 💡💡💡

adj. —>

~ computer-/media-/image- etc savvy => knowing a lot about computers etc:
~ She bought the laptop on the advice of a computer-savvy friend.

~ tech-savvy = knowing a lot about modern technology, especially computers:
~ The state needs more tech-savvy workers for its hi-tech industries.

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🦉 - savvy (noun, adj., verb) /ˈsævi/ 💡💡💡
~ tech-savvy (adj.)

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"And me, for example, I can let you drown, but I can’t bring this ship into Tortuga all by me onesie, savvy?"
― Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ☠️

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Forwarded from English Tips&Tools (🔰Ramzy zaqan🔰)
Noticeable →

Noticable → . (ಠ_ಠ)

Definitely →

Definately → . (ಠ_ಠ)

Separate →

Seperate → . (ಠ_ಠ)
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Follow “one of” with a PLURAL noun:
One of my cat 😸
One of my CATS 😸😽✔️
One of the kid 👶
One of the KIDS 👶👧✔️

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Avoid making double negatives with “neither … nor”:

He DOESN’T eat NEITHER mice NOR bugs. →

He eats 🤐 NEITHER mice 🐭 NOR bugs. 🐛✔️

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✳️Improve = make or become better

✳️Improvise = perform without preparation

The band *improved* its live shows by learning to *improvise*.

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✳️For sale = available for purchase

✳️On sale = at a discounted price

Wateen was happy when the expensive shoes went *on sale*.

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✳️Anecdote = a short, amusing story

✳️Antidote = a cure, remedy

Jo told 👩💬 an *anecdote* about buying an *antidote* from a monkey.

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✴️ - MAY - modal verb

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✳️ - MIGHT - modal verb

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✴️✳️ - MAY and MIGHT - modal verbs

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◀️ - go with the flow 🐠🐟🐡

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