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Pizza delivery ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•
โšช๏ธ - box tent - also known as 'package saver', 'pizza saver', 'pizza table' or 'pizza lid support'

#Vocabulary
โœด๏ธ - 5 alternative ways to talk about the future

#Grammar
โœณ๏ธ - 5 alternative ways to talk about the future

#Grammar
โ—พ๏ธโ—ผ๏ธ โฌ›๏ธ - fly/go off at/on a tangent /หˆtรฆndส’(ษ™)nt/

#idiomatic_expressions
๐Ÿ–‹๐Ÿ–Œ๐Ÿ– - Compound adjectives - hyphen

#Grammar
๐Ÿ–‹๐Ÿ–Œ๐Ÿ– - Compound adjectives - hyphen

#Grammar
- To hyphenate or not to hyphenate compound adjectives
- exceptions
~ -ly adverbs

#Grammar
- To hyphenate or not to hyphenate compound adjectives
- exceptions
~ -ly adverbs

#Grammar
๐Ÿ–‹๐Ÿ–Œ๐Ÿ– - Compound adjectives - hyphen
- I saw a man-eating alligator.
vs.
- I saw a man eating alligator.

#Grammar
๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜Ž - Compound adjectives - hyphen
"a ferocious man-eating jungle beast"

#Grammar
Forwarded from English Tips&Tools (๐Ÿ”ฐRamzy zaqan๐Ÿ”ฐ)
discuss aboutโŒโŒโŒ

The verb discuss is never used with the preposition about. It is simply followed by a direct object:

โœ— I would like to discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of students using credit cards.
โœ“ I would like to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of students using credit cards.

#Grammar
Forwarded from English Tips&Tools (๐Ÿ”ฐRamzy zaqan๐Ÿ”ฐ)
Homeworks โ†’ โŒ

Homework โ†’ โœ”๏ธ

Homework assignments โ†’ โœ”๏ธ

Vocabs โ†’ โŒ

Vocab words โ†’ โœ”๏ธ

Vocabulary wordsโ†’ โœ”๏ธ

#Vocabulary
Forwarded from English Tips&Tools (๐Ÿ”ฐRamzy zaqan๐Ÿ”ฐ)
Donโ€™t begin a question
with โ€œMay you โ€ฆ?โ€โŒ

Begin with โ€œWould you,โ€ โ€œCould you,โ€ or โ€œCan youโ€ if youโ€™re asking someone a question.

#Grammar
Forwarded from English Tips&Tools (๐Ÿ”ฐRamzy zaqan๐Ÿ”ฐ)
POPULACE = people living in an area: The general *populace* hated the film. ๐ŸŽฅ๐Ÿ‘Ž

POPULOUS = having many people: Tokyo ๐Ÿ—ผ is a *populous* city.

#Vocabulary
Forwarded from English Tips&Tools (๐Ÿ”ฐRamzy zaqan๐Ÿ”ฐ)
ALLUSION = an indirect reference

ILLUSION = a deceptive appearance

ELUSION = an escape

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿš“

DELUSION = a mistaken idea ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ’ญโŒ

#vocabulary
Forwarded from English Tips&Tools (๐Ÿ”ฐRamzy zaqan๐Ÿ”ฐ)
Criminals are *hanged*.

Paintings ๐ŸŽจ and clothes๐Ÿ‘— are *hung*.

I hanged up. โ†’ โŒ

I hung up.๐Ÿ“ฑโ†’ โœ”๏ธ

We hanged out. โ†’ โŒ

We hung out. ๐Ÿ‘ซ๐Ÿจ โ†’ โœ”๏ธ

#Vocabulary
Forwarded from English Tips&Tools (๐Ÿ”ฐRamzy zaqan๐Ÿ”ฐ)
โ€œBarely noโ€ is a double negative. So are โ€œhardly noโ€ and โ€œscarcely no.โ€

Change โ€œnoโ€ to *any*: There is *barely any* ice cream left. ๐Ÿจ

#Grammar
Forwarded from English Tips&Tools (๐Ÿ”ฐRamzy zaqan๐Ÿ”ฐ)
๐Ÿ“ŒI'm used to killing snakes = I've killed a lot of snakes in my life.

๐Ÿ“ŒI used to kill snakes = I killed snakes in the past, but not anymore.

#Grammar
โœณ๏ธ - objective (noun) /ษ™bหˆdส’ektษชv/
synonym:
โœด๏ธ - object (noun) /หˆษ’bdส’ekt/

#Vocabulary
โœณ๏ธ - objective (noun) /ษ™bหˆdส’ektษชv/

#Vocabulary