ALLUSION = an indirect reference

ILLUSION = a deceptive appearance

ELUSION = an escape

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DELUSION = a mistaken idea 👩💭❌

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Criminals are *hanged*.

Paintings 🎨 and clothes👗 are *hung*.

I hanged up. → ❌

I hung up.📱→ ✔️

We hanged out. → ❌

We hung out. 👫🍨 → ✔️

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“Barely no” is a double negative. So are “hardly no” and “scarcely no.”

Change “no” to *any*: There is *barely any* ice cream left. 🍨

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📌I'm used to killing snakes = I've killed a lot of snakes in my life.

📌I used to kill snakes = I killed snakes in the past, but not anymore.

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✳️ - objective (noun) /əbˈdʒektɪv/
synonym:
✴️ - object (noun) /ˈɒbdʒekt/

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✳️ - objective (noun) /əbˈdʒektɪv/

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🖌🖋🖍 - objective (noun) vs. aim (noun)

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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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Noticeable → ✔

Noticable → ❌. (ಠ_ಠ)

Definitely → ✔

Definately → ❌. (ಠ_ಠ)

Separate → ✔

Seperate → ❌. (ಠ_ಠ)

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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