🦉 - 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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✳️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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▶️ - go against the flow 🐬🦈🐳🐋🐊

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The differences between:
1-shout at
2-shout to
3-shout for

- shout to
vs.
- shout at

- throw to
vs.
- throw at

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- hard to come by = difficult to find or get

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- hard to come by = difficult to find or get

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- august (adj.) /ɔˈɡʌst/ - formal
= marked by majestic dignity or grandeur; having a formal and impressive quality

~ The family claims an august lineage.
~ an august mansion

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