💢 INSOUCIANT :
• Adj. ⏩ /ɪnˈsuːsɪənt/
• E.G : They always seemed so blasé, so effortlessly cool; insouciant, suntanned, with great clothes.
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• Adj. ⏩ /ɪnˈsuːsɪənt/
• E.G : They always seemed so blasé, so effortlessly cool; insouciant, suntanned, with great clothes.
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💢 To nod off :
• Meaning:
To doze, have a short sleep or nap or snooze
• Example:
He nodded off in front of the computer.
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• Meaning:
To doze, have a short sleep or nap or snooze
• Example:
He nodded off in front of the computer.
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⚡️⚡️“HOW” can be used with a number of expressions ⚡️⚡️
1️⃣ To know more details :
🔘How are you today?
(The person asking wants to know more about your day, if you are fine or not.)
2️⃣ To know the outcome :
🔘 How was the performance? (The person asking wants to know the outcome of the performance e.g. good or bad.)
3️⃣ To know and understand the process :
🔘 How do you normally get to your office?
(Person asking wants to know what mode of transportation you take or what route you use.)
🔘 How did you arrive at your answer?
(Person asking wants to know the method and application you use to get your answer)
4️⃣ To know the quantity :
( Can be applied to countable and uncountable nouns )
🔘 How many students are there in the classroom?
🔘 How much flour is needed to bake the cake?
5️⃣ To know the amount ( $ ) :
🔘 How much for 1kg of apples?
6️⃣ How come :
(An informal way of asking for a reason)
🔘 How come this unfortunate incident had to happen now?
7️⃣ How long :
This might mean 2 things. It might be referring to the length of something or the duration.
🔘 How long is the king cobra?
🔘 How long were you away from home?
8️⃣ How short / tall :
Usually refers to a person’s height
🔘 How tall / short is your brother?
9️⃣ How far / near :
Refers to distance
🔘 How far/near away is your school from your home?
1️⃣0️⃣ Asking someone’s age :
🔘 How old are you this year?
🔘 How young is she?
1️⃣1️⃣ Wanting feedback :
🔘 How do you find the new teacher?
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1️⃣ To know more details :
🔘How are you today?
(The person asking wants to know more about your day, if you are fine or not.)
2️⃣ To know the outcome :
🔘 How was the performance? (The person asking wants to know the outcome of the performance e.g. good or bad.)
3️⃣ To know and understand the process :
🔘 How do you normally get to your office?
(Person asking wants to know what mode of transportation you take or what route you use.)
🔘 How did you arrive at your answer?
(Person asking wants to know the method and application you use to get your answer)
4️⃣ To know the quantity :
( Can be applied to countable and uncountable nouns )
🔘 How many students are there in the classroom?
🔘 How much flour is needed to bake the cake?
5️⃣ To know the amount ( $ ) :
🔘 How much for 1kg of apples?
6️⃣ How come :
(An informal way of asking for a reason)
🔘 How come this unfortunate incident had to happen now?
7️⃣ How long :
This might mean 2 things. It might be referring to the length of something or the duration.
🔘 How long is the king cobra?
🔘 How long were you away from home?
8️⃣ How short / tall :
Usually refers to a person’s height
🔘 How tall / short is your brother?
9️⃣ How far / near :
Refers to distance
🔘 How far/near away is your school from your home?
1️⃣0️⃣ Asking someone’s age :
🔘 How old are you this year?
🔘 How young is she?
1️⃣1️⃣ Wanting feedback :
🔘 How do you find the new teacher?
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🍃 Giving bad news in English
1. Introducing bad news
2. Explaining why
3. Presenting solutions
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1. Introducing bad news
2. Explaining why
3. Presenting solutions
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💢 NASDAQ = National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
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💠 BIANNUAL:
adjective | bye-AN-yuh-wul ▶️ /baɪˈænjuəl/
Definition :
1 : occurring twice a year
2 : occurring every two years
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adjective | bye-AN-yuh-wul ▶️ /baɪˈænjuəl/
Definition :
1 : occurring twice a year
2 : occurring every two years
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🍃 Gobble sth up :
♨️Informal phrasal verb♨️
Definition:
1️⃣ If one company gobbles up a smaller company, it buys it and takes control of it:
🔘 Air France gobbled up its main French rivals, Air Inter and UTA.
2️⃣ To quickly use a lot of a supply of something such as money or land:
🔘Inflation has gobbled up our wage increases.
3️⃣ To eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way:
🔘We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening.
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♨️Informal phrasal verb♨️
Definition:
1️⃣ If one company gobbles up a smaller company, it buys it and takes control of it:
🔘 Air France gobbled up its main French rivals, Air Inter and UTA.
2️⃣ To quickly use a lot of a supply of something such as money or land:
🔘Inflation has gobbled up our wage increases.
3️⃣ To eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way:
🔘We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening.
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💠 ( 6 ) Polysemy :
Is the association of one word with two or more distinct meanings.
• Adj. :polysemous/polysemic.
• Antonym : monosemy.
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Is the association of one word with two or more distinct meanings.
• Adj. :polysemous/polysemic.
• Antonym : monosemy.
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💠 ( 6 ) Polysemy :
According to some estimates, more than 40% of English words have more than one meaning.
The fact that so many words (or lexemes) are polysemous "shows that semantic changes often add meanings to the language without subtracting any"
♨️ Examples :
🍃 Man 🍃
1. The human species (i.e., man vs. other organisms)
2. Males of the human species (i.e., man vs. woman)
3. Adult males of the human species (i.e., man vs. boy)
⚠️ This example shows the specific polysemy where the same word is used at different levels of a taxonomy.
🍃 Mole 🍃
1. a small burrowing mammal
2. consequently, there are several different entities called moles. Although these refer to different things, their names derive from 1. :e.g. A Mole burrows for information hoping to go undetected.
⚠️ However: other senses of the word -- the skin blemish, the breakwater, the unit of measure, and the Mexican sauce -- are homonyms, not polysems, as they are each etymologically distinct.
🍃 Bank 🍃
1. a financial institution
2. the building where a financial institution offers services
3. a synonym for 'rely upon' (e.g. "I'm your friend, you can bank on me").
⚠️ However: a river bank is a homonym to 1 and 2, as they do not share etymologies. It is a completely different meaning.
River bed, though, is polysemous with the beds on which people sleep.
🍃 Book 🍃
1. a bound collection of pages
2. a text reproduced and distributed (thus, someone who has read the same text on a computer has read the same book as someone who had the actual paper volume)
3. to make an action or event a matter of record (e.g. "Unable to book a hotel room, a man sneaked into a nearby private residence where police arrested him and later booked him for unlawful entry.")
🍃 Newspaper 🍃
1. a company that publishes written news.
2. a single physical item published by the company.
3. the newspaper as an edited work in a specific format (e.g. "They changed the layout of the newspaper's front page").
⚠️ The different meanings can be combined in a single sentence, e.g. "John used to work for the newspaper that you are reading."
🍃 Milk 🍃
1. (noun) a secretion, produced by a mammary gland, that functions to provide nutrients to offspring
3. The verb milk (e.g. "he's milking it for all he can get") derives from the process of obtaining milk.
🍃 Wood 🍃
1. the material made from trees
3. a geographical area with many trees
🍃 Crane 🍃
1. a bird with a long neck
2. a type of construction equipment which looks like it has a long neck
3. to strain out one's neck
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According to some estimates, more than 40% of English words have more than one meaning.
The fact that so many words (or lexemes) are polysemous "shows that semantic changes often add meanings to the language without subtracting any"
♨️ Examples :
🍃 Man 🍃
1. The human species (i.e., man vs. other organisms)
2. Males of the human species (i.e., man vs. woman)
3. Adult males of the human species (i.e., man vs. boy)
⚠️ This example shows the specific polysemy where the same word is used at different levels of a taxonomy.
🍃 Mole 🍃
1. a small burrowing mammal
2. consequently, there are several different entities called moles. Although these refer to different things, their names derive from 1. :e.g. A Mole burrows for information hoping to go undetected.
⚠️ However: other senses of the word -- the skin blemish, the breakwater, the unit of measure, and the Mexican sauce -- are homonyms, not polysems, as they are each etymologically distinct.
🍃 Bank 🍃
1. a financial institution
2. the building where a financial institution offers services
3. a synonym for 'rely upon' (e.g. "I'm your friend, you can bank on me").
⚠️ However: a river bank is a homonym to 1 and 2, as they do not share etymologies. It is a completely different meaning.
River bed, though, is polysemous with the beds on which people sleep.
🍃 Book 🍃
1. a bound collection of pages
2. a text reproduced and distributed (thus, someone who has read the same text on a computer has read the same book as someone who had the actual paper volume)
3. to make an action or event a matter of record (e.g. "Unable to book a hotel room, a man sneaked into a nearby private residence where police arrested him and later booked him for unlawful entry.")
🍃 Newspaper 🍃
1. a company that publishes written news.
2. a single physical item published by the company.
3. the newspaper as an edited work in a specific format (e.g. "They changed the layout of the newspaper's front page").
⚠️ The different meanings can be combined in a single sentence, e.g. "John used to work for the newspaper that you are reading."
🍃 Milk 🍃
1. (noun) a secretion, produced by a mammary gland, that functions to provide nutrients to offspring
3. The verb milk (e.g. "he's milking it for all he can get") derives from the process of obtaining milk.
🍃 Wood 🍃
1. the material made from trees
3. a geographical area with many trees
🍃 Crane 🍃
1. a bird with a long neck
2. a type of construction equipment which looks like it has a long neck
3. to strain out one's neck
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