💢a fat lot of good/use #informal


= no use or help at all


✨Example:

🅰️: ” I’ve brought an umbrella.”

🅱️: “ A (fat) lot of good that will do now that it’s stopped raining! “


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#️⃣#Middle /ˈmɪdl/ #noun


💢the middle of

🔹We rowed out towards the middle of the lake.

💢in the middle (of something)

🔹Jo was standing in the middle of the room.
🔹Those are my two brothers, and that’s me in the middle.
🔹The meat was burnt on the outside and raw in the middle.

💢through the middle (of something)

🔹The new road will go right through the middle of the wood.

💢down the middle (of something)

🔹Draw a line down the middle of the page.

💢the middle of the night/day

🔹I got a phone call from her in the middle of the night!

💢the middle of the week/month/year etc

🔹Everything should be sorted out by the middle of next year.

💢be in the middle of (doing) something ➡️ to be busy doing something:

🔹Can I call you back – I’m in the middle of a meeting.

💢in the middle of something ➡️ if you are in the middle of something, it is happening to you or around you:

🔹The company is in the middle of a takeover battle.

💢in the middle of nowhere ➡️ a long way from the nearest big town:

🔹They live miles away, in the middle of nowhere.

💢divide/split something down the middle ➡️ to divide something into equal halves or groups:

🔹We put all the money together and then split it down the middle.

#️⃣#Middle /ˈmɪdl/ #adjective

💢in your middle twenties/thirties etc ➡️ about 25, 35 etc years old

💢middle brother/child/daughter etc ➡️ the brother etc who is between the oldest and the youngest

💢middle course/way etc ➡️ a way of dealing with something that is between two opposite and often extreme ways


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#️⃣#Moment /ˈməʊmənt $ ˈmoʊ-/ #noun


💢at this/that moment ➡️ (=used for emphasis)

🔹Just at that moment there was a knock on the door.
🔹She may be in trouble at this very moment and trying to call you.
🔹I remember the moment when I first saw him after the operation.
🔹Quinn always seems to be in the right place at the crucial moment.
🔹I just this moment (=only a very short time ago) arrived and already Dan wants to know when I’m leaving.
🔹At this moment in time it would be inappropriate to comment on the situation.
🔹From that moment on (=after that time) we were the best of friends.

💢a very short period of time:

🔹He was here a moment ago.
🔹Can you spare a few moments to answer some questions?

💢in a moment ➡️ (=very soon)

🔹I’ll come back to that point in a moment.

💢for a moment

🔹It was quiet for a moment, then Rae spoke.

💢after a moment/ a moment later

🔹‘I don’t understand,’ said Louise after a moment.
🔹A moment later we heard a splash.

💢wait/just a moment ➡️ (=used when you want someone to wait a short time while you do or say something)

🔹Just a moment; let me put these away first.

💢at the moment #British_English especially #spoken, #American_English #formal ➡️ now:

🔹Julia’s on holiday in Spain at the moment.
🔹At the moment, the situation in Haiti is very tense.

💢for the moment ➡️ used to say that something is happening or is true now but will probably change in the future:

🔹Well, for the moment we’re just friends.
🔹For the moment the rain had stopped.

💢the moment (that) somebody does something ➡️ as soon as someone does something:

🔹He said he’d phone you the moment he got home.

💢at/to the last moment

🔹The operation was cancelled at the last moment.
🔹She always leaves everything to the last moment.

💢(at) any moment ➡️ extremely soon:

🔹The plumber should be here any moment now.
🔹The roof could collapse at any moment.

💢a particular time when you have a chance to do something:

🔹His wife Denise was there to share his big moment ➡️ (=opportunity to do something great).

💢choose/pick your moment ➡️ (=try to choose the best time to do something)

🔹He picked his moment carefully to tell them the news.

💢moment of madness/weakness/panic etc ➡️ a short period of time when you do not feel or behave as normal and often do or say something which you later wish you had not done or said

💢in a moment of something

🔹In a moment of madness I agreed to go with him.

💢one moment ... the next/from one moment to the next ➡️ used to say that a situation changes very suddenly, often in a way which you do not expect or cannot explain:

🔹You never know what’s going to happen from one moment to the next.

💢not believe/think/do something for a/one moment especially #spoken ➡️ used to say that you did not believe, expect etc something at all:

🔹He didn’t fool me for a moment.
🔹She had never for one moment imagined that it could happen to her.

💢of the moment ➡️ the person, idea, word etc of the moment is the one that is most important or popular at the present time:

🔹They interview personalities on a topic of the moment.

💢have its/your moments ➡️ to have periods of being good or interesting:

🔹a movie that had its moments

💢not a moment too soon ➡️ almost too late:

🔹The ambulance finally arrived, and not a moment too soon.

💢the moment of truth ➡️ the time when you will find out if something will work properly, be successful etc


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💢 Leave a bad taste in one's mouth


= make a bad impression; to cause an unpleasant memory


🌟The way the waitress treated us left a bad taste in my mouth and I never went back.


🌟The argument left a bad taste in my mouth, so after that I avoided talking politics.


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#️⃣#Pleased /pli:zd/ #adjective


💢pleased about

🔹I could tell she was pleased about something.

💢pleased with

🔹Gwinn was pleased with the results.

💢pleased for

🔹That’s wonderful! I’m really pleased for you.

💢pleased (that)

🔹Her mother was pleased that she chose a college close to home.

💢pleased to hear/see/report etc

🔹I’m pleased to tell you that you’ve got the job.

💢(I’m) pleased to meet you #spoken #formal ➡️ used as a polite greeting when you meet someone for the first time

💢pleased to help/assist ➡️ very willing or happy to help:

🔹If there’s anything we can do, we’d be pleased to help.

💢pleased with yourself ➡️ feeling proud or satisfied because you think you have done something clever, often in a way that annoys other people:

🔹Miranda, pleased with herself for getting it right, sat down.


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#️⃣#Promise /ˈprɒməs, ˈprɒmɪs $ ˈprɑː-/ #verb


💢promise to do something

🔹She’s promised to do all she can to help.

💢promise (that)

🔹Hurry up – we promised we wouldn’t be late.

💢promise somebody (that)

🔹You promised me the car would be ready on Monday.

💢promise something to somebody

🔹I’ve promised that book to Ian, I’m afraid.

💢promise somebody something

🔹The company promised us a bonus this year.
🔹‘I’ll be back by 1.00.’ ‘Promise?’ ‘Yes! Don’t worry.’
🔹He reappeared two hours later, as promised.

💢promise to be something

🔹Tonight’s meeting promises to be a difficult one.

💢promise somebody the moon/the earth/ world #idiom ➡️ to promise to give someone something that is impossible for you to give

🔹He promised her the moon, but after ten years of marriage they hardly had enough to live on.

💢I can’t promise (anything) #spoken ➡️ used to tell someone that you will try to do what they want, but may not be able to:

🔹I’ll try my best to get tickets, but I can’t promise anything.

💢I promise you #spoken ➡️ used to emphasize a promise, warning, or statement:

🔹I promise you, it does work!


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🔴 COULDN’T CARE LESS

= To show indifference to something or a total lack of interest

✨I couldn’t care less if Harry comes out tonight or not! I don’t really like the guy.


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#️⃣#Safe /seɪf/ #adjective


💢safe from

🔹The birds’ nests are high up, safe from predators.
🔹Make sure you keep these documents safe.

💢be (as) safe as houses #British_English ➡️ (=be completely safe)

🔹Your money will be as safe as houses.

💢not harmed, lost, or stolen:

🔹Your family are all safe.

💢safe and sound/well ➡️ (=unharmed, especially after being in danger)

🔹The missing children were found safe and sound.

💢not likely to cause any physical injury or harm OPP dangerous:

🔹Flying is one of the safest forms of travel.
🔹Don’t go near the edge – it isn’t safe.
🔹a safe working environment

💢it is safe (for somebody) to do something

🔹Is it safe to swim here?

💢safe to use/drink/eat etc

🔹The water is treated to make it safe to drink.

💢safe for

🔹play areas that are safe for children

💢(at/from) a safe distance

🔹We watched from a safe distance.
🔹Drivers should keep a safe distance from the car in front.

💢safe driver

🔹Women are safer drivers than men.

💢not involving any risk and very likely to be successful:

🔹a safe investment
🔹a safe method of contraception

💢it’s safe to say/assume (that)

🔹I think it’s safe to say that the future is looking pretty good.

💢a place where something is not likely to be stolen or lost

💢keep/put something in a safe place

🔹Keep your credit cards in a safe place.

💢safe journey/arrival/return etc ➡️ a journey etc when someone or something is not harmed or lost:

🔹His family celebrated his safe return home.

💢safe journey #British_English ➡️ (=said to someone when they start a long journey)

🔹Dad rang to wish me a safe journey.

💢a safe subject of conversation is not likely to upset anyone or make people argue:

🔹I kept to safe subjects, like the weather.

💢to be on the safe side #spoken ➡️ to do something in order to be certain to avoid an unpleasant situation:

🔹I’d take an umbrella, just to be on the safe side.

💢be in safe hands ➡️ to be with someone who will look after you very well:

🔹Everyone wants to feel that their children are in safe hands.

💢a safe pair of hands ➡️ someone you can trust to do a difficult job without making mistakes

🔹The next leader of the party should be a safe pair of hands.

💢better (to be) safe than sorry #spoken ➡️ used to say that it is better to be careful, even if this takes time, effort etc, than take a risk that may have a bad result:

🔹Set the alarm clock – better safe than sorry!

💢safe in the knowledge that ... ➡️ completely certain that something is true or will happen:

🔹She went out, safe in the knowledge that no one else was awake.

💢safe! #British_English #spoken #informal ➡️ used by young people to show approval of something:

🔹‘Alex is having a party.’ ‘Oh, safe!’

💢#British_English #spoken #informal ➡️ used to say that something is good and that there is no problem:

🔹‘How’s your new boss?’ ‘She’s safe.’


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💢Run up against (something)


= to face something that could be a problem or a difficulty

✨ We've run up against some technical problems so there'll be a delay in production.


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💠 Progressive with ALWAYS, etc 💠

🚩We can use always, continually and similar words with a progressive form to mean ‘very often’.

✨I’m always losing my keys.
✨Granny’s always giving people little presents.
✨I’m continually running into Oliver these days.
✨That cat's forever getting shut in the bathroom.

🚩This structure is used to talk about things which happen very often (perhaps more often than expected), and which are unexpected or unplanned. Compare:

🔸When Alice comes to see me, I always meet her at the station, (a regular, planned arrangement)

🔹I’m always meeting Mrs Bailiff in the supermarket, (accidental, unplanned meetings)

🔸When I was a child, we always had picnics on Saturdays in the summer.
(regular, planned)

🔹Her mother was always arranging little surprise picnics and outings.
(unexpected, not regular)

🚩The structure is often used in critical remarks.

✨He's always scratching himself in public.


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⭐️ Prepositions with Late (as an adjective) ⭐️


📗Late for something that starts or due to take place at a set time:

◽️late for an appointment
◽️late for work
◽️late for school.

✨We shall have to hurry, or we shall be late for the bus.

📘Late at a place one should reach by a certain time:

◽️late at the office
◽️late at the bus stop

📙Late in doing something:

✨The guests were late in arriving.
✨We were late in setting off.
✨I was late in sending my reply to this letter.

📕In colloquial English there are two developments from this last construction.

🅰️In may be omitted before the gerund:

✨The bus is late arriving.
✨I was late getting up this morning.

🅱️If the gerund is a transitive one, in+the gerund may be replaced by with:

✨We were late with lunch today. (i.e. late in having lunch)
✨The B.B.C. are not often late with the news. (i.e. late in broadcasting the news).

📙When late means 'formely', it is followed by of to indicate the former place of residence, or some institution or organisation with which the person was associated:

✨Eliza Smith, late of this parish
✨Arthur Jone Brown, late of Barchester
✨William James Burton, late of the Indian Civil Service

📒Of late: lately; recently.

✨Her health seems to have improved considerably of late.


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💠A cut above the rest

= Better in quality than most others.


✨This new school is a cut above the rest.🏫


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#️⃣#Trick /trɪk/ #noun


💢a dirty/rotten/mean trick ➡️ an unkind or unfair thing to do:

🔹He didn’t turn up? What a dirty trick!

💢do the trick #spoken ➡️ if something does the trick, it solves a problem or provides what is needed to get a good result:

🔹A bit more flour should do the trick.

💢use/try every trick in the book #idiom ➡️ to use every method that you know, even dishonest ones, to achieve what you want:

🔹Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step in front of their competitors.
🔹These smokers are using every trick in the book to reduce their health risk without actually giving up.

💢teach/show somebody a trick or two #informal ➡️ used to say that someone knows more than someone else or can do something better than them:

🔹Experienced teachers can show new teachers a trick or two.

💢somebody is up to their (old) tricks #informal ➡️ to be doing the same dishonest things that you have often done before:

🔹She's up to her old tricks, telling her parents one thing and her teachers another.
🔹He's up to his old tricks, teasing his sisters until they're in tears.

💢have a trick of doing something (#British_English) ➡️ to have a habit of using a particular expression or of moving your face or body in a particular way:

🔹She had this trick of raising her eyebrows at the end of a question.

💢never miss a trick #spoken ➡️ to always know exactly what is happening even if it does not concern you:

🔹Dave’s found out. He never misses a trick, does he?

💢how’s tricks? #old_fashioned #spoken ➡️ used to greet someone in a friendly way:

🔹Hello, Bill! How’s tricks?


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#️⃣#Well /wel/ #adverb


💢do well

🅰️to be successful, especially in work or business:

🔹He’s doing very well at college.
🔹Elizabeth’s done well for herself since she moved to London.

🅱️if someone who has been ill is doing well, they are becoming healthy again:

🔹He had the operation yesterday, and he’s doing very well.

💢as well ➡️ in addition to something or someone else:

🔹Why don’t you come along as well?

📚#Register:

🗣As well is used mostly in #spoken_English.
✍🏻In #written_English, people usually prefer to use also:

🔹Parents are also welcome.

💢as well as something/somebody ➡️ in addition to something or someone else:

🔹They own a house in France as well as a villa in Spain.

💢as well as doing something

🔹The organization gives help and support to people in need, as well as raising money for local charities.

💢may/might/could well ➡️ used to say that something is likely to happen or is likely to be true:

🔹What you say may well be true.
🔹You could try the drugstore, but it might well be closed by now.

💢may/might/could (just) as well

🅰️#informal ➡️ used when you do not particularly want to do something but you decide you should do it:

🔹I suppose we may as well get started.

🅱️used to mean that another course of action would have an equally good result:

🔹The taxi was so slow we might just as well have gone on the bus.

💢can’t very well (do something) ➡️ used to say that you cannot do something because it would be unacceptable:

🔹I can’t very well tell him we don’t want him at the party!

💢know full/perfectly well ➡️ used to say that someone does know something even though they are behaving as if they do not:

🔹You know full well what I mean.

💢be well away #British_English #informal

🅰️to be making good progress:

🔹If we can get that grant from the local authority, we’ll be well away.

🅱️to be very drunk

💢be well in with somebody #informal ➡️ to have a friendly relationship with someone, especially someone important:

🔹She’s very well in with members of the management committee.

💢be well out of something #British_English #spoken ➡️ to be lucky to no longer be involved in a particular situation

💢be well up in/on something #informal especially #British_English ➡️ to know a lot about a particular subject:

🔹Geoff’s always been well up on the lnternet.

💢as well somebody might/may #formal ➡️ used to say that there is a good reason for someone’s feelings or reactions:

🔹Marilyn looked guilty, as well she might.

💢do well by somebody #informal ➡️ to treat someone generously


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#️⃣#Well /wel/ #interjection


💢EMPHASIZING SOMETHING ➡️ used to emphasize something you are saying:

🔹Well, I think it’s a good idea anyway.

🔹Well, I’ve had enough and I’m going home!

🔹‘James doesn’t want to come to the cinema with us.’ ‘Well then, let’s go on our own.’

💢PAUSING ➡️ used to pause or give yourself time to think before saying something:

🔹Well, let’s see now, I could meet you on Thursday.

💢ACCEPTING A SITUATION (also oh well) ➡️ used to show that you accept a situation even though you feel disappointed or annoyed about it:

🔹Well, I did my best – I can’t do any more than that.

🔹Oh well, we’ll just have to cancel the holiday, I suppose.

💢SHOWING SURPRISE (also well, well, (well)) ➡️ used to express surprise or amusement:

🔹Well, so Steve got the job?

🔹Well, well, well, I didn’t think I’d see you here.

💢SHOWING ANGER ➡️ used to express anger or disapproval:

🔹Well, she could at least have phoned to say she wasn’t coming!

💢FINAL REMARK ➡️ used to show that you are about to finish speaking or doing something:

🔹Well, that’s all for today.
🔹Well, that’s the last one done.

💢EXPRESSING DOUBT ➡️ used to show that you are not sure about something:

🔹‘Will you be in on Friday evening?’ ‘Well, it depends.’

💢CHANGING SOMETHING ➡️ used to slightly change something that you have said:

🔹He’s rolling in money! Well, he’s got a lot more than me, anyway.

💢AGREEING very well ➡️ #formal used to show that you agree with an idea or accept a suggestion:

🔹‘Very well,’ he said. ‘I accept.’

💢CONTINUING A STORY ➡️ used to continue a story you are telling people, especially in order to make it seem more interesting:

🔹You know that couple I was telling you about the other day? Well, last night I saw a police car in front of their house!

💢ASKING A QUESTION Well? ➡️ used to ask someone to answer a question you have asked them, when you are angry with them:

🔹Well? What have you got to say for yourself?


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#️⃣#Well /wel/ #adjective (comparative better, superlative best)


💢healthy:

🔹‘How are you?’ ‘Very well, thanks.’
🔹I don’t feel very well.
🔹You’re looking very well.
🔹I hope you get well again soon.

💢it’s just as well (that) ➡️ #spoken ➡️ used to say that things have happened in a good or fortunate way:

🔹It’s just as well I kept some money aside for emergencies.

💢it’s/that’s all very well, but ... #spoken ➡️ used to say that something seems to be a good idea, but is not really possible or helpful:

🔹It’s all very well the doctors telling me I’ve got to rest, but who’s going to look after my children?

💢that’s/it’s all well and good #spoken especially #British_English ➡️ used to say that something is good or enjoyable, but it also has some disadvantages:

🔹Going off on foreign holidays is all well and good, but you’ve got to get back to reality sometime.

💢it might/would be as well #spoken ➡️ used to give someone advice or make a helpful suggestion:

🔹It might be as well to make him rest for a few days.

💢all is well/all is not well formal used to say that a situation is satisfactory or not satisfactory:

🔹All is not well with their marriage.

💢all’s well that ends well ➡️ used to say that a difficult situation has ended with a good result. It is the title of a humorous play by William Shakespeare about the relationship between the two main characters, Helena and Bertram.


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#️⃣#Well /wel/ #noun [countable]


1️⃣a deep hole in the ground from which people take water:

🔹She lowered her bucket into the well.

2️⃣an oil well

3️⃣the space in a tall building where the stairs are


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#️⃣#Well /wel/ (also well up) #verb [intransitive] #literary


🅰️if a liquid wells or wells up, it comes to the surface of something and starts to flow out:

🔹I felt tears well up in my eyes.

🅱️if a feeling wells or wells up in you, you start to feel it strongly:

🔹Anger welled up within him.


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