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♦️11. Encouragement (Part 2 of 3)

🔸11.6 When you demonstrate support to somebody

🔹You've got my support.
🔹You've got my backing.
🔹You've got my vote.
🔹You can trust me.
🔹You can put your trust in me.
🔹You can put your faith in me.
🔹You can lean on me.
🔹You can lean on my shoulder.
🔹I'll stand by you.
🔹I'm standing behind you.
🔹I'm 100% behind you.
🔹I'm with you.
🔹I'm on your side.
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🔸11.7 When you encourage somebody by expressing trust

🔹I trust you completely.
🔹I have complete trust in you.
🔹I believe in you completely.
🔹I have faith in you.
🔹I have the utmost faith in you.
🔹I have complete faith in you.
🔹I have confidence in you.
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🔸11.8 When you encourage somebody by praising their strength

🔹You are so strong.
🔹You don't know your own strength.
🔹You're as strong as an ox.
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🔸11.9 When you encourage somebody by offering help

🔹I'd be happy to help you.
🔹I'm here for you.
🔹I'm here if you need me.
🔹If you need me, call.
🔹If you need me, don't hesitate to call.
🔹If there's anything I can do for you, please let me know.
🔹If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask.
🔹If you don't see what you want, please ask for it.
🔹Let me know if you need any help.
🔹I'll always be there for you.
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🔸11.10 When you encourage somebody to be patient

🔹Take things lightly.
🔹Take things as they come.
🔹Take it as it comes.
🔹Take things one day at a time.
🔹Take one day at a time.
🔹Take one step at a time.
🔹The best is yet to come.
🔹It will work out in the end.
🔹I am confident it will all work out.
🔹Everything will work itself out.
🔹In the long run, everything will be OK.
🔹All in good time.
🔹Everything in its time.
🔹There is a time and season for everything.
🔹Give it time.
🔹Good things come to those who wait.
🔹Don't hold your breath.
🔹Hold your horses.
🔹Don't get ahead of yourself.
🔹Don't jump ahead of yourself.
🔹Don't jump the gun.
🔹We'll cross the bridge when we get there.
🔹It's not over till it's over.
🔹Stay the course.
🔹Stick to your guns.

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💬50 British Slang Words & Phrases You Need to Know💬


1️⃣ All mouth and no trousers

🍃Meaning:

All talk, no action, i.e. Braggadocio.

🍂Example:

“Don’t listen to him. He’s all mouth and no trousers.”

2️⃣ Argy-bargy

🍃Meaning :

An argument or heated confrontation.

🍂Example:

“I’m not interested in getting into an argy-bargy over it.”

3️⃣ Bang to rights

🍃Meaning:

Equivalent of ‘dead to rights.’ Caught in the act. Caught red-handed.

🍂Example:

“Police caught Jim Bang to rights outside the bookie’s.”

4️⃣ Bent as a nine-bob note

🍃Meaning:

Metaphor for dishonesty or corruption that references the nine-schilling (bob) note, which does not exist and must therefore be counterfeit.

🍂Example:

“That street vendor selling watches is bent as a nine-bob note.”

5️⃣ Blinding

🍃Meaning :

An adjective for excellence.

🍂Example:

“The Prime Minister gave a blinding inauguration speech.”

6️⃣ Chuffed

🍃Meaning:

To be very pleased about something.

🍂Example:

“Reginald was chuffed about the football match.”

7️⃣ Conk

🍃Meaning:

A blow to the head or nose.

🍂Example:

“He conked his head on the doorframe on his way out.”

8️⃣ Corker

🍃Meaning:

Someone or something that/who is outstanding. A standout.

🍂Example:

“Great job, Jim. You’re a real corker.”

9️⃣ Do one’s nut

🍃Meaning:

To become enraged. Presumably a reference to doing an impression of a madman (nut).

🍂Examples:

“I gave him the news, and a he did his nut.

“When I gave Reginald the news, he did his nut, and went home.”

1️⃣0️⃣ Damp Squib

🍃Meaning:

Something that fails on all counts. Reference to small explosive charges that fail when wet.

🍂Example:

“It looks like the new midfielder is a damp squib.”

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🍃Linking words🍃

🍁Transition words🍁

8️⃣ Space/Location/Place

These transition words are often used as part of adverbial expressions and have the function to restrict, limit or qualify space. Quite a few of these are also found in the Time category and can be used to describe spatial order or spatial reference.

in the middle
to the left/right
in front of
on this side
in the distance
here and there
in the foreground
in the background
in the center of

adjacent to
opposite to
here
there
next
where
from
over
near
above
below
down
up
under
further
beyond
nearby
wherever
around
between
before
alongside
amid
among
beneath
beside
behind
across

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🍖 Bone of Contention🍖

The most probable origin of this phrase comes from the idea of two dogs fighting—or contending—over one bone.

🍃Example:

Dismantling the family business was a bone of contention for everyone.

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🕑 HACK AROUND 🕑

🍂Meaning: Waste time.

🍃 Example:

I've been hacking around all morning because I can't get down to doing any revision.

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🔗Conjunctions🔗


✨Cohesive Devices✨

A variety of useful English Conjunctions exists, which complete this list of the most used Cohesive Devices. Together, they can help to express a cohesive view and easy understandable and readable texts.

🔺There are three basic types of conjunctions:

1️⃣ Coordinating conjunctions

used to connect two independent clauses

2️⃣ Subordinating conjunctions

used to establish the relationship between the dependent clause and the rest of the sentence

3️⃣ Correlative conjunctions

used to join various sentence elements which are grammatically equal


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🍂 SKINT 🍂

• Meaning:
Having no money. To be broke.

• Example:
Sorry mate, I can't come out - I'm skint!

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🍃Five prepositions with ARRIVE🍃

Arrive is an interesting verb in English because it can be used with a number of different prepositions.

✨Using *arrive in*✨

• Jack arrived in New York in 2005.
• We arrived in Turkey last Friday.

✨Using *arrive at*✨

• I arrived at the park early and took a nice walk.
• I arrived at my office at 8:30 this morning.
• We need to arrive at the party by 6:00.

✨Using *arrive with*✨

• She arrived with her two kids.
• I arrived with my laptop.

✨Using *arrive by*✨

• She arrived by taxi last night.
• I arrived by plane, but I am going back home by train.

✨Using *arrive for*✨

• We arrived for the free lunch, and it was worth the trip.
• We arrived for the wedding ceremony with plenty of time to spare.

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🔗Conjunctions🔗


✨Cohesive Devices✨


1️⃣Coordinating conjunctions


Comes usually in the middle of a sentence, and a comma is used before the conjunction (unless both clauses are very short).
They join individual words, phrases, and independent clauses.
Whereas coordinating conjunctions join parts of a sentence, the purpose of transitional words and phrases usually is to join two 'sentences'.

🍂Examples:

🍃We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

🍃The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma.

And, but, for, nor, or, so, and yet — are the seven coordinating conjunctions. To remember them, the acronym FANBOYS can be used.

F = for
A = and
N = nor
B = but
O = or
Y = yet
S = so


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🍂Prepositions of place🍂

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🦊ANIMAL ADJECTIVES🐻

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Water teaches us to adjust oneself in every situation, in any shape & ALWAYS find out our own way beautifully!

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🔗Conjunctions🔗


✨Cohesive Devices✨


2️⃣ Subordinating Conjunctions

Also called subordinators, introduce a dependent clause. These adverbs that act like conjunctions are placed at the front of the clause - and a comma is needed at the end of the adverbial phrase when it precedes the main clause.

✨Examples:
🍃 If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

🍃 Some people make headlines while others make history.

• Conjunctions Concession
though
although
even though
while

• Conjunctions Condition
if
only if
unless
until
provided that
assuming that
even if
in case (that)
lest

• Conjunctions Comparison
than
rather than
whether
as much as
whereas

• Conjunctions Time
after
as long as
as soon as
before
by the time
now that
once
since
till
until
when
whenever
while

• Conjunctions Reason
because
since
so that
in order (that)
why

• Relative Adjective
that
what
whatever
which
whichever

• Relative Pronoun
who
whoever
whom
whomever
whose

• Conjunctions Manner
how
as though
as if

• Conjunctions Place
where
wherever


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💬50 British Slang Words & Phrases You Need to Know💬


1️⃣1️⃣ Doofer

🍃 Meaning:

An unnamed object. Thing, thingamajig, whatchamacallit.

🍂 Example:

“What is that doofer?”

1️⃣2️⃣ Earwig

🍃 Meaning:

To eavesdrop.

🍂 Example:

“Don’t earwig on my personal phone calls.”

1️⃣3️⃣ Eating Irons

🍃 Meaning:

Cutlery, eating utensils.

🍂 Example:

“Do we have any clean eating irons?”

1️⃣4️⃣ Fortnight

🍃 Meaning:

Very common British slang term for a period of two weeks.

🍂 Example:

“I’ll be back in a fortnight to check on you.”

1️⃣5️⃣ Fence

🍃 Meaning:

• n. A person who deals in stolen property.
• v. To pawn off stolen property to a buyer.

🍂 Example:

“Take this watch to the fence and see what you can get.”

1️⃣6️⃣ The Fuzz

🍃 Meaning:

The Police.

🍂 Example:

“Don’t let the fuzz catch you.”

1️⃣7️⃣ Gaffer

🍃 Meaning:

Boss, foreman, or employer.

🍂 Example:

“Let’s ask the gaffer if we can go on break.”

1️⃣8️⃣ Gutted

🍃 Meaning:

A state of extreme despair.

🍂 Example:

“John was gutted that his girlfriend dumped him.”

1️⃣9️⃣ Go to Spare

🍃 Meaning:

To become angry, frustrated, distressed, or enraged.

🍂 Example:

“If his mood is off, he might go to spare.”

2️⃣0️⃣ Hard Cheese

🍃 Meaning:

An expression of bad luck.

🍂 Example:

“Hard cheese if he does. We’re entitled to our break.”


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🐊COMPOUND ADJECTIVES🐊

• I saw a man-eating alligator.

We are describing the alligator. What type of alligator is it? It is one that eats men (or people).

• I saw a man eating alligator.

This sentence without the hyphen sounds like a man is eating an alligator.
(man is the subject, eating is the verb, alligator is the object or thing that is being eaten).

As you can see, the hyphen (or lack of it) makes a big difference in the meaning of the sentence.

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📘COMPOUND ADJECTIVES📘

How do we know when to put a hyphen? 🤔

If you can use the word “and” between the two adjectives or words, then a hyphen isn't necessary.

🍃 She has a big blue book.

(Big and Blue are adjectives)

Can we say: She has a big and blue book.
✅ Yes, it is possible

🍃 He is a world famous singer.(Is this correct?)🤔

Can we say: He is a world and famous singer.
❎ No, it doesn't sound correct so we need a hyphen to join the words world and famous:

🍃He is a world-famous singer.
✅ Correct

Also, look at the following:

🍃 It's an old coal-mining town.

⚠️Notice how we didn't put a hyphen between the word old and coal. If we had have done that, we would have been referring to old coal, as in coal that is old. We want to emphasis that the town in old and not the coal.

Here we can say:

It is old and a coal-mining one.

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ABOVE 🆚 OVER

• We don’t use over to mean ‘higher level’.

✅Most of the race is 500 metres above sea level.

❎Not: Most of the race is 500 over sea level.

• We don’t use above when one thing touches or covers another.

✅Pour some cream over the tart and serve it warm.

❎Not: Pour some cream above the tart

• We don’t use above with numbers.

✅Over 100 people complained about the programme.

❎Not: Above 100 people complained

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🌈10 Common Colorful Idioms🌈


1️⃣ Out of the blue

🍂 Meaning: randomly, without warning, surprisingly

🍃 Example: “That storm came out of the blue and I didn’t have an umbrella!”

2️⃣ Green with envy

🍂 Meaning: to be very jealous, envious

🍃 Example: “Katie was green with envy when she saw you got a new car for your birthday.”

3️⃣ Gray area

🍂 Meaning: something that is unclear, undefined

🍃 Example: The issue of allowing mobile phones in the classroom is a gray area right now- it could go either way.

4️⃣ Caught red-handed

🍂 Meaning: to catch someone in the act of doing something

🍃 Example: “He was caught red-handed while stealing those candy bars.”

5️⃣ Green thumb

🍂 to be skilled at gardening

🍃 Example: “My mother has a green thumb- she can make anything grow!”

6️⃣ Black sheep

🍂 Meaning: to be the outcast, odd one out, unlike the others

🍃 Example: “Rachel is the black sheep in the family because she is an artist whereas everyone else is an economist.”

7️⃣ Once in a blue moon

🍂 Meaning: very rarely

🍃 Example: “Once in a blue moon you will see that mean professor smile.”

8️⃣ Take the red eye

🍂 Meaning: a late night flight that arrives early in the morning

🍃 Example: “I took the red eye from California to New York last night and now I am exhausted.”

9️⃣ Tickled pink

🍂 Meaning: to be extremely pleased

🍃 Example: “Your grandma was tickled pink that you called on her birthday!”

1️⃣0️⃣ White lie

🍂 Meaning: a small lie that is told to be polite or avoid hurting someone’s feelings

🍃Example: “I didn’t like her dress, but I told a white lie because I didn’t want to offend her.

#Idioms
#Colourful_idioms

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🔗Conjunctions🔗


✨Cohesive Devices✨


3️⃣ Correlative Conjunctions

They are always used in pairs and denote equality; and show the relationship between ideas expressed in different parts of a sentence - and thus make the joining tighter and more emphatic. When joining singular and plural subjects, the subject closest to the verb determines whether the verb is singular or plural.

as . . . as
just as . . . so
both . . . and
hardly . . . when
scarcely . . . when
either . . . or
neither . . . nor

if . . . then
not . . . but
what with . . . and
whether . . . or
not only . . . but also
no sooner . . . than
rather . . . than


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#Conjunctions
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Anyhow 🆚 somehow

❎Incorrect: He did it anyhow.
✅Correct: He managed to do it somehow.

❎Incorrect: He keeps his things somehow in his desk.
✅Correct: He keeps his things anyhow in his desk. (= He doesn’t keep his
things in order.)

❎Incorrect: He may not come but somehow I shall.
✅Correct: He may not come but anyhow I shall. (= I will certainly come.)

Use 'anyhow' to mean 'in disorder'. ‘Anyhow’ can also mean 'for certain'.

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Collaborate 🆚 cooperate

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