🍏The fruit(s) of something
ثمرة الشيء ( حصيلة أو خلاصة ) = النتائج الجيدة لأي نشاط أو موقف

= the good results of an activity or a situation

🔹Enjoy the fruits of your labours (= the rewards for your hard work).
استمتع بثمار عملك و جهدك.👍🏻👏🏻

🔹The book is the fruit of years of research.
الكتاب هو ثمرة سنوات من البحث.📗🥇


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✨With tongue in cheek
يقول مازحاً

= If you say something tongue in cheek, you intend it to be understood as a joke, although you might appear to be serious

🔻He said that he was a huge fan of the president, although I suspect it was tongue in cheek.


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🥊Roll with the punches


= to deal with problems or difficulties by doing whatever you need to do, rather than by trying only one method

🥊Losing my job was really tough, but I've just been trying to roll with the punches until I get back on my feet.

🥊Well, there’s nothing we can do to change things. We’ll just have to learn to roll with the punches.

🥊He has had to learn how to roll with the punches and seek out the positive in every problem.


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💢Prepositions with EXPERIENCE


🔹Experience OF something that one has experienced:

🔻experience of life
🔻experience of foreign travel
🔻experience of working on a farm

🔹Experience IN a particular field:

🔻His experience in surgery is very limited.
🔻I wish to work in an up-to-date office, where I can gain experience in modern methods.

🔹Learn BY or FROM experience:

🔸BY suggest the method of learning.
🔸FROM the source of one’s knowledge.

🔻The best way to learn is to learn by experience.
🔻I have learned from experience that the cheapest method often turns out to be the dearest in the long run.


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Can enough be used with a that-clause?👇

The differences between a long story and a tall story👇

Example: I couldn't believe such a tall story.

Always keep in mind tall story is one word (noun); it is not an adjective + a noun.

⭕️At the beginging 🆚 in the beginning


▶️At the beginning is used for the time and place when something begins.

✨We're going to Japan at the beginning of July.

▶️In the beginning means at first and suggests a contrast with a later situation.

✨In the beginning he had one small shop; now he is the owner of a vast business, with many branches.


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✨Forms of address (title)
By: Paul Jan


In English there are many forms of address or titles such as:

• Sir (for a knight)
• Dr (for a medical doctor or a holder of a PhD doctorate)

but the common forms of address are Mr, Mrs, Miss and Ms.

• Mr for men
• Mrs, Miss and Ms for women.

💢The first rule to know is that these titles should NEVER be used with the person's first name in the English speaking culture.

👱🏻‍♂️If my name is John Smith then you would call me:
• John✅
• Mr. Smith✅
• or Mr. John Smith✅
depending on the circumstances, but never Mr. John.❌

⚠️When I visit India and other Eastern contries they call me Mr Paul, or, in Japan, they call me Paul san, this is them being polite in their culture. I don't have a problem with this, it's just not our way.

👑One exception to this rule is for Royalty and knights, or their wives, Sir John Smith and Lady Janet Smith, would be called Sir John and Lady Janet.

👩🏻For women the title depends on her marital status.

• Mrs is for a married woman.
• Miss is for a woman who is definitely single.
• Ms is used when there is uncertainty about her marital status.

🔻If my name was Janet Brown you would never call me Mrs Janet, or Miss Janet.❌

I would be Mrs, or Miss Brown, or even Mrs Janet Brown.✅

🚩These titles tend to only be used in formal situations.

🚩Business customers are addressed using their title.

🚩People in a more senior position to you may have to be referred to by their title.

🚩Students, particularly young students, may have to do the same with their teachers. In schools in the English speaking world teachers are called sir and miss. Even if a woman teacher is married she is still called miss.

✨Examples:
🔹'Is my answer correct sir?'
🔹'May I go to the toilet miss?'.

🚩Outside schools the term 'sir' is only used in formal circumstances such as in business, it is used in lieu of their name.

🇺🇸The Americans tend to use 'sir' more often than other English speaking countries.

✨For most of the time, in non-formal situations, we will only use the person's first name when addressing them.


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#️⃣#Since /sɪns/ #preposition, #conjunction, #adverb


✨Since can be used in the following ways:

🚩as a preposition (followed by a noun):

🔹Everything has changed so much since last spring.

🚩as an adverb (without a following noun):

🔹She left home in 1993 and hasn’t been seen since.

🚩as a conjunction (connecting two clauses):

🔹Paul’s had several different jobs since he left school.

🔹Since there’s no more business, we can all go home.

🚩When since is used for talking about time, the verb in the main clause of the sentence is usually in the present perfect or past perfect tense:

🔹It hasn’t rained since the end of July.

🔹He had been composing music since he was ten years old.

🚩Sometimes the present simple or past simple is used in the main clause:

🔹It’s over twenty years since we last met.


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Q: 1_ I really don't like her.
2_ I don't really like her.
Are two above sentences different in meaning?

Good question!
The first sentence means u don't like her at all. Here really means definitely.
The second sentence means also u don't like her, but sounds less emphatic and more polite than the first sentence. PLACING REALLY AFTER DON'T REDUCES THE FORCE OF SOMETHING U R SAYING.

Because of the two points I mentioned above, we say I don't really agree with your opinion about something (to sound polite), but we say I really don't mind lending u some money (to emphasise that I don't mind lending u some money).

HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IN SOME CASES THE POSITION OF REALLY CAN CHANGE THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE. I don't really know means u r not sure about something; I really don't know emphasises that u don't know.

Answered by Omar Alamri

Hey guys .
Is it true that we should only use "shall" with "i" and "we" ?

If you want to know the answer to your question, you have to read about the different uses of shall.

1- Used for talking about or predicting the future.
Shall is used with I and we. Will, on the other hand, can be used with all persons.
We shall work in the same office.

Shall is not used with (you and I):
You and I WILL be away next week.

Both will and shall are used for intentions, but only will can be used for willingness
I'll come with you if you like.

Note:
In modern English the traditional difference between shall and will has almost disappeared, and shall is not used very much at all, especially in American English. Shall is now only used with I and we, and often sounds formal and old-fashioned. People are more likely to say: I'll (=I will) be late and 'You'll (=you will) apologize immediately-'No I won't)


2- Used for making a suggestion or an offer and asking for advice

Again! I and we are the only pronouns that can be used with shall here.

What shall I wear for the party?
Shall we order some coffee?
I'll drive, shall I?
What shall we do? We can't stay here all night.

3- Used for permission
Permission may be given by a speaker with shall in 2nd and 3rd persons (formal and literary):
You shall do as you please. (i.e. You have my permission to)
He shall do as he pleases.
(i.e He has my permission to)

Permission can be denied with shan't:
If you don't behave yourself, you shan't go out/be allowed out.
If he doesn't behave himself, he shan't go out/be allowed out.

4- In all the following uses of shall, shall can be used with all persons:

1)You shall buy for this. (threat)
2)You shall (stressed) have a car for your birthday. (promise)
3)They shall not pass! (determination)
4)When he comes in nobody shall say a word. (order)

Answered by Omar Alamri