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♦️5.Directing a Conversation (Part3 of 9)

🔸5.9When you don't understand what a speaker has said

🔹Sir?
🔹Ma'am?
🔹Pardon me?
🔹Excuse me?
🔹I'm sorry?
🔹I'm sorry.I missed that.
🔹I'm sorry.What?
🔹What did you say?
🔹What was that?
🔹Could you please repeat yourself?
🔹Could you please repeat that?
🔹Could you please say that again?
🔹Say that again.
🔹I didn't quite get that.
______________

🔸5.10When you don't understand what a speaker is saying

🔹I don't understand you.
🔹I can't understand you.
🔹I can't hear you.
🔹Could you please speak slower?
🔹Please speak more slowly.
🔹Speak up.
🔹Could you please speak louder?
🔹Could you spell that?
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🔸5.11When you don't follow the speaker's train of thought

🔹I don't follow.
🔹I don't follow you.
🔹I don't quite follow you.
🔹I'm not following you.
🔹I'm not sure I follow.
______________

🔸5.12When you don't understand the speaker's point

🔹I don't understand your point.
🔹I don't get it.
🔹I didn't quite get that.
🔹I don't see what you're getting at.
🔹I'm not sure I get your point.
🔹I'm not sure I get what you mean.
🔹I'm not sure I know what you mean.
______________

🔸5.13When you bring up a counter point

🔹I hate to bring this up,but…
🔹I don't mean to be negative,but…
🔹I don't mean to be rude,but…
🔹I may be wrong,but…
🔹Correct me if I am wrong,but…
🔹You might be right,but…
🔹You may have a good point,but…
🔹That may be true,but…

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🔰In spite of🆚despite🔰


In spite of and despite have a similar meaning to although or even though.

They express a contrast between two things. They are both more common in writing than in speaking. Despite is a little more formal than in spite of.

🍃 We usually use in spite of and despite with a noun:

🔸He got the job in spite of his prison record.

🔸John’s company is doing extremely well despite the recession.

🍃 We can also use in spite of and despite with -ing:

🔸He was very fast in spite of being terribly overweight.

🔸They arrived late despite leaving in plenty of time.


⚠️ Warning:

We don’t use a that-clause after in spite of or despite. We use in spite of the fact that or despite the fact that:

✅ When they arrived at Malaga it was hot, in spite of the fact that it was only the end of April.

❌ Not: … in spite of that it was only the end of April

🍃 In spite of is written as three separate words.( not inspite )

🍃 We never use of with despite:

✅ They enjoyed the rides in spite of the long queues. (or … despite the long queues.)

❌Not: … inspite the long queues or …despite of the long queues.


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🍃BINOMIALS in English language🍃

🔺Common binomial pairs in English 🔺


🔰PART 2️⃣ 🔰


🔵Binomial pairs with ‘and’ conjunction.🔵
 
☘️Hustle and bustle☘️

🍂Meaning: A large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding.

🍂Example: He moved to his parents’ farm to have a break from the hustle and bustle of the big city.

☘️Part and parcel☘️

🍂Meaning: Something that can’t be separated from a specific condition, experience, topic.

🍂Example: Stress and fatigue are part and parcel of working on shifts.

☘️Peace and quite☘️

🍂Meaning: A period of calm, silence,etc., especially after noise, stress

🍂Example: Why don’t you allgo and play outside? Your mother needs a bit of peace and quiet.

☘️Back and forth☘️

🍂Meaning: Going from one place or position to another and back again.

🍂Example: The back and forth movement of the tide causes erosion of the coastline.

☘️Far and wide☘️

🍂Meaning: Over a great distance or large area; nearly everywhere.

🍂Example: People came from far and wide to see the show.
☘️Loud and clear☘️

🍂Meaning: In a clear and easily understandable manner.

🍂Example: The message from voters came across loud and clear.

☘️Odds and ends☘️

🍂Meaning: Miscellaneous things.

🍂Example: The garage was filled with a random assortment of odds and ends.

☘️Wear and tear☘️

🍂Meaning: The damaging effects of ordinary use in a long period 

🍂Example: When you calculate the value of a used car, you have to consider the wear and tear.

☘️Spick and span☘️

🍂Meaning: Clean, spotless; original sense “like new”.

🍂Example: I mopped up the kitchen floor so it was spick and span.
☘️Slice and dice☘️

🍂Meaning: To break a body of information down into smaller parts or to examine it from different viewpoints so that you can understand it better

🍂Example: Transcripts of the debate were available almost immediately, providing some opportunities to slice and dice the contenders’ words.

☘️Do’s and don’ts☘️

🍂Meaning: Instructions and warnings about what you should and should not do in a particular situation

🍂Example: Here is a list of do’s and don’ts for anyone planning to start a business.

☘️Live and learn☘️

🍂Meaning: Learning about life by experiences and unpleasant mistakes.

🍂Example: Live and learn is my motto. You can learn a lot from your mistakes.

☘️Live and let live☘️

🍂Meaning: Being tolerant with others

🍂Example: At first, my flatmates used to quarrel a lot, but now they decided to live and let live.

☘️Rules and regulations☘️

🍂Meaning: Law, Legislation

🍂Example: In every community rules and regulations are necessary to settle disagreements.


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🍂 PAST 🍂

• Adjective
• Noun
• Preposition
• Adverb

#Grammar
#Vocabulary

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🖇 ADJECTIVE+PREPOSITION🖇

#Vocabulary
#Prepositions

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📆 Word of the day 📆

🍁 GLOAMING 🍁

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#Word_Of_The_Day

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🍂 FIRST, FIRSTLY or AT FIRST 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔


🔴 FIRST / FIRSTLY

First can be an adjective or an adverb and refers to the person or thing that comes before all others in order, time, amount, quality or importance:

◽️Adjective: What’s the name of the first person who walked on the moon?

◽️ Adverb: Beth always arrives first at meetings.

🔸We often use first, especially in writing, to show the order of the points we want to make. When we are making lists, we can use first or firstly. Firstly is more formal than first:

◽️Dear Mr Paul

✅ First(ly) I would like to thank you for your kind offer of a job …

❌Not: At first I would like to thank you …

✅ First(ly) the sodium chloride is dissolved in the water and heated gently. Second(ly) a dye is added to the solution.

❌Not: At first, the sodium chloride …


🔴 AT FIRST

🔸At first means ‘at the beginning’ or ‘in the beginning’ and we use it when we make contrasts:

◽️At first when I went to England to study English, I was homesick, but in the end I cried when it was time to leave.

◽️He called for help. No one heard him at first, but eventually two young girls came to help him.

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🖇Collocations with
“DECISION”


🅰️ VERBS 🅰️

🍃make a decision🍃

🔘Example: I want to think about it a bit longer before I make a decision.

🍃take a decision🍃

🔘Meaning: make an important or formal decision

🔘Example: I fully accept the decision taken by the committee.

🍃reach/come to/arrive at a decision🍃

🔘Meaning: make a decision after a lot of thought

🔘Example: We hope they will reach their decision as soon as possible.

🍃regret a decision🍃

🔘Meaning: wish you had not made a particular decision

🔘Example: I was already regretting my decision to go on holiday with him.

🍃reconsider a decision🍃

🔘Meaning: think about changing a decision you have made

🔘Example: He said he wasn't prepared to reconsider his decision.

🍃reverse a decision🍃

🔘Meaning: change a decision

🔘Example: They want him to reverse his decision to quit.

🍃overrule/overturn a decision🍃

🔘Meaning: officially change a decision by another person or group

🔘Example: A director of the company had overruled that decision.

🍃postpone a decision🍃

🔘Meaning: not make a decision until later

🔘Example: The government has postponed its decision about when to hold the election.

🅱️ ADJECTIVES 🅱️

🍂an important decision🍂

🔲Example: My father made all the important decisions.

🍂a big decision🍂

🔲Meaning: an important decision

🔲Example: Marriage is a big decision.

🍂a major decision🍂

🔲Meaning: very important

🔲Example: The government now has some major decisions to make.

🍂a difficult/hard/tough decision🍂

🔲Example: In the end I took the difficult decision to retire early.

🍂a good decision🍂

🔲Example: It was a good decision to change the name of the product.

🍂a bad decision🍂

🔲Example: I think he made a bad decision.

🍂the right decision🍂

🔲Example: She chose to study Engineering and it was definitely the right decision.

🍂the wrong decision🍂

🔲Example: I thought I'd made the wrong decision marrying Jeff.

🍂a conscious/deliberate decision🍂

🔲Meaning: one that you have thought about clearly

🔲Example: Belinda had made a conscious decision to have a baby.

🍂a clear/firm decision🍂

🔲Meaning: a definite one

🔲Example: It's now time to come to a clear decision on this.

🍂a final decision🍂

🔲Meaning: one that will not be changed

🔲Example: The council will make a final decision in four months.

🍂a snap decision🍂

🔲Meaning: one that you make extremely quickly

🔲Example: Police officers often have to make snap decisions on how to act.

🍂a controversial decision🍂

🔲Meaning: that people disagree about

🔲Example: The history of the law is full of controversial decisions.

🍂a hasty decision🍂

🔲Meaning: one that you make without enough thought

🔲Example: Don't let yourself be forced into making hasty decisions.

🍂a joint decision🍂

🔲Meaning: one that two people make together

🔲Example: Jo and I made a joint decision that we should separate.

🍂a collective decision🍂

🔲Meaning: one that a number of people make together

🔲Example: Society should take collective decisions about individual rights and responsibilities.

#Vocabulary
#Collocations

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🙂 Remain CALM! 🙂

#Be_Positive

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✨NEW Phrasal Verbs✨


🌼 bin someone/something off 🌼

🍃Meaning:
(informal) to discard someone or something, used especially in the context of removing someone from a job/position, or terminating a relationship

🍃Example:
They made him captain when Jones was binned off for missing training.

🌼 page out 🌼

🍃Meaning:
(informal) to daydream

🍃Example:
Can you repeat that? I paged out for a minute.

🌼 geek out 🌼

🍃Meaning:
(informal) to suddenly start speaking in technical language

🍃Example:
Just excuse me while I geek out for a couple of minutes.

🔺geeked-out
🍃Meaning:
(adjective) equipped with a lot of electronic/computational devices

🍃Example:
I was sufficiently geeked-out for the trip, with a laptop, PDA and camera phone.

🌼 big something up 🌼

🍃Meaning:
(informal):

🅰️ to praise or recommend something, to make something sound exciting

🍃Example:
I know I sound like I'm bigging it up, but it was a great film.

🅱️ “big it up” : to enjoy yourself in a social situation in a way that makes other people notice you

🍃Example:
The lads were really bigging it up at the local club.

🌼 vague something up 🌼

🍃Meaning:
(informal) to make something seem less clear or detailed

🍃Example:
I vagued up certain parts of the story.


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🌐Get+used to+verb +ing (gerund) for a process of change🌐

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🌎 OCCIDENT 🌎

Oc‧ci‧dent /ˈɒksədənt, ˈɒksɪdənt noun

The Occident literary the western part of the world, especially Europe and the Americas ⇨ Orient

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LOOK 🆚 LOOK LIKE

🔅Look+adjective

🔅Look like+adjective +noun

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📖 Reading Practice 📖


🍔Difficult Customer🍔


⚪️Good evening. My name is Fabio. I’ll be your waiter for tonight. May I take your order?

⚫️No, I’m still working on it. This menu isn’t even in English. What’s good here?

⚪️ For you sir, I would recommend spaghetti and meatballs.

⚫️Does it come with coke and fries?

⚪️ It comes with either soup or salad and a complimentary glass of lemonade, sir.

⚫️I’ll go with the spaghetti and meatballs, salad and the lemonade.

⚪️Excellent choice. Your order will be ready soon.

⚫️How soon is soon?

⚪️Twenty minutes?

⚫️You know what? I’ll just go grab a burger across the street.

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🔘Key Vocabulary

• grab - get quickly
• go with - to choose, pick
• would recommend - suggest
• complimentary - free
• still working on - not yet completed, need more time


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💺CHAIRS


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🍽KITCHEN UTENSILS🍽


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🍃PHRASAL VERBS🍃

“ EMOTIONS”

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🍀 Prepositional Phrases That Act As Adverbs 🍀

They modify:

• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs

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✨✨ BRIGHT ✨✨

An interesting application for English learners!!

You will master the English language in a fun game format. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, you’ll find the application extremely useful.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bright-english-for-beginners/id1258621855?mt=8


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BUILD 🆚 CONSTRUCT

• Build (irregular verb) = to create or develop something gradually.

• Construct ( regular verb ) = to draw a line or shape in geometry.

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