✨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.
#PhrasalVerbs
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🌼 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.
#PhrasalVerbs
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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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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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📖 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.
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
🔘Key Vocabulary
• grab - get quickly
• go with - to choose, pick
• would recommend - suggest
• complimentary - free
• still working on - not yet completed, need more time
#Reading_practice
#Conversation
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🍔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.
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
🔘Key Vocabulary
• grab - get quickly
• go with - to choose, pick
• would recommend - suggest
• complimentary - free
• still working on - not yet completed, need more time
#Reading_practice
#Conversation
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🍀 Prepositional Phrases That Act As Adverbs 🍀
They modify:
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
#Prepositions
#Phrases
#Grammar
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They modify:
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
#Prepositions
#Phrases
#Grammar
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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
#Useful_apps
#Games
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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
#Useful_apps
#Games
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App Store
Bright - English for beginners
Memorize 6,000 essential English words in just 10 minutes a day! Scientifically proven learning method and a smart training system in the Bright app.
Build up your vocabulary and get the desired outcome in 2 months.
• With the Fast Brain interactive…
Build up your vocabulary and get the desired outcome in 2 months.
• With the Fast Brain interactive…
BUILD 🆚 CONSTRUCT
• Build (irregular verb) = to create or develop something gradually.
• Construct ( regular verb ) = to draw a line or shape in geometry.
#Vocabulary
#VS
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• Build (irregular verb) = to create or develop something gradually.
• Construct ( regular verb ) = to draw a line or shape in geometry.
#Vocabulary
#VS
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🔴 Daily Conversations:
♦️5. Directing a Conversation (Part 4 of 9)
🔸5.14 When you want to repeat your point
🔹Let me repeat myself.
🔹Allow me to repeat myself.
🔹To repeat,…
🔹To reiterate,…
🔹As I've said,…
🔹Like I said,…
🔹As I was saying,…
🔹I don't want to sound like a broken record, but…
______________
🔸5.15 When you want to provide additional explanation
🔹Let me explain.
🔹Let me elaborate.
🔹Let me give you some details.
🔹Let me tell you a little more about it.
🔹Let me clarify that.
🔹Allow me to clarify.
🔹Let me rephrase that.
🔹Let me make myself clear.
🔹Let me make myself perfectly clear.
🔹Let's talk about it.
______________
🔸5.16 When you rephrase your point
🔹What I mean is…
🔹What I'm saying is…
🔹What I'm trying to say is…
🔹In other words,…
🔹To put it another way,…
______________
🔸5.17 When you provide an example
🔹For example,…
🔹For instance,…
🔹To give you an example,…
🔹Let me give you an example.
🔹Let me illustrate.
🔹As a case in point,…
______________
🔸5.18 When you announce a conclusion
🔹To conclude, we have achieved our objectives.
🔹All in all, this was a useful discussion.
🔹All things considered, this year was a success.
🔹On balance, we made profit this year.
🔹In any case, you'll get what you want.
🔹One way or the other, the project has been completed.
🔹Either way, his innocence was proven.
🔹That brings us to the main point.
🔹Which brings me to the main point.
______________
🔸5.19 When you rephrase the speaker's point
🔹What you mean is…
🔹What you're saying is…
🔹If I understand you,…
🔹If I am hearing you correctly,…
🔹So, you think that…
🔹Strictly speaking,…
#Daily_conversations
#directing_a_conversation
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♦️5. Directing a Conversation (Part 4 of 9)
🔸5.14 When you want to repeat your point
🔹Let me repeat myself.
🔹Allow me to repeat myself.
🔹To repeat,…
🔹To reiterate,…
🔹As I've said,…
🔹Like I said,…
🔹As I was saying,…
🔹I don't want to sound like a broken record, but…
______________
🔸5.15 When you want to provide additional explanation
🔹Let me explain.
🔹Let me elaborate.
🔹Let me give you some details.
🔹Let me tell you a little more about it.
🔹Let me clarify that.
🔹Allow me to clarify.
🔹Let me rephrase that.
🔹Let me make myself clear.
🔹Let me make myself perfectly clear.
🔹Let's talk about it.
______________
🔸5.16 When you rephrase your point
🔹What I mean is…
🔹What I'm saying is…
🔹What I'm trying to say is…
🔹In other words,…
🔹To put it another way,…
______________
🔸5.17 When you provide an example
🔹For example,…
🔹For instance,…
🔹To give you an example,…
🔹Let me give you an example.
🔹Let me illustrate.
🔹As a case in point,…
______________
🔸5.18 When you announce a conclusion
🔹To conclude, we have achieved our objectives.
🔹All in all, this was a useful discussion.
🔹All things considered, this year was a success.
🔹On balance, we made profit this year.
🔹In any case, you'll get what you want.
🔹One way or the other, the project has been completed.
🔹Either way, his innocence was proven.
🔹That brings us to the main point.
🔹Which brings me to the main point.
______________
🔸5.19 When you rephrase the speaker's point
🔹What you mean is…
🔹What you're saying is…
🔹If I understand you,…
🔹If I am hearing you correctly,…
🔹So, you think that…
🔹Strictly speaking,…
#Daily_conversations
#directing_a_conversation
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🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃Success is not just a measure of how big you can DREAM, it is also a measure of how much you can DO.
🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃
✨Have an AMAZING morning.✨
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🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃
✨Have an AMAZING morning.✨
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🍃Phrasal verbs with LOOK🍃
• Look into
• Look up
• Look over/through
• Look in
• Look on
• Look away
• Look back
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• Look into
• Look up
• Look over/through
• Look in
• Look on
• Look away
• Look back
#PhrasalVerbs
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🍃Phrasal verbs with TAKE🍃
• Take over
• Take in
• Take up
• Take off
• Take out
• Take on
• Take down
• Take after
• Take back
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• Take over
• Take in
• Take up
• Take off
• Take out
• Take on
• Take down
• Take after
• Take back
#PhrasalVerbs
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🍃 DO or MAKE activity 🍃
✨ Fill in the blanks with “Do”, “Make” or either of them:
1️⃣ Has he agreed to .......... the work?
do
make
Either could be used here
2️⃣ Have you .......... what I told you?
made
done
did
3️⃣ The company .......... bicycles and tricycles.
makes
does
make
4️⃣ Why are you always .......... trouble?
making
doing
Either could be used here
5️⃣ Will this tablecloth …….... or should I use another?
do
make
Either could be used here
6️⃣ He …….... a speech on the occasion.
made
did
Either could be used here
7️⃣ They …….... the kitchen and the bathrooms every day.
do
make
Either could be used here
8️⃣ I won’t go and you can’t …….... me.
do
done
make
9️⃣ Laws are …….... to be obeyed.
made
did
done
1️⃣0️⃣ Last summer we …….... ten countries in one month.
did
done
made
1️⃣1️⃣ Hurry or we won’t …….... the train.
do
done
make
1️⃣2️⃣ When buying a bag, look closely at its ..........
do
make
Either could be used here
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✨ Fill in the blanks with “Do”, “Make” or either of them:
1️⃣ Has he agreed to .......... the work?
do
make
Either could be used here
2️⃣ Have you .......... what I told you?
made
done
did
3️⃣ The company .......... bicycles and tricycles.
makes
does
make
4️⃣ Why are you always .......... trouble?
making
doing
Either could be used here
5️⃣ Will this tablecloth …….... or should I use another?
do
make
Either could be used here
6️⃣ He …….... a speech on the occasion.
made
did
Either could be used here
7️⃣ They …….... the kitchen and the bathrooms every day.
do
make
Either could be used here
8️⃣ I won’t go and you can’t …….... me.
do
done
make
9️⃣ Laws are …….... to be obeyed.
made
did
done
1️⃣0️⃣ Last summer we …….... ten countries in one month.
did
done
made
1️⃣1️⃣ Hurry or we won’t …….... the train.
do
done
make
1️⃣2️⃣ When buying a bag, look closely at its ..........
do
make
Either could be used here
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am‧biv‧a‧lent ▶️/æmˈbɪvələnt/
🔘Meaning: not sure whether you want or like something or not
🔘Ex.:We are both somewhat ambivalent about having a new car.
#Vocabulary
#Word_Of_The_Day
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🔘Meaning: not sure whether you want or like something or not
🔘Ex.:We are both somewhat ambivalent about having a new car.
#Vocabulary
#Word_Of_The_Day
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🤔 Do you make any of these mistakes? 🤔
❌ Every students like the teacher.
✅ Every student likes the teacher.
❌ I look forward to meet you.
✅ I look forward to meeting you.
❌ I like very much ice cream.
✅ I like ice cream very much.
❌ I have visited Paris last weekend.
✅ I visited Paris last weekend.
❌ The woman which works here is from Spain.
✅ The woman who works here is from Spain.
❌ She’s married with a lecturer.
✅ She’s married to a lecturer.
❌ He was boring in the class.
✅ He was bored in the class.
❌ I must to call him immediately.
✅ I must call him immediately.
#Common_mistakes
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❌ Every students like the teacher.
✅ Every student likes the teacher.
❌ I look forward to meet you.
✅ I look forward to meeting you.
❌ I like very much ice cream.
✅ I like ice cream very much.
❌ I have visited Paris last weekend.
✅ I visited Paris last weekend.
❌ The woman which works here is from Spain.
✅ The woman who works here is from Spain.
❌ She’s married with a lecturer.
✅ She’s married to a lecturer.
❌ He was boring in the class.
✅ He was bored in the class.
❌ I must to call him immediately.
✅ I must call him immediately.
#Common_mistakes
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