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🚩by/through/out/from force of habit
= because you have always done a particular thing and it is difficult to change
🔹I get up at 6 o'clock every day out of force of habit.
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= because you have always done a particular thing and it is difficult to change
🔹I get up at 6 o'clock every day out of force of habit.
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🔻Ambivalent = unable to decide something because you have two different feelings.
🔻Ambiguous = unable to understand something because it has two or more different meanings.
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🔻Ambiguous = unable to understand something because it has two or more different meanings.
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🔻Force #verb [transitive] #Metaphor
Forcing someone to do something is like putting physical pressure on them, or pulling or pushing them. The following phrases convey this figure of speech:
💭They put pressure on him to go.
💭I was under a lot of pressure.
💭I felt very pressured.
💭She pushed me into agreeing.
💭He was hauled in by the police for questioning.
💭They squeezed a confession out of him.
💭The country was dragged into war.
💭They kept pressing me for an answer.
💭I didn’t want to do it, but they twisted my arm.
💭She managed to twist/ wrap me around her little finger.
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Forcing someone to do something is like putting physical pressure on them, or pulling or pushing them. The following phrases convey this figure of speech:
💭They put pressure on him to go.
💭I was under a lot of pressure.
💭I felt very pressured.
💭She pushed me into agreeing.
💭He was hauled in by the police for questioning.
💭They squeezed a confession out of him.
💭The country was dragged into war.
💭They kept pressing me for an answer.
💭I didn’t want to do it, but they twisted my arm.
💭She managed to twist/ wrap me around her little finger.
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✨A force of nature
(is one, not has one) means the person is a very strong personality or character - like a hurricane or a tsunami are also forces of nature, full of energy, unstoppable, unchallengeable, unforgettable. In short, a person to be reckoned with.
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(is one, not has one) means the person is a very strong personality or character - like a hurricane or a tsunami are also forces of nature, full of energy, unstoppable, unchallengeable, unforgettable. In short, a person to be reckoned with.
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✨It’s not your daddy’s/dad’s
= Very modern or updated; no longer what an older generation would expect or be used to.
🔹With every building now featuring wireless Internet and touch-screen monitors integrated into the desks in each classroom, this is certainly not your daddy's high school anymore.
🔻This can also use other family members in place of "father." "Mother", "Grampa", or "Grandma" are the most common. Also appears as "isn't your father's."
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= Very modern or updated; no longer what an older generation would expect or be used to.
🔹With every building now featuring wireless Internet and touch-screen monitors integrated into the desks in each classroom, this is certainly not your daddy's high school anymore.
🔻This can also use other family members in place of "father." "Mother", "Grampa", or "Grandma" are the most common. Also appears as "isn't your father's."
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🔻Remember!
✨That's mean = someone did or said something rude or harmful.
✨That means = you're defining a word, phase, or expression.
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✨That's mean = someone did or said something rude or harmful.
✨That means = you're defining a word, phase, or expression.
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🔰Sounds change (assimilation)3️⃣ Sometimes more than one feature of connected speech happens at the same time. Here, we’ll hear about ellision, when the sounds /t/ or /d/ occur between two consonant sounds, they will often disappear completely from the pronunciation.…
🔰Sounds change (assimilation)4️⃣
There is another common form of assimilation when both the last sound of the first word and the first sound of the following word change to a third sound.
✨Would you. Would you like some tea?
✨Did you. Did you see it?
✨Do you. Do you want to get a cuppa?
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There is another common form of assimilation when both the last sound of the first word and the first sound of the following word change to a third sound.
✨Would you. Would you like some tea?
✨Did you. Did you see it?
✨Do you. Do you want to get a cuppa?
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*✨*Ƥracтιce Maĸeѕ Ƥerғecт*✨* pinned «🔰Sounds change (assimilation)4️⃣ There is another common form of assimilation when both the last sound of the first word and the first sound of the following word change to a third sound. ✨Would you. Would you like some tea? ✨Did you. Did you see it? ✨Do…»
✨Dilly-dally = Lollygag = to waste/pass time doing unimportant things
🔻Stop lollygagging! Get back to your work, lazy slob.
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🔻Stop lollygagging! Get back to your work, lazy slob.
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🔻 YOU SOLD ME = you convinced me because you were persuasive 🤔
لقد اقنعتني!
➖Ok, you’ve sold me. I'll go to the match with you.
🔻YOU SOLD ME OUT = you snitched on me/ you let my secret out 😠
لقد وشيت بي/ كشفت سري/ فضحتني
➖I asked you to keep it to yourself! I can't believe you sold me out, I trusted you!
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لقد اقنعتني!
➖Ok, you’ve sold me. I'll go to the match with you.
🔻YOU SOLD ME OUT = you snitched on me/ you let my secret out 😠
لقد وشيت بي/ كشفت سري/ فضحتني
➖I asked you to keep it to yourself! I can't believe you sold me out, I trusted you!
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✨Schwa UK [ʃwɑː] US [ʃwɑ]
noun [countable]
[singular schwa; plural schwas] #linguistics
= a vowel sound used in unstressed syllables , for example the sound of ‘a’ in ‘above’. Its symbol is ə.
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noun [countable]
[singular schwa; plural schwas] #linguistics
= a vowel sound used in unstressed syllables , for example the sound of ‘a’ in ‘above’. Its symbol is ə.
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Statistics 🆚 Statistic
🔻1-Statistics
(also #informal stats) [plural]
= a collection of information shown in numbers
🔹Analysis of crime statistics showed high levels of violent crime within the area.
🔹Statistics show that far more people are able to ride a bicycle than can drive a car.
🔹These statistics are misleading.
🔘according to statistics
🔹According to official statistics, the disease killed over 500 people.
🔘statistics on something
🔹He should read some of the statistics on economic growth.
🔻2-Statistics
(also #informal stats) [uncountable]
= the science of collecting and analysing statistics
🔹There is a compulsory course in statistics.
🔻3-Statistic
(also #informal stat) [countable]
= a piece of information shown in numbers
🔹An important statistic is that 94 per cent of crime relates to property.
🔹As with every statistic, there are trends behind the numbers.
🔹I felt I was no longer being treated as a person but as a statistic.
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🔻1-Statistics
(also #informal stats) [plural]
= a collection of information shown in numbers
🔹Analysis of crime statistics showed high levels of violent crime within the area.
🔹Statistics show that far more people are able to ride a bicycle than can drive a car.
🔹These statistics are misleading.
🔘according to statistics
🔹According to official statistics, the disease killed over 500 people.
🔘statistics on something
🔹He should read some of the statistics on economic growth.
🔻2-Statistics
(also #informal stats) [uncountable]
= the science of collecting and analysing statistics
🔹There is a compulsory course in statistics.
🔻3-Statistic
(also #informal stat) [countable]
= a piece of information shown in numbers
🔹An important statistic is that 94 per cent of crime relates to property.
🔹As with every statistic, there are trends behind the numbers.
🔹I felt I was no longer being treated as a person but as a statistic.
✨By Prof. Omar Alamri
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🔻Be all go
✨مشغول جداً / مزدحم
= be (a situation where people are) very active or busy: #informal
➖It was all go in the office today.
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✨مشغول جداً / مزدحم
= be (a situation where people are) very active or busy: #informal
➖It was all go in the office today.
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🔻Average Joe
✨شخص عادي مثل أي شخص آخر
= a person who is like everyone else; a normal guy.
➖I’m just an average Joe. I’m married, I have two kids and I work a nine-to-five job. I’m normal!
🔻”Average Jane” is used for females!
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✨شخص عادي مثل أي شخص آخر
= a person who is like everyone else; a normal guy.
➖I’m just an average Joe. I’m married, I have two kids and I work a nine-to-five job. I’m normal!
🔻”Average Jane” is used for females!
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🔻Learner Errors with “LAY”
✨Lay means 👉🏻 to put something in a particular place or position:
➖I always lay my clothes carefully on the chair when I undress.
➖He laid the book on the desk.
✨Lie means 👉🏻 to be in a particular place or position:
➖I found the cat lying in front of the fire.
➖He loves to lie on the beach all day.
➖Papers were lying all over the desk.
✨Lay is also 👉🏻 the past form of the verb lie:
➖The book lay on the floor where I’d left it.
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✨Lay means 👉🏻 to put something in a particular place or position:
➖I always lay my clothes carefully on the chair when I undress.
➖He laid the book on the desk.
✨Lie means 👉🏻 to be in a particular place or position:
➖I found the cat lying in front of the fire.
➖He loves to lie on the beach all day.
➖Papers were lying all over the desk.
✨Lay is also 👉🏻 the past form of the verb lie:
➖The book lay on the floor where I’d left it.
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