🔴 Daily Conversations:
♦️5. Directing a Conversation (Part 5 of 9)
🔸5.20 When you stress that your point is clear
🔹It's as clear as day.
🔹It's as plain as day.
🔹A child can understand it.
🔹Any fool can see it.
🔹Don't you know it?
🔹Don't you see it?
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🔸5.21 When you want a person to pay attention
🔹Listen carefully.
🔹Listen to me.
🔹Open your ears.
🔹Keep your ears open.
🔹Pick up your ears!
🔹Get the wax out of your ears.
______________
🔸5.22 When you are misunderstood by a person
🔹You've got me wrong.
🔹You've got it all wrong.
🔹You've got it wrong.
🔹You've twisted my words.
🔹You've missed the point.
🔹You're only hearing what you want to hear.
🔹You're not listening to what I'm saying.
🔹You're putting words into my mouth.
🔹You're quoting me out of context.
🔹You're taking it out of context.
🔹You're blowing it out of proportion.
🔹You're blowing this all out of proportion.
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🔸5.23 When your point is misunderstood
🔹I didn't mean to give you that impression.
🔹I didn't mean to imply that.
🔹I didn't mean that.
🔹That's not what I meant.
🔹I said no such thing.
🔹That's not what I said.
🔹I didn't say that.
🔹That's not my point.
🔹That's not the point I'm trying to make.
🔹You just don't get it!
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🔸5.24 When your point was not heard or noticed
🔹It went in one ear and out the other.
🔹There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
🔹There's none so blind as those who will not see.
🔹My plea fell on deaf ears.
🔹They turned a deaf ear to my plea.
🔹They turned a blind eye to my appeal.
______________
🔸5.25 When a person has suddenly understood your point
🔹You got it!
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♦️5. Directing a Conversation (Part 5 of 9)
🔸5.20 When you stress that your point is clear
🔹It's as clear as day.
🔹It's as plain as day.
🔹A child can understand it.
🔹Any fool can see it.
🔹Don't you know it?
🔹Don't you see it?
______________
🔸5.21 When you want a person to pay attention
🔹Listen carefully.
🔹Listen to me.
🔹Open your ears.
🔹Keep your ears open.
🔹Pick up your ears!
🔹Get the wax out of your ears.
______________
🔸5.22 When you are misunderstood by a person
🔹You've got me wrong.
🔹You've got it all wrong.
🔹You've got it wrong.
🔹You've twisted my words.
🔹You've missed the point.
🔹You're only hearing what you want to hear.
🔹You're not listening to what I'm saying.
🔹You're putting words into my mouth.
🔹You're quoting me out of context.
🔹You're taking it out of context.
🔹You're blowing it out of proportion.
🔹You're blowing this all out of proportion.
______________
🔸5.23 When your point is misunderstood
🔹I didn't mean to give you that impression.
🔹I didn't mean to imply that.
🔹I didn't mean that.
🔹That's not what I meant.
🔹I said no such thing.
🔹That's not what I said.
🔹I didn't say that.
🔹That's not my point.
🔹That's not the point I'm trying to make.
🔹You just don't get it!
______________
🔸5.24 When your point was not heard or noticed
🔹It went in one ear and out the other.
🔹There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
🔹There's none so blind as those who will not see.
🔹My plea fell on deaf ears.
🔹They turned a deaf ear to my plea.
🔹They turned a blind eye to my appeal.
______________
🔸5.25 When a person has suddenly understood your point
🔹You got it!
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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…
✅ Correct answers with explanations ✅
1. Do : Do can mean execute or carry out.
2. Done : Do can mean finish or complete.
3. Makes : To make is to produce or manufacture.
4. Making : We say make trouble.
5. Do : Do can mean suffice or be good enough.
6. Made : To make a speech is to deliver a speech.
7. Do : To do the kitchen is to clean it.
8. Make : To make someone go is to compel them to go.
9. Made : To make laws is to enact them.
10. Did : To do ten countries is to travel through ten countries.
11. Make : To make the train is to catch it.
12. Make : Make can mean brand.
🍃🌺 Thank you for your nice participation and good answers. 🌺🍃
#Activity_1
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1. Do : Do can mean execute or carry out.
2. Done : Do can mean finish or complete.
3. Makes : To make is to produce or manufacture.
4. Making : We say make trouble.
5. Do : Do can mean suffice or be good enough.
6. Made : To make a speech is to deliver a speech.
7. Do : To do the kitchen is to clean it.
8. Make : To make someone go is to compel them to go.
9. Made : To make laws is to enact them.
10. Did : To do ten countries is to travel through ten countries.
11. Make : To make the train is to catch it.
12. Make : Make can mean brand.
🍃🌺 Thank you for your nice participation and good answers. 🌺🍃
#Activity_1
@PMPerfect1
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🤫A secret about collective nouns🤫
Collective nouns, or group nouns, represent a number of things or people together. Some of them can be both singular or plural - both are correct and the choice is up to the speaker.
▫️Government
▫️Family
▫️Team
⚠️ BE CAREFUL! ⚠️
Not all collective nouns act in this way. Some are always plural.
▫️The police are coming.
▫️The staff are tired.
🔷A group of individuals🔷
These nouns can be considered a group of individuals - a football team has 11 individual players. In this case, the pronoun is they and the verb form is plural.
▫️My football team are the best. They are unbeatable.
▫️The government plan to raise taxes. They are always doing that.
▫️My family are happy. They never have any problems.
🔷A unit🔷
These nouns can also be considered a unit - even though they have individual parts, they function together in unison. In this case, the pronoun is it and the verb form is singular.
▫️My football team is the best. It is unbeatable.
▫️The government plans to raise taxes. It is always doing that.
▫️My family is happy. It never has any problems.
#Collective_nouns
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Collective nouns, or group nouns, represent a number of things or people together. Some of them can be both singular or plural - both are correct and the choice is up to the speaker.
▫️Government
▫️Family
▫️Team
⚠️ BE CAREFUL! ⚠️
Not all collective nouns act in this way. Some are always plural.
▫️The police are coming.
▫️The staff are tired.
🔷A group of individuals🔷
These nouns can be considered a group of individuals - a football team has 11 individual players. In this case, the pronoun is they and the verb form is plural.
▫️My football team are the best. They are unbeatable.
▫️The government plan to raise taxes. They are always doing that.
▫️My family are happy. They never have any problems.
🔷A unit🔷
These nouns can also be considered a unit - even though they have individual parts, they function together in unison. In this case, the pronoun is it and the verb form is singular.
▫️My football team is the best. It is unbeatable.
▫️The government plans to raise taxes. It is always doing that.
▫️My family is happy. It never has any problems.
#Collective_nouns
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⚫️⚫️ BLACK IDIOMS ⚫️⚫️
⬛️ Black and white ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To take everything into consideration and oversimplify something. To judge everything as either one way or the other, good or bad.
▪️Example: Our boss always thinks that everything is straightforward, but he doesn’t realise that this whole situation is not as black and white as he thinks!
⬛️ Put something down in black and white ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To write or have something written down on paper for confirmation or evidence
▪️Example: I don’t understand why you don’t believe me! Look, it’s written here in black and white!
⬛️ Black as night ⬛️
▪️Meaning: Somewhere very dark, when it is hard to see anything
▪️Example: We had another power cut last night; it was as black as night in our house. We didn’t even have any candles!
⬛️ Black and blue ⬛️
▪️Meaning: Used to describe something that is badly bruised
▪️Example: John’s face was black and blue after the boxing match.
⬛️ Black eye ⬛️
▪️Meaning: A bruise near one’s eye
▪️Example: Fred came home with a horrible black eye today, but he won’t tell us what happened!
⬛️ Black out ⬛️
▪️Meaning: This means to, either darken by putting out or dimming the lights, or to lose consciousness.
▪️Examples:
▪️We had a huge black out here last night, the whole town was out of power for about 7 hours!
▪️ I don’t know what happened to him, he just blacked out! Maybe he banged his head.
⬛️ Black as a skillet ⬛️
▪️Meaning: Used to describe something that is very dirty, black with dirt
▪️Example: My hands and clothes were as black as a skillet, and I was only halfway through cleaning your garage!
⬛️ Black market ⬛️
▪️Meaning: A term used for places where goods are illegally bought and sold for a profit.
▪️Example: Jerry used to sell cigarettes from South America on the black market!
⬛️ Blackball someone ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To exclude or ostracise someone socially, reject them
▪️Example: Their company has been blackballed ever since that scandal was all over the newspapers. No one wants to do business with them anymore.
⬛️ Blacklist someone ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To write someone’s name on a list if they break any rules, and ban them from having the opportunity to take part again
▪️Example: “I was in a lot of debt a while ago, and was unable to pay it all back, so I’ve been blacklisted. I’m not allowed to get a mortgage in my own name.
⬛️ Pot calling the kettle black ⬛️
(shorten version: pot kettle black)
▪️Meaning: This is used when the person who hypocritically criticises or accuses someone else is as guilty as the person he or she criticises or accuses
▪️Example: She kept telling me that I shouldn’t do that, but that’s like the pot calling the kettle black, as she does it herself too!
⬛️ Blackmail someone ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To extort or take money from someone by using their secrets against them and threatening to reveal it to others
▪️Example: He has been blackmailing me for months with some photos that I didn’t know he had. I need someone to help me stop him!
⬛️ In someone’s black books ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To be in disgrace or in disfavour with someone
▪️Example: After that argument yesterday, I assure you he will be in a lot of people’s black books for quite some time!
⬛️ Black tie event/affair ⬛️
▪️Meaning: A formal event where male guests wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets
▪️Example: The award’s ceremony will be a black tie event, so I’ll have to buy a smart suit. My wife is going to wear her purple ball gown.
⬛️ Black sheep ⬛️
▪️Meaning: Used to describe a person who is the ‘odd one out’ of a group, and doesn’t fit in with others around them. This could also be used to talk about someone who is a disgrace or embarrassment to their group.
▪️Example: I have always been the black sheep in my family, I have a completely different personality to all of them, and we don’t even look the same!
#Idioms
#ColorfulIdioms
#BlackIdioms
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⬛️ Black and white ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To take everything into consideration and oversimplify something. To judge everything as either one way or the other, good or bad.
▪️Example: Our boss always thinks that everything is straightforward, but he doesn’t realise that this whole situation is not as black and white as he thinks!
⬛️ Put something down in black and white ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To write or have something written down on paper for confirmation or evidence
▪️Example: I don’t understand why you don’t believe me! Look, it’s written here in black and white!
⬛️ Black as night ⬛️
▪️Meaning: Somewhere very dark, when it is hard to see anything
▪️Example: We had another power cut last night; it was as black as night in our house. We didn’t even have any candles!
⬛️ Black and blue ⬛️
▪️Meaning: Used to describe something that is badly bruised
▪️Example: John’s face was black and blue after the boxing match.
⬛️ Black eye ⬛️
▪️Meaning: A bruise near one’s eye
▪️Example: Fred came home with a horrible black eye today, but he won’t tell us what happened!
⬛️ Black out ⬛️
▪️Meaning: This means to, either darken by putting out or dimming the lights, or to lose consciousness.
▪️Examples:
▪️We had a huge black out here last night, the whole town was out of power for about 7 hours!
▪️ I don’t know what happened to him, he just blacked out! Maybe he banged his head.
⬛️ Black as a skillet ⬛️
▪️Meaning: Used to describe something that is very dirty, black with dirt
▪️Example: My hands and clothes were as black as a skillet, and I was only halfway through cleaning your garage!
⬛️ Black market ⬛️
▪️Meaning: A term used for places where goods are illegally bought and sold for a profit.
▪️Example: Jerry used to sell cigarettes from South America on the black market!
⬛️ Blackball someone ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To exclude or ostracise someone socially, reject them
▪️Example: Their company has been blackballed ever since that scandal was all over the newspapers. No one wants to do business with them anymore.
⬛️ Blacklist someone ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To write someone’s name on a list if they break any rules, and ban them from having the opportunity to take part again
▪️Example: “I was in a lot of debt a while ago, and was unable to pay it all back, so I’ve been blacklisted. I’m not allowed to get a mortgage in my own name.
⬛️ Pot calling the kettle black ⬛️
(shorten version: pot kettle black)
▪️Meaning: This is used when the person who hypocritically criticises or accuses someone else is as guilty as the person he or she criticises or accuses
▪️Example: She kept telling me that I shouldn’t do that, but that’s like the pot calling the kettle black, as she does it herself too!
⬛️ Blackmail someone ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To extort or take money from someone by using their secrets against them and threatening to reveal it to others
▪️Example: He has been blackmailing me for months with some photos that I didn’t know he had. I need someone to help me stop him!
⬛️ In someone’s black books ⬛️
▪️Meaning: To be in disgrace or in disfavour with someone
▪️Example: After that argument yesterday, I assure you he will be in a lot of people’s black books for quite some time!
⬛️ Black tie event/affair ⬛️
▪️Meaning: A formal event where male guests wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets
▪️Example: The award’s ceremony will be a black tie event, so I’ll have to buy a smart suit. My wife is going to wear her purple ball gown.
⬛️ Black sheep ⬛️
▪️Meaning: Used to describe a person who is the ‘odd one out’ of a group, and doesn’t fit in with others around them. This could also be used to talk about someone who is a disgrace or embarrassment to their group.
▪️Example: I have always been the black sheep in my family, I have a completely different personality to all of them, and we don’t even look the same!
#Idioms
#ColorfulIdioms
#BlackIdioms
@PMPerfect1
⚫️⚫️ Black idioms ⚫️⚫️
⬛️ In the black ⬛️
▪️Meaning: successful or profitable
▪️Example: Their company has been in the black ever since the new CEO took over, and changed it all around!
⬛️ Pitch black ⬛️
▪️Meaning: Another term for somewhere that is very dark, and you are unable to see anything
▪️ Example: I was afraid to go downstairs, the whole house was pitch black, and very quiet.
#Idioms
#ColorfulIdioms
#BlackIdioms
@PMPerfect1
⬛️ In the black ⬛️
▪️Meaning: successful or profitable
▪️Example: Their company has been in the black ever since the new CEO took over, and changed it all around!
⬛️ Pitch black ⬛️
▪️Meaning: Another term for somewhere that is very dark, and you are unable to see anything
▪️ Example: I was afraid to go downstairs, the whole house was pitch black, and very quiet.
#Idioms
#ColorfulIdioms
#BlackIdioms
@PMPerfect1
🔴 Daily Conversations:
♦️5. Directing a Conversation (Part 6 of 9)
🔸5.26 When you don't want the speaker to repeat the point
🔹So you said.
🔹I get the point.
🔹All right, already.
🔹I heard you, already.
🔹Stop harping on that subject.
🔹You are preaching to the choir.
🔹You sound like a broken record.
______________
🔸5.27 When you stop a person from speaking
🔹Some things are better left unsaid.
🔹Don't waste your breath.
🔹Keep it to yourself.
🔹Spare me the story.
🔹Save it!
🔹Shut up! (Impolite.)
🔹Zip up your mouth!
🔹Give it a rest!
______________
🔸5.28 When you want to return to your point
🔹What was I saying?
🔹Where was I?
🔹What were we talking about?
🔹I've lost my train of thought for a moment.
🔹I'm a little absent-minded.
______________
🔸5.29 When you want a person to speak in simple language
🔹Give it to me in plain English.
🔹What does that mean in plain English?
🔹Stop circumventing the issue.
🔹Stop speaking in circles.
🔹Put your cards on the table.
🔹Don't beat around the bush.
______________
🔸5.30 When you express understanding
🔹I understand.
🔹I see.
🔹I get it.
🔹I got it.
______________
🔸5.31 When you want to interrupt and add some information
🔹I'm sorry to interrupt, but you're not exactly right.
🔹I beg your pardon, but I don't think that's entirely correct.
🔹May I interrupt for a minute?
🔹Can I say something?
🔹Can I add something here?
🔹Can I put in my two cents' worth?
🔹If I may.
______________
🔸5.32 When you want to highlight the seriousness of your point
🔹I'm dead serious.
🔹I'm not kidding.
🔹No kidding.
🔹No pun intended.
🔹Joking aside.
🔹What's funny?
#Daily_conversations
#directing_a_conversation
@PMPerfect1
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♦️5. Directing a Conversation (Part 6 of 9)
🔸5.26 When you don't want the speaker to repeat the point
🔹So you said.
🔹I get the point.
🔹All right, already.
🔹I heard you, already.
🔹Stop harping on that subject.
🔹You are preaching to the choir.
🔹You sound like a broken record.
______________
🔸5.27 When you stop a person from speaking
🔹Some things are better left unsaid.
🔹Don't waste your breath.
🔹Keep it to yourself.
🔹Spare me the story.
🔹Save it!
🔹Shut up! (Impolite.)
🔹Zip up your mouth!
🔹Give it a rest!
______________
🔸5.28 When you want to return to your point
🔹What was I saying?
🔹Where was I?
🔹What were we talking about?
🔹I've lost my train of thought for a moment.
🔹I'm a little absent-minded.
______________
🔸5.29 When you want a person to speak in simple language
🔹Give it to me in plain English.
🔹What does that mean in plain English?
🔹Stop circumventing the issue.
🔹Stop speaking in circles.
🔹Put your cards on the table.
🔹Don't beat around the bush.
______________
🔸5.30 When you express understanding
🔹I understand.
🔹I see.
🔹I get it.
🔹I got it.
______________
🔸5.31 When you want to interrupt and add some information
🔹I'm sorry to interrupt, but you're not exactly right.
🔹I beg your pardon, but I don't think that's entirely correct.
🔹May I interrupt for a minute?
🔹Can I say something?
🔹Can I add something here?
🔹Can I put in my two cents' worth?
🔹If I may.
______________
🔸5.32 When you want to highlight the seriousness of your point
🔹I'm dead serious.
🔹I'm not kidding.
🔹No kidding.
🔹No pun intended.
🔹Joking aside.
🔹What's funny?
#Daily_conversations
#directing_a_conversation
@PMPerfect1
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🍃BINOMIAL pairs in English language🍃
🔺 Common binomial pairs in English 🔺
⚪️ Binomial pairs with ‘or’ conjunction ⚪️
☘️Sink or Swim☘️
🍂Meaning: To be in a situation where you can either swim and be successful or sink and fail.
🍂Example: It’s a sink or swim situation.
☘️Sooner or later☘️
🍂Meaning: Something that will happen in the future, even if you are uncertain about the date.
🍂Example: Sooner or later I’ll sign up to the gym and start working out regularly.
☘️Take it or leave it☘️
🍂Meaning: The last offer in a negotiation
🍂Example: I’m not going to pay more than 1000 € for this bike. Take it or leave it!
☘️Give or take☘️
🍂Meaning: A little more or less than the amount mentioned
🍂Example:The car cost 5000 £, give or take a few pounds
☘️Now or never☘️
🍂Meaning: Something to do in that moment or never again.
🍂Example: Julie was at that stage in the life when she feels that her last chance of marrying has come and that her fate must be decided now or never.
☘️More or less☘️
🍂Meaning: Mostly/ approximately/ almost
🍂Example: There are hundred people in the room, more or less.
☘️Make or break☘️
🍂Meaning: To be a crucial factor in determining the success of something.
🍂Example: Vince knew that his ability to come up with a catchy hook would make or break his song.
☘️Take it or leave it☘️
🍂Meaning: A situation has to be accepted without change, or rejected outright.
🍂Example: That’s the deal: take it or leave it.
☘️Win or lose☘️
🍂Meaning: Whether you succeed or fail
🍂Example: Win or lose, you must be proud that you got this far.
#Vocabulary
#Binomials
#Binomials_with_or
#Useful_expressions
@PMPerfect1
🔺 Common binomial pairs in English 🔺
⚪️ Binomial pairs with ‘or’ conjunction ⚪️
☘️Sink or Swim☘️
🍂Meaning: To be in a situation where you can either swim and be successful or sink and fail.
🍂Example: It’s a sink or swim situation.
☘️Sooner or later☘️
🍂Meaning: Something that will happen in the future, even if you are uncertain about the date.
🍂Example: Sooner or later I’ll sign up to the gym and start working out regularly.
☘️Take it or leave it☘️
🍂Meaning: The last offer in a negotiation
🍂Example: I’m not going to pay more than 1000 € for this bike. Take it or leave it!
☘️Give or take☘️
🍂Meaning: A little more or less than the amount mentioned
🍂Example:The car cost 5000 £, give or take a few pounds
☘️Now or never☘️
🍂Meaning: Something to do in that moment or never again.
🍂Example: Julie was at that stage in the life when she feels that her last chance of marrying has come and that her fate must be decided now or never.
☘️More or less☘️
🍂Meaning: Mostly/ approximately/ almost
🍂Example: There are hundred people in the room, more or less.
☘️Make or break☘️
🍂Meaning: To be a crucial factor in determining the success of something.
🍂Example: Vince knew that his ability to come up with a catchy hook would make or break his song.
☘️Take it or leave it☘️
🍂Meaning: A situation has to be accepted without change, or rejected outright.
🍂Example: That’s the deal: take it or leave it.
☘️Win or lose☘️
🍂Meaning: Whether you succeed or fail
🍂Example: Win or lose, you must be proud that you got this far.
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✨SCINTILLATE✨
\ˈsin-tə-ˌlāt\
🔻to emit sparks
🔺to emit quick flashes as if throwing off sparks
🔘Example: The diamond ring scintillated in the sunlight.
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\ˈsin-tə-ˌlāt\
🔻to emit sparks
🔺to emit quick flashes as if throwing off sparks
🔘Example: The diamond ring scintillated in the sunlight.
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✨SCINTILLATE✨
⚡️Synonyms⚡️
• coruscate
• flame
• flash
• glance
• gleam
• glimmer
• glint
• glisten
• glister
• glitter
• luster (or lustre)
• shimmer
• spangle
• sparkle
• twinkle
• wink
• winkle
✨Did you know?✨
⚡️scintilla (noun) : a little bit
⚡️scintillant (adjective) : describing something that scintillates
⚡️scintillation (noun) : a brilliant outburst
⚡️scintillating (adjective) : interesting, clever, and amusing
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⚡️Synonyms⚡️
• coruscate
• flame
• flash
• glance
• gleam
• glimmer
• glint
• glisten
• glister
• glitter
• luster (or lustre)
• shimmer
• spangle
• sparkle
• twinkle
• wink
• winkle
✨Did you know?✨
⚡️scintilla (noun) : a little bit
⚡️scintillant (adjective) : describing something that scintillates
⚡️scintillation (noun) : a brilliant outburst
⚡️scintillating (adjective) : interesting, clever, and amusing
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