🔴 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?
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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?
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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.
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🔺 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
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✍🏻 15 SHOCKING STUDENT WRITING FAILS AND HOW TO REDUCE Them ✍🏻
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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
#Vocabulary
#Word_Of_The_Day
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🗣A Pronunciation question🗣 🔘Choose the odd one out: 📕mean 📗deal 📘tear 📙leap
✨👏🏻Well done !👏🏻✨
“TEAR” is the correct answer.
🔴 “Tear” has an /ɪə/ sound as in:
appear, beard, clear, dear, ear, fear, gear, hear, near and year
🔵 “Mean”, “deal” and “leap” have the long i sound /i:/ as in:
be, eve, see, sleep, meal, read, leave, sea, team, field, believe and receive
🍃🌺Thank you 🌺🍃
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“TEAR” is the correct answer.
🔴 “Tear” has an /ɪə/ sound as in:
appear, beard, clear, dear, ear, fear, gear, hear, near and year
🔵 “Mean”, “deal” and “leap” have the long i sound /i:/ as in:
be, eve, see, sleep, meal, read, leave, sea, team, field, believe and receive
🍃🌺Thank you 🌺🍃
#Pronunciation_activity
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⚫️ ( 7 ) METONYMY ⚫️
Is a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.
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Is a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.
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⚫️ METONYMY ⚫️
🍀Examples of Metonymy in Everyday Life🍀
🍁“England decides to keep check on immigration.” = (England refers to the government.)
🍁“The pen is mightier than the sword.” = (Pen refers to written words, and sword to military force.)
🍁“The Oval Office was busy in work.” = (The Oval Office is a metonymy, as it stands for people who work in the office.)
🍁“Let me give you a hand.” = (Hand means help.)
☘️Function of Metonymy☘️
Generally, metonymy is used in developing literary symbolism, meaning it gives more profound meanings to otherwise common ideas and objects. By using metonymy, texts exhibit deeper or hidden meanings, thus drawing readers’ attention. In addition, the use of metonymy helps achieve conciseness.
For instance, “Rifles were guarding the gate” is more concise than “The guards with rifles in their hands were guarding the gate.”
Furthermore, metonymy, like other literary devices, is employed to add a poetic color to words to make them come to life. The simple ordinary things are described in a creative way to insert this “life” factor to literary works.
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🍀Examples of Metonymy in Everyday Life🍀
🍁“England decides to keep check on immigration.” = (England refers to the government.)
🍁“The pen is mightier than the sword.” = (Pen refers to written words, and sword to military force.)
🍁“The Oval Office was busy in work.” = (The Oval Office is a metonymy, as it stands for people who work in the office.)
🍁“Let me give you a hand.” = (Hand means help.)
☘️Function of Metonymy☘️
Generally, metonymy is used in developing literary symbolism, meaning it gives more profound meanings to otherwise common ideas and objects. By using metonymy, texts exhibit deeper or hidden meanings, thus drawing readers’ attention. In addition, the use of metonymy helps achieve conciseness.
For instance, “Rifles were guarding the gate” is more concise than “The guards with rifles in their hands were guarding the gate.”
Furthermore, metonymy, like other literary devices, is employed to add a poetic color to words to make them come to life. The simple ordinary things are described in a creative way to insert this “life” factor to literary works.
#Vocabulary
#Word_relationships
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💢MORE EXAMPLES OF METONYMY💢
•I have four mouths to feed at home.
•The strings were praised for their excellent performance.
•Check out my new wheels!
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•I have four mouths to feed at home.
•The strings were praised for their excellent performance.
•Check out my new wheels!
#Vocabulary
#Word_relationships
@PMPerfect1
🕝SOMETIMES !🕝
When you are talking about how often something happens, there are many expressions to describe the middle ground between often and occasionally.Here are ten phrases and how to use them in your speaking & writing English:
1️⃣🕝FAIRLY OFTEN...🕝
🔘E.g: They meet fairly often to play chess .
2️⃣🕝MORE OFTEN THAN NOT...🕝
🔘E.g: More often than not, a student will come up with the right answer.
3️⃣🕝(AT LEAST) HALF THE TIME...🕝
🔘E.g: Half the time you don't even listen to what I say.
🔴USAGE: Phrases 1, 2, and 3 are quite positive. When we use 'at least' with phrase 3 it means more than half of the time.
4️⃣🕝ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY...🕝
🔘E.g: She visited him in hospital almost every other day.
🔴USAGE: Phrase 4 means a little less than half the time.
5️⃣🕝SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK/ A YEAR🕝
🔘E.g: Several times a year, the waste is pumped from the lagoons and spread across cropland as fertilizer.
🔴USAGE: In Phrase 5, several sounds quite positive. It means a number more than 3. It also says that 3 times a week is often.
6️⃣🕝EVERY SO OFTEN...🕝
🔘E.g: Every so often I treat myself to a meal in an expensive restaurant.
7️⃣🕝NOW AND THEN...🕝
🔘E.g: Now and then a bird's song broke in upon the silence of the wood.
8️⃣🕝FROM TIME TO TIME...🕝
🔘E.g: Remember to look back upon your mistakes from time to time, but never regret them.
9️⃣🕝ONCE IN A WHILE...🕝
🔘E.g: Earrings need to be taken out and cleaned once in a while.
🔴USAGE: Phrases 6, 7, 8, and 9 are less often. they are similar in meaning to 'occasionally'.
1️⃣0️⃣🕝ON A GOOD DAY...🕝
🔘E.g: On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting.
🔴USAGE: Phrase 10 suggests that something doesn't happen very often but that when it happens, it's a good thing.
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When you are talking about how often something happens, there are many expressions to describe the middle ground between often and occasionally.Here are ten phrases and how to use them in your speaking & writing English:
1️⃣🕝FAIRLY OFTEN...🕝
🔘E.g: They meet fairly often to play chess .
2️⃣🕝MORE OFTEN THAN NOT...🕝
🔘E.g: More often than not, a student will come up with the right answer.
3️⃣🕝(AT LEAST) HALF THE TIME...🕝
🔘E.g: Half the time you don't even listen to what I say.
🔴USAGE: Phrases 1, 2, and 3 are quite positive. When we use 'at least' with phrase 3 it means more than half of the time.
4️⃣🕝ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY...🕝
🔘E.g: She visited him in hospital almost every other day.
🔴USAGE: Phrase 4 means a little less than half the time.
5️⃣🕝SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK/ A YEAR🕝
🔘E.g: Several times a year, the waste is pumped from the lagoons and spread across cropland as fertilizer.
🔴USAGE: In Phrase 5, several sounds quite positive. It means a number more than 3. It also says that 3 times a week is often.
6️⃣🕝EVERY SO OFTEN...🕝
🔘E.g: Every so often I treat myself to a meal in an expensive restaurant.
7️⃣🕝NOW AND THEN...🕝
🔘E.g: Now and then a bird's song broke in upon the silence of the wood.
8️⃣🕝FROM TIME TO TIME...🕝
🔘E.g: Remember to look back upon your mistakes from time to time, but never regret them.
9️⃣🕝ONCE IN A WHILE...🕝
🔘E.g: Earrings need to be taken out and cleaned once in a while.
🔴USAGE: Phrases 6, 7, 8, and 9 are less often. they are similar in meaning to 'occasionally'.
1️⃣0️⃣🕝ON A GOOD DAY...🕝
🔘E.g: On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting.
🔴USAGE: Phrase 10 suggests that something doesn't happen very often but that when it happens, it's a good thing.
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