✨👏🏻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

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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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⚫️ 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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💢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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This is not what I meant by “LEND ME YOUR 👂👂S”! 😁

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METAPHOR🆚METONYMY

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🕝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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🦊ANIMAL BODY PARTS 🦅

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😁FEELINGS & EMOTIONS 😍

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❌5️⃣ COMMON MISTAKES WITH PREPOSITIONS❌

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❌5️⃣ COMMON MISTAKES WITH PREPOSITIONS❌

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❌5️⃣ COMMON MISTAKES WITH PREPOSITIONS❌

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🔴 Daily Conversations:

♦️5. Directing a Conversation (Part 7 of 9)

🔸5.33 When you used vulgar language inadvertently

🔹Pardon my French.
______________

🔸5.34 When somebody has asked you about the source of your information

🔹I have my sources.
🔹I have my ways of finding these things out.
🔹News travels fast.
🔹Bad news travels fast.
🔹Good news travels fast.
🔹Word travels fast.
🔹It's common knowledge.
🔹I put two and two together.
🔹Just never mind.
🔹None of your business.
🔹I'm not one to kiss and tell.
______________

🔸5.35 When you want to sound believable

🔹That's the truth.
🔹That's the gospel truth.
🔹That's the honest truth.
🔹That's the honest-to-goodness truth.
🔹Honest to goodness.
🔹Honest.
🔹Honestly.
🔹True.
🔹Truly.
🔹I swear.
🔹I swear to you.
🔹I swear on my mother's grave.
🔹I swear to God.
🔹Would I lie?
🔹Would I lie to you?
🔹Why would I lie?
🔹I'm not kidding.
🔹Believe it or not.
🔹Frankly speaking,…
🔹Speaking candidly,…
______________

🔸5.36 When you request somebody's trust

🔹Trust me.
🔹Believe me.
🔹You better believe it.
🔹You had better believe it.
🔹You have my word on this.
🔹You have my word.
🔹I give you my word.
🔹I give you my word of honor.
🔹Take my word for it.
🔹You can count on it.
🔹You can bank on it.
🔹I promise you.
______________

🔸5.37 When you request silence

🔹Quiet!
🔹Be quiet!
🔹Keep quiet!
🔹Silence!
🔹Shut up!
🔹Shut your mouth.
🔹Hold your tongue.
🔹Not another word!
🔹Button your lip!
🔹Clam up!
🔹Hush!
🔹Hush your mouth!
🔹Pipe down!
◈ NOTE: The last nine sentences are not very polite.

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Lift the lid on

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🍃Phrasal verbs with GIVE🍃

• Give in
• Give in to
• Give up
• Give up in
• Give off
• Give away
• Give out
• Give up on
• Give back

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✨👏🏻Well done !👏🏻✨

“PASSED ME BY” is the correct answer.

🔴 When something passes you by, you fail to notice it.

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