🍀 Get the wrong end of the stick

🌀 Meaning:-
〽️ To understand a situation completely wrongly.

🌀 Usage:-
〽️ I got the wrong end of the stick. I thought she was gossiping about me.
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⚜ Go before ⚜
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Level: Elementary_Intermediate
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Vocabulary for IELTS & TOEFL
Essay Success
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Level: Intermediate_Advanced
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#engVid #IELTS #TOEFL #Vocabulary #Essay #Video #Rebecca🇨🇦
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💡Commonly Confused Words💡

🔊 Quiet, Quit, and Quite 🔊

🔆Definitions;

🔵 As a noun, quiet means silent (as in "the quiet of a summer evening").

🔴 As an adjective, quiet means calm or still (as in "a quiet place to write").

⚫️ As a verb, quiet means to make or become quiet (as in, "He tried to quiet the crowd").

⚫️ The verb quit means to free or to leave (as in "I plan to quit my job").

⚪️ The adverb quite means entirely, positively, or to a considerable extent (as in "The test was quite difficult").

🔔 Examples 🔔

💭 My mother was quite tired and needed a quiet place to take a nap.  

💭 She asked the boys to quit playing games.
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🐟 More fish in the sea🔸

🔹 Used to tell someone whose relationship has ended that there are many other people they could have a relationship with🔸

🔔 Example 🔔
🔹 I know he left you but don't worry. There are plenty more fish in the sea🔸🔹
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💢 Ahead Of One's Time

🎨 Meaning:-
🍃 In advance of current ideas and trends.

🎨 Usage:-
🍃 Some people describe Albert Einstein was a physicist ahead of his time.
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📹 Advanced speaking practice

🚀 English imitation technique🚀

🔺 Speaking skills practice with Emma🍀
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Level: Intermediate_Advanced
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📺 Illustrated American Idioms

She wants to break up with her husband 💁‍♂️
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Level: Intermediate_Advanced
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📹 IELTS Speaking
🔺 Sample Answer
🍀 A Family-Run Business
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Level: Intermediate_Advanced
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💯 Common Phrases and Idioms for IELTS Speaking 💯

🗣 Topic: Work

1. To be called for an interview - to be invited to attend an interview

Example: Although he has been called for an interview, he hasn’t got a job yet.
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2. To be your own boss/run your business/be self-employed - to have your own business

Example: It has been my dream to be my own boss because I can do everything in my way if I run my own business.
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3. A nine-to-five job - a normal job that consists of an 8 hour a day

Example: The idea of doing a nine-to-five job is quite arduous for a few people.
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4. To be stuck behind a desk - to be unhappy in an office job

Example: Working full-time in an office can lead to being stuck behind a desk.
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5. One of the perks of the job - an extra benefit you get from a job

Example - Extra meal is one of the perks of the job, which make employees more satisfied
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6. Job satisfaction: the feeling of enjoying a job

Example: Job satisfaction is the most important factor when a person chooses a job.
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7. Manual work - work that requires physical activities

Example: Many people have manual work that requires them to work in a dangerous environment.
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8. Temporary work - work done for a limited time only

Example: Taxi driving is just my temporary work, I am applying for a better job.
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9. Voluntary work - to work without pay

Example: In my free time, I join in voluntary work to help society.
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10. To be well paid - to earn a good salary

Example: Working in the auditing area will be well paid.
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11. Working conditions - the hours, salary and other entitlements that come with the job

Example: Employer should spend more money on improving the working conditions.
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12. To meet a deadline - to finish a job on time

Example: Last week she was really stressed because she had to work too hard to meet the deadlines.
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13. To take early retirement - to retire early

Example: Recently, a large number of older worker tend to take early retirement, then they will have more time to travel.
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14. A heavy workload - to have a lot of work to do

Example: Many workers are complaining about the heavy workload, and they asking for a higher salary.
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15. Shift work - a system in which different groups of workers work somewhere at different times of the day and night

Example: Many industries rely heavily on shift work, and millions of people work in jobs that require shift schedules.
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Level: Intermediate_Advanced
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📔In plain view

📋In full, unrestricted view; visibly, openly, or publicly.

🗣I can't believe you go outside in plain view of the neighbors with your bathrobe open!
🗣Law enforcement spends so much time and resources going after petty criminals, while all these white-collar crooks on Wall Street are swindling people for millions in plain view!
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#Plain #Vocabulary🌱
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📹 If You Want To Achieve Your Dreams Faster, WATCH THIS!

🚀Kindly share with your friends🚀
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Level: Intermediate_Advanced
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#Motivational #Video 🌱
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Title: Pride and Prejudice
Author: Jane Austen
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Genre: Classic Regency, Romance novel
Publication date: 1813
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Level: Intermediate_Advanced
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📝 "You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on."
Mr. Darcy
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📚 Jane Austen
📖 Pride and Prejudice 
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Title: Wuthering Heights
Author: Emily Brontë
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Genre: gothic fiction, romance novel, tragedy
Publication date: 1847
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Level: Intermediate_Advanced
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📝 "I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says.
I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together."
Catherine describing the love of Heathcliff
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📖 By Emily Brontë
📚 Wuthering Heights
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📹 IELTS Speaking
🔺 Sample Answer
🍀 A statue in my city
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Level: Intermediate_Advanced
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📹 IELTS Speaking
🔺 Sample Answer
⏰ Describe a time .....💬
💭 ..... someone didn't tell you the truth about something
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⚜ Grammar Lesson ⚜

🔊 Articles 🔊

🔴 What Are Articles?

Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. Consider the following examples:

💭 After the long day, the cup of tea tasted particularly good.

🔸 By using the article the, we’ve shown that it was one specific day that was long and one specific cup of tea that tasted good.

💭 After a long day, a cup of tea tastes particularly good.

🔹 By using the article a, we’ve created a general statement, implying that any cup of tea would taste good after any long day.
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English has two types of articles: definite and indefinite.

🔴 The Definite Article

🔸 The definite article is the word the. It limits the meaning of a noun to one particular thing. For example, your friend might ask, “Are you going to the party this weekend?” The definite article tells you that your friend is referring to a specific party that both of you know about.

🔔 Example 🔔

💭 Please give me the hammer.

💭 Please give me the red hammer; the blue one is too small.

💭 Please give me the nail.

💭 Please give me the hammer and the nail.
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📺 Illustrated American Idioms
🛍 Go Shopping 🎁
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Level: Intermediate_Advanced
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🔘 Faded
🎙 Alan Walker
🎧 [ Video HD + Lyrics ]

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