🤷‍♀ Confusing words 🤷‍♀
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🤔 Have you ever wondered what the difference is between these words⁉️


1️⃣ 🐢 (Turtle 🆚 Tortoise)
1. Turtle: Flatter Shells. Water lovers🌊
2.Tortoise: Dome Shell. Land lovers🏞

✅ On land the turtle is ungainly, but in the water it is very agile.
✅ While his family was visiting the desert, Lucas came across a tortoise eating a piece of cactus.

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2️⃣ 👤 (Alone 🆚 Lonely)
1. Alone: Whitout company.
2. Lonely: Sadness due to no one being around.

✅ I don't feel comfortable when I'm home alone.
✅ Sometimes I feel very lonely.

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3️⃣ 🥷 💰 (Rob 🆚 Steal)
1. Rob: Who or where it happened.
2. Steal: What was taken.

✅ Someone robbed the bank.
✅ They stole my computer.

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4️⃣ 🌊 (Sea 🆚 Ocean)
1. Sea: Smaller and it is partially enclosed by land.
2. Ocean: It has no boundaries.

✅ The Mediterranean Sea separates Africa from Europe.
✅ The Atlantic Ocean separates Africa and South America.

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5️⃣ 📖 (History 🆚 Story)
1. History: Real past events.
2. Story: Real or imagined events.

✅ I'm studying European History this semester.
✅ The book tells the story of two roommates.
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Writing Research Papers

A Complete Guide
15th Edition
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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🌎🌍🌏 Global Edition

James D. Lester, Jr.
Pearson education limited
2015
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#Research #Papers #Academic #Writing #Skills #PDF #Book
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📹 Speaking practice

💠 Learn words together in chunks

✅ Fifteen common collocations with "keep"

🔺 Lesson by Emma
🇦🇺 Accent: Australian
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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#Collocation #Chunks #Keep
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🤔 What is a GERUND❓
📌 Verb + İng

1️⃣ A gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding "-ing." The gerund form of the verb "read" is "reading." You can use a gerund as the subject, the complement, or the object of a sentence.
✍ Examples:
🗣️ Reading helps you learn English. subject of sentence.
🗣️ Her favorite hobby is reading. complement of sentence.


2⃣ Gerunds can be made negative by adding "not."
✍ Examples:
🗣️ He enjoys not working.
🗣️ The best thing for your health is not smoking.


3⃣ Some verbs are followed by gerunds as objects.
✍ Examples:
🗣️ She suggested going to a movie.
🗣️ Mary keeps talking about her problems.
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#Grammar #Gerund #Verb #ing
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❌ A fast shower 🚿
✅ A quick shower

❌ Respond the door 🚪
✅ Answer the door

❌ Strong rain 🌧
✅ Heavy rain

❌ Celebrate a party 🎉
✅ Throw a party

❌ Ask for a wish 🤞🏻
✅ Make a wish

❌ Strong taste 😑
✅ Big taste

❌ Lost the time ⏳
✅ Waste time

❌ Nice dreams 🛌
✅ Sweet dreams
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#Common #Mistakes
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💰 To spend a fortune

💸 Meaning:
💵 To spend a great amount of money
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#Collocation #Spend #Fortune
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🚑 Phrasal verb 🚑

🩺 Ways to discuss “Health”🩺🩺‍

1⃣ pass away

2⃣ Run over

3⃣ Come down with

4⃣ Fight off

5⃣ Come to

6⃣ Pass out

7⃣ Get over

🔺English Lesson concerning “Health” & Examples 🏥
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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#Phrasal #Verb #Preposition #Health
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📹 Speaking practice

4⃣ words not appropriate for informal conversations!

🙅‍♀ DON'T USE These Words in Casual English Conversations!

🔺 Lesson by Emma
🇦🇺 Accent: Australian
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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#Context #Register #Furthermore #Moreover #Therefore #However
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📌 Cut corners

🔸 Meaning:
✍ Doing something quickly or poorly to save time or money.

💇‍♀ Example:
✍ If I cut corners, I have something left on Saturday to go shopping with.
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#Idiom #Cut #Corners
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🌧 It's raining cats and dogs

💦 Meaning:
☔️ To rain a lot and very heavily

⛈ Example:
☂ I think it's not safe to drive the car now - it's raining cats and dogs.
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#Idiom #Rain #Cat #Dog
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📹 Speaking practice

💠 Advanced English Expressions for Casual Conversations

🔺 Lesson by Emma
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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#Expression #Idiom #Conversation
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❤️ Young at heart

🫀 Meaning:
💞 Thinking and behaving as if you are younger than you really are

🤾‍♀ Example:
💖 Dad may be nearly 90 but he is still young at heart.
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#Idiom #Young #at #heart 🫀
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⚜ Punctuation rules ⚜
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#Punctuation #Writing
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💬 Add up

✍ Means:
little things come together and eventually create a large amount.

Other meanings include:
A. To come to a total, like in math
B. To make sense

🍹 Examples:
✨ The small fees charged by the bank really add up over time.
✨ Small donation can add up quickly. Imagine how much we could raise if each person donated only $1!
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#Add #up #Phrasal_verb
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🛳 Miss the boat

🛥 Meaning:
🚤 To lose the chance or opportunity to do something

⛵️ Example:
🛶 If you don't buy the tickets now, we will miss the boat to go to the cinema.
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