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Used to
It is used to talk about habits that

were true in the past but they are not now.

It should be used with the simple form of the verb.

It is made negative by using "didn't".

The question form is made by using did at the beginning of the sentence.

Examples:
I used to smoke cigarettes when I was young.

used to---verb

I didn't use go mountain climbing when I was young.

Did you use to go hiking when you were young?
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📢📢 today's topic:

📚📚 do you believe in the Judgement Day?

📚📚 do you think people will finally pay for their sins?

📚📚 what is your definition of "sin"?

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 I know him too well.

  I know him very well.

Too has a negative meaning.
example: Too difficult to do. It means so difficult that we can't do it.

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📢📢📢 today's topic:
as you know the elders need lots of care especially when they are too old. Some families find it difficult to take care of them and are not happy . So they send them to a nursing home.

📚📚 What do you think we can do to take care of the elderly?

📚📚 would you send your own beloved members to a nursing home?

📚📚 What kind of problems do the elderly have?

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5 ways to replace the adjective "Amazing"
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💙• Surprising - amazing
Example: She told me a surprising thing

💙• Marvelous - amazing
Example: The weather was simply marvelous / The weather was simply amazing

💙• Incredible - incredible
Example: The view is just incredible

💙• Fascinating - exciting
Example: It's a fascinating book which merits attention / This is an exciting book that deserves attention

💙• Stunning - stunning
Example: Our room had a stunning view of the lake / Our room had a stunning view of the lake.
10 must-have English verbs:
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• Act -
Example: It is time to act.

• Buy -
Example: Where did you buy that dress?

• Do -
Example: What are you doing?

• Look -
Example: Try looking under the bed.

• Read -
Example: She likes to read.

• Run -
Example: How fast can you run?

• Sleep -
Example: Did you sleep well?

• Speak -
Example: Let him speak.

• Walk -
Example: He walked to the store.

• Work -
Example: I work here.
5 very unusual expressions in English to remember:
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🌹• Nitty-gritty - daily work; daily activities; something everyday
Example:
Let's get down to the nitty-gritty. How much will it cost?

🌹• Teeny-weeny - tiny, small
Example:
I'll just have a teeny-weeny piece of cake.

🌹• Willy-nilly - forced
Example:
Both sides were drawn, willy-nilly, into the conflict.

🌹• Hugger-mugger - keep secret
Example:
They tried to hugger-mugger this nasty little incident out of sight.

🌹• Easy peasy - easy business
Example:
Tie your necktie? Easy peasy!

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5 simple conversational phrases in English
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🌺• All day long - all day
Example:
The tune haunted her all day long.

🌺• Come to mind - come to someone's mind
Example:
Nothing came to mind when I tried to remember the names of the actors.

🌺• Day and night - round the clock; day and night;
Example:
We worked day and night to finish the project before the end of the month.

🌺• In person - personally
Example:
I had to go to the bank and sign the papers in person.

🌺• Make a living - making a living
Example:
She hopes to make a living from writing children's books.

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Time vocabulary

• Today
• Tomorrow
• Day after tomorrow
• Yesterday
• Day before yesterday
• Next week
• This week
• Last week
• Day
• Morning
• Noon
• Afternoon
• Evening
• Night
• Weekend
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday
💙Be in good spirits -

💚meaning:
to be in a good mood.

💜Example:
She was in good spirits this morning.

#idioms
10 cool slang words and phrases
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💚• Awesome - great, excellent, cool
Example: That was an awesome movie.

💚• Big time - very
Example: He really owes her big time for everything she has done for him.

💚• Duh! - really? (a sarcastic exclamation used when someone said something stupid, obvious, self-evident)
Example: - Look, the Sun is yellow !; - Duh!

💚• Junk food - fast food, high-calorie food
Example: If you want to lose weight, you should stop eating so much junk food.

💚• Knock someone's socks off - hit, delight; make stunned
Example: Her stunning beauty knocked everyone's socks off. / Everyone was shocked by her beauty.

💚• Lose it - to lose self-control; go crazy
Example: What are you doing? Have you totally lost it? / What are you doing? Have you gone completely crazy?

💚• No sweat - no problem, easy
Example: We'll be back by six, no sweat. / We'll be back by six, no problem.

💚• Vent - give vent to your feelings; express pent-up emotions
Example: Don't take his remarks too seriously - he's just venting. / Don't take his remarks so seriously, he just gave vent to his feelings.

💚• Yawner - Anything boring or completely uninteresting
Example: The film was a real yawner. I fell asleep after the first twenty minutes. / This movie was so boring that I fell asleep after the first twenty minutes.

💚• Zone out - disconnect, pass out
Example: He's sort of zoned out. / He seems to have passed out.
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