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🎖Actually – used to express reality or truth, often in contrast.

🎖Basically – used to simplify or summarize something.

🎖Obviously – used to state something that should be clear.

🎖Literally – for emphasis (but don’t overuse it!).

🎖Apparently – based on what seems to be true.

🎖Eventually – at some point in the future.

🎖Probably – likely to happen.

🎖Definitely – without a doubt.

🎖Honestly – used to express truth or sincerity.

🎖Seriously – used for emphasis or to show importance.

🎖Although – introduces contrast.

🎖However – shows contrast or exception.

🎖Moreover – adds information formally.

🎖Meanwhile – at the same time.

🎖Therefore – as a result or conclusion.

🎖Actually – again, it's very versatile and frequently used.

🎖Kind of – informal way to soften a statement.

🎖Sort of – similar to "kind of", very conversational.

🎖Figure out – to solve or understand something.

🎖Go ahead – to give permission or start something.

🎖Catch up – to reach someone’s level or update.

🎖Look into – to investigate.

🎖Hang out – to spend time casually.

🎖Run into – to meet unexpectedly.

🎖Come up with – to invent or think of.

🎖Get along – to have a good relationship.

🎖Set up – to arrange or organize.

🎖Turn out – to end in a certain way.

🎖Pick up – to learn or collect something.

🎖Break down – to fail or explain in detail.
IELTS-friendly alternatives to “very” 👇

1. Very bad → Awful
2. Very good → Excellent
3. Very big → Enormous
4. Very small → Tiny
5. Very happy → Delighted
6. Very sad → Miserable
7. Very angry → Furious
8. Very tired → Exhausted
9. Very cold → Freezing
10. Very hot → Boiling
11. Very fast → Rapid
12. Very slow → Sluggish
13. Very important → Crucial
14. Very interesting → Fascinating
15. Very boring → Dull
16. Very noisy → Deafening
17. Very quiet → Silent
18. Very expensive → Costly
19. Very cheap → Affordable
20. Very difficult → Challenging
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Stop Using Basic English | Speak Like a Pro

1. You first → After you
2. I think so → I believe so
3. Maybe → Perhaps
4. OK → That works
5. No problem → My pleasure
6. Wait → Just a moment
7. I don’t know → I’m not sure
8. Let’s start → Shall we begin?
9. Come here → Could you come over, please?
10. I’m busy → I’m tied up at the moment
11. Tell me → Let me know
12. Sorry → My apologies
13. Hurry up → Could we speed things up a bit?
14. Yes → Certainly
15. Bye → Take care
16. Give me → Could I have…?
17. Sit down → Please have a seat
18. What do you want? → How can I help you?
19. Stop → Please stop for a moment
20. It’s good → It’s excellent
21. I like it → I’m fond of it
22. That’s bad → That’s unfortunate
23. Be quiet → Could you keep it down, please?
24. I’m tired → I’m exhausted
25. It’s easy → It’s straightforward
26. It’s hard → It’s challenging
27. I agree → I couldn’t agree more
28. I disagree → I see it differently
29. Let me think → Give me a moment to consider
30. I’m ready → I’m all set
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50 COMPOUND IDIOMS/Expressions You Should Know 🤓
1. Touch and go - very risky
2. Bread and butter - main income
3. Odds and evens – number groups
4. Down and out - very poor
5. Black and white - clear choice
6. Life and death - very serious
7. Short and sweet - brief & nice
8. Pick and choose - select freely
9. Loud and clear - easy to understand
10. Give and go - quick teamwork move
11. Safe and sound - unharmed
12. Rough and ready - simple but useful
13. First and foremost - most important
14. Sink or swim - succeed or fail
15. More or less - approximately
16. Life and soul - lively person
17. Now and then - sometimes
18. Right and wrong – moral choice
19. Pros and cons - good & bad sides
20. High and dry - helpless
21. Step by step - gradual
22. Give and take - mutual compromise
23. Fair and square - honest
24. Rise and fall - ups and downs
25. Dos and don'ts - rules
26. Come and go - appear & disappear
27. Hustle and flow – active rhythm
28. High and mighty - arrogant
29. Part and parcel - essential part
30. Skin and bones - very thin
31. Fast and furious – very fast
32. Neat and tidy - well arranged
33. Out and about – busy outside
34. Proud and tall - confident
35. Peace and quiet – calm
36. Bright and early – very early
37. Sick and tired - fed up
38. Hook and loop - Velcro
39. Law and order - public peace
40. Trial and error learn by trying
41. Give or take - roughly
42. Bits and pieces - small parts
43. Wait and see be patient
44. Back and forth – moving repeatedly
45. Flesh and blood - human nature
46. Wear and share - swap clothes / items
47. Live and learn - learn from mistakes
48. Leap and bound – very quickly
49. Spick and span - spotless clean
50. Hit and miss - sometimes successful
A binomial expression is a fixed pair of words joined by and or or, used together in a set order to give a special or idiomatic meaning.
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35 Fallacies Explained Simply for You

1. Ad Hominem – Attacking the person instead of the argument
“You’re wrong because you’re stupid.”
2. Straw Man – Misrepresenting someone’s argument to attack it
“You want less homework? So you want students to learn nothing.”
3. Appeal to Authority – Saying something is true because an authority said it
“A celebrity says it, so it must be true.”
4. False Dilemma – Presenting only two choices when more exist
“Either agree with me or you’re against us.”
5. Slippery Slope – Claiming one small step will lead to extreme results
“If we allow this, everything will collapse.”
6. Circular Reasoning – The conclusion repeats the premise
“It’s true because it’s true.”
7. Hasty Generalization – Making a broad claim from little evidence
“Two people were rude, so everyone is rude.”
8. Post Hoc (False Cause) – Assuming one thing caused another just because it came first
“I wore lucky socks and we won.”
9. Bandwagon – Believing something because many people do
“Everyone thinks this, so it’s right.”
10. Red Herring – Changing the topic to distract from the real issue
“Why talk about corruption when crime is worse?”
11. Appeal to Emotion – Using feelings instead of facts
“Think of the children!”
12. False Equivalence – Treating unequal things as equal
“Forgetting homework is the same as cheating.”
13. Loaded Question – Asking a question with an unfair assumption
“Have you stopped lying?”
14. No True Scotsman – Redefining a group to ignore counterexamples
“No true fan would criticize the team.”
15. Anecdotal Evidence – Using personal stories instead of data
“It worked for me, so it works for everyone.”
16. Appeal to Ignorance – Claiming something is true because it hasn’t been disproven
“No one proved it’s false.”
17. Middle Ground – Assuming the compromise is always correct
“The truth must be halfway.”
18. Tu Quoque – Dismissing criticism because the critic does it too
“You do it too, so it’s fine.”
19. Texas Sharpshooter – Cherry-picking data that fits your claim
“Look at these selected examples.”
20. Fallacy of Composition – Assuming what’s true of parts is true of the whole
“Each player is great, so the team must be great.”
21. Fallacy of Division – Assuming what’s true of the whole is true of parts
“The team is great, so every player is great.”
22. Appeal to Tradition – Saying something is right because it’s old
“We’ve always done it this way.”
23. Appeal to Novelty – Saying something is better because it’s new
“It’s new, so it’s better.”
24. Genetic Fallacy – Judging an idea by its source
“It came from them, so it’s wrong.”
25. Moving the Goalposts – Changing criteria after they’re met
“That’s not enough—do more.”
26. False Balance – Treating unequal viewpoints as equally valid
“Both sides deserve equal time.”
27. Overgeneralization – Using words like always or never
“You always mess up.”
28. Appeal to Fear – Scaring people into agreement
“If we don’t act, disaster will strike.”
29. Begging the Question – Assuming what you’re trying to prove
“This law is good because it’s necessary.”
30. Black-or-White Thinking – Ignoring complexity
“It’s either perfect or useless.”
31. False Analogy – Comparing things that aren’t truly similar
“Running a country is like running a household.”
32. Special Pleading – Making exceptions for your own case
“The rules don’t apply to me.”
33. Burden of Proof Shift – Making others disprove your claim
“Prove me wrong.”
34 Appeal to Popularity – Equating popularity with truth
“It has millions of likes.”
Personal Incredulity – Rejecting something because you don’t understand it
“I can’t imagine it, so it’s false.”
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💪 Powerful English Words You Should Use

1. Amazing → Incredible
2. Very good → Excellent
3. Very bad → Terrible
4. Very big → Massive
5. Very small → Tiny
6. Very fast → Rapid
7. Very slow → Sluggish
8. Very smart → Brilliant
9. Very angry → Furious
10. Very happy → Delighted
11. Very sad → Heartbroken
12. Very tired → Exhausted
13. Very scared → Terrified
14. Very noisy → Deafening
15. Very quiet → Silent
16. Very strong → Powerful
17. Very weak → Fragile
18. Very beautiful → Gorgeous
19. Very ugly → Hideous
20. Very important → Crucial
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50 ENGLISH WORDS YOU NEVER THOUGHT EXISTED 📚🔥

1. Hornswoggle — to deceive or cheat
2. Flummox — to bewilder; confuse
3. Psithurism — the sound of wind in trees
4. Borborygmus — a rumbling stomach noise
5. Petrichor — the earthy smell after rain
6. Defenestration — throwing someone out of a window
7. Limerence — intense romantic infatuation
8. Weltschmerz — deep sadness about the world
9. Mondegreen — a misheard lyric or phrase
10. Spoonerism — swapping the first sounds of words
11. Tmesis — inserting a word inside another word
12. Zugzwang — being forced to make a bad move (chess)
13. Schadenfreude — pleasure from someone else’s misfortune
14. Pareidolia — seeing patterns (like faces) in random things
15. Agelast — a person who never laughs
16. Clinomania — a strong desire to stay in bed
17. Apricity — warmth of the winter sun
18. Nudiustertian — relating to the day before yesterday
19. Erinaceous — resembling a hedgehog
20. Callipygian — having well-shaped buttocks
21. Kakistocracy — rule by the worst people
22. Quire — a set of 24 sheets of paper
23. Floccinaucinihilipilification — judging something as worthless
24. Hullabaloo — loud noise and confusion
25. Logorrhea — excessive talkativeness
26. Sesquipedalian — fond of long words
27. Blatherskite — a person who talks nonsense
28. Skedaddle — run away quickly
29. Kerfuffle — a fuss or commotion
30. Brouhaha — a noisy, excited reaction
31. Lollygag — waste time; dawdle
32. Cattywampus — crooked; askew
33. Discombobulate — to confuse
34. Tintinnabulation — the ringing of bells
35. Susurrus — a soft, whispering sound
36. Nincompoop — a foolish person
37. Ragamuffin — a ragged, dirty child
38. Shenanigans — secret or dishonest tricks
39. Bamboozle — to trick or fool
40. Taradiddle — a petty lie; nonsense
41. Thingamajig — a thing whose name you forgot
42. Doohickey — a small gadget or device
43. Whippersnapper — an overly confident young person
44. Flibbertigibbet — a silly, flighty person
45. Gubbins — small things; odds and ends
46. Snollygoster — a clever, unprincipled person
47. Malarkey — nonsense; meaningless talk
48. Codswallop — complete nonsense
49. Crapulence — sickness from overeating or overdrinking
50. Hootenanny — an informal folk-music party
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Advanced English Vocabulary 🤓

1. Elaborate = explain in detail
2. Mitigate = reduce
3. Alleviate = ease
4. Aggravate = worsen
5. Elicit = draw out
6. Engender = create
7. Exacerbate = make worse
8. Facilitate = make easier
9. Implement = put into effect
10. Anticipate = expect
11. Persevere = continue despite difficulty
12. Repudiate = reject
13. Retract = take back
14. Scrutinize = examine closely
15. Terminate = end
16. Validate = confirm
17. Exemplify = illustrate
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