Woman Wakes Up After 17 Hours With No Signs of Life
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📣 against all odds: when someone succeeds or survives even though it seemed almost impossible
When doctors in West Virginia turned off Velma Thomas’s life support, they thought she was gone. For 17 hours, there had been no sign of brain activity, even as machines kept her body alive. Her skin had begun to harden, and her family gathered to say goodbye.
Velma’s heart had stopped three times after she went into cardiac arrest at home. Doctors tried everything, even cooling her body to protect her brain. Still, there were no signs of life. Her son Tim accepted that his mother would not survive.
But minutes after being taken off life support, against all odds, something extraordinary happened. Velma began to move, her heart restarted, and she spoke. Dr. Kevin Eggleston, later said, “It’s a miracle. The odds were certainly against her.”
Stories like Velma’s raise questions about what it means to be dead. Doctors say “clinical death” usually means the heart has stopped and blood is no longer bringing oxygen to the brain. After about five minutes without oxygen, brain cells start to die. In rare cases like Velma’s, CPR, life support machines or cooling the body can slow that process, giving doctors more time to bring someone back.
🍁 Sample sentences
🍄The team won the championship against all odds after losing their best player early in the season.
🍄She started her own successful business against all odds, with no money and no experience.
🍄The scientists found a cure against all odds, after every other experiment had failed.
🍀Origin
This expression comes from the idea of “odds” in gambling or chance. If the odds are against someone, it means success is very unlikely.
🔊Audio file:
https://t.me/ew2021/6496
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📣 against all odds: when someone succeeds or survives even though it seemed almost impossible
When doctors in West Virginia turned off Velma Thomas’s life support, they thought she was gone. For 17 hours, there had been no sign of brain activity, even as machines kept her body alive. Her skin had begun to harden, and her family gathered to say goodbye.
Velma’s heart had stopped three times after she went into cardiac arrest at home. Doctors tried everything, even cooling her body to protect her brain. Still, there were no signs of life. Her son Tim accepted that his mother would not survive.
But minutes after being taken off life support, against all odds, something extraordinary happened. Velma began to move, her heart restarted, and she spoke. Dr. Kevin Eggleston, later said, “It’s a miracle. The odds were certainly against her.”
Stories like Velma’s raise questions about what it means to be dead. Doctors say “clinical death” usually means the heart has stopped and blood is no longer bringing oxygen to the brain. After about five minutes without oxygen, brain cells start to die. In rare cases like Velma’s, CPR, life support machines or cooling the body can slow that process, giving doctors more time to bring someone back.
🍁 Sample sentences
🍄The team won the championship against all odds after losing their best player early in the season.
🍄She started her own successful business against all odds, with no money and no experience.
🍄The scientists found a cure against all odds, after every other experiment had failed.
🍀Origin
This expression comes from the idea of “odds” in gambling or chance. If the odds are against someone, it means success is very unlikely.
🔊Audio file:
https://t.me/ew2021/6496
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🔴 It takes + (time) + to + (verb)
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You are letting someone know how long it will take to do a particular thing.
Here are some examples:
⚜️"It takes one hour to get there."
⚜️"It takes forty-five minutes for me to get ready."
⚜️"It takes four quarters to complete a football game."
⚜️"It takes 7 seconds for my car to go 60 miles per hour."
⚜️"It takes all day for us to finish golfing."
⚜️"It takes years to learn to play guitar."
⚜️"It takes 15 minutes to get to downtown."
⚜️"It takes me one hour to cook."
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🟣 Other Ways to Say THANK YOU
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🏅You are great.
🏅You’re a dear.
🏅That’s so kind of you.
🏅I’m in your debt.
🏅You are a life saver.
🏅Words can’t describe how thankful I am.
🏅I’m grateful for your assistance.
🏅I’m really grateful.
🏅I don’t have the words to thank you.
🏅I really appreciate for what you’ve done.
🏅You’re too kind.
🏅You saved my life.
🏅I am very thankful.
🏅I owe you big time.
🏅Thank you so much.
🏅Two words: Endless gratitude. Thank you.
🏅I cannot thank you enough for helping me.
🏅You set my heart on fire.
🏅I owe you one.
🏅Thanks a million.
🏅I thank you most warmly.
🏅I can’t thank you enough. (for very important things)
🏅Thank you for your thoughtfulness.
🏅I do not know how to thank you.
🏅Thank you for your support and guidance.
🏅I do not know what I would do without you.
🏅We were touched.
🏅I appreciate it more then you will ever know.
🏅Thank you for everything.
🏅You are the best.
🏅You’re an angel.
🏅You saved my day.
🏅I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
🏅What would I do without you?
🏅A million thanks to you..
🏅Is there no limit to your awesomeness? Thank you.
🏅You lift me up to touch the sky.
🏅I’m a better person because of you.
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You are letting someone know how long it will take to do a particular thing.
Here are some examples:
⚜️"It takes one hour to get there."
⚜️"It takes forty-five minutes for me to get ready."
⚜️"It takes four quarters to complete a football game."
⚜️"It takes 7 seconds for my car to go 60 miles per hour."
⚜️"It takes all day for us to finish golfing."
⚜️"It takes years to learn to play guitar."
⚜️"It takes 15 minutes to get to downtown."
⚜️"It takes me one hour to cook."
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🟣 Other Ways to Say THANK YOU
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🏅You are great.
🏅You’re a dear.
🏅That’s so kind of you.
🏅I’m in your debt.
🏅You are a life saver.
🏅Words can’t describe how thankful I am.
🏅I’m grateful for your assistance.
🏅I’m really grateful.
🏅I don’t have the words to thank you.
🏅I really appreciate for what you’ve done.
🏅You’re too kind.
🏅You saved my life.
🏅I am very thankful.
🏅I owe you big time.
🏅Thank you so much.
🏅Two words: Endless gratitude. Thank you.
🏅I cannot thank you enough for helping me.
🏅You set my heart on fire.
🏅I owe you one.
🏅Thanks a million.
🏅I thank you most warmly.
🏅I can’t thank you enough. (for very important things)
🏅Thank you for your thoughtfulness.
🏅I do not know how to thank you.
🏅Thank you for your support and guidance.
🏅I do not know what I would do without you.
🏅We were touched.
🏅I appreciate it more then you will ever know.
🏅Thank you for everything.
🏅You are the best.
🏅You’re an angel.
🏅You saved my day.
🏅I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
🏅What would I do without you?
🏅A million thanks to you..
🏅Is there no limit to your awesomeness? Thank you.
🏅You lift me up to touch the sky.
🏅I’m a better person because of you.
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Top 10 Most Common Idiomatic Expressions with ‘Like’
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💥Sleep like a log
✅Sleep very deeply, sleep very well
💥Sell like hotcakes
✅Sell very well, very quickly
💥Like a fish out of water
✅Completely out of place, not belonging at all
💥Feel like a million
✅Feel very happy
💥Like a bump on a log
✅Do not react in a useful of helpful way to the activities around them
💥Read someone like a book
✅Know exactly someone’s thinking or feelings without having to ask
💥Watch someone like a Hawk
✅Watch someone very carefully, especially because you expect them to do something wrong
💥Fit like a glove
✅It fits exactly
💥Eat like a bird
✅Eat only small amount of food
💥Know someone or something like the back of one’s hand
✅Know very well, in every detail.
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SV RAMANUJ
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💥Sleep like a log
✅Sleep very deeply, sleep very well
💥Sell like hotcakes
✅Sell very well, very quickly
💥Like a fish out of water
✅Completely out of place, not belonging at all
💥Feel like a million
✅Feel very happy
💥Like a bump on a log
✅Do not react in a useful of helpful way to the activities around them
💥Read someone like a book
✅Know exactly someone’s thinking or feelings without having to ask
💥Watch someone like a Hawk
✅Watch someone very carefully, especially because you expect them to do something wrong
💥Fit like a glove
✅It fits exactly
💥Eat like a bird
✅Eat only small amount of food
💥Know someone or something like the back of one’s hand
✅Know very well, in every detail.
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SV RAMANUJ
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think outside the box
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🔴 Variation :
🔻think out of the box
🔻out of the box thinking
🟢 Meaning :
🔺think differently
🔺to be creative and produce something that is not usual or boring
🔺to come up with something that is unique and interesting
🔺look at the broader context of a problem, challenge etc.
🔵 Synonyms :
🍁pull a rabbit out of a hat
🍁rise to the challenge
🍁square the circle
🟣 Example Sentences :
🔹The team always thinks outside the box to come up with unique advertisements for all its clients.
🔹This particular technology is quite out of the box in nature and should be a hit really easily.
🔹I teach my children to think of solutions which are outside the box. It helps them with problem solving and innovative thinking.
🔹In our organization, thinking outside the box has an added advantage for all of the employees.
🔹This out of the box thinking has helped save many lives when travelling by the sea.
🔹I am trying to think outside the box to make this event a success at any cost this year.
🔹Sonal has spent her whole life in performing a routine job work so don't expect that she would ever be able to think outside the box.
🔸Advertising agencies must think outside the box to come up with fresh new ideas that will grab consumers' attention.
🔸Some of the best inventions have come from someone taking a regular product and adapting it by thinking outside the box.
🔸Scheduling walking meetings rather than sitting around a table is a good example of how corporate America started thinking outside the box about group discussions.
🔸Our company encourages thinking outside the box by allowing us to work on whatever we want every Thursday afternoon.
🔸We've hired a consultant to help us foster activities that will help our employees think outside the box.
🔸This company is going to go out of business unless we start thinking outside the box.
🔸Parents who home school their children often think outside the box when creating educational activities.
🔸Talk about literally thinking outside the box! EBay's new augmented reality feature helps sellers determine which size U.S.
🔸Postal Service Flat Rate Box will best fit their items.
🔸If Apple hadn't thought outside the box, we'd probably still be using flip phones and carrying MP3 players.
🔸Here's an idea: Why not just provide excellent customer service instead of trying to think outside the box to create a new product?
🟤 Origin :
The phrase originates from a simile which draws a person’s thought in comparison to a box and how anything outside seems far-fetched and unachievable. It comes from the advertisement and marketing world where products compete for space in the market. Thinking outside the box helps the product life-cycle to become longer. The literary origin can be traced to the 20th century.
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SV RAMANUJ
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🔴 Variation :
🔻think out of the box
🔻out of the box thinking
🟢 Meaning :
🔺think differently
🔺to be creative and produce something that is not usual or boring
🔺to come up with something that is unique and interesting
🔺look at the broader context of a problem, challenge etc.
🔵 Synonyms :
🍁pull a rabbit out of a hat
🍁rise to the challenge
🍁square the circle
🟣 Example Sentences :
🔹The team always thinks outside the box to come up with unique advertisements for all its clients.
🔹This particular technology is quite out of the box in nature and should be a hit really easily.
🔹I teach my children to think of solutions which are outside the box. It helps them with problem solving and innovative thinking.
🔹In our organization, thinking outside the box has an added advantage for all of the employees.
🔹This out of the box thinking has helped save many lives when travelling by the sea.
🔹I am trying to think outside the box to make this event a success at any cost this year.
🔹Sonal has spent her whole life in performing a routine job work so don't expect that she would ever be able to think outside the box.
🔸Advertising agencies must think outside the box to come up with fresh new ideas that will grab consumers' attention.
🔸Some of the best inventions have come from someone taking a regular product and adapting it by thinking outside the box.
🔸Scheduling walking meetings rather than sitting around a table is a good example of how corporate America started thinking outside the box about group discussions.
🔸Our company encourages thinking outside the box by allowing us to work on whatever we want every Thursday afternoon.
🔸We've hired a consultant to help us foster activities that will help our employees think outside the box.
🔸This company is going to go out of business unless we start thinking outside the box.
🔸Parents who home school their children often think outside the box when creating educational activities.
🔸Talk about literally thinking outside the box! EBay's new augmented reality feature helps sellers determine which size U.S.
🔸Postal Service Flat Rate Box will best fit their items.
🔸If Apple hadn't thought outside the box, we'd probably still be using flip phones and carrying MP3 players.
🔸Here's an idea: Why not just provide excellent customer service instead of trying to think outside the box to create a new product?
🟤 Origin :
The phrase originates from a simile which draws a person’s thought in comparison to a box and how anything outside seems far-fetched and unachievable. It comes from the advertisement and marketing world where products compete for space in the market. Thinking outside the box helps the product life-cycle to become longer. The literary origin can be traced to the 20th century.
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SV RAMANUJ
a man of action
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🟢Meaning:
🔹a person of energetic activity
🔹someone who prefers to act first and think later
🔹a man who prefers to do things rather than think about and discuss them
🔹a man who is inclined to physical activity or deeds
🟣Examples:
🔸The country needs a political leader who is a man of action
🔸The new boss at the company is a man of action. Since he’s taken over, there have been so many changes.
🔸Right now we need a man of action; someone who would jump in start working instead of thinking it out.
🔸Shailesh was a man of action and did not have much time for planning and discussions.
🔸We’ve had enough of our brainstorming session. Now we need a man of action who is going to implement our ideas.
🔸The two team members were opposites – one was a man of action while the other believed in meticulous planning.
🔸I trust him to finish the job in time. He is a man of action and does not waste his time.
🔵Origin:
The origin of this phrase is not known. The words used are very common, and hence it is quite possible that the expression developed in a natural flow of evolution of the language.
🎥Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVAHf7sytos
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SV RAMANUJ
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🟢Meaning:
🔹a person of energetic activity
🔹someone who prefers to act first and think later
🔹a man who prefers to do things rather than think about and discuss them
🔹a man who is inclined to physical activity or deeds
🟣Examples:
🔸The country needs a political leader who is a man of action
🔸The new boss at the company is a man of action. Since he’s taken over, there have been so many changes.
🔸Right now we need a man of action; someone who would jump in start working instead of thinking it out.
🔸Shailesh was a man of action and did not have much time for planning and discussions.
🔸We’ve had enough of our brainstorming session. Now we need a man of action who is going to implement our ideas.
🔸The two team members were opposites – one was a man of action while the other believed in meticulous planning.
🔸I trust him to finish the job in time. He is a man of action and does not waste his time.
🔵Origin:
The origin of this phrase is not known. The words used are very common, and hence it is quite possible that the expression developed in a natural flow of evolution of the language.
🎥Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVAHf7sytos
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A. Publisher
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