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🌐 Useful Idioms 🌐

🔷 1. ‘The best of both worlds’ – means you can enjoy two different opportunities at the same time.
“By working part-time and looking after her kids two days a week she managed to get the best of both worlds.”

🔷 2. ‘Speak of the devil’ – this means that the person you’re just talking about actually appears at that moment.
“Hi Tom, speak of the devil, I was just telling Sara about your new car.”

🔷 3. ‘See eye to eye’ – this means agreeing with someone.
“They finally saw eye to eye on the business deal.”

🔷 4. ‘Once in a blue moon’ – an event that happens infrequently.
“I only go to the cinema once in a blue moon.”

🔷 5. ‘When pigs fly’ – something that will never happen.
“When pigs fly she’ll tidy up her room.”

🔷 6. ‘To cost an arm and a leg’– something is very expensive.
“Fuel these days costs and arm and a leg.”

🔷 7. ‘A piece of cake’– something is very easy.
“The English test was a piece of cake.”

🔷 8. ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ – to accidentally reveal a secret.
“I let the cat out of the bag about their wedding plans.”

🔷 9. ‘To feel under the weather’ – to not feel well.
“I’m really feeling under the weather today; I have a terrible cold.”

🔷 10. ‘To kill two birds with one stone’ – to solve two problems at once.
“By taking my dad on holiday, I killed two birds with one stone. I got to go away but also spend time with him.”

🔷 11. ‘To cut corners’ – to do something badly or cheaply.
“They really cut corners when they built this bathroom; the shower is leaking.”

🔷 12. ‘To add insult to injury’ – to make a situation worse.
“To add insult to injury the car drove off without stopping after knocking me off my bike.”

🔷 13. ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover’ – to not judge someone or something based solely on appearance.
“I thought this no-brand bread would be horrible; turns out you can’t judge a book by its cover.”

🔷 14. ‘Break a leg’ – means ‘good luck’ (often said to actors before they go on stage).
“Break a leg Sam, I’m sure your performance will be great.”

🔷 15. ‘To hit the nail on the head’ – to describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem.
“He hit the nail on the head when he said this company needs more HR support.”
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🔰Future


(BE TO + infinitive)

1️⃣Plans and arrangements:

✨We use this structure in a formal style to talk about official and other plans and arrangements.

🔹The President is to visit Nigeria next month.
🔹We are to get a 10 per cent wage rise in June.
🔹I felt nervous because I was soon to leave homefor the first time.

✨A perfect infinitive can be used to show that a planned event did not happen.

🔹I was to have started work last week, but I changed my mind.

2️⃣ 'fate':

✨Another use is to talk about things which are/were ‘hidden in the future’, fated to happen.

🔹I thought we were saying goodbye for ever. But we were to meet again, many years later, under very strange circumstances.

3️⃣ pre-conditions:

✨This structure is common in if-clauses, when the main clause expresses a pre­ condition - something that must happen first if something else is to happen.

🔹If we are to get there by lunchtime, we had better hurry.
🔹He knew he would have to work hard if he was to pass his exam.

4️⃣ orders:

✨The structure is used to give orders, for example by parents speaking to children.

🔹You are to do your homework before you watch TV.
🔹She can go to the party, but she's not to be back late.

5️⃣ be + passive infinitive:

✨Be + passive infinitive is often used in notices and instructions.

am/are/is (not) to be + past participle

🔹This cover is not to be removed.

✨Sometimes only the passive infinitive is used.

🔹To be taken three times a day after meals, (on a medicine bottle)

✨Some other common expressions with be + passive infinitive:

🔹There’s nothing to be done.
🔹She was nowhere to be found.
🔹I looked out of the window, but there was nothing to be seen.

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Bindaas :

◾ Today's expression
🔺Out_of

👉 Used to show the reason why someone does something (because of)

🖍️I took the job out of necessity because we had no money left.

🖍️ Out of desperation, he borrowed money from his neighbor.

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🔴accuse /əˈkjuːz/ verb [T]  
to say that you believe someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad

✅ADVERBS

🔸wrongly/falsely accuse sb 
Nichols claims that he was wrongly accused. 
She was falsely accused of stealing a gold bracelet.

🔸unfairly/unjustly accuse sb 
He is an innocent man who has been unjustly accused.

🔸wrongfully accuse sb (=in a way that is unfair or illegal) 
The actress plays an innocent woman who is wrongfully accused of murdering her husband.

🔸publicly/openly accuse sb 
She publicly accused the president of lying to voters.

🔸repeatedly accuse sb (=accuse someone many times) 
These firms have been repeatedly accused of polluting the environment.

🔸practically accuse sb (=almost accuse someone)
Rebecca practically accused me of starting the fire.


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Bindaas :

✅Paragraph ..


📕Paragraph is a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering.



✅Summary.

📕A summary is a brief summing up of the main points of a statement or narrative.


✅Paraphrase.


📕A paraphrase is the rewording of something written or spoken, especially with the aim of making the sense clearer.

📘A paraphrase may be longer, shorter, or of the same length as the original passage.



✅Skimming.

📘Skimming is a reading technique meant to look for main or general ideas in a text, without going into detailed and exhaustive reading.

📕 In skimming, a reader reads only important information, but not everything' this technique works effectively in non fiction materials, newspapers, and long novels.

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Bindaas :

⚜ Grammar Lesson ⚜

🔉 Wish 🔉

'I wish to' can mean the same as 'I want to' but it is much, much more formal and less common.

🔔 Example 🔔

➕ I wish to see the manager.
➖ I wish to make a complaint.
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You can also use 'wish' with a noun to 'offer good wishes'.

➕ I wish you a merry Christmas.

👉 Hence that when you want to offer good wishes using a verb, you must use 'hope' and not 'wish'.

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➕I wish you the best of luck.
✔️ noun

➖I hope you have the best of luck.
✔️verb

However, the main use of 'wish' is to say that we would like things to be different from what they are, that we have regrets about the present situation.

➕I wish I were with you then.
➖He wishes he could fly.
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🔅 Notice that the verb tense which follows 'I wish' is 'more in the past' than the tense corresponding to its meaning.

🔔 Example 🔔

➕I never get invited to parties. I wish I got invited more.
➖I'm too emotional. I wish I were more logical.

👉 In the case of 'will' ,where 'will' means 'show willingness' we use 'would'.

🔔 Example 🔔

➕He won't help me.I wish he would help me.
➖You've eaten too much.I wish you would stop.
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When you are *"busy"*,and you want to say *I'm busy*,You can use following phrases....

I'm *overwhelmed* with work..

I'm *slammed* with work lately..

I'm *juggling with* many things..

I'm *under water*

I have *got a lot on my plate*(this sentence has two meanings, One we say this sentence when we have a lot of food on our plate,And second when we have too many jobs too many works)

I have been *inundated* with complaints from customers...

*Hope it would work*
*Don't just read it,try to use these sentences in your regular routine*

🔴 I have + (past participle) 🔴

🔶Again, 'I have' shows possession or something acquired. By adding a past participle you are informing someone of a past or completed action done by you.

😊Here are some examples:

"I have done it."
"I have heard that before."
"I have driven a car."
"I have forgotten the words."
"I have read that book."
"I have eaten at that restaurant before."
"I have flown in an airplane."
"I have forgiven you."
"I have seen you before."
"I have written a letter."

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🔴 I wanna + (verb) 🔴

🔶The word 'wanna' is incorrect grammatically. It is equivalent to 'want to.' When combined with the word 'I' it helps communicate something you want to do.

😊Here are some examples:

"I wanna talk."
"I wanna search for a job."
"I wanna order some food."
"I wanna marry her."
"I wanna listen to that song."

🛑By adding the word 'don't' you can change the meaning of what you are saying to something you 'want' to do to something you 'do not' want to do.

😊Here are some examples:

"I don't wanna talk."
"I don't wanna search for a job."
"I don't wanna marry her."
"I don't wanna listen to that song."
"I don't wanna order some food."
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🔴 Basic Usage of I'm 🔴

🔶'I'm' is an abbreviation for the word 'I AM.' It is used in combination with other words to tell someone about yourself or to describe something you are doing.

😊Here are some examples:

"I'm so tired."
"I'm confused."
"I'm happy."
"I'm twenty three years old."
"I'm hungry."
"I'm nervous."
"I'm excited."
"I'm leaving work."
"I'm thirsty."
"I'm from America."

🔶You can also add descriptive words with 'I'm' such as:

"I'm extremely tired."
"I'm very happy."
"I'm terribly hungry."
"I'm super excited."
"I'm very nervous."
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🔴 I'm + (verb) 🔴

🔶'I'm' is a contraction of the words 'I am.' By adding a verb to 'I'm' this lets you express an action or occurrence about yourself.

😊Here are some examples:

"I'm eating lunch."
"I'm brushing my teeth."
"I'm scared."
"I'm driving to work."
"I'm crying."
"I'm typing an email."
"I'm cooking dinner."
"I'm combing my hair."
"I'm hanging a picture."
"I'm texting."
"I'm dancing."
"I'm interested in the job."
"I'm exercising."
"I'm sad."
"I'm learning."

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🎓 *Motivational Words* 🎓

You can talk back to your brain. Talk back to your bad thoughts and tell them they’re wrong. Not every bad thought is a reality. Also, bad days are okay. A bad day does not equal a bad life.

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🚑 *The Nurse and the Wolf*🐺

"Be quiet now," said an old Nurse to a child sitting on her lap. "If you make that noise again I will throw you to the Wolf."

Now it chanced that a Wolf was passing close under the window as this was said. So he crouched down by the side of the house and waited. "I am in good luck to-day," thought he. "It is sure to cry soon, and a daintier morsel I haven't had for many a long day." So he waited, and he waited, and he waited, till at last the child began to cry, and the Wolf came forward before the window, and looked up to the Nurse, wagging his tail. But all the Nurse did was to shut down the window and call for help, and the dogs of the house came rushing out. "Ah," said the Wolf as he galloped away,

"Enemies promises were made to be broken."

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💡Idiom:
To bring about:

🧐Means:
To cause to happen
This idiom is used to indicate who or what caused something to come about.

✅Examples:
- John brought about the accident because of his carelessness.
- The heavy rains we have each spring bring about serious flooding.
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💡Idiom:
To build up:

🧐Means:
To increase slowly, to make stronger gradually (S)

✅Examples:
- They built up their savings account so that they could buy a new house.
- The professional athlete exercises regularly to build her strength up.
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💡Idiom:
To die down:

🧐Means:
To decrease, to lessen in strength

✅Examples:
- The hurricane became a less serious tropical storm when its winds died
down.
- We let the fire in the fireplace die down and enjoyed watching the
embers as they glowed in the dark.

💡Idiom:
To die out:

🧐Means:
Not to exist anymore; to be in the process of disappearing

✅Examples:
- Scientists still are not sure exactly why the dinosaurs died out.
- That strange, new style of dancing is slowly dying out.

💡Idiom:
To make out:

🧐Means:
To read or see clearly (S); to prepare a legal document, such as
a will, a check, etc. (S)

✅Examples:
- The letter was so poorly handwritten that I couldn t make out many of
the words.
- Harold, please make the check out to Acme Piano Company.

 

 

 

 



 

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At, on and in (place)

 

Grammar > Prepositions and particles > At, onand in (place)

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We use at:

to refer to a position or location which we see as a point:

I was sitting at my desk.

to talk about locations at companies, workplaces when we see them as a place of activity:

How many people are working atMicrosoft?

to refer to activities which involve a group of people:

Were you at Lisa’s party? (also at the cinema, at the theatre)

with school/college/university:

She always did well at school.

to refer to an address:

They once lived at number 12 South George’s Street.

to talk about public places where we get treatments, such as a hairdresser’s or doctor’s surgery:

I can’t meet at four. I’ll be at the hairdresser’s until five.

to refer to most shops:

Look what I bought at the butcher’s today.

We use on:

to refer to a position on any surface:

I know I left my wallet on the table.

to describe a position along a road or river or by the sea or by a lake:

Dublin is on the east coast of Ireland.

to talk about a floor in a building:

They live on the 15th floor!

to talk about being physically on public transport:

I was on the train when she phoned. (but to talk about ways of travelling, we use by: I went to Rome by train.)

We use in:

to talk about locations within a larger area:

I know my book is somewhere inthis room. Can anyone see it?

to talk about workplaces when we see them as a physical location:

She works in an open-plan office.(but we use on when we talk about a farm: I’ve always wanted to work on a farm.)

with class:

He found it difficult to concentratein class.

See also:

At, on and in (time)

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{الإيجابية}:

1_عظيم:
Great
2_رائع:
Wonderful
3_جميل:
Beautiful
4_جيد:
Nice, Good
5_مدهش:
Amazing
6_لذيذ:
Tasty
7_سهل:
Easy
8_قوي:
Strong
9_مفيد:
Useful
10_سريع:
Fast
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{السلبية}:

1_سيء:
Bad
2_صعب:
Hard
3_بطيء:
Slow
4_متسخ:
Dirty
5_غير نافع:
Useless
6_حار:
Hot
7_فارغ:
Empty
8_مقرف:
Nasty
9_قصير:
Short
10_مخيف:
Scary

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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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💙Be in good spirits -

💚meaning:
to be in a good mood.

💜Example:
She was in good spirits this morning.

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Time vocabulary
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• 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

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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