*All the treasures of the earth can’t replace a good friend.*

Voltaire

*_كل كنوز الأرض لا يمكن أن تحل محل صديق وفيّ._*

فولتير



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*1. Accept v/s Except*
Accept means to receive
Except means not including

*2. A Lot v/c Alot*
A lot means to a large extent
Alot is not an English word

*3. All ready v/s Already*
All ready means prepared
Already means by this time

*4. Apart/ A part*
Apart is to be separated
A part if to be joined with

*5. Its v/s It's*
Its the possessive form of it
It's is a contraction for It is.

*6. Lie v/s Lay*
Lie means to not say a truth
Lay is to put something in place

*7. Your v/s You're*
Your is a possessive adjective. it shows possession
You're stands for You are.

*8.Precede v/c Proceed*
Precede means to come before
Proceed is to move forward

*9. Quote v/s Quotation*
Quote means to cite
Quotation is the act of citing

*10. Than v/s Then*
Than is used with comparisions
Then means at that time, or next

*11. Advise v/s Advice*
Advise is a verb and means to recommend something
Advice is a noun and means recommendations about what to do

*12. Allusion v/s Illusion*
Allusion is an indirect reference
Illusion is a false perception of reality

*13. Altogether/ Alltogether*
Altogether means entirely
All together is applied to people or things treated as a group or gathered with everything in one place

*14. Assent v/s Ascent*
Assent means to express approval or agreement
Ascent refers to an upward movement

*15. Capital v/s Capitol*
Capital is the city or town that is the seat of government
Capitol is the building in which the legislative assembly meets.

*16. Counsel v/s Council*
Council is the meeting for discussion or advice
Counsel means to give advice

*17. Lead v/s Led*
Lead means to guide someone towards something
Led is the past tense of lead.




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*_~What is the difference between through, along and across?~_*



*As adverbs the difference between along and through.*

is that along is in company; together while through is from one side to the other by way of the interior.


*The English* _language sometimes has two words for something that is only one word in another_ _language, through and across are examples._
Essentially:

*_Through_*

*is used to talk about movement in an area which is accepted.*

_Along_


*is used when we consider movement in a linear direction,*

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*5 Basic Types of Adverbs*

*Adverbs of TIME*
_never, lately, just, always, recently, during, yet, soon, sometimes, usually, so far_
I haven’t been going to the gym lately.
We recently bought a new car.

*Adverbs of PLACE*
_neatly, slowly, quickly, sadly, calmly, politely, loudly, kindly, lazily_
We went into the cave, and there were bats everywhere!
One day when my dad wasn’t paying attention to where he was going, he walked into a wall.

*Adverbs of MANNER*
_neatly, slowly, quickly, sadly, calmly, politely, loudly, kindly, lazily_
I politely opened the door for my grandmother as she stepped out of the car.
A fat orange and white cat rested lazily on the sofa.

*Adverbs of DEGREE*
_almost, quite, nearly, too, enough, just, hardly, simply, so_
Can I come to the movies too?
Aren’t you hungry? You’ve hardly touched your dinner.

*Adverbs of FREQUENCY*
_never, always, rarely, sometimes, normally, seldom, usually, again_
I rarely eat fast food these days.
Tom usually takes his dog for a walk before breakfast.




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IELTS Vocabulary: "CONFUSE"

🔹VERB 👉 CONFUSE
✏️ e.g :The information in travel guides sometimes confuses me.

The verb to confuse means to cause a person to be unable to understand something

🔹NOUN 👉 CONFUSION.
✏️ e.g :I missed my irplane flight because of some confusion about the time.

The noun confusion is sometimes used to describe a situation that lacks organization.
In the confusion after an earthquake,many people are separated from their families

🔹ADJECTIVE 👉CONFUSING / CONFUSED
✏️ e.g : The information was confusing.
✏️ e.g : I was confused.

The adjective confusing describes the thing that causes confusion.
The adjective confused describes the way a person feels because of it.

🔸These words also mean ‘’not being able to recognize the difference between two People or things. ‘’

My sons Kyle and Jason are twins. Their friends confuse the two of them.
The boys laugh at their friend’s confusion.

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✅Ways to say “ PLEASE


📘If you would be so kind
Can you pass me that salt, if you would be so kind.

✅If you don’t mind
We’ll start now, if you don’t mind.

✅Kindly
Kindly send your response by the end of the day.

📕If that’s alright with you
We need to finish that in an hour, if that’s alright with you.

📘I’d love it if you could
I’d love it if you could help me here.


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English vocabulary


🔴 *Infallible* :
that never fails, doing what it is supposed to do
*🔴 Cannibal* :a person who eats human flesh
🔴 *Misogynist* :
a person who dislike women
🔴 *Misanthrope* :
a person who hates and avoids other people
🔴 *Inevitable* =that you can't avoid
🔴 *Altruist* :
someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well being
🔴 *Homicide* :
the crime of killing somebody deliberately
🔴 *Nepotism* :
giving unfair advantages to your own family if you are in a position of power especially by giving them jobs
🔴 *Amateur* : a person who likes to take part in a sport
🔴 *Empathy* :
the ability to understand another person's feelings and experience
🔴 *Audible* :
that can be heard clearly
🔴 *Fidelity* =loyalty accuracy
🔴 *Anarchist* :
a person who believes that laws and governments are not necessary

*Recondite* :
obscure ,not easily understand

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*MAKING THE DISTINCTION*

*Quite/ Fairly/Rather/Pretty*


Examples

The exam was *fairly* difficult.
The exam was *quite* difficult.
The exam was *rather* difficult.

QUITE
Quite is a little stronger than *fairly*, and *rather* is a little stronger than quite.

Rather
Rather is not very common in American English.

Pretty
Pretty has the same meaning and this is used in informal BrEng too.
The exam was *pretty* difficult.


In BrEng *quite* has two meaning:
I feel *quite* tired today. (Fairly tired). With adjectives that describes an extreme state. It means completely or absolutely.
Your essay is quite good_ ( fairly good- meaning, it could be better)
Your essay is quite good ( very good, especially when this is unexpected.)

In American English quite usually means something like 'very' not 'fairly' or 'rather'. *Pretty* is used instead for the sense.

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 ♨ get through — phrasal verb
 
💥get through something
1-👉 to use up a large amount of something

▷We got through a fortune while we were in New York!

2-👉to manage to do or complete something

▷Let's start — there's a lot to get through.


💥get through (something)
👉(British English) to be successful in an exam, etc.


💥get somebody through something
👉to help somebody to be successful in an exam

▷She got all her students through the exam.


💥get through (something) | get something through (something)
👉to be officially accepted; to make something be officially accepted

▷They got the bill through Congress.


💥get through (to somebody)
1-👉to reach somebody

▷Thousands of refugees will die if these supplies don't get through to them.


2-👉to make contact with somebody by telephone

▷I tried calling you several times but I couldn't get through.


💥get through (to something)

👉(of a player or team) to reach the next stage of a competition

▷Gulbis has got through to the final.
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🎯 Dogsbody

⇨ A person who is employed to do menial jobs only

▷ I’m sorry, but I won’t let you get away with treating me like your dogsbody any more.

▷ Initially, he was taken on just as a general dogsbody, which is why no-one can get over his promotion to Regional Manager.
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⭕{British English vs American English}:

~I can't find a babysitter for tonight.[US]✔

~I can't find a childminder for tonight.[UK]✔

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🎯 Scapegoat

⇨ A person who is unfairly blamed for everything that has gone wrong in order to satisfy public anger — often used with the verb “to make”

▷ It’s unfair to make the Chancellor the scapegoat for the downturn in the economy; the entire Government has got a lot to answer for.

▷ The police came off very badly in this case, having dithered for what seems an eternity, and now they are looking for a scapegoat.
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🎯To pencil someone/something in

⇨ To make a provisional [something which could be changed later] appointment with someone

▷ I tell you what; I’ll pencil you in for Tuesday the 18th, and in the meantime I’d appreciate it if you could keep me posted as to what’s likely to come up before then.

▷ Things are a little up in the air at the moment. If you pencil the meeting in for Wednesday, I’ll get back to you before packing up tonight on whether I can make it or not.
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♨At stake

⇨ At risk — often money or one’s reputation

▷Lawyer to Client: I’m sorry to be blunt, but it’s not worth putting my career at stake over such a borderline case.

▷Has it dawned on you exactly how much money is at stake here?

💥dawn on somebody
⇨ [no passive] if something dawns on you, you begin to realize it for the first time
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🎯To get going

💥1.☜To get a move on; to hurry up and leave/start; to get something started

♨Note that “to get a move on” is preferred to “to get going” for use in the imperative
— See 3rd example below.

▷I’m not trying to drop you a hint, but you’d better get going if you want to dodge the rush hour traffic.

▷Let’s get this meeting going before we wind up having to stay the night here.

▷Get a move on! We’ll never clear this backlog at this rate.


💥2.☜To become or make something more lively, e.g. a party — Colloquial

▷ Conversation:
A: I might have known you’d turn up late!
B: Oh sorry, but we thought the party wouldn’t really get going until midnight.

▷We could have done with a live band to get the wedding reception going but we had to make do with background classical music instead.

⚡️ make do with sth ⇨ to manage with something that is not really good enough


💥3.☜To wind somebody up; to tease — Colloquial

▷It’s so easy to get your brother going; I never knew he was so touchy.
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Which of these is more usual: A or B?

A- It says in the instructions that you need two 9-volt batteries.
B- It's saying in the instructions that you need two 9-volt batteries.

😊) A
😁) B

Which question is the more likely response: A or B?

Jake's just phoned in to say he's ill.

A) So who's going to teach his class this afternoon?
B) So who's teaching his class this afternoon?

😉) A
😃) B

♥️ *WIND UP*

*Meaning:*

- If you wind up in a certain place or situation, you find yourself there by chance or because of unexpected events.

- To find yourself in an unexpected and usually unpleasant situation, especially as a result of what you do

*For example:*

*WIND UP*
- If the economy doesn't improve, more and more people could wind up jobless and homeless and living on the streets.

*WIND UP DOING SOMETHING*
- After missing the last train, we wound up staying the night in a hotel near the station.

- If he keeps doing stuff like that he's going to wind up in prison!

- You don't want to wind up homeless, do you?

⚠️ *Note:* "wind" is pronounced as in "wind the clock", not as in "the wind blew"

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♥️ *Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned*

*Possible interpretation:*
A woman rejected in love can be very angry and dangerous.

⚠️ *Note:*

- hell (noun): (according to various religions) a place of suffering where bad people go after death
- hath (verb): [old English] has
- fury (noun): violent anger; (Fury) in Greek mythology a female spirit of punishment
- scorn (verb): to reject contemptuously

⚠️ *Origin:*

This saying is based on lines from The Mourning Bride by William Congreve (1670-1729):
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

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♥️ *Cross the stream where it is shallowest*

To do things in the easiest possible way.

- Let’s just cross the stream where it is shallowest and find a spot that you can pull right in to—don’t worry about parallel parking.

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♥️ *TOTAL*
_American and Australian English_

*Meaning:* to completely destroy, to wreck

*For example:*

➖My son was in an accident last night, and thankfully he wasn't hurt. He totalled our car, though.

➖Mandy's car was totalled when a huge tree fell on it in the hurricane.

⚠️ *Variety:*
This slang term is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

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