♥️ *GO OFF*

*Meanings + examples*

1. to leave a place, especially in order to do something
- She went off to get a drink.

2. to be fired; to explode
- The gun went off by accident.
- The bomb went off in a crowded street.

⚠️ if an alarm, etc. goes off, it makes a sudden loud noise
⚠️ if a light, the electricity, etc. goes off, it stops working

- Suddenly the lights went off.
- The heating goes off at night.

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✅ *More Examples:*
- The lights went off in several villages because of the storm.
- The damage to the fuse box caused the power to go off.
- The light goes off when the batteries are flat.

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*10 English Phrases For Responding To “Thank You”*

🍊 *You’re welcome.*
🍊 *No problem.*
🍊 *No worries.*
🍊 *Don’t mention it.*
🍊 *My pleasure.*
🍊 *Anytime.*
🍊 *It was the least I could do.*
🍊 *Glad to help.*
🍊 *Sure!*
🍊 *Thank you.*
*(use this when you ALSO have something to thank the other person for)*
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*30 Words You Can Use Instead of Just Adding ‘very’ To Everything!*

1. Very fancy : *lavish*
2. Very big : *immense*
3. Very hungry : *starving*
4. Very tasty : *delicious*
5. Very pretty : *gorgeous*
6. Very cold : *freezing*
7. Very good : *superb*
8. Very clever : *brilliant*
9. Very afraid : *terrified*
10. Very bright : *dazzling*
11. Very fast : *quick*
12. Very old : *ancient*
13. Very eager : *keen*
14. Very tired : *exhausted*
15. Very happy : *jubilant*
16. Very worried : *anxious*
17. Very valuable : *precious*
18. Very little : *tiny*
19. Very mean : *cruel*
20. Very accurate : *exact*
21. Very boring : *dull*
22. Very careful : *cautious*
23. Very cheap : *stingy*
24. Very clear : *obvious*
25. Very colorful : *vibrant*
26. Very excited : *thrilled*
27. Very expensive : *costly*
28. Very exciting : *exhilarating*
29. Very glad : *overjoyed*
30. Very great : *terrific*

*English Tips*

3 forms of the words:

Blow blew blown

Break broke broken

Bring brought brought

Broadcast broadcast broadcast

Build built built

Burn burnt burnt

Burst burst burst

Buy brought brought

Cost cost cost

Creep crept crept

Crow crew crowed

Cut cut cut

Cling clung clung

Cast cast cast

Catch caught caught

Chide chid chid

Choose chose chosen

Come came come

Cost cost cost

Creep crept crept

Crow crew crowed

Cut cut cut

Cling clung clung

Dare dared dared

Deal dealt dealt

Dig dug dug

Do did done

Draw drew drawn

Dream dreamt dreamt

Drink drank drunk

Drive drove driven

Dwell dwelt dwelt

Eat ate eaten

Find found found

Flee fled fled

Fly flew flown

Fall fell fallen

Feed fed fed

Feel felt felt

Fight fought fought

Fling flung flung

Forbid forbade forbidden

Forecast forecast forcast

Forget forgot forgotten

Forgive forgave forgiven

Freeze froze frozen

Get got got

Gird girt girt

Give gave given

Go went gone

Grind ground ground

Grow grew grown

Hang hung hung

Hear heard heard

Heave hove hove

Hit hit hit

Hold held held

Hurt hurt hurt

Keep kept kept

Kneel knelt knelt

Knit knit knit

Know knew known

Lead led led

Learn learnt learnt

Leave left left

Lend Lent lent

Let Let let

Pay paid paid

Put put put

Quit quit quit

Read read read

Reeve rove rove

Rend rent rent

Lie lay lain

Light lit lit

Lose lost lost

Make made made

Mean meant meant

Meet met met

Mow mowed mowed

Rid rid rid

Ride rode ridden

Ring rang rung

Rise rose risen

Run ran run

Saw sawed sawn

Say said said

See saw seen

Seek sought sought

Sell sold sold

Send sent sent

Sew sewed sewn

Shake shook shaken

Shave shaved shaven

Shed shed shed

Shine shone shone

Shoe shod shod

Shoot shot shot

Shred shred shred

Shrink shrank shrunk

Shut shut shut

Sing sang sung

Sink sank sunk

Sit sat sat

Slay slew slain

Sleep slept slept

Slide slid slid

Sling slung slung

Slit slit slit

Smell smelt smelt

Smite smote smote

Sow sowed sown

Speak spoke spoken

Speed sped sped

Speel spelt spelt

Spoil spoilt spoilt

Spring sprang sprung

Steal stole stolen

Stand stood stood

Stick stuck stuk

Spend spent spent

Spill spilt spilt

Spin spun spun

Spit spat spat

Split split split

Swing swung swung

Strew Strewed strewn

Strike struck struck

String strung strung

Strive strove striven

Swear swore sworn

Sweep swept swept

Swim swam swum

Take took taken

Teach taught taught

Tear tore torn

Tell told told

Think thought thought

Throw threw thrown

Thrust thrust thrust

Tread tred trodden

Understand Understood Understood

Withdraw Withdrew Withdrawn

Withstand Withstood Withstood

Withhold Withheld Withheld

Weep wept wept

Wet wet wet

Win won won

Wind Wound Wound

Wring wrung wrung

*Write* wrote written

*Wake* woke woken

*Wear* wore worn

*Weave* wove woven

*Wed* wed wed

*Present* *Past* *Past Participle*
accept accepted accepted
achieve. achieved achieved
add added added
admire admired admired
admit admitted admitted
adopt adopted adopted
agree agreed agreed
allow allowed allowed
announce announced announced
appreciate appreciated appreciated
approve approved approved
arrive arrived arrived
ask asked asked
assist assisted assisted
attack attacked attacked
bake baked baked
behave behaved behaved
boil boiled boiled
borrow borrowed borrowed
call called called
change changed changed
clean cleaned. cleaned
collect collected collected
construct constructed constructed
copy copied copied
create created created
cry cried cried
deliver delivered delivered
employ employed employed
enjoy enjoyed enjoyed
expand expanded expanded
hate hated hated
help helped helped
hope hoped hoped
jump jumped jumped
kick kicked kicked
kill killed killed
kiss kissed kissed
laugh laughed laughed
lie lied lied
like liked liked
listen listened listened
love loved loved
open opened opened
play played played
print printed printed
remember remembered remembered
reply replied replied
select selected selected
smoke smoked smoked
talk talked talked
travel travelled travelled
type typed typed
use used used
visit visited visited
wait waited waited
walk walked walked
want wanted wanted

IELTS Writing Vocabulary

📋 Stating Your Opinion
💭In my opinion,
💭In my view,
💭To me,
💭From my point of view,
💭I think
💭It seems to me that
💭I believe
💭From my perspective
💭To my way of thinking
💭It appears that
💭I suppose
💭I realize
💭I understand
💭I imagine
💭I feel

#writing #vocabulary

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🚩 *Don't use "very"*
*Use its synonyms!*

😇 Very capable – accomplished

✨ Very clean – spotless

🤓 Very clever – brilliant

💨 Very cold – freezing

🕸 Very dirty – squalid

🌕 Very dry – parched

🏃 Very fast – swift

👍 Very good – superb

😃 Very happy – jubilant

🌞 Very hot – scalding

😧 Very hungry – ravenous

🎡 Very large – colossal

⭐ Very light – imponderable

🏔 Very high – sky-high

✨ Very neat – immaculate

👴 Very old – ancient

😨Very poor – destitute

😑 Very quiet – silent

😡 Very rude – vulgar

😠 Very serious – solemn

🐜 Very small – tiny

💪 Very strong – unyielding

😋 Very tasty – delicious

😓 Very tired – exhausted

💎 Very valuable – precious

🤤 Very weak – feeble

💧 Very wet – soaked

✊ Very wicked – villainous

🤔 Very wise – sagacious

😧 Very worried – anxious

‼ Very dangerous – malignant

😶 Very complex – overspecified

🔗 Very frequent – continual

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*Read it carefully*

#idiom

✴️ you don't say!

💢 used to show you are surprised by what someone has told you - also often used when you are not at all surprised by what someone has told you; really? (Sometimes used sarcastically in response to the obvious)

■They're going to have a baby? -You don't say!

■Hey, guess what? There's a country called Brazil!
- You don't say!


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💥 *Proverbs* 💥


👁️‍🗨️ *A man's home is his castle*

💠Meaning
You feel most secure, free and in control in your own home

👁️‍🗨️ *A miss is as good as a mile*

💠Meaning
Something that one already has is better than something that one may not be able to get

👁️‍🗨️ *A nod is as good as a wink*

💠Meaning
A hint or suggestion can be accepted and acted upon without further elaboration.

👁️‍🗨️ *All things come to him who waits*

💠Meaning
You will get what you want if you are willing to wait for it patiently

👁️‍🗨️ *All things grow with time -  except grief.*

💠Meaning
As time goes by, grief subsides little by little.

*Saying of the day*
Truth has no answer

*Meaning*
is difficult to argue against facts. We cannot refute what is true.

*Word*
*truth (noun):* what is factual; what is in accordance with reality

_⚠Quick Quiz_
♥ *The saying "Truth has no answer" suggests that facts*

*a. cannot be ignored*
b. cannot be an answer
c. are not always true

Idioms about Decisions




🔰 1. Take it or leave it

💠To either accept or reject something.

⏩I can pay only $100 for this shirt. Take it or leave it.

⏩That’s my final offer. Take it or leave it.

⏩‘Do you have any other bikes for rent?’ ‘Sorry, that’s the last one in the shop. Take it or leave it.’

🔰2. Sit on the fence

💠To delay or avoid making a decision.

⏩Moving out and starting an independent life has both pros and cons. She can’t make up her mind. She’s been sitting on the fence for months.

⏩Both Alex and Michael are very nice. She doesn’t know which one she should choose. She’s sitting on the fence.

⏩It’s time you said yes or no to his proposal. Don’t sit on the fence.

🔰3. Take a back seat

💠To give the power to someone else and take a less important position.

⏩Why do I always have to take the back seat while he always has the right to make decisions?

⏩It’s time for me to take the back seat. I’m too old for that position.

⏩Women used to take the back seat in the family.

🔰4. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

💠You should hold on tightly to something you already have rather than risk losing it by trying to get something better.

⏩‘I’m going to break up with Eric and start dating Alex.’ ‘Are you crazy? You have no idea what Alex is like. Remember, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.’

⏩That’s such an amazing offer but I’m not going to quit my current job. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

⏩It’s too risky. I’d rather settle down here than move to Canada alone. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

🔰5. My way or the highway

💠People have to do what you ask. Otherwise, they will have to leave or not participate.

⏩He has only one rule for his team: It’s my way or the highway.

⏩How can she be so conservative? I don’t like her “my way or the highway” management style.

⏩In my family, Dad is always the one who makes decisions. ‘My way or the highway’ is what he usually says to us.

🔰6. Weigh the pros and cons

💠To consider carefully the advantages and disadvantages before making a decision.

⏩Having weighed all the pros and cons, she decided to break up with him.

⏩Don’t rush into marriage. You have to weigh the pros and cons before you make up your mind.

⏩The government weighed all the pros and cons of the new project.


✍️ Happy learning BinDaas

♻️ New vocabulary

🔰headset stereo — any musical equipment which can be listened to privately by wearing a device on the head which covers, or fits into the ears — quloqchin (naushnik)
🔰in common — having the same characteristics (phrase) — umumiy jihatdan
🔰hearing loss — reduced, or even destroyed ability to hear — eshitish qobiliyatining yo’qolishi
🔰roughly — nearly; approximately — deyarli, tahminan
🔰equivalent to — the same as or similar to (phrase) — ... bilan bir xil, ...ga teng
🔰commercial — used for business and making money — tijoratga oid
🔰accumulate — increase over a period of time — ko’paymoq; to’plamoq
🔰irreplaceable — cannot be replaced — tengi yo’q, o’rniga qo’yib bo’lmaydigan
🔰accelerate — make something happen faster or sooner — tezlashtirmoq
🔰noise-induced — caused by sound — shovqin sababli kelib chiqadigan
🔰insidious — doing harm gradually and without being noticed — sekin-asta, ayyorona
🔰apparent — clearly seen or understood — ravshan, tushunarli, aniq

🎗1. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill


2. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt


3. “To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst.” – Wilson Kanadi


4. “There’s a four-letter word you must use when you get rejected… next.” – Jack Canfield


5. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus on the light.” – Aristotle Onassis


6.“If you are interested, you’ll do what’s convenient. If you’re committed, you’ll do whatever it takes.” – John Assaraf


🎗7. “It’s never too late to start creating the life you desire.” – Dawn Clark


🎗8. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair


9. “In the middle of every difficulty, lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein


10. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton


11. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein


12.“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs


13.“It does not matter how slow you go, as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius


14. “The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves.” – Bob Proctor


🎗15. “Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.” – Mary Morrissey


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🔥 *IDIOMS* 🔥

*All ears*
Fully listening
 

*Keep an eye on*
Take care of, watch in order to protect
 

*Joined at the hip*
To be exceptionally close to someone
 

*Pat on the back*
Recognition or a thank-you
 

*See eye to eye*
Agree
 

*On the nose*
Precisely, at an exact time
 

*A sight for sore eyes*
Someone that you’re pleased to see
 

*Cost an arm and a leg*
Be very expensive

📔no holds barred

📋Meaning
If something is done with no holds barred, it's done without restriction, rules or restraint.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The final game was played with no holds barred. It was very rough football and the referee had a hard time keeping control of things.

🗣The election campaign turned into a no-holds-barred battle with each candidate trying to find information with which to damage their opponent's reputation.

✏️Note
If this idiom is used before a noun, hyphens should be added, as in "a no-holds-barred contest".

▫️Origin
From the sport of wrestling, in which certain dangerous holds are not usually allowed. But if wrestlers are in a no-holds-barred contest, there are no restrictions and they can use whatever holds they like.

Slang of the Day

💠offbeat

✍🏾Meaning
unconventional, not typical, strange

❕For example

🔺He was a little offbeat, but Captain Beefheart was a wonderful musician.

🔺Jackson Pollock's abstract expressionist paintings were seen as being offbeat when he created them, but many are now regarded as genuine masterpieces

📔under wraps

📋Meaning
If something is under wraps, it's being kept secret.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The organisers keep the name of the winner under wraps until it's announced on the show.

🗣Our new products are always under wraps until their official launch because we don't want other companies seeing them and copying them.

✏️Note
The most common collocation for this idiom is "to keep (something) under wraps".

Idiom of the Day

📚in two minds

✍🏾Meaning
If you're in two minds about something, you can't decide what to do, or you can't decide which option is the best.

❗️For example

🔸Kenny is in two minds about what to study at university. He's interested in history, but he also likes the idea of being a lawyer.

🔸We're in two minds about what to do during our vacation. We could go travelling somewhere, or we could stay home and fix up the garden.

*📖 13 different ways of looking 📖*

*🍒to see:* to perceive with eyes
_👉🏻You can see a windmill in the distance._
.
*🍓to look (at):* to turn your eyes towards
something so that you can see it.
_👉🏻Look, a falling star!_

*🍇to watch:* to look attentively,
for a period time, at some activity or event.
(game, television, film...)
*bird-watching:* observation des oiseaux
_👉🏻At the end of the day, after a long walk, they sat on a bench and watched the sunset._

*🍅to frown:* to make an angry expression, moving your eyebrows together.
_👉🏻He frowned when I told him I didn't believewhat he had said._

*🍒to blink:* to shut and open your eyes quickly.
_👉🏻 The young girl blinked as she came out into the bright sunlight._

*🍓to wink:* to shut one eye briefly as a signal or to show that something is a joke.
_👉🏻She winked at me and I knew she was joking._

*🍇to glance:* to take a quick look at someone or something.
_👉🏻She anxiously glanced around._

*🍊 to glimpse:* to see someone or something by chance for a very short time.
_👉🏻 I glimpsed a figure at the door of the house._

*🍅to gape (at sth. / sb.)* to look for a long time at something with your mouth open.
_👉🏻The baby gaped in amazement at the illuminated fir tree._

*🍒to stare:* to look fixedly at someone or something.
_👉🏻Don't stare at this old lady like that, it's not polite._

*🍅to peep:* to look furtively especially through small opening (while trying not to be seen).

*a Peeping Tom (un voyeur)*

_👉🏻Somebody is peeping through the blind!_

*🍓to peer:* to look at something or somebody with difficulty or concentration, especially when you cannot see it clearly.
_👉🏻With his night vision binoculars Mark peered into the darkness._

*🍊to squint:* to look with your eyes partly closed
_👉🏻He squinted when he looked towards the sun._

*Common English expressions:*
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1. *Fed up* - this means, to have had enough

2. *Feel like* - this means, want to do something

3. *No hard feelings* - don't worry

4. *Heavy duty* - tough and powerful

5. *Hook up* - to connect

6. *Join forces* - means to unite

7. *just what the doctor ordered* - means what you need

8. *Just about* - nearly

9. *Ins and outs* - the small details

10. *In hand* - under control

11. *Kick around* - treat badly

12. *Kick the bucket* - to die

13. *Knock it off* - to stop it

14. *Know-it-all* - means, over confident

15. *Keep on* - continue

16. *In less than no time* - immediately

17. *Long face* - sad

18. *Means business* - serious

19. *Make up your mind* - decide

20. *Make off with* - to steal

21. *Make believe* - to pretend

22. *Mixed up* - confused

23. *Makes sense* - seems reasonable/ right

24. *Make a difference* - to matter

25. *Nail it down* - finalize it

26. *Never mind* - don't worry about it

27. *No doubt* - certainly

28. *No sweat* - it's easy to do/ Ok

29. *Of age* - old enough

30. *Off the hook* - out of trouble

31. *Once in a blue moon* - rarely

32. *Out of order* - does not work

33. *Out of shape* - to be unfit
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