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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♥️ *Suffer a defeat*

🌙 *be defeated*

- Without their best players the team suffered a heavy defeat in the cup final the final score was 4-1.

🌙 *Accept defeat*

- It can be very hard to accept defeat.

🌙 *Avoid defeat*

- We narrowly avoided defeat in the semi-final when the referee disallowed a French goal in the last minute of the game.

🌙 *Avenge a defeat*

to do sth to hurt or punish sb because they have harmed or offended you

- Half a century later he has finally avenged that defeat.

🌙 *Inflict a defeat on sb*

defeat someone, especially easily

- The army inflicted a heavy defeat on the English.

🌙 *Admit defeat*

- If I left my job, I would be admitting defeat.

🌙 *Concede defeat*

formally accept that you have lost in a game, election etc.

- His opponent conceded defeat.

🌙 *Face defeat*

be likely to be defeated

- In May 1945 Germany faced defeat at the hands of the Allies.

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♥️ *Crutch words*

Words we always use even though they add no meaning or value to a sentence are called crutch words.

For example, in the sentence “Then I was like, OMG, then like, he went there, and like…” it is pretty obvious that “like” is the crutch word.

“Actually,” “honestly,” and “basically” are also commonly used as crutch words.

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♥️ *in no way, shape, or form*

In no possible manner; under no circumstances; not by any means.

- In no way, shape, or form is this kind of behavior acceptable !

♥️ *take a break*

If you take a break, you have a short rest while doing something like working or playing sport.

- Let's take a break for ten minutes, and when we come back we can start a new section.

- What do you do when you take a break? I hope you don't go outside and have a cigarette!

♥️ *To drop by (phrasal verb) *

to visit someone casually and often unexpectedly (without planning it)

- ”Are you going to be in all day? I might drop by later”.

♥️ *Cumulative Adjectives*

"Cumulative adjectives" are two or more adjectives that build on one another and together modify a noun. They're consecutive.
They are also called "unit modifiers."

Indeed, they work together as a unit and are not independent descriptions of the noun.

♥️ *Order of Cumulative Adjectives*

In English, there is an order to consecutive modifiers (cumulative adjectives) that native speakers don't even study to learn.

They just know when something does or doesn't "sound right."

♥️ *Here's the order of adjectives in English:*

1. Articles (a, an, the), demonstrative pronouns (this, those), possessives (our, his, Shelley's)

2. Quantity (numbers)

3. Opinion, observation (funny, nasty, smart, beautiful)

4. Size (large, big, tiny)

5. Age (young, old)

6. Shape, length, appearance (round, long, bumpy)

7. Color

8. Origin/ethnicity/religion (Dutch, Lutheran)

9. Material (leather, wood)

10. Purpose, a noun used as an adjective (often -ing, such as sleeping in sleeping bag; baseball, as in baseball jersey)