*Money talks:*
♦️In a case, it means a statement stating that the money has more money.

*Verb:- Break down*

*Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components features.*

. Analyze a specimen.
. Analyze a sentence.
. Analyze a chemical compound.

*. Make ineffective;*
Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination.

*Love control of one's emotions.*
When she heard that she had not passed the exams, she lost it completely.
When her baby died, she snapped.

*Noun:- Break down*

*The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue;*

. The social dislocations resulting from government policies.
. His warning came after the breakdown of talks in London.

*A Mental or physical break down*
*A Cessation of normal operation;*

There was a power breakdown.

*An analysis into mutually exclusive categories;*

*English Idioms*
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A blessing in disguise
Meaning: A good thing that initially seemed bad

A dime a dozen
Meaning: Something that is very common, not unique

Adding insult to injury
Meaning: To make a bad situation even worse

Beat around the bush
Meaning: Avoid sharing your true viewpoint or feelings because it is uncomfortable

Beating a dead horse
Meaning: Giving time or energy to something that is ended or over

Bite the bullet
Meaning: To get an unfavorable situation or chore over with now because it will need to get finished eventually

Best of both worlds
Meaning: The choice or solution has all of the advantages of two contrasting things at the same time

Biting off more than you can chew
Meaning: Not having the capacity to take on a new assignment or task that is just too taxing

By the skin of your teeth
Meaning: Just barely making it

Don’t judge a book by its cover
Meaning: Not judging something by its initial appearance

Doing something at the drop of a hat
Meaning: Doing something at the moment of being asked

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch
Meaning: Not to count on something happening until after it’s already happened

Caught between a rock and a hard place
Meaning: Making a choice between two unpleasant choices

Costs an arm and a leg
Meaning: Something that is overpriced or very expensive

Cutting corners
Meaning: Not performing a task or duty correctly in order to save time or money

Devil’s advocate
Meaning: To take the side of the counter-argument, or offer an alternative point of view

Feeling under the weather
Meaning: Not feeling well, or feeling sick

Fit as a fiddle
Meaning: Being in good health

Getting a taste of your own medicine
Meaning: Being treated the way that you have been treating others

Getting a second wind
Meaning: Having energy again after being tired

Giving the benefit of the doubt
Meaning: Believing someone’s story without proof even though it may seem unbelievable

Giving someone the cold shoulder
Meaning: Ignoring someone

Going on a wild goose chase
Meaning: Doing something that is pointless

Heard it on the grapevine
Meaning: Hearing rumors about someone or something

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📒embark on

📖Meaning
to begin something, usually something that will be challenging and time-consuming

🤓For example ⤵️

💬embark on sth After quitting her job as a teacher, Sam embarked on a new career as a clothes designer.

💬embark on sth We're embarking on a campaign to encourage our young people to eat healthy food.

❕Nouns often used as objects with embark on: career, campaign, venture, program, policy, project, course

✏️Note
A slightly more formal variation is "embark upon", which can be used to mean the same thing, and can be used in the same way.

📚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.

*Idioms*

🔘to make a rod for your own back.

Definition ☑️to do something that causes problems for yourself

Examples
💥If she marries that loser she's just making a rod for her own back.

💥If you invite people to comment on your proposals you will just be making a rod for your own back.


🔘to take a back seat.

Definition ☑️to allow others to take control or make decisions

Examples 💥 I'm quite happy to take a back seat and let her make all the decisions.

💥 The doctor recommended that I take a back seat until I have fully recovered from my illness

🔴Explanation If you sit in the back seat of a car, you allow someone else to drive it.


⭕️mend your ways⭕️

☑️Meaning: If you mend your ways, you improve your behaviour and stop doing things that cause trouble.

For example:

✳️Terry had better mend his ways or Rosie will leave him forever.

✳️It took him a long time to mend his ways, but these days Jack is a good father and husband.


🎯miss the point🎯

☑️Meaning: If you miss the point of something you hear or read, you don't understand what it really means.

For example:

💥I think you missed the point, so let me explain what I meant.

💥If she thinks it's losing the money that bothers me then she's missing the point. It's being treated like a fool that bothers me.


📒decide against

📖Meaning
to decide not to do something you were thinking of doing, or not to choose something or someone you were thinking of choosing

🤓For example ⤵️

💬decide against sth/sb We were thinking of opening an office in London, but we've decided against it because of the high cost of renting office space there.

💬decide against doing sth I'm glad to hear that you've decided against quitting your job.


💠knackered 🇬🇧🇦🇺

✍🏾Meaning
severely damaged

❕For example

🔺My car is knackered. I was driving home last night when it coughed and spluttered and started smoking, and then it groaned and died.

🔺My printer was fine yesterday, but when I turned it on this morning, nothing happened. I think it's knackered.

▫️Variety
This is typically used in British and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.


📔Don't cross your bridges before you come to them

🤔Possible meaning
Don't worry about problems before they arrive.


💠funky

✍🏾Meaning
having strong dance rhythms

❕For example

🔺Madonna's new single has some really funky beats.

🔺We went to a club last night and the DJ played some of the funkiest tracks we've heard in a while.

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*Informal Abbreviations in Social Media*

*coz* = because

*Gr8* =great

*f9* = fine

*LOL* = laughing out loud/ lots of luck

*U R* =;you are

*U'R* = your

*C U* = see you

*l8r* = later

*l8* = late

*W8* = wait

*W8r* = waiter

*X u* = kiss u

*GM* = good morning

*GE* = good evenig

*2 u 2* = to u too

*WC* = welcome

*IMO* = in my opinion

*IDK* = I don't know

*ILU* = I love you

*IOU* = I owe you

*HBU* = How about u

*ASAP* = as soon as possible

*2day* = today

*2Moro* = tomorrow

*2Nite* = tonight

*ATB* = all the best

*WYATB* = wish you all the best

*B4* = before

*B4N* = before now

*BBL* = Be back later

*F2F* = face to face

*FYI* = for your information

*KIT* =:keep in touch

*HAND* = have a nice day

*MSG* = massage

*No1* = no one

*SOM1* = someone

*PLS* = please

*PCM* = please call me

*SPK* = speak

*WAN2* = want to

*XLNT* = excellent

*Zero Conditional*

We can make a zero conditional sentence with two present simple verbs (one in the 'if clause' and one in the 'main clause'):

*If + present simple, .... present simple.*

This conditional is used when the result will always happen. The 'if' in this conditional can usually be replaced by 'when' without changing the meaning.

*For example:*

*If water reaches 100 degrees, it boils.*
(It is always true, there can't be a different result sometimes).

*If I eat peanuts, I am sick.*
(This is true only for me, maybe, not for everyone, but it's still true that I'm sick every time I eat peanuts).

*Examples:*

*If people eat too much, they get fat.*

*If you touch a fire, you get burned.*

*People die if they don't eat.*

*You get water if you mix hydrogen and oxygen.*

*Snakes bite if they are scared.*

*If babies are hungry, they cry*

When we talk about things that are generally or always true, we can use:

If/When/Unless plus a present form PLUS present simple or imperative

*If he gets there before me, ask him to wait.*

*When you fly budget airline, you have to pay for your drinks and snacks.*

*Unless you need more space, a small car is big enough for one person*

Note that we are not talking about a specific event but something which is generally true.

In the condition clause, we can use a variety of present forms. In the result clause, there can only be the present simple or imperative.

*Examples*
*If you visit London, go on the London Eye.*

*If unemployment is rising, people tend to stay in their present jobs.*

*If you've done that, go and have a coffee.*

*When you go on holiday, take plenty of sun cream. It'll be very hot.*

*When I'm concentrating, please don't make so much noise.*

*When I've finished an article, I always ask Kate to read it through.*

Notice that 'unless' means the same as 'if not'.

*Examples*
*Unless he asks you politely, refuse to do any more work on the project*

*Unless prices are rising, it's not a good investment*

*Unless you've been there yourself, you don't really understand how fantastic it is.*

General Thoughts|English Quotes:
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Enhance (verb | in-HANSS)

Definition:
: heighten, increase; especially : to increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness

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A nanometer is about the width of a strand of DNA; if you design, build, or use functional systems smaller than 100 of these, you’re a nanotechnologist.

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"Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared, and humble when you are victorious."

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Monkeys just pretend to be less intelligent than humans so they can avoid paying taxes and going on a job search.

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"The beginning is the most important part of any work."✨ (Plato)


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The fruit isn't always vegan. Many stores spray their fruit with shellac wax to preserve it, & shellac is derived from insects, making it non-vegan.

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During WWII, German prisoners of war in Canada were treated so well; many of them didn't want to leave the country after being released.

Thousands of them stayed or came back to Canada with one stating their prison was "the best thing that happened to me."

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_*Daily English vocabulary*_ Words differences

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.

*“Stop saying Yes”*

🎒 *Situation 1.*
▪️ *Saying Yes to a request*
1. No problem
2. Sure
3. No worries
4. Consider it done
5. I'm on it
6. I'd be delighted
7. I'd love to
8. Gladly
9. Absolutely
10. Of course
11. Certainly /Definitely

🎒 *Situation 2.*
▪️ *Agreeing with an opinion*
1. So true
2. Indeed
3. My thoughts exactly
4. He/she/it really is
5. Totally
6. Absolutely
7. Yep / yeah
8. Uhuh

🎒 *Situation 3.*
▪️ *Saying “Yes” to an offer*
1. For sure
2. Absolutely
3. Yep /yeah / ok
4. I'd love to / I'd love some
5. Why not?

🎒 *Situation 4.*
▪️ *confirming a fact*
1. That's right
2. Correct
3. Yep /yeah

🎒 *Situation 5.*
▪️ *Giving permission*
1. By all means
2. Go ahead
3. Be my guest
4. Yes /yeah /ok /fine

🎒 *Situation 6.*
▪️ *Accepting a suggestion*
1. Definitely
2. Absolutely
3. I'd love to
4. Why not?
5. Totally
6. For sure
7. Alright
7. Mhmm...
8. Uh-huh...
9. [Nodding ]
10. [Thumbs up ]
11. [Okay sign ]
12. Yeah, yeah, yeah......
13. Fine
14. Affirmative
15. Very well
16. Obviously

🥀📚 *GRAMMAR RULES ➖ PART 1* 📚


📝 _1. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period/full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark, see Punctuation_

🔹 *The fat cat sat on the mat.*

🔹 *Where do you live?*

🔹 *My dog is very clever!*

📝 _2. The order of a basic positive sentence is Subject-Verb-Object. (Negative and question sentences may have a different order.)_

🔹 *John loves Mary.*

🔹 *They were driving their car to Bangkok.*

📝 _3. Every sentence must have a subject and a verb. An object is optional. Note that an imperative sentence may have a verb only, but the subject is understood._

🔹 *John teaches.*

🔹 *John teaches English.*

🔹 *Stop! (ie You stop!)*

📝 _4. The subject and verb must agree in number, that is a singular subject needs a singular verb and a plural subject needs a plural verb._

🔹 *John works in London.*

🔹 *That monk eats once a day.*

🔹 *John and Mary work in London.*

🔹 *Most people eat three meals a day.*

📝 _5. When two singular subjects are connected by or, use a singular verb. The same is true for either/or andneither/nor._

🔹 *John or Mary is coming tonight.*

🔹 *Either coffee or tea is fine.*

🔹 *Neither John nor Mary was late.*

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*Synonyms*

*Identical*
Alike ,Duplicate

*Idle*
inactive , lazy

*ignorant*
uninformed, unaware

*immaculate*
spotless, pure

*immature*
childish, inexperienced

*immune*
resistant, exempt

*impartial*
neutral, unbiased,fair

*impatient*
eager, anxious, intolerant

*imperative*
compulsory, crucial, mandatory

*imperfect*
marred, defective, faulty

*impetuous*
impulsive, rash, reckless

*important*
significant, meaningful

independent
self-reliant, autonomous

*inferior*
lesser, substandard

*infuriate*
enrage, agitate, provoke

*ingenious*
clever, creative, original

*innocent*
guiltless, blameless

*insane*
crazy, deranged, mad

*insufficient*
inadequate, deficient

*intelligent*
bright, sensible, rational

*interesting*
provocative, engrossing

intermittent
sporadic, periodic

*internal*
inner, inside

*intolerant*
bigoted, prejudiced

*intriguing*
fascinating, enthralling

*irrelevant*
inappropriate, unrelated

*irritate*
Annoy , agitate , Provoke


*My Eng Corner*
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💡Idiom:
To hand in:

🧐Means:
To submit or deliver something that is due (S)

✅Examples:
- Every student has to hand in an original composition each week of the
semester.
- All the salepeople hand their weekly reports in on Friday.

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*Grammar*

➖Verbs often confused➖

• Shall and May.


Distinguish between:

(a) May I shut the door? and (b) Shall I shut the door?

May I shut the door? Means that I wish the door closed and I ask your permission to shut it.
Shall I open the door? Means that I want to know whether you wish the door closed.

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⚡Common mistakes

• suffer from
• recover from
• distinct from
• focus on
• abstain from
• get rid of
• search for
• accustomed to
• wait for
• peer at
• lead to
• convert to
• approve of
• cope with
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*Grammar*


➖Verbs often confused➖

Sit and Seat.

(a) Sit
✖️Don't say: We seat at a desk to write a letter.
✔️Say: We sit at a desk to write a letter.

(b) Seat
✖️Don't say: He sat the passengers one by one.
✔️Say: He seated the passengers one by one.

Use "sit" as an intransitive verb. "Seat" is a transitive verb and requires an object. Very often the object of "seat" is a reflexive pronoun: He seated himself near the fire. The principal parts of the two verbs are: sit, sat, sat, and seat, seated, seated.

Note: Don't confuse "sit" with "set", which usually means: to place. Common idioms with "set": to set the table, to set on fire, to set off (or out), to set a trap, to set a clock, to set a price, to set your heart on, to set free, to set an example, to set a broken bone, to set to work (= to start work).


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🏛 SUPERB GRAMMAR


[ ’ ] APOSTROPHE - Use to show possession, to construct contractions and to make odd plurals

[ & ] AMPERSAND - Use to represent the word "and".

[ , ] COMMA - Use mainly to indicate a brief pause.

[ : ] COLON - Use after a complete statement to introduce a series of items.

[ ... ] ELLIPSIS - Use to indicate a pause or a trailing off of thought.

[ . ] PERIOD - Use at the end of a complete dedarative sentence.

[ - ] DASH - Use to emphasize words or phrases and to summarize ideas.

[ ! ] EXCLAMATION MARK - Use after an interjection or to indicate strong feelings.

[ " " ] QUOTATION MARKS - Use to set off speech a quotation, a phrase
or a word.

[ ( ) ] PARENTHESIS - Use to set off
additional information.

[ ? ] QUESTION MARK - Use to indicate a direct query

[ ; ] SEMICOLON - Use to link two independent clauses that are closely related.
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🏛 SUPERB GRAMMAR


📌Descriptive words

❗LARGE
• big
• colossal
• enormous
• gigantic
• huge
• massive
• substantial
• significant
• tremendous

❗SMALL
• diminutive
• little
• miniature
• minute
• petite
• teeny
• tiny
• wee
• slight
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☘Other ways to say "BAD"

•awful
•naughty
•nasty
•unpleasant
•disagreeable
•terrible
•rotten
•mean
•dreadful
•wicked
•lousy
•wretched


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