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A daily dose of new English words, grammar and phrases to speak fluently. Bot: @EnglishTipsandTools_bot
PROPHESY [PROF-uh-sigh] (v.) = predict
PROPHECY [PROF-uh-see] (n.) = prediction
Ramzy *prophesied* that you would have a great 2016. 🙌
#vocabulary
UBIQUITOUS = everywhere.
The letter “u” is ubiquitous in *UbiqUitoUs*: it’s at the beginning, middle, and end.
"Bacteria are ubiquitous in nature." Remembering this sentence may help.
#vocabulary
SOW = plant seeds.
SEW = stitch.
REAP = harvest; gather.
RIP = tear.
You *reap* what you *sow*: 🌽, 🍅.
You *rip* what you *sew*: 👗, 👘.
#vocabulary
FACT: It’s OK to use “while” as a synonym for “whereas.”
He likes tea *while* I like coffee. 👲🍵 ☕️👱
#fact
🔰running on empty
if you’re “running on empty”, you have no
energy, money, etc.
#idiomatic_expressions
Don’t use ALTHOUGH and BUT in the same sentence:
Although Jo is mean, but she is still my friend. → ❌
Delete one or the other.
#Grammar
For diseases,
“endemic” = in a small area;
“epidemic” = widespread;
“pandemic” = universal. 🌏
They get worse in alphabetical order.
#vocabulary
❤️[Heart]❤️
1-It would break my mother's heart to leave Saudi Arabia and work in the USA.
(break her heart = make her extremely sad)
2-I left the country with a heavy heart.
(a heavy heart = great sadness).
3-I loved my country with all my heart and soul.
(With heart and soul = very much; completely)
4-I am a man with a heart of gold.
(Heart of gold = very kind character)
5-I can still recite the poems I learned by heart at school.
(by heart = in such a way that I can say it from memory)
6-I haven't got a heart of stone.
(Heart of stone = very cruel character).
7-My heart was in my boots as I waited for news of the accident.
(sb's heart is in his/her boots = feel sad or worried)
8-Now, don't lose heart. Keep trying.
(Lose heart = lose courage or confidence)
9-I hope that you will take heart from what I told you today.
(take heart = feel encouraged)
#expressions
Technically,
🎲 = Die. (Singular)
🎲🎲 = Dice. (Plural)
(However, because so many people use “dice” as a singular word, it’s also accepted.)
#vocabulary
In American English 🇺🇸, “license” is both a noun and a verb.
In British English 🇬🇧, “licence” is a noun, and “license” is a verb.
#vocabulary
Pending = awaiting conclusion: His decision is still *pending*. ⏳
Impending = about to happen: Dark clouds signal an *impending* storm. ☁☁☔
#vocabulary
✍If “hypocritical” and “sanctimonious” are too plain for you, try “Pecksniffian”: pretending to be virtuous and moral.
#vocabulary
Prophecy [PROF-uh-see] (n.) = prediction
Prophesy [PROF-uh-sigh] (v.) = to predict
We *prophesied* 👩🔮 that you would have a great week. 🙌
4 = “four,” but it’s *FORTY*, not “fourty.”
9 = “nine,” but it’s *NINTH*, not “nineth.”
12 = “twelve,” but it’s *TWELFTH*, not “twelveth.”
40 is FORTY (not “fourty”) and 90 is NINETY (not “ninty”), but 4th is FOURTH (not “forth”) and 9th is NINTH (not “nineth”).
✍✍✍
❌Don’t use ALTHOUGH and BUT in the same sentence:
Although Jo is mean, but she is still my friend. → ❌
Delete one or the other.
Coordinating Conjunctions
And
But
Or
Nor
For
Yet
So
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Subordinating Conjunctions
Here's a list of some of the most common subordinating conjunctions:
after
although
as
as if
as long as
as much as
as soon as
as though
because
before
even
even if
even though
if
if only
if when
if then
inasmuch
in order that
just as
lest
now
now since
now that
now when
once
provided
provided that
rather than
since
so that
supposing
than
that
though
til
unless
until
when
whenever
where
whereas
where if
wherever
whether
which
while
who
whoever
why
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Correlative Conjunctions
both / and
not only / but also
either / or
neither / nor
whether / or
as / as
such / that
scarcely / when
as many / as
no sooner / than
rather / than
#Grammar
📌I'm used to killing snakes = I've killed a lot of snakes in my life.
📌I used to kill snakes = I killed snakes in the past, but not anymore.
#Grammar
REFUSE [rih-FYOOZ] = (v.) say no; decline.
REFUSE [REF-yoos] = (n.) trash; rubbish.
#vocabulary
Score = a group of 20 people or things
Score = 20
4 Score = 80
7 Years = 87
Don't say five scores; say five score
The plural form 'scores' means a large number of people or things. #vocabulary
Hot English Magazine # 172: September 2016
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The past tense of “dive” is *dived* or *dove*: Jo *dived*/*dove* from her boat. ⛵️
But for “drive,” 🚘
drived → ❌
*drove* → ✔️
#Grammar
Reckless = rash; careless
Don’t be a *reckless* driver! 🌲💥🚗
Feckless = incompetent; ineffective
The manager fired the *feckless* worker.
#vocabulary
WIDOW = woman 👩 whose spouse has died
WIDOWER = man 👨 whose spouse has died
DOWAGER = widow 👩 holding property 🏡🏢 from her dead spouse
#vocabulary
LOSS (n.) = defeat
LOSE (v.), [looz] = not win
LOST (v.) = past of “lose”
LOST (adj.) = opposite of “found”
#vocabulary
Widow = woman 👩 whose spouse has died
Widower = man 👨 whose spouse has died
Dowager = widow 👩 holding property 🏡🏢 from her dead spouse
#vocabulary
The same word used as different parts of speech.
Always remember that it is the function or use that determines to which part of speech a word belongs in a given sentence.
🔴Any
Adjective. — Are there any witnesses present?
Pronoun. — Does any of you know anything about it?
Adverb. — Is that any better?
🔴As
Adverb. — We walked as fast as we could.
Conjunction. — As he was poor I helped him.
Pron. — She likes the same color as I do.
🔴Before
Adverb. — I have seen you before.
Preposition. — He came before the appointed time.
Conjunction. — He went away before I came.
🔴Better
Adjective. — I think yours is a better plan.
Adverb. — I know better.
Noun. — Give place to your betters.
Verb. — The boxes with which he provided me bettered the sample.
🔴Both
Adjective. — You cannot have it both ways.
Pronoun. — Both of them are dead.
Conjunction. — Both the cashier and the accountant are Saudis.
🔴mine
pronoun.--is a possessive pronoun, being a possessive form of I. It can refer to a singular or plural noun, and it can be used as the subject, object, or complement of a verb or the object of a preposition:
The glass on the left is mine. ♦️ Your hands aren't as big as mine.
noun.— a large hole or tunnel in the ground from which people take coal, gold etc
verb.--to dig a large hole or tunnel in the ground in order to get coal, gold etc
✍✍To correct the common misunderstanding about
[ in time - on time]
1- We use IN TIME to mean early enough.
2- We use ON TIME to mean at the exact time.
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HOWEVER , using ON TIME implies that there was a prior arrangement to do something.
We can say : I arrived ON TIME for the meeting.
WHEREAS : Using " In time" means in a good time to do something WITHOUT the need for a prior arrangement.
So we can say :-
The police arrived( just) IN TIME to catch the thief.
BUT : We cannot say : The police arrived on time to catch the thief. [ For some reason , There is no prior arrangement between policemen and thieves who are to be caugh.
Don't say : The firemen arrived on time to put off the fire.✘✘✘
Say : They arrived (just) in time to put off the fire. ✔️✔️✔️
✍ "In spite of" and "despite" mean the same thing, but "despite" usually sounds more formal.
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SINGULAR → PLURAL:
Knife 🔪 → knives. 🔪🔪
Wife 👰 → wives. 👰👰
Life → lives.
However,
Fife (a flute) → *fifes*, not “fives.”
We can either say :-
Why am I NOT getting any email...?
or : Why aren't I .....................?