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“Each” is singular, so
each others’ → ❌
each other’s → ✔️
Staring into *each other’s* eyes 👀, we ate *each other’s* fries. 🍟
#Grammar
Six years worth → ❌
Six years’ worth → ✔
Six weeks worth → ❌
Six weeks’ worth → ✔
The job requires *45 years’ worth* of experience. 😧
#Grammar
CAN’T hardly → ❌.
CAN’T barely → ❌.
CAN’T scarcely → ❌.
They’re double 🙅🙅 negatives.
CAN hardly → ✔.
CAN barely → ✔.
CAN scarcely → ✔.
#Grammar
✳️Diffuse [dih-FYOOS] = to spread out
✳️Defuse [dee-FYOOZ] = to disarm a bomb 💣; to reduce tension
#Vocabulary
✳️A PART = one part
Hard work 💪💦 is *a part* of success. 🏆🏋
✳️APART = away from each other; separately
It’s hard 😭 to be *apart* from you. 💔
#Vocabulary
USAGE: Indoor, indoors
📗Indoor is an adjective and indoors is an adverb.
🔹Examples:
🔹Indoor sports. 👉✔️
🔹Indoors sports. 👉✖️
🔹I stayed indoors. 👉✔️
🔹I stayed indoor. 👉✖️
#Grammar
✳️Differ = be different
✳️Defer = postpone; yield to another’s wish or opinion
Our ideas DIFFER, so let’s DEFER 🙇 to Dr. Lee’s 👩🎓 decision.
#Vocabulary
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✅Your welcome = welcome that belongs to you😂
✅You’re welcome = You are welcome. (Write this in response to “Thanks.”
#Vocabulary
“Children” and “men” are already plural, so their possessive forms are *children’s* and *men’s* (not “childrens’” or “mens’”).
#Grammar
❌Never refer to people with “which”:
“Salman was a man which was driven by desperation.” → ❌
💁 Use *who* or *that* instead. ✔️
#Grammar
Looking for words to describe a talkative/wordy person? 👨💬💬💬
• garrulous
• loquacious
• verbose
• diffuse
• effusive
• voluble
#vocabulary
👨💻💬 The h in “hospital” is pronounced, so
an hospital → ❌
a hospital → ✔️
👩💻💬 In “hour,” the “h” is silent, so
a hour → ❌
an hour → ✔️
#Grammar
🔴FACT:
We should bear in mind, however, that there are other suns and moons in the universe, and when we refer to these they might not be considered as unique:
-The planet Mars has two moons.
-Every solar system has a sun.
#fact
✳️For sale = available for purchase
✳️On sale = at a discounted price
Wateen was happy when the expensive shoes went *on sale*.
👩💸👠
#Vocabulary
إنجليزي متوسط + متقدم + خبير
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1. evoke 2. invoke 3. revoke 4. provoke 5. convoke 6. equivoque, equivoke
#Vocabulary
“Paper tiger” = one who looks and acts tough but is actually weak 🗞🐯
Most bullies are just *paper tigers*: they’re mean but weak.
#idiomatic_expressions
The plural of “antenna” is *antennas* for phones📱, radios 📻, and TVs.
It’s *antennae* for the sensors on insects’ 🐜 and lobsters’ heads.
#Vocabulary
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✅Lesson = (n.) lecture, teaching
✅Lessen = (v.) decrease, reduce 📉
He begged 🙏 Mr. Dunne 👨🏫 to LESSEN the number of idioms in his LESSONS.
#Vocabulary
✅Hearty = friendly; providing nourishment
✅Hardy = strong 💪; capable
The *hardy* Hound enjoyed a *hearty* meal of chicken. 🍗
#Vocabulary
🔎Looking for words that mean “charitable”? 💸
Try these:
✅• benevolent
✅• munificent
✅• altruistic
✅• philanthropic
✅• humanitarian
#Vocabulary
✳️Found = past tense of “find”: Jo *found* her missing keys. 🗝🔑
✳️Founded = established: The prestigious school was *founded* in 1865. 👩🎓🏫👨
#Vocabulary
#Grammar
🔴Let’s = let us: Let’s get coffee! ☕️
🔴Lets = allows: He lets us play games. 🎮
🔴Lest = in case: Ali brought a book lest his flight be delayed.
#Vocabulary
“I need to GO BAD.” = I need to become evil. 😈 #slang
“I need to GO BADLY!” = I have to use the restroom RIGHT NOW!
🚹 🏃💨💨💨
#Grammar
✳️Sallow = unhealthy looking: Jo looks sick; her skin is *sallow* and clammy. 🙍💦
✳️Shallow = not deep: Swim in the *shallow* end of the pool. 🏊
#Vocabulary
✳️Noisome = having an offensive smell 💩👃🤢
✳️Fulsome = excessively flattering or praising 😗👏
✳️Winsome = charming 🎩✨
✳️Cumbersome = burdensome
#Vocabulary
✳️Anecdote = a short, amusing story
✳️Antidote = a cure, remedy
Jo told 👩💬 an *anecdote* about buying an *antidote* from a monkey.
👩💵 🐒💊💉
#Vocabulary
💁 These are all SINGULAR indefinite pronouns:
- someone
- somebody
- anyone
- anybody
- everyone
- everybody
- no one
- nobody
#Grammar