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🔴⚫️ - WHO vs. WHOM
- WHO => he/she
- WHOM => him/her
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🖌🖍🖋 - WHO or WHOM
~ TO WHOM did you give a present?
~ WHO did you give a present TO?
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🖋 - WHO or WHOM
- WHO = subject
- WHOM = object
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- august (adj.) /ɔˈɡʌst/ - formal
= marked by majestic dignity or grandeur; having a formal and impressive quality
~ The family claims an august lineage.
~ an august mansion
#Vocabulary
- hard to come by = difficult to find or get
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The differences between:
1-shout at
2-shout to
3-shout for
◀️ - go with the flow 🐠🐟🐡
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✳️Anecdote = a short, amusing story
✳️Antidote = a cure, remedy
Jo told 👩💬 an *anecdote* about buying an *antidote* from a monkey.
👩💵 🐒💊💉
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✳️Improve = make or become better
✳️Improvise = perform without preparation
The band *improved* its live shows by learning to *improvise*.
👩🎤😎🎸
Follow “one of” with a PLURAL noun:
One of my cat 😸 → ❌
One of my CATS 😸😽 → ✔️
One of the kid 👶 → ❌
One of the KIDS 👶👧 → ✔️
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"And me, for example, I can let you drown, but I can’t bring this ship into Tortuga all by me onesie, savvy?"
― Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ☠️
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🦉 - savvy (noun, adj., verb) /ˈsævi/ 💡💡💡
adj. —>
~ computer-/media-/image- etc savvy => knowing a lot about computers etc:
~ She bought the laptop on the advice of a computer-savvy friend.
~ tech-savvy = knowing a lot about modern technology, especially computers:
~ The state needs more tech-savvy workers for its hi-tech industries.
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- insatiable (adj.) /ɪnˈseɪʃəb(ə)l/
~ an insatiable appetite/curiosity/thirst/desire/hunger/demand for sg
"Once you drink, your thirst for human blood will be insatiable." ― Dracula Untold movie 👻💀☠️
🐸 - WHO vs. WHOM 🐸
- WHO is a subject. ➡️ WHO threw the frog on my head?
- WHOM is an object. ➡️ The frog was thrown BY WHOM?
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🖌🖍🖋 - WHO or WHOM
- He reminded me of a loving grandpa TO WHOM a grandchild could run for comfort.
- He reminded me of a loving grandpa WHO a grandchild could run for comfort TO.
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🖌 - WHO and WHOM as relative pronouns
~ I had no difficulty finding the person WHOM I WANTED TO MEET /
/ WHO I WANTED TO MEET
/ I WANTED TO MEET.
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- hard to come by = difficult to find or get
#idiomatic_expressions
- shout to
vs.
- shout at
- throw to
vs.
- throw at
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▶️ - go against the flow 🐬🦈🐳🐋🐊
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✴️✳️ - MAY and MIGHT - modal verbs
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✳️For sale = available for purchase
✳️On sale = at a discounted price
Wateen was happy when the expensive shoes went *on sale*.
👩💸👠
#Vocabulary
Avoid making double negatives with “neither … nor”:
He DOESN’T eat NEITHER mice NOR bugs. → ❌
He eats 🤐 NEITHER mice 🐭 NOR bugs. 🐛 → ✔️
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Noticeable → ✔
Noticable → ❌. (ಠ_ಠ)
Definitely → ✔
Definately → ❌. (ಠ_ಠ)
Separate → ✔
Seperate → ❌. (ಠ_ಠ)
🦉 - savvy (noun, adj., verb) /ˈsævi/ 💡💡💡
~ tech-savvy (adj.)
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🦉 - savvy (noun, adj., verb) /ˈsævi/ 💡💡💡
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- act as 💡💡💡
~ You speak Greek – will you act as interpreter?
~ Body fat acts as an insulator.
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