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🆚 - although vs despite & in spite of 🆚
- although + clause
- despite / in spite of + gerund / noun
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▶️ - teething problems / teething troubles
~ early/initial teething troubles
~ Hopefully these are just teething troubles, and will be resolved soon.
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🔳 - plausible (adj.) /ˈplɔːzəb(ə)l/
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⚫️ - check back
◼️ - check back (on sy/sg)
◻️ - check back (with sy)
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🏧💲- To rob Peter to pay Paul
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📚📖 - look (sg) up - phrasal verb - [separable] 🔭🔭🔭
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💡 - run (sg) past/by (sy) - phrasal verb - [separable] 🏃♀️🏃💡
~ I'd like to run an idea by you! 💡
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⚪️ Common phrases and their alternatives
✳️ - In conclusion
✴️ - On the other hand
[On the flip side]; [Having said that] 👇
🔘 - The prefix TRANS- 🚚🚢 💻📷💵
~ trans- = across, change, beyond, through
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🖌🖍🖋 - May - modal verb - to express a wish or hope - formal
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🆚 - despite & in spite of vs although & even though 🆚
- despite the fact that
- in spite of the fact that
~ Kelly loved her husband in spite of the fact that he drank too much.
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🆚 - 'on time' vs 'in time' 🆚
✴️ - 'just in time'
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🔲 - specious (adj.) /ˈspiːʃəs/ - formal - disapproving
= seeming to be true or correct, but actually false - SYN: misleading
~ a specious argument/claim
~ specious allegations/promises
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🌑 - inveterate (adj.) /ɪnˈvetərət/
= always doing a particular thing, especially something bad, and unlikely to change; confirmed in a habit
~ an inveterate smoker/liar/gambler/critic
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🔘 on autopilot
= automatically, without thinking about what you are doing
~ He never really cared about the job and is mostly operating on autopilot these days.
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▫️◽️🔳- Firstly / first of all / first
vs
▪️◾️🔲 - At first
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- look up - phrasal verb
🖌 - things are looking up (for) ➡️ if a situation is looking up, it is getting better
~ Finally, things are looking up for me.
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✳️ - look up to somebody
✴️ - look down on somebody
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🏃♀️🏃 - RUN - phrasal verbs 🏃♀️🏃
1️⃣ run down (sg) - [inseparable]
2️⃣ run across (sy/sg) - [inseparable]
3️⃣ run (sg) past/by (sy) - [separable]
4️⃣ run up (sg) - [separable]
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😎 - transfer (verb) /trænsˈfɜː(r)/ = to pass or cause to pass from one person, place, or condition to another
[synonym = convey]
~ If only he could transfer his thoughts to her mind.
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▫️◽️◻️ - wrap one's head/mind around something 💡💡💡
▪️◾️◼️ - get one's head/mind around something 💡💡💡
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🖌🖍🖋 - May - In formal English, the modal verb ‘may’ is often used when expressing your hopes and wishes for others.
- May the odds be ever in your favour. (The Hunger Games)
- May the Force be with you. (Star Wars)
- May all your wishes come true.
- May he rest in peace.
- May they be very happy in the future.
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