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➡️ - for fear of (doing) something
➡️ - for fear that
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💠 - alma mater / your alma mater (noun) - formal
/ˌælmə ˈmɑːtə(r)/ /ˌælmə ˈmeɪtə(r)/
= the school, college, or university where you studied
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▶️ - loophole (noun) /ˈluːpˌhəʊl/
= a means of escape; especially : an ambiguity or omission in the text through which the intent of a statute, contract, or obligation may be evaded
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Don’t use “nite,” “tho,” “altho,” or “thru” on essays for school. 🙅🏻♀️
💁🏻♂️ Write *night*, *though*, *although*, and *through* instead.✔️✔️
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🐱“The cat’s meow” 😻 = someone or something wonderful
The stolen diamond was the cat’s meow. 💎
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Yeah = yes (casual): *Yeah*, the answer is C.
Yea [yay] = yes vote: I vote *yea*. ✅
Yay! = happy expression: *Yay*! Food! 🍜🍲🙌
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With “may,” use the base form (bare infinitive) of the verb:
He may eats. → ❌
He may *eat*. → ✔️
She may left. → ❌
She may *leave*. → ✔️
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Breath = (n.) air going in/out of lungs
Breathe = (v.) inhale + exhale
Breadth = (n.) width; range
Bread = 🍞
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- It is COMMON FOR somebody to do something ✔️
- It is COMMON THAT somebody to do something ❌
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🎺 - trump up sg / trump sg up - phrasal verb 🎺
- trumped-up (adj.)
~ Dissidents were routinely arrested on trumped-up charges.
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✳️ - come up / turn up trumps
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➡️ - for fear of (doing) something
➡️ - for fear that
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✴️“Go through” = be approved ✅
✴️“Fall through” = fail; don’t happen 🙅
My request went through; sadly, our plans fell through.
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Yen = Japanese currency 🇯🇵 (¥)
“Yen for something” (idiom) = longing or yearning; to desire
I *yen* for a truck full of *yen*.
🙍🏻♂️💗🚚 💴💴💴
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🍎“Bad apple” = a bad person who makes other people bad.
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“Versus” (v., vs.) is a preposition. It’s not a verb! 🙅🏻🤦🏻♂️
Naruto is “versing” Goku! → ❌
It’s Naruto *vs.* Goku! → ✔️
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✴️ - past progressive / past continuous
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▶️ - to pay / give lip service to something 👄
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- It is COMMON FOR somebody to do something ✔️
- It is COMMON THAT somebody to do something ❌
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✴️ - ploy (noun)
✳️ - shenanigan(s) (noun)
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1️⃣ (play) a trump card - play/use one's trump card
2️⃣ one's best/strongest/trump card = one's main advantage over other people
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🆚 - although - in spite of & despite 🆚
- I couldn't sleep ALTHOUGH I was tired. ✔️
- I couldn't sleep DESPITE I was tired. ❌
- I couldn't sleep DESPITE being tired. ✔️
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