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- eye-catching - synonyms:
striking, noticeable, attention-getting, conspicuous, attractive, showy, remarkable
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- obliterate (verb) /əˈblɪtəreɪt/
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🖌 - word root - MAGN = great
- demagnify, magnanimity, magnanimous, magnificent, magnificentia, magnifico, magnificous, magniloquent, magnipotent, magnitude
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🌗 - be running on fumes / be running on empty
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▶️ - sophist (noun) /ˈsɒfɪst/
✳️ - sophistry (noun) /ˈsɒfɪstri/
✴️ - sophisticated (adj.) /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/
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😁😎
- rip off - phrasal verb
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🆚 - rip-off 🆚 - bargain 🆚
1) a rip-off (noun) 😏😡
2) a bargain (noun) 😊😎
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✳️ - give someone or something a (good) run for their money
💰🏃♀️🏃💃
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~ Work hard LEST you SHOULD fail. ✔️
~ Work hard LEST you fail. ✔️
~ Work hard, OR ELSE you will fail. ✔️
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💡💡💡 - ahead of/behind the curve
= more advanced (or less advanced) than other people in what you do or think; ahead of (or lagging behind) current thinking or trends
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🆚 - 'most people' vs. 'most of the people' 🆚
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☠️☠️☠️💀⛵️⛵️⛵️
- A pirate's vocabulary
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- have something/be written all over someone's face
~ He had guilt written all over his face.
~ Guilt was written all over her face.
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- obliterate (verb) /əˈblɪtəreɪt/
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🆚 hundred/thousand/million vs hundreds/thousands/millions 🆚
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🌗 - be running on fumes / be running on empty
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✳️ - sophistry (noun) /ˈsɒfɪstri/
✴️ - sophisticated (adj.) /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/
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🖌📖 - expert (noun, adj.) /ˈekspɜː(r)t/ - synonyms
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💰 - money - phrasal verbs 💰💰💰
1️⃣ - save up
2️⃣ - pay off
3️⃣ - pay up
4️⃣ - rip off
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🌕 - be/become second nature (to someone)
= an acquired deeply ingrained habit or skill
~ Swimming is second nature to Jane.
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😁😎
✳️ - give someone or something a (good) run for their money
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~ She wrote down the address LEST she forget it.
~ She wrote down the address LEST she SHOULD forget it.
~ She wrote down the address SO THAT she MIGHT not forget it.
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~ IF this be the case, we will go there tomorrow.
~ IF that be true, come back immediately.
⚪️ - SHOULD (instead of the Present Subjunctive) makes the indicated action less likely to happen:
~ SHOULD this be the case, we will go there tomorrow.
~ SHOULD that be true, come back immediately.
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🏃♀️🏃🚶♀️🚶 - be ahead of the pack / lead the pack 🐎🐎🐎
~ This kind of innovation will keep the company ahead of the pack.
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1️⃣ - winnow / winnow down (verb) /ˈwɪnəʊ/
2️⃣ - winnow sy/sg out
3️⃣ - whittle / whittle down (verb) /ˈwɪt(ə)l/
4️⃣ - whittle away
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