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"Do not swallow every story that is told. There may be a grain of truth somewhere in all the myths, but chew the meat and spit out the bones".
⚜Chew the meat and spit out the bones: to take in a great deal of
information and
selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.
#Phrasal_verbs
⚜Nerd out
○To enthuse about a specific topic; to be engrossed in an interest, especially in discussing it with others.
•What is the one thing you nerd out on ?
• I nerd out on technology and AI.
• He nerds out on football statistics.
• What do you nerd out on?
☆Synonyms:
•Geek out
#idioms
💥 Let the 'side down (BrE)
○to disappoint your
family, friends, team, etc. by not being as
successful as they expect, or not helping or
supporting them.
☆ John would never let the side down.
☆ I knew I was letting the side down (=
disappointing my family, etc.) by not going to
college.
#Thesaurus
#Collocations
📣THESAURUS [Tear sth up ]
☆pull sth a part: to separate sth into pieces by pulling different parts of it in different directions, sometimes violently:
° The wolves will pull the carcass apart.
☆rip sth up: to destroy sth by tearing it into small pieces, often suddenly or violently:
° He ripped up the letter.
° Rip can be used on
its own:
°She ripped the letter to shreds.
◇ rip (n) : The jacket had a rip in the sleeve.
☆shred sth: to cut or tear sth into lots of small pieces:
•Serve the fish on a bed of shredded
lettuce,
• He was accused of shredding documents relating to the case.
☆tear sth apart:
to destroy sth violently, especially by pulling it to pieces.
◇ The dogs tore the
fox apart,
◇ They tore the room apart, looking for money.
☆tear sth up:
to destroy a document, etc. by pulling it in different directions:
◇She tore up the letter.
°Tear can be used on its own:
◇She tore the letter into tiny pieces.
► tear (n):
◇There’s a tear in your coat.
♦️WHICH WORD?
°Ripping is usually more violent than tearing.
°Both verbs, but especially rip, are often used with a preposition or adverb to show violent movement as the thing is ripped/torn.
°Shredding paper is usually done in a machine called a
shredder or shredding machine; if you do it
with your hands you tear it up or rip it up.
💥PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS :
■to rip (up)/shred paper/a letter
■ to rip fabric/flesh
h to shred vegetables
■ to shred sth finely
#idioms
⚜To be had
▪️to be victimized or cheated.
● When the jeweler confirmed that the diamonds that the woman had purchased abroad were really fake, she exclaimed, "I've been had!"
● The angry customer complained about being overcharged at the store,
asserting that this was the third time that he had been had.
Whoever relied on Allah was never truly lost. Whoever trusted Him was never truly broken.
No one who has sincerely put their trust in Allah has ever been let down.
His plans have never betrayed a hopeful heart.
You should know that Allah has never ever ever disappointed those who turned to Him with full trust.
So trust Allah deeply, breathe easier, and know that you are in safe Hands.
#Islamic_reminder 🍃
Alhamdulillah for every moment that passed, even the ones that broke us,
for they brought us closer to Allah.
Alhamdulillah for every blessing we noticed, and even for the ones we overlooked.
Alhamdulillah for what is yet to come,
for we trust that whatever Allah choose for us is better than anything we could choose for ourselves.
Allah's plans are always wiser, merciful kinder, and more beautiful than ours.
"Alhamdulillah, always and forever, for His countless blessings."
#Islamic_reminder 🕊
#Phrasal_verbs
💥Serve as/for sth
◇to be used instead of sth else
when there is nothing better available.
☆An old box served as a table.
☆ Small temporary buildings had to serve for offices.
💥Serve sth on sb {also 'serve sth upon sb more
formal) / Serve sb with sth {law) :
◇to give or send sb an official document, especially one
that orders them to appear in court.
●The police have served a summons on Mr Jackson.
● The police have served him with a summons.
🔹foot the bill يدفع الثمن
▪️The company will foot the bill for his move to Chicago.
🔹for all one is worth بكل جهده
▪️I will try for all I am worth to help you get the job at the supermarket.
🔹for a song. بمبلغ زهيد
▪️He was able to buy his new
car for a song.
🔹for better or worse. مهما تكن النتائج
▪️For better or worse he has decided to quit his job and go to live in Brazil.
🔹flat broke مفلس على الأخر
▪️I have been flat broke since I stopped working last month.
🔹flat-out بصراحة تامة
▪️I told her flat-out that I would not go with her to the party.
🔹 Fit like a glove يناسب تماما
▪️The new pair of jeans that he bought fit like a glove.
🔹fit as a fiddle بصحة ممتازة
▪️Her grandfather is 92 years old but he is as fit as a fiddle.
🔹fit to be tied غاضب جداً
▪️He was fit to be tied when he heard that I was going to take a month off work in the summer.
🔹fair-weather friend صديق المصلحة
▪️He is a fair-weather friend only and you can’t rely on him if you have a problem
🔹far and wide. في كلّ مكان
▪️We looked far and wide for the book but could not find it.
🔹fast buck مال سهل
▪️He is always trying to make a fast buck without really trying to work very hard
🔹feed someone a line يخدعه
▪️He was feeding me a line about his plans to open a new restaurant downtown.
🔹fifty-fifty بالتساوي/ مناصفة
▪️We divided the cost of the trip fifty-fifty.
🍃O Allah, grant us a good end."
(اللهم ارزقنا حُسن الخاتمة)
🍃"O Allah, let my last words be 'La ilaha illa Allah'."
(اللهم اجعل آخر كلامي "لا إله إلا الله")
🍃 "O Allah, make the best of my life the end of it, and the best of my deeds my last ones."
(اللّهم اجعل خير عمري آخره، وخير عملي خواتيمه)
#Islamic_reminder
#Dua
#COMMON_MISTAKES
♻️According to me, we should spend more money on education. ❌
♻️In my opinion, we should spend more money on education. ✅
🔰according to + the writer/Or Owen/her teachers/them
etc (NOT me/us): '
🔹According to Charles Anderson, the government should pay
Life gets chaotic sometimes.
Things don’t go according to us.
Plans fall apart, doors close, and the heart feels tired.
But remember—when life feels out of control, it is never out of Allah’s control.
What confuses you today is often what protects you tomorrow.
Every delay carries mercy, every detour holds wisdom, and every broken plan is being gently replaced by something better… even if you can’t see it yet.
So take a deep breathe.
and put your trust on Allah.
#islamic_reminder 🍃
#Vocabulary
🔸Cacophony
⚜A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
💥 The cacophony of honking cars and
shouting pedestrians filled the streets of the busy city.
#Phrasal_verbs
⚜Zone out
○(informal, intransitive): To stop paying attention and think about something else, or to think about nothing.
◇Sorry, I’ve zoned out .
☆Synonyms:
•space out
•tune out
•zone off
#common_mistakes
💥Lane
😱It was so dark in the park that she kept wandering from the lane.✖️
😇It was so dark in the park that she kept wandering from the
path.
☆lane=a narrow road or street:
•We rode our bikes along the little country
lanes.
☆path=a narrow strip of ground in a garden, park etc that is made for
people to walk along.
•There used to be a path down to the stream, but
it's all overgrown now.'
#Phrasal_verbs
💥Jibe with sth (AmE)
○to agree with sth; to be the same as sth or match sth.
☆Her story didn’t jibe
with the witnesses’ account.
#Phrasal_verbs
💥Sluice /sluis/
●To sluice sth 'down/'out [especially BrE): to wash
or clean the surface of sth with large amounts of
water.
⚜ They sluice the streets down every morning.
⚜ An attendant was sluicing out the changing
rooms.
🔹go the whole hog يعمل ما بوسعه
▪️They really went the whole hog in their efforts to welcome the foreign visitors.
▪️He has decided to go his own way and will start his own business next year.
▪️The cleaning contract was really a gravy train. We only worked for 3 hours but we got paid for 8 hours.
▪️We had to grease the border guard‘s palm in order to enter the country.
▪️We had to go to a greasy spoon for breakfast as all the other restaurants were closed.
🔹Go from bad to worse يتدهور
▪️Things are going from bad to worse in the company.
▪️He is a go-getter. He always works hard and has lots of money because of that.
▪️The workers were going great guns fixing the building when I saw them this morning.
▪️At first everything was going well, but later all the plans began to go haywire.
▪️They are going for broke trying to win the new contract.
🔹for the birds ّممل
▪️Doing the cleaning all day is really for the birds.
🔹freak/freak out. يفقد أعصابه
▪️I freaked out when I discovered that my reservations had not been made.
🔹From way back منذ زمن طويل
▪️I know him from way back. In fact we went to elementary school together.
🔹full of beans نشيط/ بمعنويات عالية
▪️She seems to be full of beans today. She must be excited about something.
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"Motives, of course, may be mixed; but this only means that a man aims at a variety of goals by means of the same course of action. Similarly a man may have a strong motive or a weak one, an ulterior motive or an ostensible one."
●Ostensible:
•Apparent, evident; meant for open display.Ostensible X Ulterior
What is written for you will find you, in the most beautiful way, at the most perfect time. What feels delayed is not denied—it is being prepared with a wisdom you cannot yet see.Keep making Dua.
Trust that Allah sees your patience.
He sees your silent tears, your hidden hopes, your late-night prayers, your effort to keep believing.And He will respond
in a way that heals you,
in a way that surprises you,
in a way that makes you forget every moment you doubted.
Allah would never put you through all of this just to give you less than what your heart longed for. He is too Generous for that, too Gentle, too Wise.
What is coming is not random.
It is written. It is measured. It is filled with mercy.
So be patient.
Keep making that duʿāʾ.
Keep trusting.
Because one day, very soon…
everything will make sense,
and your heart will say:
“Alhamdulillah for every delay, every tear, every prayer… it was all leading me here..🌺
#Islamic_reminder 🕊
Human support is like a shadow that disappears when the sun goes down; Allah’s support is the Light that never fades.
Never depends on any one else, depend only on Allah so deeply that even if every door in the world closes, you remain at peace knowing His door never locks
#Islamic_reminder 🍃
#Vocabulary
💡Mellifluous
/məˈlɪflu.əs/, /mɛˈlɪflu.əs/
⚜Sweet or musical; pleasant to hear.
💥Her mellifluous voice captivated the audience during her performance.
#COMMON_MISTAKES
♻️I adviced him to tell the police ❌
♻️I advised him to tell the police. ✅
🔰Advice / is a noun. Advise / is a verb.
🔹eager beaver. متحمّس للعمل
▪️He is a real eager beaver and is always available to work when we need him.
🔹eat away. يتلف
▪️The mildew has been eating away at the window frame all summer.
🔹eat crow يعترف بخطأ/ بهزيمة
▪️He was forced to eat crow when the figures that he gave us at the meeting were all wrong.
🔹eat humble pie يعتذر/ يعترف بغلطته
▪️He had to eat humble pie in front of his friends when they discovered his mistake.
🔹eat one’s words يرجع في كلامه
▪️He was forced to eat his words after his boss proved that he was wrong.
🔹eat like a bird يأكل كمية قليلة
▪️He eats like a bird. That‘s why he can‘t put on enough weight to join the football team.
🔹eat like a horse يأكل بشراهة
▪️He eats like a horse but he never puts on any weight.
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#Idioms
🔹drum up 🔹 يبتكر
▪️They were able to drum up a lot of business during the summer.
🔹duck soup. سهلة للغاية
▪️How was the test last week? It was duck soup - no problem at all.
شخص ساذج و غبيdumb bunny🔹
▪️He is a dumb bunny and you never know what he will do next.
يقوم بزيارة قصيرة drop in🔹
▪️I decided to drop in and visit my friend after I finished work for the day.
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☆Crunch time
•The period of time just before a project has to be completed and everyone has to work hard .
●I’m not getting much sleep these days,
because it’s crunch time at work.