Progressive English Skills

08 Aug 2023 09:17

#proverb

🟩  A good conscience is a soft pillow.
 
Ⓜ️eaning: You sleep well when you have nothing to feel guilty about.

#saying
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

08 Aug 2023 09:17

#proverb

🟩 A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
 
Ⓜ️eaning: The strength of a group depends on each individual member.

#saying
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

07 Aug 2023 16:06

#vocabulary

❇️ medley

 /ˈmed·li/

noun


🔵 Definition:

▪️a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble:

The menu described the dessert as "a medley of exotic fruits".


▪️a piece of music combining tunes or passages from various sources:

a medley of hit songs from Broadway shows.

He played a medley of popular songs on the piano.


🔷 Synonyms:

🔹 miscellany
🔹 potpourri

#synonyms
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Progressive English Skills

03 Aug 2023 13:09

#video

The difference between soon, early and quickly

BBC Learning English
#English_In_A_Minute
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Progressive English Skills

01 Aug 2023 22:05

#Merriam_Webster's Word of the Day:
August 1, 2023

perquisite

#vocabulary
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Progressive English Skills

30 Jul 2023 21:31

#vocabulary

❇️ recede

 /rɪˈsiːd/

- verb

🟣 Definition:
to go or move back or further away from a previous position.


🔻Examples:

McLaughlin expects to go home again when the flood waters recede.

As she receded he waved goodbye.


🔶 Synonyms:

🔸 retreat
🔸 withdraw

@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

26 Jul 2023 23:06

#phrasal_verb

🟪 fight down

fight down sth, fight sth down

🔸 to force yourself not to do something that you very much want to do, or force yourself not to be affected by your feelings:

Janice fought down the impulse to scream.

He steadied himself against the door, fighting down a wave of dizziness and nausea.

✴️ SIMILAR TO: fight back

@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

24 Jul 2023 21:38

#Similar_words

🟠 provision
🟠 prevision


❇️ provision /prəˈvɪʒ.ən/

noun/verb

(noun)

1. the act of providing something:

The provision of good public transport will be essential for developing the area.

When designing buildings in this area, you have to make provision against earthquakes.

2. an amount or thing supplied or provided:

Provisions had to be flown in by helicopter.

3. a condition or requirement in a legal document:

She accepted the job with the provision that she would be paid expenses for relocating.


❇️ prevision /prɪˈvɪʒ.ən/

noun

a feeling or prediction about a future event:

a wise prevision of what is to come

Perhaps such scientific natures have some psychic prevision of the most tremendous problem of their lives.

@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

22 Jul 2023 21:31

#vocabulary

❇️ Pariah

 /pəˈraɪ.ə/

noun

🔵 Definition:
a person who is avoided or not accepted by a social group, esp. because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted.


🔻Examples:

The scandal transformed him into a pariah.

He worried that his stammer would make him a social pariah.

Her criticisms of the life-saving treatment have made her a pariah among international health leaders.

🔷 Synonym: outcast

#synonyms
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Progressive English Skills

20 Jul 2023 21:55

#video

Whisper 🆚 Murmur 🆚 Mumble

BBC Learning English
#English_In_A_Minute #vocabulary
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Progressive English Skills

19 Jul 2023 20:33

#song

🎼 It's Nice to Have a Friend

Song by Taylor Swift

Learn English with music
#music
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Progressive English Skills

17 Jul 2023 01:23

#Merriam_Webster's Word of the Day:
July 14, 2023

comprise

#vocabulary
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Progressive English Skills

16 Jul 2023 21:54

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Progressive English Skills

15 Jul 2023 05:24

#vocabulary

❇️ anxious

/ˈaŋ(k)ʃəs/

- adjective

🟢 Definition:
feeling or showing worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.

🔻Examples:

She was extremely anxious about her exams.

It was getting late, and I was anxious to get home.

I've never seen her worried or anxious in any way - she's so laid-back.


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

12 Jul 2023 21:40

#collocation

📍A List of Common Collocations about Time:

🌱 Dead on time
🌱 Free time
🌱 From dawn till dusk
🌱 Make time for
🌱 Great deal of time
🌱 Past few weeks
🌱 Right on time
🌱 Run out of time
🌱 Save time
🌱 Spare time
🌱 Spend some time
🌱 Take your time
🌱 Time goes by
🌱 Time passes
🌱 Waste time

@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

08 Aug 2023 09:17

#proverb

🟩 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
 
Ⓜ️eaning: A true freind is someone who helps you when you are in trouble.

#saying
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

08 Aug 2023 09:17

#proverb

🟩 A burnt child dreads the fire.
 
Ⓜ️eaning: A bad experience will make people stay away from certain things.

#saying
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

04 Aug 2023 10:36

#conversation


📍Informal Contractions


✳️ Gonna: (Going + to)

💧 I’m gonna talk to him.


✳️ Gotta: (Got + to)

💧 I’ve gotta go!


✳️ Outta: (Out + of)

💧 You’ll get outta here soon.


✳️ I’mma: (I’m + going + to)

💧 I’mma talk to him.


✳️ Dunno: (Don’t, Doesn’t + know)

💧 My forties is gonna be about… I dunno.


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

01 Aug 2023 22:05

#Merriam_Webster's Word of the Day:

August 1, 2023

perquisite

noun

/PER-kwuh-zut/


What It Means:

Perquisite refers to something extra that someone receives in addition to regular pay for doing a job. Perks, as in “job perks” is short for perquisite.


Example:

Her fancy new job came with several perquisites, including use of the company’s jet.


PERQUISITE in Context:

“With Zoom meetings ... there are a few traditional sectors and work areas wherein remote working has been quickly adopted. This includes marketing, advertising, and IT services. However, there have been a few areas where remote working was a possibility and perquisite even before the pandemic struck the world.” — Shalin Parikh, The Financial Express (India), 13 July 2021


Did You Know?

Looking to acquire a job loaded with perquisites, or perks (a synonym of perquisites)? Don’t give up the search! Make plenty of inquiries, send out an exquisitely crafted résumé, follow up with queries, and be sure to meet most of the prerequisites of the job description. Your quest may result in your conquering of the job market. After all, perquisite comes from the Latin word perquirere, which, in turn, is from the prefix per-, meaning “thoroughly” and the verb quaerere, meaning “to ask” or “to seek.” It’s not surprising that several other words in this paragraph come from quaerere as well—acquire, inquiries, exquisitely, queries, conquering, quest, and, of course, perk, which was formed by shortening and altering perquisite. Quaerere is also an ancestor of prerequisite, so we don’t blame you if you mix up perquisite and prerequisite. You can tell the difference by remembering that a prerequisite can be a requirement needed before getting a job (pre- means “before”), while a perquisite is something extra you get after you’ve been hired.

@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

31 Jul 2023 05:53

#idiom

🟨 Be bats (or batty)

Ⓜ️eaning: be mad, crazy

⭐️ Examples:

You must be bats to go out in the cold without a coat on.

If you think I’m going to lend you money, you must be bats.

#speaking #IELTS #TOEFL
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Progressive English Skills

28 Jul 2023 22:50

#reading

Reading passage

Erosion of America's farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the prairies and grasslands under the plow in the nineteenth century. By the 1930s, more than 282 million acres of farmland were damaged by erosion. After 40 years of conservation efforts, soil erosion has accelerated due to new demands placed on the land by heavy crop production. In the years ahead, soil erosion and the pollution problems it causes are likely to replace petroleum scarcity as the nation's most critical natural resource problem.

@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

26 Jul 2023 23:06

#phrasal_verb

🟪 fetch up


1⃣ fetch up

🔸 (BrE) to arrive somewhere without expecting to or intending to:

He spent some time in Europe and eventually fetched up in Naples.

At lunchtime the four of them fetched up at the pub.

✴️ SIMILAR TO: end up, land up (BrE), wind up


2⃣ fetch up

🔸 (BrE informal) to bring food up from your stomach through your mouth:

Ugh! Winnie has just fetched up all over the floor!

✴️ SIMILAR TO: throw up, vomit (formal)

@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

23 Jul 2023 06:23

#vocabulary

❇️ plagiarize

/ˈpleɪ·dʒəˌrɑɪz/

verb

🟣 Definition:
take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own.


🔻Examples:

The book contains numerous plagiarized passages.

If you compare the two books side by side, it is clear that the author of the second has plagiarized (from the first).

🔶 Synonym: pirate

#synonyms
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

21 Jul 2023 10:41

#IELTS

Ways to express your opinion

#TOEFL #speaking #writing
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

19 Jul 2023 20:34

#song_lyrics

School bell rings, walk me home
Sidewalk chalk covered in snow
Lost my gloves, you give me one
"Wanna hang out?"
Yeah, sounds like fun
Video games, you pass me a note
Sleeping in tents

It's nice to have a friend
(Ooh)
It's nice to have a friend
(Ooh)

Light pink sky up on the roof
Sun sinks down, no curfew
Twenty questions, we tell the truth
You've been stressed out lately? Yeah, me too
Something gave you the nerve
To touch my hand

It's nice to have a friend
(Ooh)
It's nice to have a friend
(Ooh)

Church bells ring, carry me home
Rice on the ground looks like snow
Call my bluff, call you "babe"
Have my back, yeah, everyday
Feels like home, stay in bed
The whole weekend

It's nice to have a friend
(Ooh)
It's nice to have a friend
(Ooh)
It's nice to have a friend
(Ooh)
(Ooh)


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

17 Jul 2023 01:23

#Merriam_Webster's Word of the Day:

July 14, 2023

comprise

verb 

/kum-PRYZE/


What It Means:

Comprise is a verb that first meant "to be made up of (something); to include or consist of (something)." It still carries that meaning but today it also often means "to make up or form (something)," though some object to this use. Comprise can also mean "to include especially within a particular scope."


Examples:

The city developers' plans include a massive recreational complex that comprises a concert hall, four restaurants, two hotels, and a theater.

Bamboo comprises the bulk of the giant panda's diet.


COMPRISE in Context:

"The ballots are in, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2023 will comprise Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine, and the Spinners." — Al Shipley, SPIN, 3 May 2023


Did You Know?

The earliest meaning of comprise, "to be made up of" (as in "a team comprising nine players"), is sometimes regarded as the word's only correct use. However, this grammatical prescription denies a well-established sense of the word: "to compose or constitute" (as in "the nine players who comprise the team"). Until relatively recently, this sense appeared mostly in scientific writing, but current evidence shows that it is now somewhat more common in general use than the word's other meanings. You might be most familiar with this disputed use in the passive construction, "to be comprised of" (as in "a team comprised of nine players"). Apologies to the haters: a single sense simply can’t comprise comprise.

@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

17 Jul 2023 01:23

#idiom

To know something inside out

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Progressive English Skills

15 Jul 2023 05:24

🔷 Synonyms for 'anxious'

🔹 uneasy
🔹 tense
🔹 fidgety
🔹 jumpy
🔹 on edge

@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

14 Jul 2023 10:22

#vocabulary


💠 Ways of Looking


🍀 See: to view smth with the eyes

🍀 Stare: a long fixed look

🍀 Gape: to stare with the mouth open

🍀 Glance: to look quickly or briefly

🍀 Gaze: to look at steadily

🍀 Spot: to locate or identify by seeing

🍀 Watch: to look with attention

🍀 Observe: to watch (someone or something) carefully and attentively

🍀 Glimpse: to look briefly at something

🍀 Peer: to look searchingly

🍀 Peep/peek: to look from a hidden location

🍀 Look (at): to turn the eyes towards something.


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

10 Jul 2023 21:35

#quote

Stop waiting
For Friday, For summer,
For someone to fall in love with you,
For life.
Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting and make the most of the moment you are in now.

@progressiveenglish