Progressive English Skills

20 Sep 2023 03:27

#speaking

Saying the years in English

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Progressive English Skills

15 Sep 2023 23:17

#song_lyrics

You won't admit you love me
And so how am I ever to know?
You always tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps

A million times I've asked you
And then I ask you over
Again, you only answer
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps

If you can't make your mind up
We'll never get started
And I don't wanna wind up
Being parted, broken-hearted

So if you really love me, say yes
But if you don't dear, confess
And please don't tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps

Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps

If you can't make your mind up
We'll never get started
And I don't wanna wind up
Being parted, broken-hearted

So if you really love me, say yes,
But if you don't dear, confess
And please don't tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
Perhaps
Perhaps
Perhaps

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Progressive English Skills

15 Sep 2023 10:33

#phrasal_verb

10 useful phrasal verbs

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Progressive English Skills

14 Sep 2023 11:03

#Merriam_Webster's Word of the Day:
September 11, 2023

injunction

#vocabulary
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Progressive English Skills

11 Sep 2023 22:03

#grammar

Possessive Pronouns

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Progressive English Skills

10 Sep 2023 01:35

#synonyms

🔷 Synonyms for 'bizarre'

🔹 weird
🔹 outlandish
🔹 peculiar
🔹 funny
🔹 quirky
🔹 odd
🔹 oddball
🔹 freakish
🔹 queer

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Progressive English Skills

08 Sep 2023 19:20

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Progressive English Skills

07 Sep 2023 21:37

#common_mistakes

📙 The possessive ending omitted.

❌ Don't say: A hen's egg is different from a pigeon.

✅ Say: A hen's egg is different from a pigeon's.

🍃 If the first noun in a comparison is in the possessive case, the second must also be in the possessive: My mother's nose is bigger than my father's.

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Progressive English Skills

06 Sep 2023 19:39

#englishpod

3. Explanation

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Progressive English Skills

06 Sep 2023 19:39

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Asking For A Loan

1. Dialogue

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Progressive English Skills

04 Sep 2023 18:46

#quote

Remember, being happy doesn’t mean you have it all. It simply means you’re thankful for all you have.

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Progressive English Skills

03 Sep 2023 21:51

#vocabulary

❇️ revoke

 /rɪˈvəʊk/

Verb/noun

🟣 Definition:
(Verb)
to officially cancel something so that it is no longer legally acceptable.


🔻Examples:

Your licence may be revoked at any time.

The authorities have revoked their original decision to allow development of this rural area.

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Progressive English Skills

02 Sep 2023 15:34

#proverb

🟩  A man is known by the company he keeps.
 
Ⓜ️eaning: A person's character is judged by the type of people with whom they spend their time.

#saying
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Progressive English Skills

01 Sep 2023 19:21

#Merriam_Webster's Word of the Day:

August 31, 2023

pundit

noun

/PUN-dit/


What It Means:

A pundit is someone who is usually considered an expert on a particular subject and who shares their opinion on that subject in a public setting (such as a television or radio program).


Example:

Grandpa likes watching liberal and conservative pundits spar about the issues of the day on the Sunday morning talk shows.


PUNDIT in Context:

“… the family film quickly fell flat at the box office in the latest blow for the storied animation studio. Many pundits worry that original animated IP [intellectual property] is no longer a theatrical proposition.” — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023


Did You Know?

It’s no hot take to say that the original pundits were highly learned scholars and teachers in India; it’s just a statement of fact. Our English word pundit comes from the Hindi word paṇḍit, a term of respect (and sometimes an honorary title) for a wise person, especially one with knowledge of philosophy, religion, and law; its ultimate source is the Sanskrit word paṇḍita, meaning “learned.” English speakers have used pundit to refer to sages of India since the 1600s, but as is typically done with English, they eventually pushed the word into new semantic territory. By the late 1800s, pundit could also refer to a member of what is sometimes called the commentariat or punditocracy—that is, the collective group of political commentators, financial analysts, and newspaper columnists often paid to share their views on a variety of subjects.

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Progressive English Skills

01 Sep 2023 10:53

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Progressive English Skills

17 Sep 2023 21:45

#idiom

❇️ The difference between
'Time is up' & 'Time is over'

📍Both are phrases to announce that the time of doing something has been finished. Let's check the difference with practical examples:

💧While taking a test, when it is announced that "time is up", it means that the possible time taking exam is finished right now.

💧Meanwhile, some people continue writing on answer sheet, therefore the teacher says that don't keep on Writing because time is over. It means that the standard time of answering the questions is finished even much later than expected.

◾️Time is up: time has just finished.

◾️Time is over: time had been finished and even it's too late.


🔻 Examples:

🌱 I couldn't write full answers for all of the questions because the examiner said that time was up.

🌱 My teacher warned me not to keep writing more because time is over and if continue he won't get my answer sheet.


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Progressive English Skills

15 Sep 2023 23:16

#song

🎼 Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps

Song by Doris Day

Learn English with music
#music
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Progressive English Skills

14 Sep 2023 11:03

#Merriam_Webster's Word of the Day:

September 11, 2023

injunction

noun

/in-JUNK-shun/


What It Means:

Injunction refers to an order from a court of law that says something must be done or must not be done.


Example:

The group has obtained an injunction to prevent the demolition of the building.


INJUNCTION in Context:

“While a district court rejected the group's request for an emergency injunction at the end of June, the Fifth Circuit obliged—blocking the new rule from being carried out for the time being.” — Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider, 7 Aug. 2023


Did You Know?

Injunction, injunction, what’s your function? When it first joined the English language in the 1400s, injunction referred to an authoritative command, and in the following century it developed a legal second sense applying specifically to a court order. Both of these meanings are still in use. Injunction ultimately comes from the Latin verb injungere (“to enjoin,” i.e., to issue an authoritative command or order), which in turn is based on jungere, meaning “to join”: it is joined as a jungere descendant by several words including junction, conjunction, enjoin, and join.

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Progressive English Skills

14 Sep 2023 08:57

#preposition

📗 On/in with months and dates


❌ My birthday is on July!

✅ My birthday is in July!


👉 note: For months we should use in and for days and dates we always use the preposition on:

It’s my birthday on June 2nd.


🍃 However, if you don't talk about the specific date, but for example want to highlight the month when your birthday is, it will be correct to use the preposition in.


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11 Sep 2023 20:30

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Progressive English Skills

10 Sep 2023 01:35

#vocabulary

❇️ bizarre

 /bɪˈzɑːr/

- adjective

🟢 Definition:
Very strange or unusual, especially so as to cause interest or amusement.

🔻Examples:

I had a really bizarre dream last night.

That party was too bizarre for me!

The game was also notable for the bizarre behavior of the team's manager.

this illness is distinguished by the simultaneous existence of normal and bizarre behavior and of simultaneous hallucinatory and normal perception.


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Progressive English Skills

07 Sep 2023 21:37

#common_mistakes

📙 Omission of the article before a countable noun in the singular.

❌ Don't say: I've no money to buy car.

✅ Say: I've no money to buy a car.

🍃 As a rule, use either the or a or an before a countable noun in the singular.

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Progressive English Skills

07 Sep 2023 21:37

#common_mistakes

📙 The -s, -es or -ies of the plural form omitted.

❌ Don't say: I paid six pound for the book.

✅ Say: I paid six pounds for the book.

🍃 Take care not to leave out the -s, -es or -ies of the plural number.

👉 Note: the following nouns have irregular plurals: man, men; woman, women; child, children; ox, oxen; foot, feet; tooth, teeth; goose, geese; mouse, mice.

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Progressive English Skills

06 Sep 2023 19:39

#englishpod

2. Transcript

#vocabulary #conversation
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Progressive English Skills

05 Sep 2023 21:47

#reading

Reading Passage

The worst hurricane in memory to hit the south-eastern part of the North Carolina coast was Hurricane Hazel in 1954. This storm destroyed every building on three islands. Apparently, the disaster didn't occupy people's minds for long, as in the decades that followed, beach houses sprang up everywhere, most of which were built by people who had never experienced a major storm. By the time Hurricane Fran struck in 1996, so dense was the development that a storm weaker than Hazel inflicted much greater damage. A man who had his newly renovated beach front home commented that he had had no idea that a storm could simply sweep his house away.

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Progressive English Skills

03 Sep 2023 21:51

#synonyms

🔶 Synonyms for 'revoke'

🔸 cancel
🔸 repeal
🔸 rescind 
🔸 abolish
🔸 annul

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Progressive English Skills

02 Sep 2023 15:34

#proverb

🟩  A rolling stone gathers no moss.
 
Ⓜ️eaning: If a person keeps moving from place to place, they gain neither friends nor possessions.       
Another interpretation is that, by moving often, one avoids being tied down!

#saying
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Progressive English Skills

02 Sep 2023 15:34

#proverb

🟩  A loaded wagon makes no noise.
 
Ⓜ️eaning: Really wealthy don't talk about money.

#saying
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Progressive English Skills

01 Sep 2023 19:21

#Merriam_Webster's Word of the Day:
August 31, 2023

pundit

#vocabulary
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Progressive English Skills

01 Sep 2023 10:52

#IELTS

IELTS Speaking Tips

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