Progressive English Skills

03 Dec 2024 20:38

#phrasal_verb

Phrasal verbs with walk


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Progressive English Skills

30 Nov 2024 05:20

#pronounciation

American vs. British vs. Australian English; see the similarities and differences.


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

28 Nov 2024 04:16

#phrasal_verb


📗 Made Of, Made From, Made By, Made In, Made With


📌 "Made Of" is used when the material does not Change:

Chairs are made of wood.


📌 "Made From" is used when the Material Changes:

Plastic is made from oil.


📌 "Made By" is used as a product of a specific Company:

This shirt is made by Nike.


📌 "Made In" is used as a product a Country:

Most goods are made in China.


📌 "Made With" is used when something is produced by an Application:

This report was made with Powerpoint.


#IELTS #vocabulary
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

23 Nov 2024 18:53

#interjection

📙 Common Interjections


🟧 hi

💧expressing greeting: Hi! What's new?


🟧 hmm

💧expressing hesitation, doubt or disagreement: Hmm. I'm not so sure.


🟧 Oh!

💧expressing surprise: Oh! You're here!

💧expressing pain: Oh! I've got a toothache.

💧expressing pleading: Oh, please say "yes"!


🟧 ouch!

💧expressing pain: Ouch! That hurts!


🟧 uh!

💧expressing hesitation: Uh...I don't know the answer to that.


🟧 uh-huh!

💧expressing agreement: Shall we go? Uh-huh.


#conversation
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

19 Nov 2024 16:21

#acronym

Some Acronyms


🧩 ID = Identification

🧩 CD = Compact Disc

🧩 DVD = Digital Video Disc

🧩 ISO = International
Organization for Standardization

🧩 ICU = Intensive Care Unit

🧩 AIDS = Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

🧩 OPEC = Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

🧩 TOEFL = Test of English as a Foreign Language

🧩 IELTS = International English Language Testing System

🧩 UNESCO = United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

🧩 UNICEF = United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

🧩 PIN = Personal Identification Number

🧩 SIM card = Subscriber Identification Module card

🧩 W.H.O = World Health Organization


#vocabulary
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

16 Nov 2024 16:32

#vocabulary

❇️ hitchhike

 /ˈhɪtʃ·haɪk/

- verb

🟣 Definition:
To get free rides in other people’s cars by waiting next to the road.


🔻Examples:

Her car broke down, so she had to hitchhike back home.

He hitchhiked his way across the country last summer.


🔶 Synonyms:

🔸 hitch
🔸 thumb


#synonyms
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Progressive English Skills

16 Nov 2024 05:25

#collocation

Collocations with Rich


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

09 Nov 2024 20:33

#phrasal_verb

🟪 hold out for

🔸 to wait until you get what you want, especially when negotiating:

The workers held out for a better wage deal and, after another round of negotiations, they got it.

We held out for a better contract, and we got it after some hard bargaining.


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

07 Nov 2024 13:38

#quote

To enjoy life, we must touch much of it lightly.

- Voltaire


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

25 Oct 2024 17:46

#grammar

Past tense modals
could have & would have


#video
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

20 Oct 2024 18:19

#phrasal_verbs

🟪 see sb off

🔸 to go to the airport, train station, etc to say goodbye to someone who is leaving:

Carlo and I saw him off at the 34th Street bus station.

My best friend Judy came to the
airport to see me off.

✴️ SIMILAR TO: wave off, say goodbye to sb


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

19 Oct 2024 07:11

#picture_dictionary

Body Parts


#vocabulary #Picture
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

18 Oct 2024 11:04

#video

How to start your talk for IELTS speaking part 2


#IELTS #IELTS_speaking
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

17 Oct 2024 12:21

#song

🎼 All Alone

Song by The Beautified Project

Released: 2010
Album: Beyond the Butterfly...
Genre: Rock

Learn English with music


#music
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

11 Oct 2024 18:54

#Idiom 

🟨 Get the hang of something

Ⓜ️eaning: to learn to handle sth with skill, become good at sth, become proficient at sth.

⭐️ Example: Driving feels awkward when you are new to it, but it's easy once you get the hang of it.


#speaking #IELTS #TOEFL
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

30 Nov 2024 17:18

#idiom

🟨 zero-sum game

Ⓜ️eaning: A zero-sum game is a situation in which any gain by one side or person is at the expense of a loss to another side or person involved in the situation.

⭐️ Example:

The stock market has become a giant zero-sum game in which one investor gains what another investor loses.


#IELTS_speaking
#conversation
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

30 Nov 2024 05:19

#slang

Twenty very British slang words


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Progressive English Skills

26 Nov 2024 17:52

#idiom

Idioms with green


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

22 Nov 2024 09:31

#Idiom

✳️ Widely Used Idioms
 

🟨 Bite the bullet

Ⓜ️eaning: to decide to do something difficult or unpleasant that one has been putting off or hesitating over.


🟨 Best of both worlds

Ⓜ️eaning: the choice or solution has all of the advantages of two contrasting things at the same time.


🟨 Biting off more than you can chew

Ⓜ️eaning: not having the capacity to take on a new assignment.


🟨 By the skin of your teeth

Ⓜ️eaning: Just barely making it; by a very narrow margin.


🟨 Don’t judge a book by its cover

Ⓜ️eaning: not judging something by its initial appearance.


#speaking #IELTS #TOEFL
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

18 Nov 2024 12:54

#phrasal_verb

🟪 take after.

🔸 to be similar to an older person in your family:

He takes after his father. They're both very artistic and creative.


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

16 Nov 2024 16:18

#collocation

Collocations with Pay


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

12 Nov 2024 16:17

#common_mistakes

❌ You cannot buy all what you like!
✅ You cannot buy all that you like!

❌ She is success.
✅ She is successful.


❌ My mother wanted that I be doctor.
✅ My mother wanted me to be a doctor.

❌ The life is hard!
✅ Life is hard.

❌ How many childrens you have?
✅ How many children do you have?


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

08 Nov 2024 09:36

#video

Learning verbs with video


#vocabulary
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

28 Oct 2024 11:28

#Idiom

✳️ Widely Used Idioms
 

🟨 A blessing in disguise

Ⓜ️eaning: A good thing that initially seemed bad.


🟨 A dime a dozen

Ⓜ️eaning: Something that is very common, not unique.


🟨 Adding insult to injury

Ⓜ️eaning: To make a bad situation even worse.


🟨 Beat around the bush

Ⓜ️eaning: Avoid sharing your true viewpoint or feelings because it is uncomfortable.


🟨 Beating a dead horse

Ⓜ️eaning: giving time or energy to something that is ended or over.


#speaking #IELTS #TOEFL
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

25 Oct 2024 10:30

#vocabulary

📒 Signs and symbols with their names in English.

▫️ , comma  

▫️. period, decimal point

▫️ ; semicolon

▫️: colon 

▫️ ! exclamation mark

▫️ ? question mark

▫️ ' apostrophe, prime

▫️ " quotation mark 

▫️ ( ) parenthesis

▫️ [ ] square bracket, bracket

▫️ { } brace

▫️ < less-than sign 

▫️ > greater-than sign

▫️ / slash

▫️ % percent 

▫️ - dash, hyphen 

▫️ # number sign 

▫️ & ampersand, and

▫️@ at sign

▫️ * asterisk

▫️ # hash

▫️ • bullet

▫️ _ underscore


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

20 Oct 2024 18:05

#phrasal_verb

🟪 gloss over

🔸 to try to hide; to cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash:

They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.

She glossed over the details of her accident.


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

18 Oct 2024 17:49

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Progressive English Skills

17 Oct 2024 12:59

#song_lyrics

Watching the mirror stare at me
Watching the future spit on me
Watching me going down
It was hard watching you walk away

Sitting here all alone
Comes tomorrow I'll be gone
Even my neighbour Jerry the nun
Hasn't got a clue what's going on

Getting high all alone
All our lives pretending clones
What is wrong with a bit of shame?
When you know you're the one to blame
Whispers will turn to louder screams
My life will fall like an autumn leaf
Shadows of the past haunting our dreams
Tonight is the night and I'm so pleased

Sitting here all alone
Comes tomorrow I'll be gone
Even my neighbour Jerry the nun
Hasn't got a clue what's going on

Hey, hey pain
Sitting here all alone
Resting on the table a little gun
Even my neighbour Jerry the nun
She hasn't got a clue
She hasn't got a clue what's going on


@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

13 Oct 2024 20:16

#interjection

📙 widely used interjections


🟧 ah

💧expressing pleasure:
Ah, that feels good.

💧expressing realization:
Ah, now I understand.

💧expressing resignation:
Ah well, it can't be helped.

💧expressing surprise:
Ah! I've won!


🟧 alas

💧expressing grief or pity:
Alas, she's dead now.


🟧 eh!

💧asking for repetition:
A: It's hot today.
B: Eh?
A: I said it's hot today.

💧expressing enquiry:
What do you think of that, eh?

💧expressing surprise:
Eh! Really? Let's go


🟧 er!

💧expressing hesitation:
Lima is the capital of...er...Peru.


🟧 hey!

💧calling attention:
Hey! look at that!

💧expressing surprise, joy etc:
Hey! What a good idea!

💧used as a greeting:
Hey, Kate. How is everything?


#conversation
@progressiveenglish

Progressive English Skills

11 Oct 2024 10:43

#vocabulary

American 🆚 British Vocabulary

🇺🇸 line
🇬🇧 queue

🇺🇸 yard
🇬🇧 garden

🇺🇸 cotton candy
🇬🇧 candyfloss

🇺🇸 takeout
🇬🇧 takeaway

🇺🇸 corn
🇬🇧 maize

🇺🇸 drugstore
🇬🇧 chemist

🇺🇸 clothespin
🇬🇧 clothes peg

🇺🇸 janitor
🇬🇧 caretaker

🇺🇸 truck
🇬🇧 lorry

🇺🇸 bill
🇬🇧 note

🇺🇸 cookie
🇬🇧 biscuit

🇺🇸 candy
🇬🇧 sweets


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