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26 Jan 2025 08:07

#idiom

🟨 a race against time

Ⓜ️eaning: a situation where someone has to finish something quickly, in a short or limited amount of time.


⭐️ Examples:

Last night we were racing against time to put the packets together before the conference started today.

It was a real race against the clock to prevent the spread of the Zika virus.


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Progressive English Skills

25 Jan 2025 16:55

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Food Preparation


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Progressive English Skills

24 Jan 2025 11:47

#collocation

✳️ Collocations with 'make'

▫️make a point of (doing something) 
▫️make a presentation 
▫️make a profit 
▫️make progress (in) 
▫️make a promise (to) 
▫️make public 
▫️make a reservation (for) 
▫️make a resolution 
▫️make room 
▫️make a scene 
▫️make sense (to) 


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Progressive English Skills

21 Jan 2025 20:49

#idiom

✳️ Different Ways to Say 'I Don't Know'

🍂 I have no idea: This is a stronger way of saying you have no knowledge about something. Example: "I have no idea how to fix a car."

🍂 Beats me: A casual and relaxed way to admit you don't know. Example: "Who won the game? Beats me."

🍂 I'm not sure: This shows mild uncertainty. Example: "I'm not sure if the meeting is at 3 or 4."

🍂 Your guess is as good as mine: Indicates that the other person's guess is as valid as yours. Example: "What's causing the issue? Your guess is as good as mine."

🍂 I haven't the foggiest (idea): This is a humorous way to say you have no clue. Example: "I haven't the foggiest idea where I left my keys.


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Progressive English Skills

20 Jan 2025 21:03

#vocabulary

❇️ annihilate

/əˈnaɪ əˌleɪt/

- verb

🟣 Definition:
to destroy or defeat completely.

🔻Examples:

The approaching tornado was annihilating everything in its path.

To annihilate an army.


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18 Jan 2025 17:29

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17 Jan 2025 20:49

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American vs. British English


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17 Jan 2025 09:27

#phrasal_verb

🟪 hang up

🔸 to end a phone conversation by cutting the connection:

She said "I'll be there in a minute," and hung up.


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Progressive English Skills

14 Jan 2025 22:47

#idiom

🟨 Sleep on it 

Ⓜ️eaning: to wait until the next day (in order to think carefully) before making an important decision.

⭐️ Examples:

I received two jobs offers today. I asked them both to let me sleep on it so I can review the offers and decide which is best.

I wish I had slept on the purchase because the next day I found a much nicer dress and I can't return the one I bought.


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Progressive English Skills

14 Jan 2025 16:50

#common_mistakes


❌ Wrong : You should not to smoke.
✅ Right : You should not smoke.


❌ Wrong: Do you like a glass of water?
✅ Right: Would you like a glass of water?

❌ Wrong: There is seven girls in the class.
✅ Right: There are seven girls in the class.

❌ Wrong: I didn’t meet nobody.
✅ Right: I didn’t meet anybody.


❌ Wrong: My flight departs in 5:00 am.
✅ Right: My flight departs at 5:00 am.


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Progressive English Skills

12 Jan 2025 21:00

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Inside Car Vocabulary


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Progressive English Skills

11 Jan 2025 20:59

❇️ insurrection

 /ˌɪn.sərˈek.ʃən/

- noun

🔵 Definition:
An act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.

🔻Examples:

They were plotting to stage an armed insurrection if negotiations with the government should fail.

The day after that, the leaders of the insurrection surrendered.

It was widely believed that the outlaws had been plotting an insurrection.


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Progressive English Skills

10 Jan 2025 09:23

#conversation


🟡 Daily English Conversation

📍Can you break a twenty-dollar bill?

📎 Jackie has a 20-dollar bill and wants to break it so that she may have some smaller bills and change for the laundry.

Cashier: How can I help you, Miss?

Jackie: Could you break a 20 for me?

Cashier: Sure.  How do you want it?

Jackie: Could I have two 5's and the rest in ones?

Cashier: Well, I have some 5's, but I don't have enough 1's.  Are quarters fine with you?

Jackie: Oh, that's even better!  In that case, I won't have to worry about the small change for the laundry.

Cashier: Here you go!

Jackie: Thanks a million!


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Progressive English Skills

04 Jan 2025 19:27

#idiom

🟨 back in the saddle

Ⓜ️eaning: doing something that you had stopped doing for a while.

⭐️ Examples:

I started working out at the gym again and it feels great to be back in the saddle.

Don’t worry, it’s just an ankle sprain. you’ll be back in the saddle playing tennis in a couple of weeks.


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Progressive English Skills

31 Dec 2024 17:25

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Sweet Dessert Vocabulary

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Progressive English Skills

23 Jan 2025 21:25

#common_mistakes

❌ I prefer dogs than cats.
✅ I prefer dogs to cats.

❌ The pink is my favorite color.
✅ Pink is my favorite color.

❌ Why don’t stay more time here?
✅ Why don’t you stay a little longer?

❌ I saw a dream.
✅ I had a dream.

❌ She smiled to me.
✅ She smiled at me.

❌ I look forward to meet you.
✅ I look forward to meeting you.


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Progressive English Skills

20 Jan 2025 21:03

#synonyms

🔶 Synonyms for 'annihilate'

🔸 exterminate
🔸 snuff out
🔸 overthrow


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18 Jan 2025 21:49

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Irregular Plurals


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18 Jan 2025 17:14

#vocabulary

❇️ yada-yada-yada

/ˌjæd.ə ˌjæd.ə ˈjæd.ə/

adverb/noun

🟡 Definition:
(adverb)
and so on; and so forth; it usually refers to something that is a minor detail or boring and repetitive.


🔻 Examples:

Our history teacher told us about the Civil War, the shoelace tax of 1876, the election of 1880, yadda yadda yadda. 

Jenna told me every single detail about her trip -how big her room was, where she sat on the plane, yadda yadda yadda.


◻️ Etymology:

It comes from Yiddish, and became popular in the 1990's after it was featured on the popular TV show "Seinfeld."


🔶 Synonym: blah-blah-blah


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15 Jan 2025 20:58

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14 Jan 2025 06:45

#slang

📍Common Alternatives to "Sometimes"

🟣 From time to time: "I call him from time to time."

🟣 Every now and then: "Every now and then, I spend a day doing nothing."

🟣 Once in a while: "I only eat meat once in a while."

🟣 Every so often: "Every so often, I go to the movies."


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Progressive English Skills

11 Jan 2025 20:59

#synonyms

🔷 Synonyms for 'insurrection'

🔹 insurgency
🔹 rebellion
🔹 revolt
🔹 uprising
🔹 mutiny
🔹 riot
🔹sedition


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Progressive English Skills

11 Jan 2025 06:36

#vocabulary


See 🆚 Look 🆚 Watch


❇️ See: We use this when we perceive something with our eyes, often involuntarily. It's like when you "see" a rainbow after the rain or "see" your friend at a party.

❇️ Look: This is an intentional action. You "look" when you direct your gaze toward something specific. For example, you "look" at a beautiful sunset or "look" for your keys when they're missing.

❇️ Watch: This involves continuous or prolonged attention. You "watch" a movie, "watch" a soccer game, or "watch" your favorite TV show.


🌼 Remember, the key is the level of intention and duration. Seeing is passive, looking is intentional, and watching is sustained attention!


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Progressive English Skills

07 Jan 2025 17:14

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Shapes Names in English


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03 Jan 2025 09:31

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Common Phrases


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26 Dec 2024 06:29

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Reading Passage

Many consider World War I to have been the first modern war, a total war where the civilian populations were deliberately endangered as a direct tactic of war, which has continued in all subsequent wars. While civilians have always died in wars, World War I made civilian casualties accepted and commonplace, from, for example, aerial bombardment. All aspects of the societies fighting were affected by the conflict, often causing profound social change, even if the countries were not in the war zone.


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