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11 Feb 2025 16:23

#phrasal_verb

🟪 turn in

🔸 If you turn somebody in, you tell the police that the person has committed a crime or you hand them over to the police yourself:

Would you turn in your best friend if you knew he'd broken the law?

The police have asked members of the public to turn the thieves in if they know who they are.


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09 Feb 2025 21:50

#grammar

Modal Verbs


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08 Feb 2025 20:33

#common_mistakes 

📙 Put on weight, not put weight.

❌ Don't say: I've put at least three kilos. 

✅ Say: I've put on at least three kilos.

👉 Note: The opposite of to put on weight is to lose weight: She has lost five kilos

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08 Feb 2025 20:33

#common_mistakes 

📙 Make a mistake, not do a mistake. 

❌ Don't say: I did one mistake in dictation. 

✅ Say: I made one mistake in dictation.

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07 Feb 2025 17:29

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06 Feb 2025 05:54

#informal_english

📍Common Abbreviations

☘ ASAP = as soon as possible
☘ NP = no problem
☘ IDK = I don't know
☘ BTW = by the way
☘ N/A = not available
☘ OMG = oh my God
☘ BRB = be right back
☘ PM = private message
☘ FYI = for your information
☘ FAQ = frequently asked questions


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04 Feb 2025 21:13

#pdf

📘 Common English Mistakes

Explained With Examples

Rachel Mitchell


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04 Feb 2025 16:37

#picture_dictionary

- Transportation vocabulary

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31 Jan 2025 22:22

#vocabulary

Symbols in English


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31 Jan 2025 09:31

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🟨 top banana

Ⓜ️eaning: the most important person in an organization or group.

⭐️ Examples:

You'll have to ask the top banana.

you've still got to be a genius to be top banana in the art field.


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30 Jan 2025 17:29

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29 Jan 2025 11:20

#video

Some Equipments

#picture_dictionary
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12 Feb 2025 20:59

#vocabulary

Informal 🆚 Formal

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10 Feb 2025 21:38

#phrasal_verb

5 phrasal verbs with 'run'

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08 Feb 2025 20:33

#common_mistakes 

📙 Tell or speak the truth, not say the truth.

❌ Don't say: Fiona always says the truth.

✅ Say: Fiona always tells the truth.
Or: Fiona always speaks the truth.

👉 Note: Also to tell a lie (not to say a lie): He told me a lie.

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08 Feb 2025 20:33

#common_mistakes 

📙 - Have a dream, not see a dream.

❌ Don't say: I saw a strange dream last night. 

✅ Say: I had a strange dream last night.
Or: I dreamt a strange dream last night.

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07 Feb 2025 22:55

#picture_dictionary

Home Equipments


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07 Feb 2025 09:43

#idiom


📍 Idioms With Colours


🟩 green with envy

Ⓜ️eaning: feeling jealous or envious of someone else's success or possessions:

When Sam got the promotion, his coworker was green with envy because he wanted it too.
 

🟥 caught red-handed

Ⓜ️eaning: caught in the act of doing something wrong or illegal:

The teacher caught Tim red-handed cheating on the exam.


🟦 once in a blue moon

Ⓜ️eaning: something that happens very rarely or infrequently:

Tom only visits his hometown once in a blue moon since he moved away for college.


🟦 out of the blue

Ⓜ️eaning: something unexpected or surprising:

Sally received a job offer out of the blue from a company she hadn't applied to.


⬛️ black sheep

Ⓜ️eaning: someone who is considered the odd one out or behaves differently from the rest of the group:

In a family of doctors, Sarah was the black sheep because she chose to pursue a career in art.


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02 Feb 2025 20:42

#phrase

✍ Ending a Letter or Email ✉ 📧

🍀 Best
🍀 Love
🍀 Hugs
🍀 Cheers
☘ Regards
☘ Take care
☘ Thank you
☘ Yours truly
☘ Lots of love
☘ Best wishes
☘ Respectfully
☘ Best regards
🍀 Kind regards
🍀 Fond regards
🍀 Affectionately
🍀 Yours faithfully
🍀 Yours sincerely


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01 Feb 2025 21:48

#video

Raise 🆚 Rise


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31 Jan 2025 18:27

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30 Jan 2025 21:04

#idiom

✳️ Other Ways to Say 'I don’t like it'

📍That's not for me

📍I can't stand it

📍I am not into it

📍I am not a big fan of it.

📍 I am not keen of it

📍I am not crazy about it

📍It's not my cup of tea

📍It doesn't tickle my fancy

📍 I have had enough of it


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30 Jan 2025 08:34

#vocabulary

❇️ marksman

 /ˈmɑːrks.mən/

- noun

(plural: marksmen)

(female: markswoman)

🔵 Definition:
a person skilled in shooting accurately, especially with a gun.

🔻Examples:

Six marksmen were chosen, one as a backup.

Police marksmen were called to the scene.

He is a superb fighter and survivor, and in particular an expert marksman.


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