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❕❕❕ Use it correctly
❌INCORRECT: HE LOVES TEAM SPORTS AS SOCCER.
✅CORRECT: HE LOVES TEAM SPORTS SUCH AS SOCCER.
✅CORRECT: HE LOVES TEAM SPORTS LIKE SOCCER.
When you want to give an example, use such as or like. Don’t use only “as.”
Such as is more formal than like.
🔎 How to say How old are you?
Не уверены, как ответить на вопрос "Сколько Вам лет?" - эта статья для Вас!
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📃 GROW VS. GROW UP
The verb grow is used when things increase in size and development:
(расти в прямом смысле)
▪️ The country’s economy is growing.
▪️ Many different kinds of flowers grow in my garden.
The phrasal verb grow up is used specifically for children becoming older and more mature (вырасти = повзрослеть):
▪️ My 5-year-old son wants to be a firefighter when he grows up.
▪️ I’m very thankful that I grew up in a loving family.
If you say an adult “needs to grow up,” it means he/she is acting immature (like a child) and should act more mature, like an adult.
🗣 All or every?
Still confused when to use all or every? I prepared for you an article that shows the difference between these 2 words and how to use them correctly.
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📓 50 Illustrated English Expressions
The English language has a lot of informal expressions that native speakers use in daily life. These expressions can be confusing for English learners.
It’s good to learn new phrases and expressions in context. This makes them much easier to understand and remember.
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💣 SET PHRASE
📙 Grab a bite
🔹Definition:
To grab a bite (to eat) means to get something to eat quickly.
перекусить
▪️ We’re in a hurry to get there, so we’ll just grab a bite to eat at a fast-food place.
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💣 SET PHRASE
📃 get one’s fingers burned
💭 Definition:
to have a bad experience. (Also used literally.)
▪️ I tried that once before and got my fingers burned. I won’t try it again.
▪️ If you buy shares and get your fingers burned, you then tend to leave your money in the bank
#setphrases
📃 5 Powerful Adjectives In English - part 1
▪️VERY NOISY = DEAFENING
There was a deafening roar as the rocket ship blasted off.
▪️VERY PAINFUL = EXCRUCIATING
I have an excruciating headache. I can’t even think straight.
▪️VERY POOR = DESTITUTE
He grew up in a destitute family that barely had enough food to eat.
▪️VERY DAMAGING/UPSETTING = DEVASTATING
The town was destroyed by a devastating flood. (very physically damaging)
▪️VERY BEAUTIFUL = GORGEOUS
Wow, those flowers are absolutely gorgeous!
Practice Tests For IELTS 2 - Collins 2015
(with book and audio)
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with subtitles
(80 min | Drama )
▪️ Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jamie Parker, Aidan McArdle
💭 The story of Vincent Van Gogh, with dialogue sourced from his own words.
❌ INCORRECT: I WORE A JEANS.
✅ CORRECT: I WORE JEANS. / I WORE A PAIR OF JEANS.
The nouns jeans, pants, shorts, scissors and glasses are special. Although each word refers to one singular item, we can’t use “a” with these words. Instead, you can use no article or “a pair of.” If you want to talk about multiple items, say “two/three/four pairs of ....”
▪️She’s wearing glasses.
▪️I bought a pair of shorts at the mall.
▪️There’s a pair of scissors on my desk.
▪️I have two pairs of white pants.
📃 Improve your homework skills
▪️Stay organized. Keep separate notebooks for exercises, writing, and vocabulary.
▪️Use a pen that you love.
▪️Study in short, regular periods.
▪️Allow a short amount of time for review.
▪️Study in a place where you feel happy and comfortable.
▪️Don't allow distractions. Consider email, TV, and the telephone (unless in English) off limits while you are studying.
▪️Have a drink and snack handy so that you don't have to get up.
▪️If you study in pairs or groups, make an English-only rule.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 in a nutshell
🔹Definition:
in a few words; briefly; concisely.
🇷🇺 в двух словах
▪️ I don’t have time for the whole explanation. Please give it to me in a nutshell.
▪️ Well, in a nutshell, we have to work late.
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💣 SET PHRASE
📙 jack-of-all-trades
🔹Definition:
someone who can do several different jobs instead of specializing in one.
▪️ John can do plumbing, joinery, and roofing—a real jack-of-all-trades. He isn’t very good at any of them.
▪️ Take your car to a trained mechanic, not a jack-of-all-trades.
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📕 The Shack by William P. Young
#fiction #booksthinkenglish
🔎 FIND VS. FIND OUT
Сегодня разбираем разницу между regular verb FIND и phrasal verb FIND OUT
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📃 Dude
✏️ Dude is an informal, friendly way of calling a male friend or acquaintance instead of using his name.
▪️ Dude, what time are we leaving tomorrow?
🎬 Edward Scissorhands (1990) with subtitles
#Drama, #Fantasy, #Romance
Stars: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest
An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful girl.
📃 5 Powerful Adjectives In English - part 2
▪️VERY BUSY = SWAMPED /swɒmp/
I have five major projects to finish by the end of this week – I’m totally swamped.
▪️VERY CROWDED = PACKED /pækt/
The stores were packed on the day before Christmas – everyone was doing last-minute shopping.
▪️VERY HAPPY/EXCITED = THRILLED /θrıl/
Joanna’s parents were thrilled to hear that she’d won a full scholarship to college.
▪️VERY SHOCKING/SCARY = HORRIFIC / HORRIFYING /hɒ'rıfık/
Fifty people were badly injured in a horrific accident at the factory.
▪️VERY AMAZING = MIND-BLOWING /'maınd,bləʋıŋ/
Modern medical technology is mind-blowing – they can even operate on a baby before it’s born.
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Считаю ресурс очень полезным тем, кто учит язык самостоятельно, так как вопросов скапливается очень много, а объяснить их некому. А так же для тех, у кого остаются пробелы в знаниях после занятий на курсах или с репетитором.
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💣 SET PHRASE
📔 in a mad rush
▫️Definition:
in a hurry.
в безумной спешке, сломя голову
▪️ I ran around all day today in a mad rush looking for a present for Bill.
▪️ Why are you always in such a mad rush?
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💬 English Phrases For Meetings
Today you’re going to learn almost 100 practical English phrases to use in meetings. Many of them – such as the phrases for expressing opinions, agreeing, and disagreeing – can also be used in other situations outside of work.
Данная статья содержит все необходимые фразы для проведения meetings in English
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🗓 Difference Between Embarrassed And Ashamed
📌 EMBARRASSED - You feel uncomfortable because other people might think you are strange.
Чувствовать себя некомфортно, неудобно, смущаться в какой-то ситуации из-за своих или чужих действий.
▫️You discover you have spinach stuck in your teeth.
▫️You call someone by the wrong name.
▫️You are not dressed appropriately for a party.
📌 ASHAMED - You did something bad or wrong (often morally wrong) and now you regret it / feel guilty about it.
Чувствовать стыд, вину или сильное смущение по поводу своих действий.
▫️You yelled at your kids for no reason.
▫️You got drunk and behaved badly at a party.
▫️You lied to your boyfriend/girlfriend.
#vocabulary
📃 Finally
🇬🇧Finally indicates relief that something long awaited has happened. It goes after a conjugated verb.
🇷🇺 В конце концов, наконец-то
▪️I’ve been looking for my keys all day, and I’ve finally found them.
✏️ An expression with the same meaning is at last, which goes at the beginning or end of the clause.
▪️At last I’ve found them!
▪️I’ve found them at last!
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📃 The Difference between irony/satire/sarcasm
Irony, satire, and sarcasm all fall into the category of, "That's funny but I'm not sure what my English teacher wants me to call it."
▪️ Irony describes situations that are strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected. Note the "opposite" here. If an expectation is black, then an ironic outcome would be white, not off-white or gray.
▪️ Satire means making fun of people by imitating them in ways that expose their stupidity or flaws.
▪️ As with satire, sarcasm depends on the listener or reader to be in on the joke. Sarcasm is insincere speech. Your mom asks if you're excited to start cleaning the kitchen and you say, "Yeah, right," when you mean "Heck no."
❕ To distinguish irony from satire and sarcasm, remember that irony pertains to situations while satire and sarcasm are forms of expression. People make satire and sarcasm happen. Irony is just there.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 mealy-mouthed
🔹Definition:
not frank or direct. (Informal.)
▪️ Jane’s too mealymouthed to tell Frank she dislikes him. She just avoids him.
▪️ Don’t be so mealy-mouthed. It’s better to speak plainly.
#setphrases
📓 Hey everyone!
Many of you learn English because of business purposes.
I want to share with you one useful study book - "Business English"
Here it is: ➡️Download "Business English"
