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12 июня 2024 07:11

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Playing with Fire
Stories from the Pacific Rim

He smiled, showing teeth yellow from cigarette smoke. He looked at his desk diary, then at her papers again. 'Mmm... a hundred pesos a month. Why, that's one thousand two hundred pesos a year. Surely, you can afford to buy me a forty-peso dinner!' How can Marina say no? How can she refuse the Chief's next request? He is an evil man, but she needs her promotion... These World Stories, from Tonga, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand, are by Epeli Hau'ofa, Denise Whittaker, F. Sionil José, David A. Kulu, and Graeme Lay

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11 июня 2024 11:50

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11 июня 2024 09:25

✅ Jobs. Wake up, Steve
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English With Masters

10 июня 2024 13:41

❤️ Expressions with heart ❤️

♓️ I started a business degree, but my heart wasn't really in it. (= I wasn't really Interested in or enthusiastic about it.)

☣️ I didn't have the heart to tell her she'd failed. (= I was unable to tell her that she'd failed, because I knew she'd be upset.)

✳️ My heart told me to help him. (= Emotionally. l felt I should help him.)

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10 июня 2024 08:52

Fill in the blank with the missing word: (your reaction is your answer)

Jeff decided to work for Susan. He figured he’d give it a ..........

👍) shot
❤️) pop
👏) choice

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English With Masters

09 июня 2024 09:39

Common Mistakes in English
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Using the wrong preposition


💬Look at, no to .
❌Don’t say : Look to this beautiful picture.
✅ Say : Look at this beautiful picture .
🔔Note : Also gaze at, stare at, etc. But : look after ( take care of) ; look for ( try to find) ; look over( examine) look into(examine closely) look on or upon( consider) look down on( have a low opinion of); look up to ( respect) ; look out for;( expect) ; look forward to ( expect with pleasure) ; look to ( rely on).
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💬Married to, not with .
❌Don’t say : Angela was married with a rich man.
✅ Say : Angela was married to a rich man
🔔Note : Also engaged to ; sally was engaged to peter for a year before they got married .
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💬Opposite to , not from .
❌Don’t say : Their house is opposite from ours .
✅ Say : Their house is opposite to ours .
🔔Note ; Opposite ours is also correct.
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💬pass by a place ,not from a place.
❌Don’t say : Will you pass from the post-office ?
✅ Say : Will you pass by the post-office?
🔔Note: Also pass the post -office is correct .

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08 июня 2024 06:37

#Word_of_the_day

📍 Rehearsal

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English With Masters

07 июня 2024 13:47

🔠 Today's idioms are:

​​🌳A bird in hand is worth two in the bush🌳

🔰Meaning :
❗️Be content with what you have, because sometimes if you seek more,you might lose what you already have. ❗️

🔰Examples :
❗️Johnny had two cookies, but was greedy for more. When he reached for the cookie jar, his dog ate the cookies he had and
also the jar slipped from his hands and broke. Now, he had no cookies. He should have knownt hat a bird in hand is worth two in the bush.❗️

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‍ ‍ ♨️Catch the bull by its horns ♨️

✅Meaning :
❗️To be brave in a frightening or dangerous situation.❗️

🔠Example :
❗️Jeremy caught the bull by its horns when he dived into the well to save the drowning dog. ❗️

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‍ ♨️Wolf in sheep's clothing ♨️

✅Meaning :
❗️Someone who looks harmless but may actually be very dangerous. ❗️

🔠Example :
❗️Never trust strangers on the street, for they may be wolves in sheep's clothing! ❗️

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English With Masters

07 июня 2024 08:11

🐘🐄Animals and their youngs 🐄🐘

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06 июня 2024 10:16

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Select reading Upper-intermediate

This four-level American English reading course uses carefully selected reading texts to help students read effectively. Exercises before and after reading practise reading skills, check comprehension and build vocabulary

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05 июня 2024 18:00

💙 Verb + -ing or to (Part-1)

⭐️ #grammar #realteam #g56
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English With Masters

05 июня 2024 10:12

​​🔰 Vocabulary class
🌀 Personal qualities Part 4 Part 3 Part2 Part 1

🔟 spontaneous /spɒnˈteɪniəs $ spɑːn-/ adjective
📖 something that is spontaneous has not been planned or organized, but happens by itself, or because you suddenly feel you want to do it
📌 spontaneity /ˌspɒntˈniːəti, -ˈneɪəti $ ˌspɑːn-/ noun uncountable
🏷 The crowd gave a spontaneous cheer.
🏷 My spontaneous reaction was to run away.

1️⃣1️⃣ attribute /ˈætrəbjuːt/ noun [countable]
📖 a quality or feature, especially one that is considered to be good or useful
🏷 What attributes should a good manager possess?
🏷 Physically short and slightly built, Atkinson possessed remarkable attributes.

1️⃣2️⃣ affection /əˈfekʃən/ noun [singular, uncountable]
📖 a feeling of liking or love and caring
📌 SYN fondness
📌 affection for
🏷 Bart had a deep affection for the old man.
🏷 She looked back on those days with affection.

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English With Masters

04 июня 2024 09:31

Today's phrasal verbs are:

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03 июня 2024 19:07

☀️💧🏝 Sun, sea, sand and some useful beach expressions by bbc

✨ #idiom #video #expression
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English With Masters

03 июня 2024 10:58

Fill in the blank with the missing word: (your reaction is your answer)

Bob wasn't sure he wanted to work for his wife. He had ..... feelings.

👍) nervous
❤️) mixed
👏) confused

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English With Masters

11 июня 2024 15:08

🔘📌Agree with/about/that/on/to

🔗1. Agree with

■We agree with a person, an opinion or a policy. To agree with something is to think that it is the right thing to do. To agree with somebody is to think that they are doing or saying the right thing.

📝 Examples
◇I agree with you.
◇I entirely agree with your opinion that smoking must be banned.
◇I could not agree with those nasty remarks she made about the unemployed.
◇I do not agree with their aggressive sales policy.

■You can use an -ing form after agree with.

◇As a concerned parent, I agree with increasing the legal drinking age. (NOT I agree increasing the legal drinking age.)
◇I agree with providing free education to the poor.

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11 июня 2024 09:25

✅ Grammar time

May be 🔠🔠 Maybe

🧡 May is a modal verb which indicates possibility.

May be = is possibly

Example:

🟠 Her essay may be short 🤭

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💙 Maybe = perhaps

Example:

🔵 Maybe my wife will be one of the happiest women in the world😉

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10 июня 2024 18:24

🐂 Special words for the male and female of some animals 🐄

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10 июня 2024 08:52

Fill in the blank with the missing word: (your reaction is your answer)

Nicole was up all night finishing her Spanish homework, She didn’t sleep a ..........

👍) drink
❤️) blink
👏) wink

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English With Masters

09 июня 2024 19:21

8️⃣Adverbs with two forms

🔗 1. Dead and Deadly

In certain expressions, the adverb dead is used to mean exactly, completely or very.

♦ for example: dead certain, dead slow, dead right, dead drunk etc.

Deadly is an adjective. It means fatal, causing death.
The adverb for this meaning is fatally.

Cyanide is a deadly poison.
She was fatally injured. ( NOT deadly injured)

🔗 2. Fine and Finely

The adverb fine means well.
♦ ‘How are you?’ ‘I am fine.’

The adverb finely is used to talk about small careful adjustments and similar ideas.
♦ a finely tuned machine

🔗 3. Free and Freely
🔗 4. Hard and Hardly
🔗 5. Late and Lately
🔗 6. Most and Mostly
🔗 7. Real and Really
🔗 8. Sure and Surely

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English With Masters

08 июня 2024 13:18

🔘According to & Across📌


🔗1. According to X means as stated by X or on the authority of X.

📝 Examples
•According to Jane, life is a learning process.
•According to the timetable, the train leaves at 9.30.
•According to scientists, there could be life on other planets.

🔗2. We do not normally give our own opinions with according to.

📝 Example
In my opinion, Jane Austen is a great writer. (NOT According to me ---)

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07 июня 2024 19:53

⏰ Future perfect continuous tense

This tense is rather rare in every day English use, but you need to know that. So try to make a sentence in this tense and comment below

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07 июня 2024 08:12

Can you complete these idioms found in recent news articles?

Here’s what they mean! 📝

1️⃣ an informal way of telling someone to stop speaking
2️⃣ to do something dangerous and take risks
3️⃣ to do something that has never been done before

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06 июня 2024 15:55

🔘 3 points about Accept and Agree 📍

🔗 1. The verbs accept and agree 
have different meanings.
To express your willingness to do something, use agree with an infinitive. Accept is not possible in this case.

📝 Examples
She agreed to come. (= She expressed her willingness to come.) (NOT She accepted to come.)
They agreed to part ways amicably. (NOT They accepted to part ways amicably.)
My sister has agreed to look after my babies when I am away.
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06 июня 2024 05:31

Which one of the sentences in the picture is correct? 😮

Tap ❤️ if you think 1 is correct
Tap 👍 if you think 2 is correct
Tap 👏 if you think both

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05 июня 2024 15:03

💥 spotlight

✔️ If you are cynical, you believe people do things for themselves rather than for unselfish reasons. cynicism (Noun).
☑️ If you are sceptical about sth, you are not confident that it is true or will happen. scepticism (Noun).

💎 My brother is very cynical about politicians and their motives.
💎 I'm very sceptical about the results of this survey.

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English With Masters

04 июня 2024 13:52

🔘Above and over📌

🔗1. Above indicates a position higher than something.

📝 Examples
The birds flew up above the trees.
The sun rose above the horizon.
There is a mirror above the washbasin.
We have rented a room above the shop.
She is above average in intelligence.
Your name comes above mine on the list.

🔗2. Above and Over

Above and over can both mean higher than.

📝 Examples
The helicopter hovered above/over the building.
The water came up above/over our knees.

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04 июня 2024 06:18

🔘About📌

🔗1. To indicate movement or position

📝 About indicates movement or position in various directions and places.

We walked about the old city.
The princes went riding about the country.
Children were running about everywhere.
Men were standing about the street corners.

🔗2. To mean 'near to'

📝 About can mean 'near to.'
They are living somewhere about here.

🔗3. To mean approximately

📝 About can mean a little more or less, a little before or after and similar ideas.
She is about 10 year old.
It is about 5 o’ clock.

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03 июня 2024 14:38

Fill in the blank with the missing word: (your reaction is your answer)

Jennifer’s boss is lousy and her salary is low. She’s not a happy.......

👍) scout
❤️) tourist
👏) camper

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English With Masters

03 июня 2024 07:09

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