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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)
#moviesthinkenglish
🎬BBC 2: Van Gogh: Painted with Words
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.
#setphrases
🎬 Heyy.. Here is a list of movies for your weekends!!
▪️ The Mummy (2017) 💀
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▪️ The Space Between Us (2017) 🌏
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▪️ Kong Skull Island (2017) 🦍
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▪️ Life (2017) 🚀
➡️ Download the film
▪️ Max 2: White House Hero (2017) 🐕
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▪️ Middle Man (2016) 👀
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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.
#setphrases
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 joking apart
🔹Definition:
being serious for a moment; in all seriousness.
▪️ I know I laugh at him but, joking apart, he’s a very clever scientist.
▪️ I know I threatened to leave and go round the world, but, joking apart, I need a holiday.
#setphrases
❓Question:
The opposite of stubborn is?
❤️ imaginative
💛 curious
💚 yielding
💙 reckless
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 touch-and-go
🔹Definition:
very uncertain or critical.
▪️ Things were touch-andgo at the office until a new manager was employed.
▪️ Jane had a serious operation, and everything was touch-and-go for several hours.
#setphrases
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 silly season
🔹Definition:
the time of year, usually in the summer, when there is a lack of important news, and newspapers contain articles about unimportant or trivial things instead.
▪️ It must be the silly season. There’s a story here about peculiarly shaped potatoes.
▪️ There’s a piece on the front page about people with big feet. Talk about the silly season.
#setphrases
📙 Books for your practice!
1. Advanced Grammar in Use - 1st Edition
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2. Advanced Grammar in Use - 2nd Edition
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3. Advanced Grammar in Use - 3rd Edition
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✔️ The correct answer is an undercover spy!!!
🔻In this question, evasive is an adjective that means avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger.
To be evasive is to avoid something, whether it's a touchy subject or the person who's "it" in a game of tag.
If you're dodging the truth and not giving straight answers, then you're being evasive. Which is probably not the best strategy when the police are asking the questions. From the French évasif, it’s an adjective that describes someone who's being intentionally shifty or vague. But a concept that’s hard to pin down or comprehend can also be considered evasive.
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#recommendation
💭 Нашла для вас очень полезный сервис для изучения языка. Суть в том, что можно задать любой вопрос, а на него ответят профессиональные учителя английского языка.
Можно консультироваться в чате, а так же подключить Телеграм бота и делать это прямо из месседжера.
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?
#setphrases
💬 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
➡️ Read
🗓 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!
#recommendation for improving your vocabulary
📃 Vocabulary.com
I want to share with you a website for those who learn and practice English vocabulary. What is it:
▪️ wide range of English vocabulary
▪️ perfect explanation of every word
▪️ many many many examples
▪️ words trainer that helps you to memorize each word
👍 I started to use it a few months ago and really liked it.
📃 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"
❕The correct answer is yielding!!!
🔻In this question, stubborn is an adjective that means tenaciously unwilling to yield.
Use the adjective stubborn to describe someone who is not open to new ideas or ways of doing things, like your uncle who refuses to listen to any music made after 1990. Stubborn is the opposite of flexible as well.
❓ Was it a new word for you? Use✅ for Yes and ❌ for No
🗣 Phrasal Verbs with Take
▫️Take After Somebody - Have a similar appearance or personality (especially a relative)
▫️Take Something Apart - Separate something into parts
▫️Take Something Back - 1) Return something to a store
2) Admit that something you said was wrong
▫️Take Something Down - 1) Separate a structure into parts
2) Write information on paper
▫️Take Somebody In - To let somebody stay in your house
▫️Take Something In - 1) Receive and understand information
2) Make clothing smaller so that it fits you
▫️Take Off - 1) An airplane leaving the ground and going up into the air
2) Become successful or popular very fast
3) Leave a place suddenly (informal)
▫️Take Something Off - 1) Remove a piece of clothing from your body
2) Not go to work for a period of time
▫️Take Something On - Accept some work or responsibility
▫️Take Somebody On - 1) Hire or employ somebody
2) Fight or compete against somebody
▫️Take Somebody Out - Go with somebody to a restaurant or movie and pay for their food or ticket
▫️Take Something Out - Remove something from a place
▫️Take Something Out On Somebody - Treat an innocent person badly because you are tired or angry about something else
▫️Take Over Something - Take control
▫️Take Somebody Through Something - Explain something to somebody in detail
▫️Take Up Something - 1) Fill space or time
2) Start doing something regularly
▫️Take Somebody Up On Something - Accept an offer or invitation
▫️Take Something Up With Somebody - Complain to someone about a problem
🎬 Sunday Movies to Watch
▫️1) The Girl from the Song
A young musician travels to Burning Man, a psychedelic festival in the middle of the Nevada desert, in an attempt to get the impetuous girl he has fallen in love with.
➡️Watch the film
▫️2) Minions (2015)
Minions Stuart, Kevin, and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a supervillain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
➡️Watch the film
▫️3) Pompeii (2014)
A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.
➡️Watch the film
▫️4) The Dark Knight (2008)
When the menace known as the Joker emerges from his mysterious past, he wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the Dark Knight must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
➡️Watch the film
▫️5) The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, the Dark Knight, with the help of the enigmatic Selina, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane.
➡️Watch the film
▫️6) Despicable Me 3 (2017)
Gru meets his long-lost charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist.
➡️Watch the film
@docfilms - лучшие документальные фильмы
🗣 Phrasal Verbs with Put
▫️Put off - postpone, leave until a later time.
▫️Put up with - to tolerate.
▫️Put down - to insult.
▫️Put on - to dress oneself.
▫️Put up - to erect.
▫️Put across - to communicate something.
▫️Put out - to publish.
▫️Put back - to put something where it was previously.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 regain one’s composure
🔹Definition:
to become calm and composed.
▪️ I found it difficult to regain my composure after the argument.
▪️ Here, sit down and relax so that you can regain your composure.
#setphrases
❓Question:
Which of the following would best be considered evasive?
❤️ a sheet of paper
💛 a sharp knife
💚 an undercover spy
💙 a very evocative piece of music
