Different ways to say "POOR" 🪙

💵 broke
💵 needy
💵 bad off
💵 in need
💵 hard up
💵 dirt poor
💵 destitute
💵 bankrupt
💵 flat broke
💵 insolvent
💵 penniless
💵 moneyless
💵 stone broke
💵 impecunious
💵 impoverished
💵 down-and-out
💵 poverty-stricken
💵 strapped for cash
💵 cash-strapped

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Like pulling teeth 🦷
[Very difficult ]

- The task was like pulling teeth, we could barely finish it on time.

- Persuading Tom to do his homework was just like pulling teeth; he was so lazy.

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Nowadays, experience is more valued in the workplace than knowledge in many countries. Do you think the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages? #essay

Experience and knowledge are both crucial in the modern work environment. However, I personally feel that the focus on the former is much more beneficial in the modem knowledge-based economy.

The importance of knowledge for workers cannot be underestimated. For example, employees need qualifications and knowledge of skills such as numeracy and literacy, as well as knowledge of how systems, such as computer systems, work. In order for professionals such as engineers, teachers or doctors to be successful, for example in their careers, they need knowledge as well as experience. While certain types of knowledge can be acquired during work experience, it is essential for a body of knowledge such as medical and engineering information to be acquired beforehand.

In today's world, however, where knowledge is effectively controlled by machines, it is essential for workers to focus on developing the skills to manipulate this knowledge, as it is so voluminous that it is now impossible to acquire. Knowledge, in effect, plays a secondary role to skills and experience.

There are, therefore, clear advantages to attaching greater value to experience compared to knowledge in the workplace. The modern world demands that companies and institutions have employees with very sophisticated skills not just in technology, but in dealing with modern systems. As a result, frequently workers' technical expertise often takes precedence over basic knowledge and without workers with the necessary experience, it is impossible for companies and organisations to flourish.

As we have seen, despite knowledge being very important in the modern workplace, it is clear that the advantages of a greater emphasis on experience outweighs any disadvantages.
- Macmillan
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Say "Interesting" like natives 😂☝️

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Blow your own trumpet 🎺
[to talk a lot about your own achievements – used to show disapproval]

- Dave spent whole evening blowing his own trumpet at the family gathering.

- She doesn't usually like to blow her own trumpet; even when she got IELTS band 8, she didn't tell anyone.

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IELTS Myth #2 ⬆️ | @IELTS_8

Reality ⬇️
This is kind of true; you should write "complex sentences" but not complicated. Your essays shouldn't be complex to understand.

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⚫ADDRESS issue
matter
problem
question
subject

⚫BOOST confidence
economy
income
performance
profit
value

⚫COMBAT crime
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inflation
violence
drug

beyond plagiarism
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Can you solve these 1913 Cambridge University English test questions?

The University of Cambridge has released part of an English test first sat in 1913.

Only three students took the Certificate of Proficiency (C2) in English, which cost them £3 at the time, and took 12 hours to complete. Cambridge English exams are now taken by 6.1 million people every year.

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