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The following sentence may be interpreted in two ways. Mention the two possible meanings.
We felt sure they would arrive in time.
We felt sure they would arrive in time.
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1 In time = eventually, sooner or later.
2 In time = early enough .
2 In time = early enough .
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The following sentence may be interpreted in two ways. Mention the two possible meanings.
After the marathon race the runners were very tired, if not exhausted.
After the marathon race the runners were very tired, if not exhausted.
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1 They were very tired, though perhaps not exhausted.
2 They were very tired, and perhaps even exhausted.
2 They were very tired, and perhaps even exhausted.
✨Snuggle
#verb
[intransitive usually + adv/prep]
UK,US /ˈsnʌɡ.əl/
يشد نفسه اليه ؛ يتكبب ؛ يتكرفس ؛ يجمع أطرافه ؛ يقترب من شخص/شيء للدف ء
= to move yourself into a warm and comfortable position, especially one in which your body is against another person or covered by something:
🔹The child snuggled up to her mother to get warm.
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#verb
[intransitive usually + adv/prep]
UK,US /ˈsnʌɡ.əl/
يشد نفسه اليه ؛ يتكبب ؛ يتكرفس ؛ يجمع أطرافه ؛ يقترب من شخص/شيء للدف ء
= to move yourself into a warm and comfortable position, especially one in which your body is against another person or covered by something:
🔹The child snuggled up to her mother to get warm.
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Show the differences:
1- I'll see him about it tomorrow.
2- I'll be seeing him about it tomorrow.
3- I'm seeing him about it tomorrow.
1- I'll see him about it tomorrow.
2- I'll be seeing him about it tomorrow.
3- I'm seeing him about it tomorrow.
In 1 the speaker is making a promise or announcing a decision about his future actions, whereas in 2 the speaker suggests that 'seeing him' will occur as a part of the normal pattern of events. 3, on the other hand, suggests that the event is part of a specially pre-arranged plan.
✨Surveillance
sur‧veil‧lance /səˈveɪləns $ sər-/ BrE AmE #noun [uncountable]
= the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime that has happened or is expected:
🔹More banks are now installing surveillance cameras.
🧩#Common_collocations with “surveillance”
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sur‧veil‧lance /səˈveɪləns $ sər-/ BrE AmE #noun [uncountable]
= the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime that has happened or is expected:
🔹More banks are now installing surveillance cameras.
🧩#Common_collocations with “surveillance”
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✨Come to pass
= to happen; to take place; to occur
🔹Our only hope now is that these dire predictions will not come to pass, but can be avoided somehow.
🔹When it finally came to pass, it almost felt like a letdown.
🔹And when do you think all these good things will come to pass?
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= to happen; to take place; to occur
🔹Our only hope now is that these dire predictions will not come to pass, but can be avoided somehow.
🔹When it finally came to pass, it almost felt like a letdown.
🔹And when do you think all these good things will come to pass?
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✨May as well 🆚 Might as well✨
We can use may as well and might as well for making suggestions. We can use them to say what we think is the easiest or most logical course of action when we cannot see a better alternative.They are both fairly informal.
🚩Might as well is more common than may as well:
🔹You might as well get a taxi from the station. It’ll be quicker than me coming in to get you.
🅰️:What time does the film finish?
🅱️:I think it’s ten o’clock.
🅰️:Uh-huh. We may as well eat in town before it, then.
🚩We can make may as well and might as well stronger by using just after may or might:
🔹Well, I think if it’s a choice between a job and a place at college, you may just as well take the job. At least you’ll earn some money.
🔹We don’t know anyone here and they’re discussing stuff that doesn’t concern us. We might just as well leave.
⚠️Warning:
May as well and might as well don’t mean the same as may also and might also, in the sense of ‘possibly in addition’:
🔹Before you go hiking, buy yourself a good pair of boots. You may also need to buy thick walking socks. (in addition to boots, you might need to buy socks)
❌Not: You may as well buy …
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We can use may as well and might as well for making suggestions. We can use them to say what we think is the easiest or most logical course of action when we cannot see a better alternative.They are both fairly informal.
🚩Might as well is more common than may as well:
🔹You might as well get a taxi from the station. It’ll be quicker than me coming in to get you.
🅰️:What time does the film finish?
🅱️:I think it’s ten o’clock.
🅰️:Uh-huh. We may as well eat in town before it, then.
🚩We can make may as well and might as well stronger by using just after may or might:
🔹Well, I think if it’s a choice between a job and a place at college, you may just as well take the job. At least you’ll earn some money.
🔹We don’t know anyone here and they’re discussing stuff that doesn’t concern us. We might just as well leave.
⚠️Warning:
May as well and might as well don’t mean the same as may also and might also, in the sense of ‘possibly in addition’:
🔹Before you go hiking, buy yourself a good pair of boots. You may also need to buy thick walking socks. (in addition to boots, you might need to buy socks)
❌Not: You may as well buy …
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✨Headers and tails
Headers and tails are common in speaking, but very uncommon in writing.
🚩We use headers when we place information at the front of what we say. This can help our listeners to understand more easily what we are referring to. Headers can consist of a noun phrase or noun phrases or whole clauses. The header is followed by a pronoun (capitalized in the examples) which refers back to the header:
🔹Anna, David’s sister, SHE’s going to New York for her birthday.
🔹That big house, is IT where the doctor lives?
🔹Going to football matches, THAT’s what my cousin Jim likes best.
🚩Tails occur at the end of what we say. They are commonly noun phrases. Tails refer back to a pronoun (capitalized in the examples), and commonly give more information about it. Like headers, they help a listener to understand more easily what we are referring to:
🔹THEY’re not cheap to buy, cars in Singapore.
🔹SHE’s a really good marathon runner, Alice.
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Headers and tails are common in speaking, but very uncommon in writing.
🚩We use headers when we place information at the front of what we say. This can help our listeners to understand more easily what we are referring to. Headers can consist of a noun phrase or noun phrases or whole clauses. The header is followed by a pronoun (capitalized in the examples) which refers back to the header:
🔹Anna, David’s sister, SHE’s going to New York for her birthday.
🔹That big house, is IT where the doctor lives?
🔹Going to football matches, THAT’s what my cousin Jim likes best.
🚩Tails occur at the end of what we say. They are commonly noun phrases. Tails refer back to a pronoun (capitalized in the examples), and commonly give more information about it. Like headers, they help a listener to understand more easily what we are referring to:
🔹THEY’re not cheap to buy, cars in Singapore.
🔹SHE’s a really good marathon runner, Alice.
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🔴Big, large and great
🔹We use big and large with concrete nouns - the names of objects which we can see or touch. In an informal style, big is more common than large.
✨He has got big / large feet.
✨They have a large / big house in the city.
🔹We use great with abstract nouns - the names of things which we cannot see or touch.
✨I think it was a great mistake.
✨I have great respect for him.
🔹In an informal style big is also used with countable abstract nouns. Large is NOT used with abstract nouns.
✨I think it was a big mistake.
(🚫BUT NOT I think it was a large mistake.)
⚠️None of these three words are used with uncountable nouns.
✨I have got a lot of luggage.
(🚫NOT I have got big/large/great luggage.)
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🔹We use big and large with concrete nouns - the names of objects which we can see or touch. In an informal style, big is more common than large.
✨He has got big / large feet.
✨They have a large / big house in the city.
🔹We use great with abstract nouns - the names of things which we cannot see or touch.
✨I think it was a great mistake.
✨I have great respect for him.
🔹In an informal style big is also used with countable abstract nouns. Large is NOT used with abstract nouns.
✨I think it was a big mistake.
(🚫BUT NOT I think it was a large mistake.)
⚠️None of these three words are used with uncountable nouns.
✨I have got a lot of luggage.
(🚫NOT I have got big/large/great luggage.)
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✨Hear that, see that
We use hear that and see that to introduce new pieces of information. When we do this, the verbs hear and see mean ‘understand’ or ‘notice’. We normally use hear when we are thinking of something someone told us, and see when we are thinking about something we read about or saw. We often use the verbs in the present simple and sometimes leave out that:
➖I hear Kevin’s getting married in June.
➖I see the Indian cricket team won again.
🔹We use verbs such as understand, learn and gather in a similar way:
➖We gather that this is the key for the flat.
➖I saw them yesterday and they understand he has resigned.
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We use hear that and see that to introduce new pieces of information. When we do this, the verbs hear and see mean ‘understand’ or ‘notice’. We normally use hear when we are thinking of something someone told us, and see when we are thinking about something we read about or saw. We often use the verbs in the present simple and sometimes leave out that:
➖I hear Kevin’s getting married in June.
➖I see the Indian cricket team won again.
🔹We use verbs such as understand, learn and gather in a similar way:
➖We gather that this is the key for the flat.
➖I saw them yesterday and they understand he has resigned.
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