🌟 Ever wondered about the difference between a jubilee and an anniversary? Let's break it down!
🚩Anniversary:
An anniversary marks the date an event took place in a previous year. It’s a broad term and can apply to any yearly recurrence—personal, corporate, or historical.
🟠They marked the 5th anniversary of the company's founding with a special event.
🚩Jubilee [ˈʤuːbɪliː]:
A jubilee is a special type of anniversary, usually celebrating significant milestones like 25, 50, or 60 years. It often has a grand and joyous connotation, commonly used for royal or national celebrations.
🟠The Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrated her 50 years on the throne with parades and public holidays. 👑

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🍽 🇬🇧English breakfast is quite a hearty meal. It can include eggs (fried, scrambled, or poached), bacon, sausages, baked beans, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms and toast or fried bread. On the contrary, continental breakfast is usually a light meal that consists of pastry (croissants, danishes) or bread (baguettes or rolls), butter, jam and cheese Fresh fruit and yogurt may also be added.

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🌟 Perks vs. fringe benefits

Fringe benefits may be legally required or mandated by the government for employees, while perks are voluntary incentives that employers offer their employees to attract or retain them.
💜Fringe benefits can include health insurance, retirement plans, vacation pay, tuition reimbursement, etc. Many fringe benefits are tax-deductible for employers and tax-free for employees.
💜Perks can include things like free lunches, gym memberships, transportation subsidies, free dry cleaning services, etc.

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🔶Magnate
Origin: From the Latin word magnatus, meaning "great man" or "noble."
Typically refers to a wealthy and influential person, especially in a specific industry or field. For example, "media magnate" or "steel magnate."
🔶Mogul
Origin: Derived from the Mughal emperors of India, who were known for their vast wealth and power. A mogul is often seen as someone who has built an empire through influence and power, especially in entertainment, media, or fashion.
🔸Tycoon
Origin: From the Japanese word taikun (大君), meaning "great lord" or "shogun." It was originally used in the U.S. to refer to powerful businessmen.
The term emphasizes personal wealth and business success.

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“Proscribe” vs “Prescribe”
One common mistake is using “proscribe” when the intended meaning is actually “prescribe.”
While these two words may sound similar, their meanings are diametrically opposed.
📎 “Proscribe” means to prohibit, condemn, or forbid something: The new law proscribes smoking in public places.
📎“Prescribe” means to recommend, order, or advise a specific course of action or treatment: The doctor prescribed antibiotics for the infection.

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🔴“Eligible” [ˈelɪʤəbl] refers to something or someone who is qualified or entitled to participate in or receive something: She is eligible for a promotion because of her hard work and dedication.
🔴On the other hand, “illegible” [ɪˈleʤəbl] refers to something that is difficult or impossible to read or decipher: The document was poorly scanned, making some of the text illegible.

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🌟 Bowler hats used to dominate the streets of the City of London in the middle of the nineteenth century. They were created in 1849 by Edward Coke, the younger brother of the Earl of Leicester. Coke ordered the first one from the London hatters Lock & Co., who sub-contracted the order to Thomas and William Bowler. It was designed by himself to protect the heads of his gamekeepers from low-hanging branches – their top hats kept getting knocked off.

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🌟 What's the Difference: Homicide Manslaughter Murder

🌟 Homicide is a general term that refers to the act of one person killing another. (убийство)
🌟 Manslaughter is an unlawful killing, but it lacks the intent to kill or cause serious harm. (убийство, совершенное без злого умысла)
🌟 Murder is the unlawful killing of another person with intent. (убийство, совершенное с заранее обдуманным злым умыслом)

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🌟 Vocabulary

🟡Urbanite – a person who lives in a city and enjoys its lifestyle.
"As an urbanite, she thrives on the vibrancy and energy of city life."
🟡City dweller – someone who lives in a city.
"City dwellers often have access to better amenities but deal with more stress."
🟡City slicker – someone who is comfortable with or accustomed to city life, often implying sophistication or lack of experience with rural life.
"The city slicker found it hard to adjust to the countryside’s slower pace."

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"The phrase 'hair of the dog' comes from an old folk remedy for rabies (бешенство). In medieval times, people believed that if someone was bitten by a rabid dog, they could be cured by applying a few hairs from the same dog to the wound. This belief was based on the saying 'like cures like'—the idea that the cause of a problem could also be its cure.

Over time, this idea extended to alcohol. People began using 'hair of the dog' to describe the practice of drinking a small amount of alcohol to ease a hangover (похмелье)—based on the (incorrect) notion that consuming more of what made you sick would help you recover.

Today, the phrase is purely figurative and is only used in the context of drinking. If someone says, 'You need a hair of the dog,' they mean having another drink will help cure your hangover—even though science suggests that’s not really the case!

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