💢xerox

👉Meaning : to photocopy something

✴️For example :👇👇

🧑‍🦰Hey, Judy. Have you xeroxed the report yet?

🧑‍🦳How long would it take to xerox fifty pages

👉Origin :from the trade name Xerox, a brand of photocopiers

💢cabbie

👉Meaning : a taxi driver, a cab driver

✴️For example :👇👇

🧑‍🦰I gave the cabbie a twenty-dollar bill and told him to keep the change.

🧑‍🦳No matter where he is in the world, Donald chats to cabbies to get an idea of what the local people are like.

👉Origin : from the word "cab", which is short for "taxicab"

💢Point
⭕️The difference between "Assurance & Insurance"

👉The both are given guarantee (Money) if something Bad Happens to you or your Wealth.

🔶Insurance is used for your Wealth damage such as Car, Mortgage,...Or when you are ILL.

🔶 Assurance is used when You Pass away(Die).The money will be given to your family.

🧑‍🦰The Insurance company will pay for my sickness or my financial losses at any time.(
Insurance will provide me the money when I'm in life not died.)

🧑‍🦳I decided to get official life assurance, so that when I die my wife will receive some money.( Assurance is used when you die.)

He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He don't play for respect
He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of chance
The hidden law of a probable outcome
The numbers lead a dance
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
He may play the jack of diamonds
He may lay the queen of spades
He may conceal a king in his hand
While the memory of it fades
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape
The shape of my heart
If I told her that I loved you
You'd maybe think there's something wrong
I'm not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one
But those who speak know nothing
And find out to their cost
Like those who curse their luck in too many places
And those who fear are lost
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape
The shape of my heart

💢Grammar
⭕️Common Mistakes


❌ Don't say: Both did not come.
✔️Say: Neither came.

❌ Don't say: Both of them did not pass the test.
✔️ Say : Neither of them passed the test.

👉In negative clauses, we use ‘neither’ not both.

❌ Don't say: Have you received any informations?
✔️Say: Have you received any information?

👉 The word information is uncountable in English. It does not have a plural form.

❌ Don't say: We have bought new furnitures.
✔️ Say: We have bought new furniture.

👉The word "furniture" does not have a plural form in English. To denote the singular aspect of the noun, you can use ‘an article of furniture’ or a ‘piece of furniture’.

❌ Don't say: The machineries were expensive.
✔️ Say: The machinery was expensive.

👉The word "machinery" does not have a plural form. It is uncountable and takes a singular verb.

❌ Don't say: The sceneries here are beautiful.
✔️ Say: The scenery here is beautiful.

❌ Don't say: Do not carry heavy luggages during travel.
✔️ Say: Do not carry heavy luggage during travel.

❌ Don't say: He conveyed these news to his relatives.
✔️Say: He conveyed this news to his relatives.

👉The words "scenery, luggage and news" are uncountable in English. They do not have a plural form.

💢practical expressions
⭕️take-away

👉Meaning : a meal prepared in a café/restaurant and eaten at home.


🧑‍🦰I'm going to ring the Japanese restaurant and order a takeaway.

💢xerox

👉Meaning : to photocopy something

✴️For example :👇👇

🧑‍🦰Hey, Judy. Have you xeroxed the report yet?

🧑‍🦳How long would it take to xerox fifty pages

👉Origin :from the trade name Xerox, a brand of photocopiers

💢Grammar
⭕️Common mistakes

👉Ask for a thing, not ask a thing.

❌Don't say: She came and asked my book.
✔️Say: She came and asked for my book.

👉Dispose/get rid of a thing, not dispose/get rid a thing.

❌Don't say: He'll dispose/get rid all his property.
✔️Say: He'll dispose/get rid of all his property.

👉Dream of a thing, not dream a thing.

❌Don't say: Young men dream glory and riches.
✔️Say: Young men dream of glory and riches.

👉Explain to a person, not explain a person.

❌Don't say: She explained me the matter.
✔️Say: She explained the matter to me.

👉Knock at the door, not knock the door.

❌Don't say: Who is knocking the door?
✔️Say: Who is knocking at the door?

👉 Listen to a person or thing, not listen a person or thing.

❌Don't say: They were listening the music.
✔️Say: They were listening to the music.

👉 Pay for a thing, not pay a thing.

❌Don't say: How much did you pay the book?
✔️Say: How much did you pay for the book?

👉Point to or at a person or thing, not point a person or thing.

❌Don't say: He pointed the map on the wall.
✔️Say: He pointed to the map on the wall.

👉 Remind a person of something, not remind a person something.

❌Don't say: Please remind me that later.
✔️Say: Please remind me of that later.

👉 Reply to a person, not reply a person.

❌Don't say: She's not replied me yet.
✔️Say: She's not replied to me yet.

👉 Say to a person, not say a person.

❌Don't say: Kevin said me, 'Come tomorrow.'
✔️Say: Kevin said to me, 'Come tomorrow.'

#grammar #tips

@BasictoUpperEnglish

💢can

👉Meaning : to reject or criticize something or someone

✴️For example :👇👇

🧑‍🦰The show's ratings were so bad that the network canned it after just a few episodes.

🧑‍🦳The English media cans the national football team whenever they lose a game.

#Vocabulary
⭕️ The difference between
"Caption & Subtitles"

👉The both are texts written below pictures,.... that describes or explains something.

🔶Captions are just used for Pictures,Photos or Images.

🔶Subtitles are used for Films and Movies.

🧑‍🦰 I have always enjoyed photos' captions which give me moral tips.

🧑‍🦳 My brother doesn't understand English movies even with the subtitles.

🅾 Real Conditional

🛑 We use real conditionals to talk about results based on real events and situations. Real conditionals are divided into zero and first conditionals.

🔴 When we know the same result always happens after an event or situation, we use a zero conditional.



🛑 FORM 🛑

🔵 Conditional sentences have two parts:
🛑 the if— clause
🛑 the result clause

🔵 We can put the #if_clause first, or we can put the #result_clause first. We do not need a #comma when the result clause comes first.

🔵 Office hours are between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm, Monday to Thursday if you want to see us.


🅾 We can use present continuous and past tenses with real conditional sentences, as well as modal verbs like #can and #passive_forms.

🔴 If you are having problems with your accommodation, we can try to help you.

🔵 Jane stopped studying if she felt tired and took a break instead.



🅾 With zero conditionals, #if can be replaced by #when to make the result of the condition more certain.

🔵 When you want to call us, telephone 0800 835222.

🅾 We use #then to focus on the result of the condition.

🔴 If the International Office is closed for lunch, then leave a note at main reception.



🅾 Because real conditionals refer to something that is generally true, we can use adverbs of frequency like #always and #never with them.

🔵 If we are not here, you can always leave a message.


🛑 Negative Form 🛑

🅾 We can make the #if_clause or the #result_clause or #both clauses #negative, but this changes the meaning of the sentence.

🔵 If you don’t need help, don’t call us!

🔴 If you don’t know how to use the University computer system, we teach you how to do it.

🛑 Question Form 🛑

🔵 Yes / No questions 🔵

🔴 Do students go to their tutors if they need advice?

🔵 Wh- questions 🔵

🔴 Where do you go if you want some advice?

💢Vocabulary
⭕️The difference between
Tame & Domestic

👉The both are used for Animals which are Not Wild at all and Can be Kept without any trouble.

🔶Domestic is used for Animals which are Not Naturally or Instinctively Wild at all and it's in their Blood to be like this.

🔶Tame is used for Animals which are NOT Wild because they have Trained to be like.

🧑‍🦰Cows and goats are Domestic animals which are so useful to farmers.(They are Not Naturally or Instinctively Wild at all.)

👱Tame elephants are one of the most helpful type(s) of animals that can easily live with People.( They have been Trained Not to be Wild.)

💢vocabulary
⭕️CRANK UP = increase

👉 You can use it with things that are electrical like ：

🔸Crank up the volume. " make the music louder "
🔸Crank up the air conditioner.
🔸Crank up the heater.