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♨️ Today's Topic ♨️
🌺Spring🌸
spring [noun]
SEASON [countable, uncountable] the season between winter and summer when leaves and flowers appear
ℹ️ spring of: the spring of 1933
ℹ️ in/during the spring: It’s due to open in the spring.
ℹ️ late/early spring: It was a cold, sunny day in early spring.
🚫Don’t use in with these words:
• You say last/next/this/that spring:
✅They moved here last/ that spring.
❌✗Don’t say: They moved here in last/ in that spring.
✅They’re getting married next/ this spring.
❌✗Don’t say: They’re getting married in next/this spring.
COLLOCATION
ADJECTIVES
✔️last, next, this (coming) | early, late, mid- | wet
SPRING + NOUN
✔️weather | sun, sunlight, sunshine | frost/frosts, rain/rains, wind | tide: The highest spring tides of the the year occur after the equinoxes in March and September.
✔️equinox | term: The students spend the whole spring term on teaching practice.
✔️flower | lamb, greens: a delicious recipe for spring lamb
✔️clean, cleaning They decided to give the attic a spring clean.
✔️collection, exhibition
IDIOMS
🌻Spring fever: A person who is suffering from spring fever feels restless.
🌻Full of the joys of spring: to feel very happy and full of youthful energy.
🌻He’s/She’s no spring chicken: Baby chickens are born in spring. But this person wasn’t just born. This is saying that this person isn’t so young anymore.
🌻Fresh as a daisy: A daisy is a type of flower. If you’re fresh as a daisy, you’re healthy and full of energy.
🌻Chasing rainbows: Rainbows are just a trick of light. Chasing rainbows means trying to achieve something that’s not possible or not practical.
🌹An Indian summer: A period of warm weather which sometimes happens in early autumn
🌹One swallow doesn't make a summer: Something that you say which means because one good thing has happened, you cannot be certain that more good things will happen.
🍁Autumn years: The later years of a person's life
🌾The dead of winter: Used to describe the middle of winter, when it is very cold and dark.
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♨️ Today's Topic ♨️
🌺Spring🌸
spring [noun]
SEASON [countable, uncountable] the season between winter and summer when leaves and flowers appear
ℹ️ spring of: the spring of 1933
ℹ️ in/during the spring: It’s due to open in the spring.
ℹ️ late/early spring: It was a cold, sunny day in early spring.
🚫Don’t use in with these words:
• You say last/next/this/that spring:
✅They moved here last/ that spring.
❌✗Don’t say: They moved here in last/ in that spring.
✅They’re getting married next/ this spring.
❌✗Don’t say: They’re getting married in next/this spring.
COLLOCATION
ADJECTIVES
✔️last, next, this (coming) | early, late, mid- | wet
SPRING + NOUN
✔️weather | sun, sunlight, sunshine | frost/frosts, rain/rains, wind | tide: The highest spring tides of the the year occur after the equinoxes in March and September.
✔️equinox | term: The students spend the whole spring term on teaching practice.
✔️flower | lamb, greens: a delicious recipe for spring lamb
✔️clean, cleaning They decided to give the attic a spring clean.
✔️collection, exhibition
IDIOMS
🌻Spring fever: A person who is suffering from spring fever feels restless.
🌻Full of the joys of spring: to feel very happy and full of youthful energy.
🌻He’s/She’s no spring chicken: Baby chickens are born in spring. But this person wasn’t just born. This is saying that this person isn’t so young anymore.
🌻Fresh as a daisy: A daisy is a type of flower. If you’re fresh as a daisy, you’re healthy and full of energy.
🌻Chasing rainbows: Rainbows are just a trick of light. Chasing rainbows means trying to achieve something that’s not possible or not practical.
🌹An Indian summer: A period of warm weather which sometimes happens in early autumn
🌹One swallow doesn't make a summer: Something that you say which means because one good thing has happened, you cannot be certain that more good things will happen.
🍁Autumn years: The later years of a person's life
🌾The dead of winter: Used to describe the middle of winter, when it is very cold and dark.
#topic #spring #collocations @sirjimmy
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