Normal Vs Advanced English

💎 Give me more details.
💎 Fill me in.

💎 Calm down.
💎 Put yourself together.

💎 You've to decide.
💎 You've to make up your mind.

💎 Nice car!
💎 Nice ride!

💎 I'm tired.
💎 I'm zapped.

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Most Common English idioms


❗️It's just puppy love.
▪️It is just infatuation. 

❗️Put on your thinking cap.
▪️Give this some serious thought. 

❗️Let's put our cards on the table.
▪️Let's be honest with each other. 

❗️You put the cart before the horse.
▪️Put first things first. 

❗️That will put a feather in his cap.
▪️This will be a credit to him. 

❗️Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
▪️Don't depend on just one thing. 

❗️It's raining cats and dogs.
▪️It is a heavy rain. 

❗️You've got to read between the lines.
▪️Look at what they mean not what they say. 

❗️That rings the bell.
▪️Now I remember. 

❗️Don't rob the cradle.
▪️She's too young for you. 

❗️He'll just rock the boat.
▪️He will get everyone upset. 

❗️We've got lots of red tape.
▪️All the government regulations are difficult. 

❗️It's just a rip off.
▪️They will cheat you. 

❗️He rubs me the wrong way.
▪️I do not like his attitude. 

❗️As a rule of thumb I refuse.
▪️Generally I refuse. 

❗️It's pretty run down.
▪️It is in bad condition. 

❗️He needs a security blanket.
▪️He always needs reassurance. 

❗️Seeing is believing.
▪️I only believe what I can see. 

❗️That'll separate the men from the boys.
▪️We will find out who is serious.

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Different ways to say - BIG     

🦕 Large
🐳 Huge
🐪 Giant
🦒 Hefty
🦧 Gigantic
🦍 Sizeable
🐋 Colossal
🦏 Massive
🦛 Immense
🐳 Enormous
🐙 Monstrous
🐘 Humongous
🦕 Tremendous
🦖 Considerable

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Stop and smell the roses 🌺

Meaning:
To relax; to take time out of one's busy schedule to enjoy or appreciate the beauty of life.

Example: 🌹
Slow down. Stop and smell the roses now and then.

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chop or chop up (verb)
♻️ to cut into small pieces with a sharp knife
✔️ It's easy to cut yourself when chopping onions, so be careful.

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cook (verb)
♻️ to prepare food for eating
✔️ What are you cooking for dinner?

➖〰➰〰➖
cookbook or cookery book (noun)
♻️ a book of recipes, often with pictures
✔️ Can I borrow that cookbook with all the Asian recipes?

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dice (verb)
♻️ to cut food into small cubes or squares
✔️ Dice the carrots and potatoes and add them to the soup.

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dish (noun)
♻️ food that's cooked in a certain way
✔️ My favourite Indian dish is vegetable curry.

➖〰➰〰➖
fry (verb)
♻️ to cook food in hot oil, butter or fat
✔️ Heat some olive oil in a frying pan and then add the diced tomatoes.

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📌 Had better

🔸 We use "had better" to refer to the present or the future, to talk about actions we think people should do. The verb form is always "had", not "have". We normally shorten it to "’d better" in informal situations. It is followed by the infinitive without to:
✅ Synonym: Should


💠 Examples:

📖 You had better discuss this issue with Bruno.

📖 It’s five o’clock. I’d better go now before the traffic gets too bad.

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Commonly confused English word pairs

1. Accept vs Except
2. Affect vs Effect
3. Advise vs Advice
4. Capital vs Capitol
5. Compliment vs Complement
6. Conscience vs Conscious
7. Ensure vs Insure
8. Elicit vs Illicit
9. Emigrate vs Immigrate
10. Everyday vs Every day
11. Fewer vs Less
12. Hear vs Here
13. Lose vs Loose
14. Passed vs Past
15. Principal vs Principle
16. Stationary vs Stationery
17. Than vs Then
18. Their vs There vs They’re
19. To vs Too vs Two
20. Weather vs Whether

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🤪 Ways to say you don't understand


1️⃣ Formal short phrases you can use:
🙂 Pardon?
🥹 Sorry?
😊 Excuse me?
😠 I beg your pardon?


2️⃣ Informal short phrases you can use:
😧 What did you say?
😏 Huh?
🙂 ‘Scuse me?
😱 What was that?
🤔 Hmm?


3️⃣ Now, let's see some slang phrases:
💭 Come again?
💭 Pass that by me again?
💭 I don’t get it


4️⃣ And some idioms:
((Idioms aren't translated literally))
📰This is all Greek to me
⚡ I think our wires are crossed
🪨 That was as clear as mud

👄 Everything you said is just a word salad

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5⃣ Informal Ways to Say "Yes"
1. Yeah
2. Yup
3. Mm-hmm!
4. Uh-huh!
5. Sure!


5⃣ Informal Ways to Say "No"
1. Nope
2. Nah
3. Mm-mm
4. Uh-uh
5. No way!

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Bird idioms 🦜

🐦a little bird told me
🐦to be free as a bird
🐦the birds and the bees
🐦to get your ducks in a row
🐦to go on a wild goose chase
🐦to watch somebody like a hawk
🐦to take someone under your wing


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🇬🇧Popular English Idioms to Sound Like a Native Speaker

💣 BLEW ME AWAY:

✍🏽when something blows you away, you’re extremely impressed by it

🔺The exhibition just blew me away. I’d never seen so many beautiful paintings before.

☁️ BLOW SMOKE:

✍🏽to exaggerate or say things that aren’t true to make you seem better/ more knowledgeable than in reality

🔺I’m not blowing smoke. I have honestly read War and Peace by Tolstoy.

🐺 CRY WOLF:

✍🏽to call for help when you don’t need it

🔺Do you think Peter is in trouble or is he just crying wolf?

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Common Mistakes

Interested in (not "interested on")
✔️ I am interested in learning English.
❌ I am interested on learning English.

Good at (not "good in")
✔️ She is good at math.
❌ She is good in math.

Married to (not "married with")
✔️ He is married to Sarah.
❌ He is married with Sarah.

Listen to (not "listen")
✔️ I love to listen to music.
❌ I love to listen music.

Afraid of (not "afraid from")
✔️ She is afraid of spiders.
❌ She is afraid from spiders.

Depend on (not "depend from")
✔️ It depends on the weather.
❌ It depends from the weather.

Think about (not "think on")
✔️ I am thinking about my future.
❌ I am thinking on my future.

Responsible for (not "responsible of")
✔️ He is responsible for the project.
❌ He is responsible of the project.

Tired of (not "tired from")
✔️ I am tired of working late.
❌ I am tired from working late.

Proud of (not "proud for")
✔️ She is proud of her achievements.
❌ She is proud for her achievements.

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Phrasal Verb ⬅️➡️ Basic Word

1. Hold on – Wait
2. Catch on – Understand
3. Cut down – Reduce
4. Spell out – Explain
5. Find out – Discover
6. Take off – Remove
7. Come in – Enter
8. Own up – Admit
9. Figure out – Solve
10. Kick off – Start
11. Carry on – Continue
12. Put off – Postpone
13. Call off – Cancel
14. Put up with – Tolerate
15. Show up – Arrive
16. Make up – Invent
17. Run into – Meet
18. Get away – Escape
19. Get back – Return
20. Give out – Distribute

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“Used to” vs. “Be used to”

✅ "Used to"
📝 Describes something you did in the past but don’t do now.

Example:
✔️ I used to play video games every day.
(= I played often before, but not now.)

✅ "Be used to"
📝 Means you are familiar with or comfortable with something.

Example:
✔️ I am used to waking up early.
(= It’s normal for me now.)

🧠 Quick Tip:
If you can replace it with "accustomed to," use “be used to.”
If you're talking about a past habit, use “used to.”

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Idiom :

caught in the crossfire

Meaning :
to be caught between two opposing people or groups so it is difficult to remain neutral

Example :
The family was caught in the crossfire between the police and the criminals.

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SOME BINOMIAL EXPRESSIONS WITH "AND"

1. Back and forth – moving in two directions repeatedly

2. Ups and downs – good and bad times

3. Give and take – mutual compromise

4. Black and white – clearly defined; not gray

5. Life and death – very serious or critical

6. Safe and sound – unharmed

7. Now and then – occasionally

8. Peace and quiet – calm and silence

9. Sooner or later – eventually

10. Law and order – societal rules and stability

11. Pros and cons – advantages and disadvantages

12. Neat and tidy – organized

13. By and large – generally

14. Out and about – going places, being active

15. Right and wrong – morality

16. First and foremost – most importantly

17. Sick and tired – fed up

18. Bread and butter – basic needs or main income

19. More or less – approximately

20. Trial and error – experimenting to find a solution

21. Pick and choose – be selective

22. To and fro – back and forth

23. Wear and tear – damage from normal use
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