Learn English Guys: March 2018

Saturday, 31 March 2018

Common Mistakes - 7

(The phone rings and you offer to answer it)

I get it! ⛔️
I'll get it! ✅

(Use 'will', not the present simple, for offering to do things)

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I like. ❌
I like cats. ✔
I like you. ✔
I like chocolate. ✔
I like watching Cricket. ✔

I don't like. ❌
I don't like him. ✔
I don't like olives. ✔
I don't like Mr Trump. ✔
I don't like watching rugby. ✔

Common Mistakes - 5

Tip!

It's not easy expressing everything correctly but at the very least, make sure you know how to say very common phrases or questions accurately.

Where did he born? ⛔
Where was he born? ✅

He born in San Sebastian. ⛔️
He was born in San Sebastian. ✅

Common Mistakes- 4

He's as smart than his brother. ✘
He's as smart as his brother. ✔

Don't let me down guys!

High Frequency Phrasal Verbs

LET DOWN = disappoint sb because you don't do what they hoped or expected you would do.

🔹 George is very reliable - he's never let me down.

🔹 She let her parents down by cheating in the exam.

Thursday, 29 March 2018

The Cream of the Crop

The cream of the crop: If something or someone is in the cream of the crop, they are among the best of a class of things or people.

Are you one in a million?

one in a million: If you say someone is "one in a million", you mean they're an exceptionally good person.

It's a two way street!

IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET = the feeling it mutual / goes in both directions:

"Being in a relationship is a two-way street. You can't care for him all the time unless he also cares for you."

Do you push?

PUSH can sometimes means 'encourage' or 'force':

"I am 30 years old and my parents are pushing me to get married soon."

"The exam is just a few days away, you need to push yourself to study more."

Flounder

FLOUNDER (verb) = to struggle, to have difficulty with something:

"His new job is extremely tough and he is floundering under the pressure."

"She floundered, unsure of what to say next."

The Get Go!

THE GET-GO = the beginning:

"It was clear from the get-go that the plan was not going to work."

"We knew from the get-go that we were going to lose the football match."

It's high time!

IT'S HIGH TIME = it's too late, it's past the appropriate time:

"It's 11pm, it's high time the kids went to bed."

"You are almost 30 years old, it's high time you moved out of your parents' house."

Get by

GET BY = live/survive/manage, but not easily:

"Now that my husband has lost his job we will have to get by on my salary."

"Half of the staff are off sick today but we're getting by without them."

"I'll get by with a little help from my friends."

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Pay tribute!

New!

PAY TRIBUTE = express your respect and admiration for sb or sth (usually publicly)

🔹 The man paid tribute to the police officers who saved his life.

🔹 An event is being planned to pay tribute to the life of the legendary singer.

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Grudgingly!

GRUDGINGLY = in an unwillingly and perhaps resentful way

🔹 My son grudgingly turned off the telly and started his homework.

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Have you ever been UNDETERRED?

UNDETERRED = not discouraged

🔹 Despite being three goals down the team was undeterred.

🔹 Even though there had been shark sightings in the area, the surfers were undeterred.

Phrasal Verb - Pump On

Advanced Phrasal Verbs

PLUMP FOR = choose (usually after taking time to think about it)

🔹 Which university did Kitty plump for in the end?

Common Mistakes -3

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"What did you think of the film?"
- "I liked." ⛔️
- "I liked it." ✅ ('Like' needs an object. 😉)

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Common Mistakes - 2

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"Are you Jon's friend?"
- "Yes, I'm." ⛔️
- "Yes, I am." ✅

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Galore

GALORE = in plentiful quantities, in abundance (NB. Use it after nouns)

🔹 Don't eat before the party. There will be food galore.

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Do You Press ?

New!

If you PRESS sb to do sth you try hard to persuade them to do it, you are very insistent

🔹 They have been pressing John to take the job.

🔹 I wanted to leave the party early but my friends pressed me to stay.

Do You Kip?

New!

KIP [informal] = sleep (noun/verb)

🔹 You'll be tired at school tomorrow if you don't get enough kip.

🔹 The boss almost caught him kipping on the job. (= sleeping when he was at work)

Phrasal Verb - 4

PHRASAL VERBS

Call off = cancel
Have on = wear (a piece of clothing)
Blow up = explode
Cheer up = become happier
Sort out = solve a problem

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Usage of Neither

✔Neither
🇬🇧 /ˈnaɪðə/
🇺🇸 /ˈniðər/
》Use it in replies when we are referring to two things that have already been mentioned.

👩Would you like tea or coffee, Joe?
👨Neither, thanks! I had a cup of tea a moment ago.

How will you agree with someone?

》Some expressions used for emphasizing that you completely agree with someone else.

✔Hear! Hear!
✔I'm all for it!
✔I couldn't agree more.
✔I'll drink to that!
✔I'll second that!
✔You’ve hit the nail on the head there!

Common Mistakes - 1

Errors:

✖Joe and me went for a walk
✔Joe and I went for a walk

Take "Joe" out of the sentence.
✖Me went for a walk.
✔I went for a walk.

》"I" is the subject, and "me" is an object

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Do Remember -1

REMEMBER:
"get married TO somebody"
- She is getting married TO him.✔
- She is getting married with him.❌

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Do you knock others?

KNOCK = an informal way to say 'criticise':

"I'm not knocking marriage, I just think it's not for me."

"Don't knock potatoes! They are not boring, you can make many delicious things with them."

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Do you know this? 'Resort'

RESORT (noun) = a place people often go on holiday:

"He spent most of the winter in his mountain resort, just writing and skiing."

"It's a lovely seaside resort but it would be boring to live there all the time."

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