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Historic Vs. Historical Historic is a term generally given to an important, momentous or historically significant event. The term historical is a neutral word simply used to state an object is concerned or related to history. Example: Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon was a historic event in American History. Gone With the Wind is a historical novel.

#Listening, #Reading #Grammar #B2 (Band 7) 🔵Prospero was once the ruler of Milan, but he has been trapped on an island with his daughter for 12 years. When he uses his magic to create a violent storm, we see that he has a plan for his enemies. ⚫️Do the preparation task first. Then watch the video and do the exercises to check your understanding. 🟢The Tempest is thought to be Shakespeare’s last play, and his most original. It needed clever work to create the illusion of magic on stage, like early 'special effects'! 🔥🔥PDF File in the Comments Section

#comparatives #superlatives and #adjectives Continuing from the earlier post, here are some tips on how to use superlatives comparatives and adverbs ending with Y #grammar

How to correctly use words like 1. Sometimes 2. Usually 3. Often 4. Weekly.. These are called #adverbs of frequency. #grammar

Tips for a 💪🏽 Strong Immune System #listening #levelA2

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Here is a simple audio story that will help you with both #listening and how to use #phrases #levelA1

Idioms and Phrases on Working Hard 🔥Burn the candle at both ends Stay up late into the night and then get up early the next day to carry on working 🔥Burn the midnight oil Work late into the night 🏜Come up trumps (or turn up trumps) Produce what’s needed at the last moment 🏖Dead certain Something that’s certain to happen or be achieved ⛱Draw a blank Fail to remember something 👜In the bag Something that is guaranteed or assured 🧣Keep your nose to the grindstone work dedicatedly 🧴Knuckle down focus on a project or a task 🧸Make a pig’s Ear of make a complete mess of something 🧼Make the Grade / Make the Cut to pass or to be selected for something 🧣Moment of truth the time when you find out if your efforts have succeeded. 🧺On course for likely to achieve something 🔦Rise to the occasion Manage to do something successfully in difficult circumstances 🧤Sail through succeed in doing something without difficulty. #idioms

🔰Some PRONOUN Rules🔰 ⚫️RULE 1 when the pronouns Each, Every, Neither, Either, Anyone, Many a (possessive adjective) are used as subject, the possessive case should be third person singular. They may refer to two or more than two objects or person. Example - Each boy and each teacher is required to bring their luggage. ❌ Each boy and each teacher is required to bring his luggage. ✔️ ⚫RULE 2 Some nouns such as Separation, Excuse, Sight, Mention, Report, Pardon, Favour are not used with a noun or pronoun in the possessive form. Example At his sight the robbers fled. ❌ At the sight of him the robbers fled. ✔️ ⚫RULE 3 Both should be followed by ‘and’, not by as well as. ⚫RULE 4 ‘which’ is used in place of ‘who’ when we are referring to a choice between two or more than two things or persons. Q: Of the two sisters who is more intelligent? ❌️ Replace ‘who’ with ‘which‘ ⚫RULE 5 If two antecedents are joined by ‘and’ one being a human and other being an animal /non living thing, a relative pronoun ‘that’ is used. Example- The man and his dog who I saw yesterday have been kidnapped. ❌ The man and his dog that I saw yesterday have been kidnapped. ✔️

📗Common Phrases Used By Native Speakers 👉Uplift one’s spirit  fill with high spirits; fill with optimism 👉Overload with (phrase) to put too many people or things in or on something 👉Down-to-earth (adj) practical 👉Go platinum (phrase) to sell 1 million copies of an album 👉The talk of the town (idiom) if something is the talk of a place, people there talk a lot about it 👉Make a killing (phrase) to have a great success, especially in making money 👉Low-profile (adj) deliberately not attracting public attention 👉In the middle of (doing) something (phrase) busy doing something 👉Up to the ears/neck/eyes in (idiom) involved in a difficult situation, or with more work to do than you can deal with 👉Nerve-racking (adj) making you very nervous or worried 👉Let one’s hair down (idiom) to relax and enjoy yourself because you are in a comfortable environment 👉Blow away (phrasal verb) impressive greatly 👉Dope (adj) very good 👉Part ways (phrase) end a relationship

#One_Word_Substitution ●Being unable to pay one's debt =Insolvent ●The study of the functions of the body =Physiology ●The science of foretelling events by stars =Astrology ●Government by officials in a state =Bureaucracy ●An office without any work but high pay =Sinecure ● Medicine to counteract the effect of a poison =Antidote ●An admirer of art =Dilettante ●A man having the qualities of women =Effeminate ●That which cannot be moved =Immobile ●The study of insects =Entomology ●Word for word =Verbatim ●Wish to do good to others =Benevolence ●Whose meaning is difficult to understand =Abstruse ●Way out for water or steam =Outlet ●Want of sleep =Insomnia ●Usual behaviour of a social group =Custom ●Use of mild words in place of words required by truth =Euphemism ●Troops trained for dropped by parachute =Paratroops ●Touch or stroke lovingly =Fondle / caress ●A traditional story related to deities =Myth ●That which is pig like =Porcine ●Thing to be corrected in a printed book =Corrigendum ●Things taken by robbers =Booty ●That which is lion like =Leonine ●That which is fox like =Vulpine ●That which is dog like =Canine ●That which exists separately from other people =Independent ●That which cannot be perceived by touch = Intangible ●That which cannot be calculated =Incalculable ●That which can be rooted out =Eradicable ●Study of the development of plants and animals from earlier forms =Genealogy ●Study of the oceans and their phenomena =Oceanography ●Study of law =Nomology ●Study of fossils =Paleontology ●The study of ancient things like tombs, buried towns =Archaeology ●Strong desire for food , wealth =Greed ●Strong feeling of dislike = Antipathy ●Stream flowing into another big river =Tributary ●Stealing from the writings of others =Plagiarism ●Statement that is obviously true =Platitude ●That which can be easily believed =Credible

✅ 50 Preposition Combinations to Remember approve - of Conform- to Guilty - of Atone - for Avail - of Chance - of Refrain- from Born- in Indifferent - to Siphoned - off Reconcile - to Compliment - on Satisfied - with Wait - for(person) Liable -to(authority) Commensurate - with Bear - with Beware - of Exempt - from Trust - in (person) Digress - from Subsist - on Derived-from Famous-for Connives-at Accessible-to Congratulation - on Fond - of Fondness - for Prevent - from Endow - with Marry - to Assure - of Assent - to Submit - to Insist - on Annoyed - at(something), with(someone) Angry - at(something), with(someone) Agree - to(proposal,plan), with (someone) Get rid - of Disappointed - with Grateful - to Between -For two person Among - three or more person Surprised - at Married - to Teeming - with Averse - to Addicted - to Ignorant - of Contemporary - of Died - of (disease), from(some cause), for(purpose) Dispense - with Desire- for Desirous - of Arrive - at time A lot- of Beset- with

✅ Idioms with 👨 and 🌊 ╔═══════╗ (A) MAN :- ╚═══════╝ (1) A MAN OF FEW WORDS→ One who doesn’t speak too much / reserved / reticent. (2) A MAN OF WORDS→ One who keeps his promises / trustworthy. (3) A MAN OF LETTERS→ Scholarly, erudite (4) A MAN IN THE STREET→ Common / ordinary man (5) A MAN OF STRAW→ weak person (Also straw man) (6) A MAN OF SUBSTANCE → rich and wealthy / influential. (7) A MAN OF PARTS / RENAISSANCE MAN→ a man who is expert in different spheres (8) LADIES’ MAN→ a man who enjoys the company of ladies (9) MAN OF HOUR→ one who is honoured and appreciated ╔═══════════╗ (B) SEA / OCEAN ╚═══════════╝ (1) AT SEA→ in a state of confusion / dilemma (2) A SEA CHANGE→ a big change (3) BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA→ in a very difficult situation. (4) A DROP IN THE OCEAN→ a small amount of something (5) AN OCEAN OF SOMETHING→ a lot of something (6) BOIL THE OCEAN→ to do the impossible thing #idioms

📚rose-coloured glasses ✍🏾 Meaning If someone sees things through rose-coloured glasses, they see things as being better than they really are. ❗️For example 🔸He sees things through rose-coloured glasses, and refuses to work towards improving the situation. 🔸One should have courage and maturity to see things as they really are. Blind believers see things through rose coloured glasses. Other Forms: rose-tinted glasses rose-tinted spectacles ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #idioms

💠 tad 🇺🇸 ✍🏾Meaning slightly, a little ❕Usage Examples 🔺The weather is nice now, but it was a tad chilly in the morning. 🔺I am a tad nervous about the interview. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #commonly-used