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🔔 Idiom Of The Day 🔔 🔻Don't Joke With Me🔻 🔶 Meaning/Usage: Used when asking someone to be serious 🔷 Explanation: "Joke" is defined as something that is said to cause amusement. In this phrase, the person does not find it funny because that person is involved in some way. So they can ask the person to be serious using this phrase. 🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸 ✨He told me she likes me but I said don't joke with me. ✨My sister told me I was in trouble and I told her don't joke with me. ✨He said I had won a million dollars and I said don't joke with me! ➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕ ✏️NB: Other Common Sentences "Stop messing around." "Please be serious." #Idiom_of_the_Day #Teamjimmy @Sirjimmy

Common Mistakes in English ➖➖➖🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸➖➖➖ Using the wrong preposition 💬Succeed in, not at . ❌Don’t say : I hope he’ll succeed at his work . ✅ Say : I hope he’ll succeed in his work. 🔔Note : A person succeeds to a property, a title, or an office ; Queen Elizabeth succeeded to the throne in 1952. Also one person can succeed another . _=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_ 💬Superior to , not from or than ❌Don’t say : This is superior from ( or than) that . ✅ Say : this is superior to that . 🔔Note : Also inferior to , junior to , subsequent to, prior to . _=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_ 💬Sure of, not for . ❌Don’t say : Im quite sure for her honesty . ✅ Say : Im quite sure of her honesty . 🔔Note: Also certain of ; I am quite certain of it . _=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_ 💬Surprised at or by , not for ❌Don’t say : Harold was surprised for the loud bang. ✅ Say : Harold was surprised at/ by the loud bang . 🔔Note: Also astonished at/ by .Amazed at/ by . Alarmed at/by .Puzzled at/by .Shocked at/by. 🇬🇧—-🇺🇸—-🇬🇧—-🇺🇸—-🇬🇧 #Misused_Forms #realteam #MF_32 @engmasters

⭕️READ ALOUD The development of easy-to-use statistics is being taught and learned. Students can make transformations of variables, create graphs of distributions of variables, and select among statistical analyses all at the click of a button. However, even with these advancements, students sometimes find statistics to be an arduous task. ⭕️Pronunciation : 🔆development....../dɪˈveləpmənt/  🔆statistics........ /stəˈtɪs.tɪks/ 🔆taught....../tɔːt $ tɒːt/ 🔆transformation...... /ˌtrænsfəˈmeɪʃən $ -fər-/ 🔆variable......./ˈveəriəbəl $ ˈver-/  🔆distribution........ /ˌdɪstrəˈbjuːʃən, ˌdɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən/ 🔆analysis...... /əˈnæləsəs, əˈnælɪsəs/  *plural analyses /-siːz/ 🔆arduous....... /ˈɑːdjuəs $ ˈɑːrdʒuəs/  #Read_Aloud #ReadRecord #Teamjimmy @Sirjimmy

🔔 Tips Of The Day 🔔 🔷Cream of the crop ♦️Meaning: the best of a group, top-choice. ✨Example: This university only accepts the cream of the crop. ➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕ 🔶Sustain ♦️Meaning: Continue ✨Example: No animals or plants can sustain life without water. ➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕ 🔷Hold back ♦️Meaning: conceal, hide. ✨Example: He held back his feelings and acted as if everything was alright. #Idiom_Of_The_Day #Word_Of_The_Day #Phrasal_Verb_Of_The_Day #Teamjimmy @Sirjimmy

🔔 Tips Of The Day 🔔 🔷Cream of the crop ♦️Meaning: the best of a group, top-choice. ✨Example: This university only accepts the cream of the crop. ➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕ 🔶Sustain ♦️Meaning: Continue ✨Example: No animals or plants can sustain life without water. ➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕ 🔷Hold back ♦️Meaning: conceal, hide. ✨Example: He held back his feelings and acted as if everything was alright. #Idiom_Of_The_Day #Word_Of_The_Day #Phrasal_Verb_Of_The_Day #Teamjimmy @Sirjimmy

🔶Would you mind + -ing form🔶 ♦️This is a way to politely ask for something that isn't too much trouble for the other person. ✨ Would you mind passing me that bottle over there? ✨ Would you mind watching my bag for a few minutes? ✨ Would you mind sending me a list of everyone who's coming? #Grammar_In_Brief #Teamjimmy @Sirjimmy

🔔 Idiom Of The Day 🔔 🔷Pull something off ♦️Meaning: accomplish something remarkable. ✨He never thought he would be able to put on a show, but he pulled it off. #Idiom_Of_The_Day #Teamjimmy @Sirjimmy

🔔 Word Of The Day 🔔 🔻ALLUDE🔻 (VERB) 🔸Meaning: suggest or call attention to indirectly ▫️Synonyms: imply, mention  🔹Antonyms: specify  ✏️Example:  He alluded to something else too. #Word_Of_The_Day #Teamjimmy @Sirjimmy

🌳 Everyone makes mistakes, but admit your own before you point out someone else's. #Dailywisdom #Teamjimmy @Sirjimmy

📌📝Power Writing📌 Complete the sentences to make up a story: 1 It's rather difficult for me to.... 2 And every time i face it.... 3 Some people think... 4 As for me,I have always wanted to... 5 Of course it depends on... #PowerWriting #TeamJimmy @SirJimmy