📌 Tough, Though, Thought, Through, Thorough


🔸 Tough (adj.) - strong, difficult
📖 These toys are made from tough plastic.
📖 Many homeless people are facing a tough winter.


🔸 Though (conj.)
📖 I play the piano tolerably well, I have no particular talent for it.


🔸 Thought (verb) - past form of "think"


🔸 Through (pre., adverb)
📖 They walked slowly through the woods.
📖 I'm here through her. I'm very happy.


🔸 Thorough (adj.) - careful, complete, very great
📖 They did a thorough search of the area but found nothing.

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#Tough #Though #Thought #Through #Thorough
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✅ Speak English Clearly

❇️ The Imitation Technique

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#Speak #Imitation #Technique
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📜 A list of expressions with "To be"

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#Be #Into #onto #Collocation
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📌 To be into/onto something/somebody


🔸 To be into something = to be interested or like something
📖 Sarah is really into jazz.


🔸 To be into somebody = to like or love somebody
📖 Alex is into Emily.


🔸 To be onto something = to have discovered or explore
📖 We can be onto something in mountain.


🔸 To be onto somebody = to know that a particular person did something wrong
📖 The police are onto him.

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🙈 Learning English Songs

🙊 Alfredo and the Mispronunciation

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#Songs #Mispronunciation
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📌 STOP ASKING "WHAT?"

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#What #Phrase #Idiom #Slang
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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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WHY LEARNING ENGLISH FROM MOVIES WORKS?

THE GUIDE.
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📺 How to Learn English with Movies

🎞 A new approach
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#Subtitle #Movie #Technique
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🔟 Alternatives to "Yes" and "No"


Yes    🆚    No
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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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#Yes #No #Slang #Informal
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6⃣ Alternatives to "Hello"


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6⃣ Informal Ways to Say "Hello"

1. Hello
2. Hi
3. Hey (informal)
4. Hi there
5. Howdy (informal)
6. Hiya


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#Hello #Alternative #Slang #Informal
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7⃣ Alternatives to "Goodbye"


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7⃣ Informal Ways to Say "Goodbye"

1. Bye
2. Bye-bye
3. See ya later (informal)
4. Take care
5. Have a good one
6. So long
7.  Have a good time


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#Goodbye #Alternative #Slang #Informal
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🌐 Business English

💠 Imitation Lesson

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#Business #Imitation #Idioms
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         ⚜ Grammar Lesson ⚜

               🔉 Lay VS. Lie  🔉

These two verbs could be easily confused since they're one of the most difficult irregular verbs. You need to understand their meaning before learning how to use them.
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💬 Definition of LAY

Lay means to put something or someone down. Remember, PUT STH DOWN. Hence, 'lay' is a transitive verb, which means a direct object will follow it.

🔔 Example

➖ I laid my books on the table.
◽️ I put my books on the table.

➕ Don't lay the shirt on the bed.
◽️ Don't put the shirt on the bed.

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💬 Definition of LIE

Lie means to rest or recline, so hence, this verb is intransitive, which means no direct object will be following it.

🔔 Example

➖ I lie on the bed.
◽️ I rest on the bed.

➕ Her cat lies on the floor.
◽️ Her cat rests on the floor.

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🔴 Now look at this chart 👇

🔅 LAY 🔅

Infinitive 👉 to lay
Definition 👉 to put sth down
Simple Present 👉 lay(s)
Simple Past 👉 laid
Past Participle 👉 laid
Present Participle 👉 laying

🔅 LIE 🔅

Infinitive 👉 to lie
Definition 👉 to rest
Simple Present 👉 lie(s)
Simple Past 👉 lay
Past Participle 👉 lain
Present Participle 👉 lying

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