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♈ Vocabulary class

💥💥 ruminate /ˈruːməneɪt/ verb [ I ]formal

Ⓜ to think carefully and for a long period about something:

✳ She ruminated for weeks about whether to tell him or not.

✨ rumination noun [ C or U ]
✨ ruminative adjective
💢 synonyms: think about, contemplate, ponder

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💥💥 furtive /ˈfɝːt‌ɪv/ adjective

Ⓜ (of people) behaving secretly and often dishonestly, or (of actions) done secretly and often dishonestly:

✳ There was something furtive about his behaviour and I immediately felt suspicious.

✨ furtiveness noun [ U ]
✨ furtively adverb
💢 synonyms: secretive, secret, surreptitious, clandestine, hidden, covert

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💥💥 traumatic /trɑːˈmæt‌ɪk/ adjective

Ⓜ causing severe and lasting emotional shock and pain:

✳ Some of the most disturbed children had witnessed really traumatic things, such as rape and murder.

✨ traumatize verb [ T usually passive ]
✨ trauma noun [ U or C ]
✨ traumatically adverb
💢 synonyms: disturbing, shocking, distressing


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​​♨️Today's Idioms ♨️
🦋Lesson9 Part3🦋
Part1 Part2 Part3

✅To count on someone:
🌸To depend or rely on someone.

🔆if I can count on you to wake me up, I won't set my alarm clock ⏰ .
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✅It's a deal :
🌸I agree ( to a proposal or offer )

🔆 A: if you rake up all the leaves in front of the house, I'll do the dishes.
B: it's a deal
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✅(To be) crazy about:
🌸To like very much.

🔆Amy is so crazy about the golf, she'd like to play every day.🔆
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⚜ Ways to start a sentence.

#speaking #writing
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✍️ Essay Writing Tips

#Writing #intermediate
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🔻Slang Words:

a buck
Creep
Cram

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⚜ Other ways to say: Friend❗️

#speaking #s76
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⚜ Adverb Clause.

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​​‍■ PRONUNCIATION
➥ 3-syllable words or more

● In long words, (3-syllables or more) the stress can be on the first syllable: photograph, manager, company, obvious etc. on the middle: photographer, phonographic, professional, permission etc. or on the last syllable: picturesque, entrepreneur.

Words:
1. PHOtograph
2. PhoTOgrapher
3. ProFEssional
4. PictuRESQUE
5. PhotoGRAphic
6. QUAlified
7. EntrepreNUER
8. COmpany

Examples:
1. As a professional photographer, I always spend my leisure on picturesque beaches taking photographs.
2. Even though he's not well qualified for his photographic job, his photos look very attractive.
3. The entrepreneur is always thinking of creating his own company.

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​​🔰 Vocabulary class
🌀 Expressing your emotions Part 2 Part 1

4️⃣ pour something ↔️ out phrasal verb
📖 if you pour out your thoughts, feelings etc, you tell someone all about them, especially because you feel very unhappy
🏷 She poured out all her troubles to him.
🏷 I had no idea Kay was so unhappy until she poured out her soul to me last night.
📌 pour out your heart/soul (=tell someone all your feelings, including your most secret ones)

5️⃣ innermost /ˈɪnəməʊst $ -nərmoʊst/ adjective [only before noun]
📖 your innermost feelings, desires etc are your most personal and secret ones
🏷 She works with emotionally disturbed people, teaching them to express their innermost feelings through poetry.
🏷 He's not the kind of person to reveal his innermost secrets, even to his closest friends.

6️⃣ guarded /ˈɡɑːdɪd $ ˈɡɑːr-/ adjective
📖 not giving very much information or showing your feelings about something
📌 SYN cautious
🏷 The minister was quite guarded in his comments.
🏷 He gave the proposal a guarded welcome.

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