1⃣ an untucked shirt
2⃣ a tucked shirt
🔴Verb : To tuck in / to untuck🔴
🔸You shouldn't tuck in your shirt. It shows your fat tummy. Untuck it now!
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2⃣ a tucked shirt
🔴Verb : To tuck in / to untuck🔴
🔸You shouldn't tuck in your shirt. It shows your fat tummy. Untuck it now!
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〽️And here are the answers to our etymology test with the root 'loqui':
🔘Loquacious = talkative
🔘Eloquent = fluent and skilled at using words
🔘Soliliquy = (in a play) speaking to one's self
🔘Somniloquy = sleep-talking
🔘Grandiloquent = using pompous or 'big' words
🔘Mangniloquence = cf. grandiloquent
🔘Circumlocution = speaking around the topic using too many words where fewer would do; compare 'beating around the bush'
🔘Interlocutor: a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation
🔘Loquacious = talkative
🔘Eloquent = fluent and skilled at using words
🔘Soliliquy = (in a play) speaking to one's self
🔘Somniloquy = sleep-talking
🔘Grandiloquent = using pompous or 'big' words
🔘Mangniloquence = cf. grandiloquent
🔘Circumlocution = speaking around the topic using too many words where fewer would do; compare 'beating around the bush'
🔘Interlocutor: a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation
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The 🐈 is... anonymous poll knocking the box off. – 29 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59% knocking the box down. – 13 👍👍👍 27% knocking the box over. – 7 👍👍 14% 👥 49 people voted so far.
〽️ See the answer of our phrasal verb quiz for yourself:
🗯 knock over
Compare:
▫️ knock off : stop doing something;
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▫️ knock down : to destroy;
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🗯 knock over
Compare:
▫️ knock off : stop doing something;
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▫️ knock down : to destroy;
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You might want to look up other phrasal verbs with knock; you'll love them! ☺️
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🤒🤧😷 A home remedy for a sore throat is 🔸salt water ➖➖➖➖➖➖🔸.
🤒🤧😷 A home remedy for a sore throat is 🔸salt water ➖➖➖➖➖➖🔸.
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In a scene from Godfather Part II, Hyman Roth is making a speech:
👤ROTH: When a man comes to this point in his life, he wants to turn over the things he's been blessed with; turn them over to friends, as a reward for the friends he's had and to make sure that everything goes well after he's gone.
👤HIS ASSISTANT: Not for years.
💬 EVERYBODY ELSE: 🔸Hear! Hear!🔸
⁉️What does the expression 🔸Hear! Hear🔸 mean?
ℹ️ You may want to watch this scene on 🎥 min 1:21':54" of the film.
ℹ️ You may download Godfather Part II at 🌐 http://dl.serverdl.in/1/files/The.Godfather.Part.II.1974.Bluray.720p.Ganool.mkv
In a scene from Godfather Part II, Hyman Roth is making a speech:
👤ROTH: When a man comes to this point in his life, he wants to turn over the things he's been blessed with; turn them over to friends, as a reward for the friends he's had and to make sure that everything goes well after he's gone.
👤HIS ASSISTANT: Not for years.
💬 EVERYBODY ELSE: 🔸Hear! Hear!🔸
⁉️What does the expression 🔸Hear! Hear🔸 mean?
ℹ️ You may want to watch this scene on 🎥 min 1:21':54" of the film.
ℹ️ You may download Godfather Part II at 🌐 http://dl.serverdl.in/1/files/The.Godfather.Part.II.1974.Bluray.720p.Ganool.mkv
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🌀 The Suffix -wise
🔎 The suffix (= letters that are added to the end of another word) –wise is an adverb maker that comes in very handy:
1️⃣ In some fixed expressions, it means in the direction of .
💭EXAMPLES: lengthwise, clockwise, anti-clockwise
2️⃣ It is used in some useful function words.
💭EXAMPLES: likewise, otherwise
3️⃣🔅 The suffix -wise can also be added to a large number of words in the sense of from a ... point of view , refering to , or speaking of .
💭EXAMPLE: Money-wise I’m having a few problems.
💭EXAMPLE: (ON TV) Let’s see what’s happening weather-wise.
💭EXAMPLE: I'm better than he is language-wise.
Comment any other examples you know. 👇👇👇
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#suffix #intermediate
🔎 The suffix (= letters that are added to the end of another word) –wise is an adverb maker that comes in very handy:
1️⃣ In some fixed expressions, it means in the direction of .
💭EXAMPLES: lengthwise, clockwise, anti-clockwise
2️⃣ It is used in some useful function words.
💭EXAMPLES: likewise, otherwise
3️⃣🔅 The suffix -wise can also be added to a large number of words in the sense of from a ... point of view , refering to , or speaking of .
💭EXAMPLE: Money-wise I’m having a few problems.
💭EXAMPLE: (ON TV) Let’s see what’s happening weather-wise.
💭EXAMPLE: I'm better than he is language-wise.
Comment any other examples you know. 👇👇👇
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#suffix #intermediate
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🔼🔼🔼 Which picture best - and more accurately - explains what's wrong? anonymous poll 🅰 – 40 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 89% 🅱 – 5 👍 11% 👥 45 people voted so far.
⭕️ ANSWER
As voted by 94% of the voters, the correct answer is 🅰.
Well done! 👏
As voted by 94% of the voters, the correct answer is 🅰.
Well done! 👏
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🗓Sunday, July 4, 2017 was a public holiday. So was 🗓Tuesday the 6th. Many decided that the 🗓Monday in between was part of this long holiday🏖, too☺️.
In many cultures, this is called a ❓
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#quiz #culture
🗓Sunday, July 4, 2017 was a public holiday. So was 🗓Tuesday the 6th. Many decided that the 🗓Monday in between was part of this long holiday🏖, too☺️.
In many cultures, this is called a ❓
Comment your answers below👇 by clicking on 'Comments' and then 'Add Comment' or 'Start Browsing' other people's answers and vote for/against them. We will post the answer soon.
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#quiz #culture
🔎 Interesting Expressions
👨⚖️Thomas Fuller (1654 – 1734) was an English physician, writer, and adage collector. A famous proverb attributed to him reads as follows:
🔅🔅 You may know by a handful the whole sack . 🔅🔅
❓What does that mean? Do you know a proverb that's close in meaning to this in your language?
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👨⚖️Thomas Fuller (1654 – 1734) was an English physician, writer, and adage collector. A famous proverb attributed to him reads as follows:
🔅🔅 You may know by a handful the whole sack . 🔅🔅
❓What does that mean? Do you know a proverb that's close in meaning to this in your language?
📝 Comment your answers below👇 by clicking on 'Comments' and then 'Add Comment' or 'Start Browsing' other people's answers and vote for/against them. We will post the answer soon.
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🔵 Great stuff! Please keep on posting the likes of these!
🔴 Boring again! I already knew it!