#Phrasal_verbs

🌟Verge on/upon something

⭐️to be very close to a harmful or extreme state.

⚡️Many of Lewis’s activities verged on the illegal.
⚡️ Some of his ideas are verging on the dangerous.
⚡️His love of James Dean movies verged on fanaticism.

#confusing_words

🔘Forest / Jungle / Wood / Woods 🔘


🔸All of these words refer to an area with lots of trees and other vegetation close
together.

🔸The word jungle refers to a tropical area (it can also be called a rain forest). The
Amazon in Brazil is an example of a jungle. In non-tropical areas, land filled with trees can be called the forest or the woods:
➖ We went camping in the forest / in the woods.
➖ The frightened fox ran across the parking lot and then disappeared into the
forest/woods. We usually say "the woods" – when it is necessary to use "a," we typically use forest:
➖ There is a large forest in the eastern part of the state.✔️
➖ There is a large woods. ✖️


🔸The word wood is used for the substance that comes from trees and is used in
construction and to make furniture and other objects:
➖This table is made of wood.
➖ A small wooden cross marked the burial site.
“wooden” is the adjective meaning “made of wood.”


🔸If we are talking about multiple pieces of wood, then we say “pieces of wood” and
not “woods”:
➖We gathered a few pieces of wood to start a fire. ✔️
a few woods✖️

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🔘 Girl / Lady / Woman 🔘


🫧In the past, the distinction between lady and woman used to be clearer:
🧕woman = general word for a female adult
🙎 man = general word for a male adult
🧕lady = an honorable woman with good manners and refined behavior
👨🏽‍💼gentleman = an honorable man with good manners and refined behavior.


🔸Nowadays, however, there is not so much of a difference. Although the words lady
and gentleman still carry some connotation of being refined and well-mannered,
people often use the words even to describe people they don't know.
➖An old lady fainted at the train station and they had to call an ambulance.
➖Good evening, gentlemen. Can I get you anything to drink?


🔸The word girl is usually only used for female children or adolescents. Adult women
sometimes refer to their friends as girls, but it can be considered offensive for an
adult man to refer to adult women as "girls.

#confusing_words


🔘Mr. / Mrs. / Ms. / Miss🔘


📌These titles indicate a person's gender and marital status:
🔸Mr. (pronounced "mister") = a man. Can be married or unmarried.
🔸Mrs. (pronounced "missus") = a married woman
🔸Miss (pronounced "miss") = an unmarried woman
🔸Ms. (pronounced "mizz") = a woman who we are not sure if she is married or
not.


📌These titles are typically used with the last name:
🔸Bob Jones = Mr. Jones
🔸 Susan Smith (married) = Mrs. Smith
🔸 Kate Windsor (not married) = Miss Windsor
🔸 Linda McDonnell (marital status unknown) = Ms. McDonnell

TAKE STH UP (B1) – to start doing a particular job or activity (Cambridge).

Have you ever thought of taking up acting?
He's taken up the position of supervisor.



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#phrases

🔘From the word go / from the get-go

▪️(idiomatic) From the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting.

▪️I watched him closely from the word go because I did not trust him.