#idioms
⚜PAY THE PIPER
🔆to pay for one’s mistakes; to live with the consequences of one’s (wrong) actions.
🔅Catherine thought she could play her way through school, and now she has to stay after class to make up her failed grades. She should have known she would have to pay the piper.
🔅I cheated people out of their money. I got caught,
and now I’m in prison, paying the piper for what I
did.
~A piper is a musician who plays on a pipe.
⚜PAY THE PIPER
🔆to pay for one’s mistakes; to live with the consequences of one’s (wrong) actions.
🔅Catherine thought she could play her way through school, and now she has to stay after class to make up her failed grades. She should have known she would have to pay the piper.
🔅I cheated people out of their money. I got caught,
and now I’m in prison, paying the piper for what I
did.
~A piper is a musician who plays on a pipe.
#Collocations
🔘Sports
▪️The first important collocation involving sports is when to use the verbs play, do, and go.
🔸 We typically use play for team sports – you play soccer, play basketball, play tennis, play baseball, and play golf.
🔸The verb do is used for more individual sports – you do yoga, do gymnastics, do martial arts, and do aerobics. Also, in more general terms, you do exercise. Another common individual exercise is to lift weights.
🔸The verb go is used with most activities that end in –ing: you go swimming, go biking, go surfing, go rock climbing, go bowling, and go fishing.
🔸With the team sports, we can use the word game or match: a soccer game, a basketball game, a tennis
match, etc.
🔸 You can win the game, lose the game, or tie the game – that’s when the final score is 1-1 or 2-2, for example.
🔸A team can play a home game – when they play in their own stadium or field – or an away game – when they play at the opposing team’s stadium or field. When there are many teams that are playing many games to see which one is the best, we call this a tournament.
🔸When one team is winning in the middle of the game – for example, 3-1 – we say that team has the lead. However, the other team can make a comeback – score points from a losing position – and take the lead, 4-3.
🔸With the sports that use “do” and “go,” we typically use the word competition – a
gymnastics competition, a martial arts competition, a surfing competition, an ice skating competition, etc.
🔸The exception is sports where you go from one place to another – like running, biking, and swimming – in that case, we often call the event a race.
🔸Athletes can enter a competition and try to win first place. Some athletes try to enhance their performance with illegal substances such as steroids. But if they fail a drug test, they’ll be disqualified
from participating.
🔸If the athlete is performing well, they may achieve a personal best – and if they perform better than ANYONE ever has in the past, then they could even break the world record or set a new world record. If they get injured, however, they might have to withdraw from the competition (voluntarily leave the competition) .
🔘Sports
▪️The first important collocation involving sports is when to use the verbs play, do, and go.
🔸 We typically use play for team sports – you play soccer, play basketball, play tennis, play baseball, and play golf.
🔸The verb do is used for more individual sports – you do yoga, do gymnastics, do martial arts, and do aerobics. Also, in more general terms, you do exercise. Another common individual exercise is to lift weights.
🔸The verb go is used with most activities that end in –ing: you go swimming, go biking, go surfing, go rock climbing, go bowling, and go fishing.
🔸With the team sports, we can use the word game or match: a soccer game, a basketball game, a tennis
match, etc.
🔸 You can win the game, lose the game, or tie the game – that’s when the final score is 1-1 or 2-2, for example.
🔸A team can play a home game – when they play in their own stadium or field – or an away game – when they play at the opposing team’s stadium or field. When there are many teams that are playing many games to see which one is the best, we call this a tournament.
🔸When one team is winning in the middle of the game – for example, 3-1 – we say that team has the lead. However, the other team can make a comeback – score points from a losing position – and take the lead, 4-3.
🔸With the sports that use “do” and “go,” we typically use the word competition – a
gymnastics competition, a martial arts competition, a surfing competition, an ice skating competition, etc.
🔸The exception is sports where you go from one place to another – like running, biking, and swimming – in that case, we often call the event a race.
🔸Athletes can enter a competition and try to win first place. Some athletes try to enhance their performance with illegal substances such as steroids. But if they fail a drug test, they’ll be disqualified
from participating.
🔸If the athlete is performing well, they may achieve a personal best – and if they perform better than ANYONE ever has in the past, then they could even break the world record or set a new world record. If they get injured, however, they might have to withdraw from the competition (voluntarily leave the competition) .
Forwarded from Yazin
TO SEE THE LIGHT
🔹to finally realize something after serious consideration
📌I thought he would never agree with me, but eventually he saw the light.
📌After my terrible grade in mathematics I saw the light and started working harder.
📌 Finally, near the end of the meeting, John saw the light and withdrew his objections.
🔦
🔹to finally realize something after serious consideration
📌I thought he would never agree with me, but eventually he saw the light.
📌After my terrible grade in mathematics I saw the light and started working harder.
📌 Finally, near the end of the meeting, John saw the light and withdrew his objections.
🔦
Forwarded from Yazin
⛳️Options for "Very Small"
✅Short is one way that a person or object could be very small. Or try one of the following words to precisely communicate what you mean by small.
🔷microscopic
🔷minuscule
🔷petite
🔷teensy-weensy
🔷tiny
✅Short is one way that a person or object could be very small. Or try one of the following words to precisely communicate what you mean by small.
🔷microscopic
🔷minuscule
🔷petite
🔷teensy-weensy
🔷tiny
Forwarded from Yazin
⛳️Other Words for "Very Tired"
✅When you're so tired that it's hard to find a word to accurately convey just how very tired you are, consider one of these options.
☀️bone-tired
☀️exhausted
☀️fatigued
☀️pooped
☀️weary
☀️worn out
✅When you're so tired that it's hard to find a word to accurately convey just how very tired you are, consider one of these options.
☀️bone-tired
☀️exhausted
☀️fatigued
☀️pooped
☀️weary
☀️worn out
#Expressions
🔶Pin your hopes/faith on something/somebody
🔸to hope that something will happen or someone will help you, because all your plans depend on this.
🔸Chris is pinning his hopes on getting into Yale.
🔶Pin your hopes/faith on something/somebody
🔸to hope that something will happen or someone will help you, because all your plans depend on this.
🔸Chris is pinning his hopes on getting into Yale.
#confusing_words
🔘Beautiful / Pretty🔘
🔸These words describe something that is attractive, nice to look at.
🔸The word beautiful is stronger and more complete. You could describe a spectacular sunset as beautiful, or a very attractive woman in a fancy dress as
beautiful.
🔸The word pretty is more informal and superficial. A nice arrangement of flowers could be described as pretty. You can also describe girls, women, and clothing as
pretty – but it is not as strong as beautiful.
🔸The word cute is also informal, and means something is attractive in an adorable
way. It is often used for children and animals.
🔸When describing an adult (man or woman) as cute, it means the person is attractive, but not SUPER attractive (for super attractive we would say the person is beautiful/gorgeous - for a woman - handsome - for a man - or hot, has a sexy connotation, for both women and men).
🔸For boys and men, we don't use pretty or beautiful - we can use handsome (usually
for men), hot (also for men) or cute (usually for boys).
🔘Beautiful / Pretty🔘
🔸These words describe something that is attractive, nice to look at.
🔸The word beautiful is stronger and more complete. You could describe a spectacular sunset as beautiful, or a very attractive woman in a fancy dress as
beautiful.
🔸The word pretty is more informal and superficial. A nice arrangement of flowers could be described as pretty. You can also describe girls, women, and clothing as
pretty – but it is not as strong as beautiful.
🔸The word cute is also informal, and means something is attractive in an adorable
way. It is often used for children and animals.
🔸When describing an adult (man or woman) as cute, it means the person is attractive, but not SUPER attractive (for super attractive we would say the person is beautiful/gorgeous - for a woman - handsome - for a man - or hot, has a sexy connotation, for both women and men).
🔸For boys and men, we don't use pretty or beautiful - we can use handsome (usually
for men), hot (also for men) or cute (usually for boys).
#confusing_words
🔘Spend / Pay🔘
▫️You spend money and time:
▪️I spent $100 on tickets to the baseball game.
▪️We spent three hours waiting in line to buy the tickets!
▪️You can also spend a period of time like the morning, afternoon, night, weekend, week, etc.
▪️I spent the weekend making repairs to the house.
The students spent the afternoon volunteering at the animal shelter.
▪️You pay the request, bill, or demand for the money: pay rent, pay a fine, pay your bills, pay your taxes.
▪️It’s also possible to use pay with quantities of money, but we use a different preposition:
~I spent $100 on the tickets.
~I paid $100 for the tickets.
🔘Spend / Pay🔘
▫️You spend money and time:
▪️I spent $100 on tickets to the baseball game.
▪️We spent three hours waiting in line to buy the tickets!
▪️You can also spend a period of time like the morning, afternoon, night, weekend, week, etc.
▪️I spent the weekend making repairs to the house.
The students spent the afternoon volunteering at the animal shelter.
▪️You pay the request, bill, or demand for the money: pay rent, pay a fine, pay your bills, pay your taxes.
▪️It’s also possible to use pay with quantities of money, but we use a different preposition:
~I spent $100 on the tickets.
~I paid $100 for the tickets.
#phrases
🔘On hold
a) if something is on hold, it is going to be done or dealt with at a later date rather than now
➖The plans are on hold until after the election.
➖Since having the kids, my career has been put on hold.
b) if you are on hold, you are waiting to talk to someone on the telephone
➖We try not to keep people on hold for more than a couple of minutes.
➖The agent put me on hold while she consulted a colleague.
🔘On hold
a) if something is on hold, it is going to be done or dealt with at a later date rather than now
➖The plans are on hold until after the election.
➖Since having the kids, my career has been put on hold.
b) if you are on hold, you are waiting to talk to someone on the telephone
➖We try not to keep people on hold for more than a couple of minutes.
➖The agent put me on hold while she consulted a colleague.
#Thesaurus
🔸the feeling when part of your body hurts.
⚜A broken leg can cause a lot of pain.
⚜ He felt a sharp pain in his chest.
🔸a continuous pain, especially one that is not very bad. Most commonly used in compounds such as headache, toothache, and backache.
⚜ I felt an ache in my back after decorating all day. Driving gives me a headache.
🔸 a sudden slight pain that comes and then disappears quickly.
⚜When I bent down I felt a twinge in my back.
🔸 an uncomfortable feeling in your body, or a slight pain.
⚜The procedure takes five minutes and only causes slight discomfort.
🔸a feeling of great pain, or a situation in which you feel a lot of pain the agony of childbirth.
⚜I was in agony by the time I got to the hospital.
🔆pain noun [C,U] 🔸the feeling when part of your body hurts.
⚜A broken leg can cause a lot of pain.
⚜ He felt a sharp pain in his chest.
🔆ache noun [C,U] 🔸a continuous pain, especially one that is not very bad. Most commonly used in compounds such as headache, toothache, and backache.
⚜ I felt an ache in my back after decorating all day. Driving gives me a headache.
🔆twinge noun [C]🔸 a sudden slight pain that comes and then disappears quickly.
⚜When I bent down I felt a twinge in my back.
🔆discomfort noun [U] (formal)🔸 an uncomfortable feeling in your body, or a slight pain.
⚜The procedure takes five minutes and only causes slight discomfort.
🔆agony noun [U] 🔸a feeling of great pain, or a situation in which you feel a lot of pain the agony of childbirth.
⚜I was in agony by the time I got to the hospital.
#Vocabulary
🔘Painstaking
/ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/ adjective [usually before noun]
~very careful and thorough.
⚡️ The work had been done with painstaking attention to detail.
Chris described in painstaking detail what had happened.
—
⚡️ The old painting was
🔘Painstaking
/ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/ adjective [usually before noun]
~very careful and thorough.
SYN : Meticulous. ⚡️ The work had been done with painstaking attention to detail.
Chris described in painstaking detail what had happened.
—
painstakingly adverb⚡️ The old painting was
painstakingly restored.