#Phrasal_verbs
#Informal


🔘Hole up
(also be holed up)


~to hide somewhere for a period of time

: [hole up in/with/at]

➖The gunmen are still holed up in the town.

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🔘No holds barred

➖when there are no rules or limits on what you are allowed to do.


▪️It seems there are no holds barred when it comes to making a profit.

المقارنة بين شيئين  : comparative
short adjective 👇🏼
إذا الصفة قصيرة نضيف لها er...
He is smaller than his brother.

long adjective 👇🏼
واذا الصفة طويلة نضيف قبلها more
My car is more expensive than Sam's.
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التفضيل أو المقارنة اكثر من شيئين :
superlative

short adjective 👇🏼
الصفة قصيرة نضيف لها est مسبوقة
بكلمة the
she is the tallest student in the school.

long adjective 👇🏼
واذا الصفة طويلة نضيف قبلها the most
He is the most handsome guy in the city.

الصفات الشاذة :
good - better than - the best
bad - worse than - the worst

so....that / such....that

so..that and such...that are used to show cause and effect.
تستخدم لتوضيح السبب و التأثير

so...that
so + adjective / adverb + that
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He is so fast that he won the race.
He ran so quickly that he won the race.

such...that
such + adjective + noun + that
She is such a smart student that she got full marks.
وممكن تجي مع الاسم فقط
such + noun + that
He is such a liar that no one trusts him.
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so many....that / so much.... that

so many...that
so many + plural count noun + that
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I have so many books that I can't carry them.

so much...that
so much + noncount noun + that
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Sam has so much homework that he can't watch the game.

#Expressions


🔘With/at the touch of a button/key.

▪️used to emphasize that something can be done very easily by pressing a button.

🔸This card allows you to access your money at the touch of a button.
🔸You can get all the latest information with the touch of a button.

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⚜It’s touch-and-go

🔸used about a situation in which there is a serious risk that something bad could happen.


🔸It was touch-and-go whether the doctor would get there on time.

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🔶🔸🔶Put out feelers


🔶🔸 To discover what people think about something that you want to do.


🔸They seem interested in a peace settlement and have begun putting out feelers.

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🔘Like water

🔸 if you use something or spend money like water, you use or spend large amounts of it when you should try to save it – used to show disapproval.


🔸Some of the companies were spending money like water.

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🔘Somebody would turn in their grave

 🔸used to say that someone who is dead would strongly disapprove of something happening now.

🔸The way Bill plays that piece would have Mozart turning in his grave.

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🔘Be at daggers drawn

➖ if two people are at daggers drawn, they are extremely angry with each other.

▪️They were at daggers drawn despite attempts to understand each other.

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