long /i:/

#pronunciation

short /i/

#pronunciation

could do with = need

We could do with some good, hard working language teachers.

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Do you have eco-anxiety?
A growing number around the world are experiencing something called 'eco-anxiety'.

🇺🇸 The rubber meets (hits) the road

》Used to say that a concept or an idea is going to be tested on the market or in the real world.

▪️ When you finish your studies and begin to work, that's the moment when the rubber meets the road.
▪️ Things are getting serious right now. We’re in the last phase of testing, and this is where the rubber meets the road

The English We Speak [19-09-2023]
Fill your boots
If you are presented with an opportunity, how can you tell some to take advantage?

6 Minute English [21-09-2023]
How fans talk about their passions
Fandom is more than simply being a fan, and now it is developing its own language.

❌Stop using the idiom “see eye to eye” in the affirmative, ✅it’s really only used in negatives.
Also, we never say “I see eye to eye you with”, it’s always “We …” , “They …” , “My father and I …”

Got it?🤌

• John and his brother don't see eye to eye on politics.
• Mary and her sister rarely see eye to eye on fashion.
• The political leaders don't see eye to eye on immigraiton.
• Jane and her husband sometimes don't see eye to eye on parenting.
• The committee members didn't see eye to eye.
• The scientists didn't see eye to eye on results.
• The candidates didn't see eye to eye on the economy.
• Mark and Sarah don't always see eye to eye on music.

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📌FOR vs TO

I’m looking for effective strategies for achieving a balanced lifestyle.
&
I’m looking for effective strategies to achieve a balanced lifestyle.


Do you know any good books for improving my English?
&
Do you know any good books to improve my English?


That hardware store sell materials needed for building houses.
&
That hardware store needed to build a house.


❇️To recap, For + Gerund tends to emphasize the general process, preparation or outcome of a task. It's about the bigger picture or a longer-term goal. The action in the gerund form becomes a bit more "noun-like," representing an activity or a process rather than a specific action. Does that make sense?

📌Meanwhile, To + Infinitive often focuses on a specific, immediate action or goal. It's more about what you need to do right now or in a particular situation to achieve something, as opposed to the overall outcome or process.

😿To be honest, this is hard for teachers and students to grasp so you’re not alone if you find this challenging to understand or even to teach.

#grammar_point #grammar
#common_mistakes

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👂I often hear students saying
"I looked for the meaning online." which isn't quite right. Here's why.

✍LOOK FOR vs LOOK UP vs LOOK INTO

👀When you "look for" something, you are actively searching for a specific object, item, or information that you need or want to find.

• I need to look for my keys; I can't find them anywhere.
• Can you help me look for my book? I misplaced it.
• She's looking for a new job because she's unhappy with her current one.

🕵When you "look up" something, you are using resources like books, websites (google mostly), dictionaries, or other references to find specific information or details about a particular topic or question.

• I need to look up the definition of this word in the dictionary.
• If you're planning a trip, you should look up information about the best places to visit.
• Can you look up the recipe for chocolate chip cookies online?

🕵‍♂When you "look into" something, you are investigating or examining a situation, problem, or matter in more detail. This phrase implies a deeper level of research or analysis.

• Bear with me while I look into it for you.
• The detective promised to look into the mysterious disappearance of the valuable painting.
• We should look into the option of expanding our business to other countries.

❇️ So, just to recap, "look for" involves a mostly physical search, "look up" involves research or information gathering, and "look into" involves a deeper investigation.

Is that crystal clear?


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#grammar_point
#practical_point

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🌺🌺🌺🌺 متن ترانه



The older I get / The more I think

هر چه پیرتر میشم/ بیشتر فکر می‌کنم

You only get a minute, better live while you're in it

فقط یک دقیقه نصیبت میشه (زندگی همش یک دقیقه است)، بهتره زندگی کنی تا وقتی درش هستی

'Cause it's gone in a blink

چون تو یک چشم بهم زدن رفته


And the older I get /The truer it is

و هر چه پیرتر میشم / این (حرف) درست‌تره (که):

It's the people you love, not the money and stuff That makes you rich

این آدم‌هایی است که دوست داری نه پول و این چیزها که باعث میشه ثروتمند بشی.

And if they found a fountain of youth I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth

و اگر یک چشمه جوانی پیدا کنند من یک قطره هم نمی‌نوشم و این حقیقته.


Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet

چه حس جالبی، من هنوز دارم به بهترین سال‌های عمرم می‌رسم.
The older I get / The fewer friends I have

هر چه پیرتر میشم / دوستان کمتری دارم

But you don't need a lot when the ones that you got / Have always got your back

اما شما به دوستان زیادی نیاز نداری، وقتی اونایی که داری همیشه هواتو دارن

And the older I get / The better I am

هر چه پیرتر میشم / بهتر میشم

At knowing when to give And when to just not give a damn

در اینکه بدونم چه موقع کمک کنم و چه موقع هیچ اهمیتی ندم.

And if they found a fountain of youth I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth

اگه یک چشمه جوانی پیدا کنند من یک قطره هم نمی‌نوشم و این حقیقته.

Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet
چه حس جالبی من هنوز دارم به بهترین سال‌های عمرم می‌رسم.

The older I get / And I don't mind all the lines From all the times I've laughed and cried

هر چه پیرتر میشم / اهمیتی نمیدم به همه‌ی خطوط ناشی از همه دفعاتی که خندیده‌ام و گریسته‌ام (منظور خطوط چهره است)

Souvenirs and little signs of the life I've lived

یادگاری‌ها و نشانه‌های کوچکی از زندگی‌ای که زیسته‌ام

The older I get / The longer I pray I don't know why, I guess that I've Got more to say

هر چه پیرتر میشم / مدت طولانی‌تری دعا می‌کنم نمی‌دونم چرا، بنظرم حرف بیشتری برای گفتن دارم

And the older I get The more thankful I feel For the life I've had and all the life I'm living still

هر چه پیرتر میشم، بیشتر احساس قدردانی می‌کنم، در قبال زندگی‌ای که داشته‌ام و زندگی‌ای که هنوز دارم می‌کنم.

#music #song

🦠از زمانی که کرونا اومد،
😷مجبور به کنار گذاشتن خیلی از فعالیت‌های روزانمون شدیم.
و تعدادی از افراد عادت به Doom Scrolling پیدا کردن.
#listening
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🔘 Chasing Clout


What does chasing clout mean?


◻️Doing things just to become popular
Chasing clout is when someone does and says things for the sole purpose of becoming more popular. It is most often used to describe people on social sites that are shallow and desperate to gain followers and become famous.
The phrase became popular in 2016 as a way to criticize "fake" people that pretend to be something in order to get more attention. It comes from the hip-hop music scene, along with the "Clout chase" term and has become particularly popular on social sites, like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat.

On social media, people may chase clout by posting comments and sharing photos that promote their fake lifestyle. Or they may pretend to be someone else to become friends with a famous person that has more "clout" that they can leech from. People that take part in this type of clout chasing are called "Clout leeches."

People on social media that take advantage of social movements may be called "Performative activists." This term became popular in 2020.
There has been some criticism of the "chasing clout" phrase since people have begun calling anyone who wants to be successful a "clout chaser." The difference between people that just want to be successful and clout chasers is that clout chasers are willing to forfeit their identity just to get fame.


❓Example
Man, Andy's out here chasing clout big time.
Yeah, he's so fake.

#vocabulary #words #expression
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Describing People!

#words #vocabulary #expression
#video

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💥lap something up

👉to accept or believe something with enthusiasm/
to enjoy something very much.
با جان و دل پذیرفتن و استقبال کردن/حال کردن، لذت بردن
_
💡We walked around the city, lapping up the atmosphere.

💡Everyone clapped and cheered and you could see he was lapping it up.

💡I'm worried about how she just laps up praise from her teachers, as if her self-worth depends on it.
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#video #phrasalverbs #expression

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Inspiring. Persist and watch it all if you have time. You'll thank me later.


“The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad petty, unsexy ways every day. That is real freedom. That is being educated, and understanding how to think. The alternative is unconsciousness, the default setting, the rat race, the constant gnawing sense of having had, and lost, some infinite thing.”

#video #clip

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