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BEAUTIFUL WORDS YOU’LL LOVE IN ENGLISH ✨

Some English words are beautiful not only because of how they sound, but because of what they describe.

Viridity
The quality of being fresh, green, and full of life.

Petrichor
The pleasant earthy smell after rain falls on dry ground.

Sonorous
Having a deep, rich, and pleasant sound.

Zephyr
A gentle, soft breeze.

Ineffable
Too extraordinary or intense to be expressed in words.

Add these beautiful words to your vocabulary!

ENGLISH GRAMMAR TIP: Negative Prefixes

Want to make an adjective negative? Add a negative prefix! 👇

🔹 UN- → not
happy → unhappy
friendly → unfriendly

🔹 IN- → not
correct → incorrect
expensive → inexpensive

⚠️ IN- changes form:

IM- before m, p, b → impossible, impatient
IL- before l → illegal
IR- before r → irregular
🔹 DIS- → not / opposite of
honest → dishonest
agree → disagree

🔹 MIS- → wrongly / incorrectly
understand → misunderstand
leading → misleading

English Idiom of the Day
NOT HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON 🦵

❓ What does it mean?

It means to have no good reason, evidence, or argument to support your position.

💬 Example:
“He accused me of lying, but he didn’t have a leg to stand on.”

QUOTE OF THE DAY

That’s the beauty of English! There’s often more than one way to express the same idea.

5 useful words starting with IN-

1️⃣ A guitar, a piano or a flute - INSTRUMENT
2️⃣ Not to exclude - INCLUDE
3️⃣ The money you get from working or investing - INCOME
4️⃣ A synonym for hurt or damage - INJURE
5️⃣ It produces goods or services - INDUSTRY

Have you ever arrived somewhere just before it was too late?

Then you were there in the nick of time!

Meaning: at the very last possible moment; just before it becomes too late.

Examples:
I forgot to save my essay before the computer crashed, but the autosave function kicked in just in the nick of time.

Similar expressions:
• Just in time — exactly when needed
• At the last possible second — at the very last moment
• Under the wire — just before a deadline

The exact origin of in the nick of time is uncertain. One popular theory connects nick with an old meaning of a notch or mark used to keep track of time, but this explanation isn’t definitively proven.

DON’T CONFUSE: GRATE vs. GREAT! 🇬🇧

They sound exactly the same, but their meanings are completely different! 👇

🔹 GRATE /ɡreɪt/
= to shred food into small pieces
Grate the cheese before adding it to the pasta.

🔹 GREAT /ɡreɪt/
= excellent, wonderful, or very good
You did a great job!
That was a great movie.

💡 Remember:
GRATE = shred
GREAT = excellent

TRUE OR FALSE? | UK QUIZ

How well do you know the United Kingdom? 🤔
Test your knowledge before checking the answers! 👇

👇 ANSWERS

1️⃣ ✅ TRUE — Welsh is an official language of Wales alongside English.

2️⃣ ✅ TRUE — Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564.

3️⃣ ✅ TRUE — One mile is approximately 1.61 kilometres.

4️⃣ ❌ FALSE — Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish, not a musical instrument!

💬 How many did you get right?
Tell us your score in the comments!

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GRAMMAR NOTE

❌ I suggest you to see it.

Can you spot the mistake? 👀

✅ I suggest you see it.

💡 After suggest, we don’t use to + infinitive.

suggest + -ing
👉 I suggest seeing it.

suggest + (that) + subject + verb
👉 I suggest you see it.

Save this tip! 📌

ANYWAY YOU SLICE IT

It means the facts or conclusion stay the same, no matter how you look at or analyze a situation.

💬 In other words:
No matter how you look at it…

Examples:

“Anyway you slice it, we must finish this project on time.”
“Losing the game is disappointing, anyway you slice it.”

“Slice” here is metaphorical — imagine looking at something from different angles or “cutting” it different ways. The result remains the same!