English From Zero to Hero

#Vocabulary 🕸Dormant 🦦 (of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep 🫧 Ex:- During the winter months, the bears will often go dormant and hibernate. 🌨Basic Synonyms 🌓 asleep 🌓 slumbering 🌓 inactive 🌟Advanced Synonyms ✨ comatose ✨ supine ✨ lethargic ✨ torpid ✨ aestivating 🌔Antonyms 🍀 awake 🍀 wakeful

#Phrasal_verbs ⚜Nerd out ○To enthuse about a specific topic; to be engrossed in an interest, especially in discussing it with others. •What is the one thing you nerd out on ? • I nerd out on technology and AI. • He nerds out on football statistics. • What do you nerd out on? ☆Synonyms: •Geek out

#Phrasal_verbs ⚜Zone out ○(informal, intransitive): To stop paying attention and think about something else, or to think about nothing. ◇Sorry, I’ve zoned out . ☆Synonyms: •space out •tune out •zone off

#useful_excerpt "Do not swallow every story that is told. There may be a grain of truth somewhere in all the myths, but chew the meat and spit out the bones". ⚜Chew the meat and spit out the bones:to take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.

#common_mistakes 💥Lane 😱It was so dark in the park that she kept wandering from the lane.✖️ 😇It was so dark in the park that she kept wandering from the path. ☆lane=a narrow road or street: •We rode our bikes along the little country lanes. ☆path=a narrow strip of ground in a garden, park etc that is made for people to walk along. •There used to be a path down to the stream, but it's all overgrown now.'

#common_mistakes 💥Keep up 😱People of normal weight should keep up eating the food they are used to.✖️ 😇People of normal weight should keep (on) eating the food they are used to.✔️ ☆keep (on) doing sth (or carry on doing sth)=continue to do something (instead of stopping). •Just keep (on) going till you come to a crossroads.' • 'You should keep (on) taking the tablets until they're all gone.' ◇Note the alternative: ~People of normal weight should just keep to their normal diet.✔️

#Phrasal_verbs 💥Jibe with sth (AmE) ○to agree with sth; to be the same as sth or match sth. ☆Her story didn’t jibe with the witnesses’ account.

#idioms 💥Let the 'side down (BrE) ○to disappoint your family, friends, team, etc. by not being as successful as they expect, or not helping or supporting them. ☆ John would never let the side down. ☆ I knew I was letting the side down (= disappointing my family, etc.) by not going to college.

#confusables#homophones balmy barmy balmy Meaning: pleasantly warm barmy: Meaning: foolish, crazy .... bare bear bare: Meaning: naked; to uncover bear: Meaning: to carry; to put up with

#Vocabulary 🎶Repertory2⃣ 🎼a collection, especially of music or information 🎻 Ex:- This year, the Boston Philharmonic has expanded its repertory to include compositions from Mexico. 🎸Basic Synonyms 🪉 collection

#Vocabulary 🎨Repertory1⃣ 🎭 the performance of various plays, operas, or ballets by a company at regular short intervals 🫟 Ex:- Martin was overjoyed when he learned his audition was good enough to get him accepted at the New York Repertory for Young Composers. ❄️Basic Synonyms 🫧 theater 🫧 troupe 🫧 school

#Thesaurus #Collocations 📣THESAURUS [Tear sth up ] ☆pull sth a part: to separate sth into pieces by pulling different parts of it in different directions, sometimes violently: ° The wolves will pull the carcass apart. ☆rip sth up: to destroy sth by tearing it into small pieces, often suddenly or violently: ° He ripped up the letter. ° Rip can be used on its own: °She ripped the letter to shreds. ◇ rip (n) : The jacket had a rip in the sleeve. ☆shred sth: to cut or tear sth into lots of small pieces: •Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce, • He was accused of shredding documents relating to the case. ☆tear sth apart: to destroy sth violently, especially by pulling it to pieces. ◇ The dogs tore the fox apart, ◇ They tore the room apart, looking for money. ☆tear sth up: to destroy a document, etc. by pulling it in different directions: ◇She tore up the letter. °Tear can be used on its own: ◇She tore the letter into tiny pieces. ► tear (n): ◇There’s a tear in your coat. ♦️WHICH WORD? °Ripping is usually more violent than tearing. °Both verbs, but especially rip, are often used with a preposition or adverb to show violent movement as the thing is ripped/torn. °Shredding paper is usually done in a machine called a shredder or shredding machine; if you do it with your hands you tear it up or rip it up. 💥PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS : ■to rip (up)/shred paper/a letter ■ to rip fabric/flesh h to shred vegetables ■ to shred sth finely