English From Zero to Hero

#Phrasal_verbs 💥Serve as/for sth ◇to be used instead of sth else when there is nothing better available. ☆An old box served as a table. ☆ Small temporary buildings had to serve for offices. 💥Serve sth on sb {also 'serve sth upon sb more formal) / Serve sb with sth {law) : ◇to give or send sb an official document, especially one that orders them to appear in court. ●The police have served a summons on Mr Jackson. ● The police have served him with a summons.

#useful_excerpts "Motives, of course, may be mixed; but this only means that a man aims at a variety of goals by means of the same course of action. Similarly a man may have a strong motive or a weak one, an ulterior motive or an ostensible one." ●Ostensible: •Apparent, evident; meant for open display. Ostensible X Ulterior

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🔹foot the bill يدفع الثمن ▪️The company will foot the bill for his move to Chicago.  🔹for all one is worth بكل جهده ▪️I will try for all I am worth to help you get the job at the supermarket. 🔹for a song. بمبلغ زهيد ▪️He was able to buy his new car for a song. 🔹for better or worse. مهما تكن النتائج ▪️For better or worse he has decided to quit his job and go to live in Brazil. #common_phrases #Idioms

#idioms 💥A BOOTLICKER 🔅Someone who flatters or obeys others in power to gain favour. ▪️Jeff is such a bootlicker, always agreeing with the boss no matter what.

💢Hit the high spots 💢 Hit the spot 💠Hit the high spots (coll.) ♨️Say or do only the important or obvious things 🔰 Ex:- I said into the telephone, “Just hit the high spotsand don’t be too specific. I’m in a hurry.” 💠Hit the spot (coll.) ♨️Be exactly what is required (especially of food and drink) Ex:- Seed tea hits the spot during the hot summer months.

What is written for you will find you, in the most beautiful way, at the most perfect time. What feels delayed is not denied—it is being prepared with a wisdom you cannot yet see.Keep making Dua. Trust that Allah sees your patience. He sees your silent tears, your hidden hopes, your late-night prayers, your effort to keep believing.And He will respond in a way that heals you, in a way that surprises you, in a way that makes you forget every moment you doubted. Allah would never put you through all of this just to give you less than what your heart longed for. He is too Generous for that, too Gentle, too Wise. What is coming is not random. It is written. It is measured. It is filled with mercy. So be patient. Keep making that duʿāʾ. Keep trusting. Because one day, very soon… everything will make sense, and your heart will say: “Alhamdulillah for every delay, every tear, every prayer… it was all leading me here..🌺 #Islamic_reminder🕊

🔹flat broke مفلس على الأخر ▪️I have been flat broke since I stopped working last month. 🔹flat-out بصراحة تامة ▪️I told her flat-out that I would not go with her to the party. 🔹Fit like a glove يناسب تماما ▪️The new pair of jeans that he bought fit like a glove. 🔹fit as a fiddle بصحة ممتازة ▪️Her grandfather is 92 years old but he is as fit as a fiddle. 🔹fit to be tied غاضب جداً ▪️He was fit to be tied when he heard that I was going to take a month off work in the summer. #common_phrases #Idioms

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Human support is like a shadow that disappears when the sun goes down; Allah’s support is the Light that never fades. Never depends on any one else, depend only on Allah so deeply that even if every door in the world closes, you remain at peace knowing His door never locks #Islamic_reminder🍃

🔹fair-weather friend صديق المصلحة ▪️He is a fair-weather friend only and you can’t rely on him if you have a problem 🔹far and wide. في كلّ مكان ▪️We looked far and wide for the book but could not find it. 🔹fast buck مال سهل ▪️He is always trying to make a fast buck without really trying to work very hard 🔹feed someone a line يخدعه ▪️He was feeding me a line about his plans to open a new restaurant downtown. 🔹fifty-fifty بالتساوي/ مناصفة ▪️We divided the cost of the trip fifty-fifty. #common_phrases #Idioms