Reckless = rash; careless

Don’t be a *reckless* driver! 🌲💥🚗

Feckless = incompetent; ineffective

The manager fired the *feckless* worker.

#vocabulary

For diseases,

“endemic” = in a small area;

“epidemic” = widespread;

“pandemic” = universal. 🌏

They get worse in alphabetical order.

#vocabulary

The past tense of “dive” is *dived* or *dove*: Jo *dived*/*dove* from her boat. ⛵️

But for “drive,” 🚘

drived → ❌

*drove* → ✔️

#Grammar

Don’t use ALTHOUGH and BUT in the same sentence:

Although Jo is mean, but she is still my friend. → ❌

Delete one or the other.

#Grammar

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🔰running on empty

if you’re “running on empty”, you have no
energy, money, etc.

#idiomatic_expressions

Score = a group of 20 people or things

Score = 20
4 Score = 80
7 Years = 87

Don't say five scores; say five score

The plural form 'scores' means a large number of people or things. #vocabulary

FACT: It’s OK to use “while” as a synonym for “whereas.”

He likes tea *while* I like coffee. 👲🍵 ☕️👱

#fact

REFUSE [rih-FYOOZ] = (v.) say no; decline.
REFUSE [REF-yoos] = (n.) trash; rubbish.

#vocabulary

SOW = plant seeds.

SEW = stitch.

REAP = harvest; gather.

RIP = tear.

You *reap* what you *sow*: 🌽, 🍅.

You *rip* what you *sew*: 👗, 👘.

#vocabulary