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✳️“Emigrate” goes with *from*.

✳️“Immigrate” goes with *to*.

Jessica *emigrated from* America. 🇺🇸

She *immigrated to* South Korea. 🇰🇷

#Vocabulary
💁 These are all SINGULAR indefinite pronouns:

- someone
- somebody
- anyone
- anybody
- everyone
- everybody
- no one
- nobody

#Grammar
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✳️For sale = available for purchase

✳️On sale = at a discounted price

Wateen was happy when the expensive shoes went *on sale*.

👩💸👠

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✳️Anecdote = a short, amusing story

✳️Antidote = a cure, remedy

Jo told 👩💬 an *anecdote* about buying an *antidote* from a monkey.

👩💵 🐒💊💉

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🔴FACT:

We should bear in mind, however, that there are other suns and moons in the universe, and when we refer to these they might not be considered as unique:

-The planet Mars has two moons.
-Every solar system has a sun.

#fact
✳️Noisome = having an offensive smell 💩👃🤢

✳️Fulsome = excessively flattering or praising 😗👏

✳️Winsome = charming 🎩

✳️Cumbersome = burdensome

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👨‍💻💬 The h in “hospital” is pronounced, so

an hospital →

a hospital → ✔️

👩‍💻💬 In “hour,” the “h” is silent, so

a hour →

an hour → ✔️

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✳️Sallow = unhealthy looking: Jo looks sick; her skin is *sallow* and clammy. 🙍💦

✳️Shallow = not deep: Swim in the *shallow* end of the pool. 🏊

#Vocabulary
Looking for words to describe a talkative/wordy person? 👨💬💬💬

• garrulous
• loquacious
• verbose
• diffuse
• effusive
• voluble

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“I need to GO BAD.” = I need to become evil. 😈 #slang

“I need to GO BADLY!” = I have to use the restroom RIGHT NOW!

🚹 🏃💨💨💨

#Grammar
Never refer to people with “which”:

“Salman was a man which was driven by desperation.” →

💁 Use *who* or *that* instead. ✔️

#Grammar
🔴Let’s = let us: Let’s get coffee! ☕️
🔴Lets = allows: He lets us play games. 🎮
🔴Lest = in case: Ali brought a book lest his flight be delayed.

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“Children” and “men” are already plural, so their possessive forms are *children’s* and *men’s* (not “childrens’” or “mens’”).

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✳️Found = past tense of “find”: Jo *found* her missing keys. 🗝🔑

✳️Founded = established: The prestigious school was *founded* in 1865. 👩‍🎓🏫👨

#Vocabulary
#Grammar
Your welcome = welcome that belongs to you😂

You’re welcome = You are welcome. (Write this in response to “Thanks.”

#Vocabulary
🔎Looking for words that mean “charitable”? 💸

Try these:

• benevolent
• munificent
• altruistic
• philanthropic
• humanitarian

#Vocabulary