🏃♀️🏃 - RUN - phrasal verbs 🏃♀️🏃
1️⃣ run down (sg) - [inseparable]
2️⃣ run across (sy/sg) - [inseparable]
3️⃣ run (sg) past/by (sy) - [separable]
4️⃣ run up (sg) - [separable]
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1️⃣ run down (sg) - [inseparable]
2️⃣ run across (sy/sg) - [inseparable]
3️⃣ run (sg) past/by (sy) - [separable]
4️⃣ run up (sg) - [separable]
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💡 - run (sg) past/by (sy) - phrasal verb - [separable] 🏃♀️🏃💡
~ I'd like to run an idea by you! 💡
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~ I'd like to run an idea by you! 💡
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- look up - phrasal verb
🖌 - things are looking up (for) ➡️ if a situation is looking up, it is getting better
~ Finally, things are looking up for me.
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🖌 - things are looking up (for) ➡️ if a situation is looking up, it is getting better
~ Finally, things are looking up for me.
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🔘 on autopilot
= automatically, without thinking about what you are doing
~ He never really cared about the job and is mostly operating on autopilot these days.
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= automatically, without thinking about what you are doing
~ He never really cared about the job and is mostly operating on autopilot these days.
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🌑 - inveterate (adj.) /ɪnˈvetərət/
= always doing a particular thing, especially something bad, and unlikely to change; confirmed in a habit
~ an inveterate smoker/liar/gambler/critic
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= always doing a particular thing, especially something bad, and unlikely to change; confirmed in a habit
~ an inveterate smoker/liar/gambler/critic
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🔲 - specious (adj.) /ˈspiːʃəs/ - formal - disapproving
= seeming to be true or correct, but actually false - SYN: misleading
~ a specious argument/claim
~ specious allegations/promises
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= seeming to be true or correct, but actually false - SYN: misleading
~ a specious argument/claim
~ specious allegations/promises
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▶️ - teething problems / teething troubles
~ early/initial teething troubles
~ Hopefully these are just teething troubles, and will be resolved soon.
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~ early/initial teething troubles
~ Hopefully these are just teething troubles, and will be resolved soon.
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🆚 - despite & in spite of vs although & even though 🆚
- despite the fact that
- in spite of the fact that
~ Kelly loved her husband in spite of the fact that he drank too much.
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- despite the fact that
- in spite of the fact that
~ Kelly loved her husband in spite of the fact that he drank too much.
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