▶️ - teething problems / teething troubles

~ early/initial teething troubles
~ Hopefully these are just teething troubles, and will be resolved soon.

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✴️ - in spite of & despite

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✳️ - although & though & even though

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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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🆚 - although vs despite & in spite of 🆚

- although + clause

- despite / in spite of + gerund / noun

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🆚 - although - in spite of & despite 🆚

- I couldn't sleep ALTHOUGH I was tired. ✔️
- I couldn't sleep DESPITE I was tired. ❌
- I couldn't sleep DESPITE being tired. ✔️

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💥 - even so 💥💡💡💡

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🆚 - 'even so' vs 'even though' 🆚

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✳️ - come up / turn up trumps

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1️⃣ (play) a trump card - play/use one's trump card
2️⃣ one's best/strongest/trump card = one's main advantage over other people

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🎺 - trump up sg / trump sg up - phrasal verb 🎺

- trumped-up (adj.)
~ Dissidents were routinely arrested on trumped-up charges.

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✴️ - ploy (noun)
✳️ - shenanigan(s) (noun)

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🖌🖍🖋 - present forms for the future

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- It is COMMON FOR somebody to do something ✔️
- It is COMMON THAT somebody to do something ❌

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- It is COMMON FOR somebody to do something ✔️
- It is COMMON THAT somebody to do something ❌

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💡 - only 💡

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🖌 📖📘 - writer's block

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😎🖌 📖📘 - writer's block 😎

Breath = (n.) air going in/out of lungs

Breathe = (v.) inhale + exhale

Breadth = (n.) width; range

Bread = 🍞

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▶️ - to pay / give lip service to something 👄

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✳️ - be to do something - phrase - formal