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✳️ - 'All of which' in a Modifying Clause
🆚 - 'all of them' vs 'all of which' 🆚

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🆚 - 'one of them' vs 'one of which' 🆚

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⚫️ - kickback (noun) /ˈkɪkˌbæk/ - SYN bribe (noun) /braɪb/

= money paid illegally to somebody in return for work or help

~ The kickbacks were disguised as personal low-interest loans.

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⚪️ - kick back - phrasal verb

= to stop doing things and relax

~ Kick back and enjoy the summer.

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☀️ - phrasal verbs - summer fun ☀️
1️⃣ - kick back
2️⃣ - crack up
3️⃣ - goof around
4️⃣ - hang out

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▫️◽️◻️ 🔳 - malapropism (noun) /ˈmæləprɒpˌɪz(ə)m/

~ I'm tired of everybody taking me for granite. ➡️ [taking me for granted]

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😈👿 - the lesser of two evils

= the less unpleasant or harmful of two possible choices

~ He’s convinced the voters that he is the lesser of two evils.

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🆘 - less - lesser 🆘🔨🔧

- the lesser of two evils ✔️

- the less of the two evils ✔️

- the least of the five evils ✔️

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⚖️⚖️⚖️

◽️◻️⬜️ - the letter of the law

◾️◼️⬛️ - the spirit of the law / rule / an agreement, etc

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😁😎

◽️◻️⬜️ - the letter of the law

◾️◼️⬛️ - the spirit of the law / rule / an agreement, etc

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🐎🏃🏃‍♀️

✴️ - run into - phrasal verb

✳️ - come across - phrasal verb

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▶️ - stumble across / on / onto / upon sg/sy = come across

~ I stumbled across / on / upon this book by chance. 📚📗📕📘

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🆚 - travel (verb, noun) vs. trip (verb, noun) 🆚

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- to conserve energy /kənˈsɜː(r)v/ /ˈenə(r)dʒi/

- conserve (verb)
= to keep and protect from waste, loss, or damage; preserve
~ I'm not being lazy - I'm just conserving my energy/strength for later.
▶️ - sine qua non (of/for sg) (noun) /ˌsɪni kwɑː ˈnɒn/ - formal

= a necessary condition without which something is not possible

~ An interest in children is a sine qua non of teaching.

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⛵️ - sail under false colours ☠️
= to pretend to be something that one is not; disguise one's true nature or intentions
~ Lewis was sailing under false colours - he never told her he was a journalist.
⛵️🌕🌑 - to show oneself in one's true colours / to show one's true colours

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⛵️ - to show oneself in one's true colours / to show one's true colours

The term 'false colours' today refers to intentional deception, and 'true colours' indicates straightforwardness or honesty.
⛵️⚪️⚫️ - to show oneself in one's true colours / to show one's true colours

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🥊 - contend with sy / sg - a lot to contend with

= to have to deal with a problem or with a difficult situation or person

~ He's had a lot to contend with recently.

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- contend with somebody / something

"We've got to contend with vortexes and light speeds!" 😁😎

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