🌀 - sobriquet / soubriquet (noun) /ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ/ - formal = a nickname

#Vocabulary

🖊🖌🖍 - may / might + perfect infinitive

✒️ - The structure 'have + past participle' is called a perfect infinitive.

#Grammar

✳️ - like a/the Cheshire Cat /ˌtʃeʃə(r) ˈkæt/
✴️ - (a) grin like a/the Cheshire cat

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- lynch (verb) /lɪntʃ/
- lynching (noun) /ˈlɪntʃɪŋ/

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▶️ - Parallel structure, also known as parallelism

#Grammar

▶️ - Parallelism is most often found in the following forms

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🌕 - filter out

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🌕 - filter out

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🤳 - Mobile phone vocabulary 📱

#Vocabulary
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⚪️ - play possum /ˈpɒs(ə)m/

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⚪️ - play possum /ˈpɒs(ə)m/

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🔘 - impasse (noun) /ˈæmpɑːs/
- reach an impasse:
~ The peace talks have reached an impasse.
▶️ synonyms: deadlock, dead end, stalemate

#Vocabulary

🔘 - impasse (noun) /ˈæmpɑːs/
- reach an impasse:
~ The peace talks have reached an impasse.
▶️ synonyms: deadlock, dead end, stalemate

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