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► [view or opinion]

►Don't refer to what someone thinks or believes about a particular subject as their 'point of view'. Refer to it as their 'view' or 'opinion':

-If you want my honest opinion, I think our country will be a prosperous one. []

-If you want my honest view, I think our country will be a prosperous one. []

-If you want my honest point of view, I think our country will be a prosperous one. [X]
📌I'm used to killing snakes = I've killed a lot of snakes in my life.

📌I used to kill snakes = I killed snakes in the past, but not anymore.
► [up = down = along]
-She lives just up the street. []
-She lives just down the street. []
-She lives just along the street. []
►►[clean something off/from something ]

-He used a tissue to clean his fingerprints off the gun. []
-He used a tissue to clean his fingerprints from the gun. []
Fear → be afraid of someone or something

Scare → make someone be afraid

We *fear* rats. They *scare* us so much!
SOW = plant seeds.

SEW = stitch.

REAP = harvest; gather.

RIP = tear.

You *reap* what you *sow*: 🌽, 🍅.

You *rip* what you *sew*: 👗, 👘.