❇️ Grammar
♦️ Going to or will
When we want to talk about future facts or things we believe to be true about the future, we use 'will'.
✅ The President will serve for four years.
✅ The boss won't be very happy.
✅ I'm sure you'll like it.
✅ I'm certain he'll do a good job.
👉 If we are not so certain about the future, we use 'will' with expressions such as 'probably', 'possibly', 'I think', 'I hope'.
✅ I hope you'll visit me in my home one day.
✅ She'll probably be a great success.
✅ I'll possibly come but I may not get back in time.
✅ I think we'll get on well.
👉 If you are making a future prediction based on evidence in the present situation, use 'going to'.
✅ Not a cloud in the sky. It's going to be another warm day.
✅ Look at the queue. We're not going to get in for hours.
✅ The traffic is terrible. We're going to miss our flight.
✅ Be careful! You're going to spill your coffee.
👉 At the moment of making a decision, use 'will'. Once you have made the decision, talk about it using 'going to'.
✅ I'll call Jenny to let her know. Sarah, I need Jenny's number. I'm going to call her about the meeting.
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♦️ Going to or will
When we want to talk about future facts or things we believe to be true about the future, we use 'will'.
✅ The President will serve for four years.
✅ The boss won't be very happy.
✅ I'm sure you'll like it.
✅ I'm certain he'll do a good job.
👉 If we are not so certain about the future, we use 'will' with expressions such as 'probably', 'possibly', 'I think', 'I hope'.
✅ I hope you'll visit me in my home one day.
✅ She'll probably be a great success.
✅ I'll possibly come but I may not get back in time.
✅ I think we'll get on well.
👉 If you are making a future prediction based on evidence in the present situation, use 'going to'.
✅ Not a cloud in the sky. It's going to be another warm day.
✅ Look at the queue. We're not going to get in for hours.
✅ The traffic is terrible. We're going to miss our flight.
✅ Be careful! You're going to spill your coffee.
👉 At the moment of making a decision, use 'will'. Once you have made the decision, talk about it using 'going to'.
✅ I'll call Jenny to let her know. Sarah, I need Jenny's number. I'm going to call her about the meeting.
@Nanonet1
❇️ Idiom
♦️ turn a deaf ear (to someone or something)
کسی را نادیده و نشنیده گرفتن (گوش کر خور را به طرف کسی کردن)
👉 To ignore or refuse to listen to someone or something; to fail to pay attention to something someone says.
✅ The government has been turning a deaf ear to the pleas of its most vulnerable citizens.
✅ I'll never forgive myself for turning a deaf ear when my roommate was clearly crying out for help.
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♦️ turn a deaf ear (to someone or something)
کسی را نادیده و نشنیده گرفتن (گوش کر خور را به طرف کسی کردن)
👉 To ignore or refuse to listen to someone or something; to fail to pay attention to something someone says.
✅ The government has been turning a deaf ear to the pleas of its most vulnerable citizens.
✅ I'll never forgive myself for turning a deaf ear when my roommate was clearly crying out for help.
@Nanonet1
❇️ Podcast 126
♦️ SO and SUCH – Part 1
It is hot today!
It is very very hot today!
It is so hot today!
It is such a hot day!
My teacher is so strict.
She is such a strict teacher.
That cake is so delicious.
That is such a delicious cake.
The lecture was so long.
It was such a long lecture.
This road is so curvy.
This is such a curvy road.
These candies are so sweet.
These are such sweet candies.
Her jokes are so funny.
She tells such funny jokes.
The boy’s hands are so dirty.
The boy has such dirty hands.
It was so dark.
It was so dark that I almost walked into a tree.
It was so dark I almost walked into a tree.
It was such a dark night
It was such a dark night that I almost walked into a tree.
It was such a dark night I almost walked into a tree.
He was so worried.
He was so worried that he couldn’t sleep.
He was so worried he couldn’t sleep.
This is such a grey day.
This is such a grey day that I’m getting depressed.
This is such a grey day I’m getting depressed.
I am so busy.
I am so busy that I have no time for fun.
I am so busy I have no time for fun.
My husband won’t take his medicine unless I remind him. He is such a baby.
I think Emily is going to get fired from her job. She is such a troublemaker.
Jack always makes me laugh. He is such a comedian.
Don’t believe anything that company tells you. They are such liars.
I think you should stop seeing Phillip. He is such a loser.
I know you will like Janet. She is such a sweetheart.
I’m not surprised what your son did. Teenagers can be such jerks.
@Nanonet1
♦️ SO and SUCH – Part 1
It is hot today!
It is very very hot today!
It is so hot today!
It is such a hot day!
My teacher is so strict.
She is such a strict teacher.
That cake is so delicious.
That is such a delicious cake.
The lecture was so long.
It was such a long lecture.
This road is so curvy.
This is such a curvy road.
These candies are so sweet.
These are such sweet candies.
Her jokes are so funny.
She tells such funny jokes.
The boy’s hands are so dirty.
The boy has such dirty hands.
It was so dark.
It was so dark that I almost walked into a tree.
It was so dark I almost walked into a tree.
It was such a dark night
It was such a dark night that I almost walked into a tree.
It was such a dark night I almost walked into a tree.
He was so worried.
He was so worried that he couldn’t sleep.
He was so worried he couldn’t sleep.
This is such a grey day.
This is such a grey day that I’m getting depressed.
This is such a grey day I’m getting depressed.
I am so busy.
I am so busy that I have no time for fun.
I am so busy I have no time for fun.
My husband won’t take his medicine unless I remind him. He is such a baby.
I think Emily is going to get fired from her job. She is such a troublemaker.
Jack always makes me laugh. He is such a comedian.
Don’t believe anything that company tells you. They are such liars.
I think you should stop seeing Phillip. He is such a loser.
I know you will like Janet. She is such a sweetheart.
I’m not surprised what your son did. Teenagers can be such jerks.
@Nanonet1
❇️ Let
👉 There are many fixed expressions, idioms and phrasal verbs using let.
اصطلاحات زیادی همراه با فعل let در زبان انگلیسی وجود دارند.
♦️ Let alone means ‘much less’
این اصطلاح به معنی "چه برسد به اینکه" استفاده می شود. مثلا شما می گوئید فلانی این کار را نمی کند، چه برسد به اینکه ...
✅ I’ve never been to Africa, let alone Ghana.
✅ I’ve never met any actor, let alone Brad Pitt.
✅ He doesn't read newspapers, let alone books.
♦️ Let go can mean to dismiss
اخراج کردن، بیرون کردن
✅ My company let 20 people go.
✅ I was let go three weeks ago.
♦️ Let your hair down means to lose your inhibitions.
بیرون شدن از حالت رسمی و جدی
✅ At the office party, everybody let their hair down and we had fun.
✅ This is time to have some fun boys, so let you hair down!
♦️ Don’t let it get you down means to stay cheerful although something bad has happened.
سر حال ماندن با جود اینکه اتفاق بدی افتاده است.
✅ Everybody makes mistakes. Don’t let it get you down.
♦️ Let you off’/let you off the hook means that you are excused, even though you did something wrong or had something bad to do.
به این معنی است که با وجود اینکه شما اشتباهی مرتکب شدید باز هم بخشیده شده اید.
✅ I made a mess but the boss let me off.
✅ I was supposed to tidy up after the party but I was let off the hook as Sandra did it.
♦️ Letting off steam means to get rid of excess energy or frustration.
این اصطلاح به معنی راحت شدن و آرام شدن استفاده می شود، تخلیه کردن انرژی
✅ After work I go to the gym and let off steam on the treadmill.
✅ We need to go out after the exams and let off steam.
♦️ Let me see and let me think are expressions used to give you time to think.
این اصطلاح زمانی استفاده می شود که بخواهید وقت بیشتری برای فکر کردن در مورد چیزی بگیرید.
✅ You want a raise? Let me think. Can we discuss this later?
✅ A good place for lunch? Let me see. How about the Italian restaurant?
♦️ Let’s say and let’s suppose are used to talk about hypothetical situations.
این اصطلاح برای نشان دادن حالت فرضی استفاده می شود.
✅ Let’s say that you were boss. What would you do?
✅ Let’s suppose that we don’t get the contract. What do we do?
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👉 There are many fixed expressions, idioms and phrasal verbs using let.
اصطلاحات زیادی همراه با فعل let در زبان انگلیسی وجود دارند.
♦️ Let alone means ‘much less’
این اصطلاح به معنی "چه برسد به اینکه" استفاده می شود. مثلا شما می گوئید فلانی این کار را نمی کند، چه برسد به اینکه ...
✅ I’ve never been to Africa, let alone Ghana.
✅ I’ve never met any actor, let alone Brad Pitt.
✅ He doesn't read newspapers, let alone books.
♦️ Let go can mean to dismiss
اخراج کردن، بیرون کردن
✅ My company let 20 people go.
✅ I was let go three weeks ago.
♦️ Let your hair down means to lose your inhibitions.
بیرون شدن از حالت رسمی و جدی
✅ At the office party, everybody let their hair down and we had fun.
✅ This is time to have some fun boys, so let you hair down!
♦️ Don’t let it get you down means to stay cheerful although something bad has happened.
سر حال ماندن با جود اینکه اتفاق بدی افتاده است.
✅ Everybody makes mistakes. Don’t let it get you down.
♦️ Let you off’/let you off the hook means that you are excused, even though you did something wrong or had something bad to do.
به این معنی است که با وجود اینکه شما اشتباهی مرتکب شدید باز هم بخشیده شده اید.
✅ I made a mess but the boss let me off.
✅ I was supposed to tidy up after the party but I was let off the hook as Sandra did it.
♦️ Letting off steam means to get rid of excess energy or frustration.
این اصطلاح به معنی راحت شدن و آرام شدن استفاده می شود، تخلیه کردن انرژی
✅ After work I go to the gym and let off steam on the treadmill.
✅ We need to go out after the exams and let off steam.
♦️ Let me see and let me think are expressions used to give you time to think.
این اصطلاح زمانی استفاده می شود که بخواهید وقت بیشتری برای فکر کردن در مورد چیزی بگیرید.
✅ You want a raise? Let me think. Can we discuss this later?
✅ A good place for lunch? Let me see. How about the Italian restaurant?
♦️ Let’s say and let’s suppose are used to talk about hypothetical situations.
این اصطلاح برای نشان دادن حالت فرضی استفاده می شود.
✅ Let’s say that you were boss. What would you do?
✅ Let’s suppose that we don’t get the contract. What do we do?
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❇️ Have something done
👉 If you 'have something done', you get somebody else to do something for you.
✅ I'm going to have my hair cut.
✅ She's having her house redecorated.
✅ I'm having a copy of the report sent to you
👉 In informal English, we can replace 'have' by 'get'.
✅ We're getting a new telephone system installed.
✅ They will be getting the system repaired as quickly as they can.
✅ I got the bill sent direct to the company.
👉 We can also use 'have/got something done' in situations where something bad has happened to people or their possessions. This is not something they wanted to happen.
✅ John had all his money stolen from his hotel bedroom.
✅ We had our car damaged by a falling tree.
✅ I got my nose broken playing rugby.
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👉 If you 'have something done', you get somebody else to do something for you.
✅ I'm going to have my hair cut.
✅ She's having her house redecorated.
✅ I'm having a copy of the report sent to you
👉 In informal English, we can replace 'have' by 'get'.
✅ We're getting a new telephone system installed.
✅ They will be getting the system repaired as quickly as they can.
✅ I got the bill sent direct to the company.
👉 We can also use 'have/got something done' in situations where something bad has happened to people or their possessions. This is not something they wanted to happen.
✅ John had all his money stolen from his hotel bedroom.
✅ We had our car damaged by a falling tree.
✅ I got my nose broken playing rugby.
@Nanonet1
❇️ Conversation
♦️ a toothache
A: What can I do for you today?
B: Doctor, I have the worst toothache!
A: How long have you had this pain?
B: For about a week or so, but it's gotten really bad in the last couple of days.
A: Did you do anything that might have aggravated your tooth?
B: You know, I was eating jawbreakers in the movies the other day, and I accidentally bit down really hard on one.
A: What kind of toothbrush do you use?
B: I just use a regular hard bristle toothbrush.
A: Does it bother you when you eat something really cold?
B: Yes, it definitely bothers me more when I do that.
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♦️ a toothache
A: What can I do for you today?
B: Doctor, I have the worst toothache!
A: How long have you had this pain?
B: For about a week or so, but it's gotten really bad in the last couple of days.
A: Did you do anything that might have aggravated your tooth?
B: You know, I was eating jawbreakers in the movies the other day, and I accidentally bit down really hard on one.
A: What kind of toothbrush do you use?
B: I just use a regular hard bristle toothbrush.
A: Does it bother you when you eat something really cold?
B: Yes, it definitely bothers me more when I do that.
@Nanonet1