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Idioms
1.A stick in the mud = A boring, unadventurous person.
"Don't invite John - he's such a stick in the mud and will bring down the party."

●2.To throw in the towel =To admit defeat and quit. ‫لنگ انداختن‬
"After several failed attempts, she threw in the towel on trying to fix the appliance herself."

3.To barrel out of somewhere =To exit hastily )‫ (هِیستِلی=باعجله‬or roughly.

"The football players barreled out of the locker room)‫(رختکن‬and onto the field."

4.Like a bat out of hell = Very quickly in a chaotic manner. )‫(به شیوهای آشفته‬
"The customers left the restaurant like bats out of hell after the fire alarm went off."

●5.To buy the farm = To die or get killed.

"I can't believe it when I heard John bought the farm in that car accident."

●6.To cut someone off =To suddenly stop communicating with someone.
"His rude remarks)‫ (سخن‬were the last straw, so I cut him off completely."

5.To get the show on the road = To begin an activity or journey without further delay.
"Alright, it's time to get this show on the road - our reservation is for 6pm!"

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Speaking (News and the internet)

●These days the news is disappoiting.

●news [UNC]

●follow = catch up on

●security blanket

●on + internet/ net

●undeniably==> certainly, undoubtedly

●when it comes to +N/ V.ing

●X is replaced by Y==> now we have Y

●ill- informed # well- informed, fully informed

●make/take a decision
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●X is replaced by Y==> now we have Y

●nowadays

●nterfere with sb/sth = )‫برای جلوگیری از موفقیت یا اتفاق افتادن چیزی به روشی که برنامه ریزی شده است (اِینر فی یِر‬

●informed of sth

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●a plethora of = a lot of

●go for= choose

●by far+ superlative adj+ PP

●zillion= million (informal)

●pp continuous + since+ simple past

●not only+ inversion

●software [UNC]

●past contious + when + simple past

●the latest articles which were published

●The food which was cooked by my mom was delicious.

●The person who was invited to the party was my cousin.

●Past modal==> should have+ PP

●conditional type 3

IF + past perfect, would have PP

If I had known anything about the news, I would have immigrated sooner.

Inversion==> delete if and then put "had" at the beginning

If I had known it >>>> Had I known it

If I had bought it >>> Had I bought it

●way+ comparative adj

far

much

a lot
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●iron out

●hand in

●look into

●call off

●hold up

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Grammar (Comparitive)
●Any/No + comparitive
●any>>> negative/ questions?

●no >>> positive sentences

●the……..the……… construction ( correlative comparison)

The richer you are, the happier you are.

●the+ comparative adj + subject+ verb , the+ comparative adj + subject+ verb.

The more friends you have, the less time you have.

The more exercise you do, the healthier you will be.

The more I pratice, the better I am in my speaking.

The more carefully you drive, the safer you are.

●The darker, the better.

The more expensive, the better service.

●the early bird catches the worm

●The bigger house you have, the more problems you have.