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2022-05-21 20:45:47 #DailyRead #Productivity

How to Stay Focused and (Not Get Distracted) - Ali Abdaal

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2022-05-21 12:45:11 Big Questions Ep. 2: Harvard

I know that a lot of students practice, practice and practice, but still lack one crucial element in their speech - the state of being NATURAL (or whatever you call it). Just students focus too much on the language and ignore how their ideas are communicating in another language.

Or sometimes, you see lots of students speaking SOMEONE ELSE'S ideas rather than their own, which is actually a big minus for their performance.

To get a real sense of natural speech, I decided to upload a questionnaire taken on Harvard students about basic question, MOST OF WHICH are similar to the questions in PART1.

Watching this video, I hope, will help you learn this element and put it into your practice.

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2022-05-20 09:27:40 Attention for those taking the exam in coming months in Urgench.

The test venue has been altered from Uzbekistan hotel to Binary university.

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2022-05-19 20:24:57 #Productivity

What would you do with an extra hour each day?

Matt D'Avella

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2022-05-18 15:25:13 We see many students confused to choose a synonym to the word "show" in IELTS Writing Task1. Many look up the synonyms in a dictionary and end up choosing a synonym with completely different meaning and usage. The precision is what improves your Lexical Resource so learn the difference between words:

1. If graphs and charts show facts:

The two graphs show/give information on the number of people employed by the company in 1980 and 1990.

2.We use indicate when we want to draw a conclusion about the figures in the charts:

These figures indicate that the company is growing in size each year.

3.We use illustrate to refer to evidence or proof of something:

These figures illustrate the need for better management of our resources.

4.We do not use demonstrate, display or tell to describe a chart. Compare the following:
The salesman demonstrated the machine for us. (= show how something works)

So don't challenge yourself by searching for different synonyms but instead aim at simplicity and accuracy

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2022-05-18 09:24:37 #phrase

Cozy up(ph.v) - to be very friendly to someone with the hope of getting an advantage.

e.g. Jay constantly cozied up to the superior manager in the hope of getting promoted.

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2022-05-16 19:25:41 Prepositions tree

Hope you will find it useful

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2022-05-16 19:12:34 Food for Thought

The crucial step towards leading a simpler life isn’t – as we might initially suppose – to get rid of things. It’s to ask ourselves what our true longings are and what are the ends at which we are aiming. Simplicity isn’t so much a life with few things and commitments in it, as a life with the right, necessary things, attuned to our flourishing. Our lives will feel – and be – simpler when we’ve probed our minds to yield up their most secret and precious insight: the knowledge of what we truly want. Open / Comment

2022-05-15 17:33:19 #pronunciation

Southern

If you are one of those many people who misprounce the word, check it out.

And do remember that "southern" is an adjective and should be followed by a noun. e.g. southern part. The word "south" is a noun and doesn't require noun though.

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2022-05-14 14:17:11 Let's now learn some phrases to describe people in a positive way:

1. A ray of sunshine - a happy person who makes others happy

2. An old soul - someone who is wise and thoughtful; someone who seems much older than they are with much wisdom

3. Down-to-earth - someone who is practical, realistic

4. Industrious - a hard-worker; someone who is skilled and diligent at work

5. Larger-than-life - a charismatic person with very strong personality.

6. Social butterfly - a person who is very dynamic and sociable

7. Thick-skinned - someone who is not easily upset from criticism or insults

8. Unassuming - someone who doesn't like braging about his abilities; humble

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