Know English Expressions at a Glance

09/12/2023

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝:

1. 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 closing the door behind you?

2. 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 do me a favour?

3. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 do me a favour, please?

4. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐟 you could shut that door.

Etc.
𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑠 𝑖𝑛 -𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅...
Give examples of your own...

21/08/2023

Double Nobel Prize laureate Linus Pauling is the only person to have received two unshared Nobel Prizes.

Pauling was a chemist who lived on the frontiers of science. Working in the 1930s, he was among the pioneers who used quantum mechanics to understand and describe chemical bonding. His interests and contributions were many – he published the structure of the alpha helix, investigated sickle cell anaemia as the first molecular disease, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954.

After the bombing of Hiroshima, Pauling turned his attention to a different cause: peace. He campaigned vehemently against nuclear weapons and spearheaded a petition to ban nuclear testing. His efforts led to a second prize – the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize "for his fight against the nuclear arms race between East and West."

Learn more about Linus Pauling: https://bit.ly/3k4g1n7

16/11/2020

Study the following words:

Misandry is the dislike of, or contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men (i.e the male s*x).

Example
Many feminists believe in misandry.

Note:
Misandry is the hatred of males, while Misogyny is the hatred of females.

Misogamy is the hatred of marriage.

Philandry is the love of men.
Philogyny is the love of women.

We say;

Misogynist (one who hates women)
Misandrist (one who hates men)
Misogamist (one who hates marriage)
Philandrist (one who loves men)
Philogynist (one who loves women)

13/04/2018

Since this page solely aims at providing the audience with english expressions, it is good then if you heed to this piece of advice:English expressions are best learned when you look them up in a good dictionary, listen to the native speakers of the language,practice on a friend and make good use of them in your dailies.The page will help with some in case you need them, though.

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31/08/2017

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20/07/2017

Study the following Expressions and make your own sentence with each:

1.Seal off : to block(an entrance or area) to prevent anyone entering or leaving.
*Security guards seal off buildings to all except those who should be there.
2.Set aside : to keep for later use
* Wise travellers set aside some water for their bag, because you never know what might happen when you're hiking.
3.Sit around : to sit lazily,without doing anything productive.
*In very hot countries people often sit around during the day,but then work hard in the evening when it's cooler.

Give it a try before you go to bed.Practice on a friend.

29/06/2017

Happy Eid-el-fitr to Muslim Ummah

09/01/2017

Read this

Be prepared to change your career (Part 2)

__Experience alone is not enough.

In a few weeks, I will be 56 years (young). I have been working for more than 33 years (old). By all measures, you might say I'm experienced. But what does this mean in the age of constant change, in which I must change my career (the way I do my job) every five years? Either I change the way I do my job, or my job changes, or it might disappear altogether!

# Experience is important but it is not enough.

In fact, when you get to my age or older and all you can talk about is your experience, it’s nothing more than vanity!

What’s one definition of experience? “The process of getting knowledge or skill from doing, seeing or feeling things.”

"I don't read any books," the veteran began proudly. "Really, I could write most of those books myself because I know it all. I have been doing this job for 30 years."

__This guy needs to retire quickly because he will destroy the organization!

You can be old and young at the same time... You cannot afford to think old!

# Experience is important, but it is not enough.

You must complement it with a constant desire and hunger to learn new things and change your career, again and again and again.

Have you ever noticed how hard it is for a team to win back to back World Cup soccer titles?

# When you have a winning team, you don't want to make changes, but that’s when change must be uppermost in your mind.

Much of our older executive corps in Africa really battle with change, and wear their experience as a right of entitlement. This needs to change. Management and leadership roles are not immune to change.

# Experience is important but it is not enough.

Probably the best engineer I ever worked with was a South African guy called Les Cullen. He was already in his 60s when I first hired him, and he worked for me well into his 70s. In every way, Les was like a 26-year old!

His curiosity was insatiable. It always seemed that every day he was trying out a new idea or reading about a new idea.

So this is not an age thing. It's about a mindset. I have known 30-year old who, only 10 years out of college, cannot absorb a new idea! I have known 80-year olds who embrace new ideas and change their careers with extraordinary energy and gusto.

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus (70+) wrote something interesting. (He’s a social entrepreneur that pioneered the ideas of microcredit and microfinance). He said his greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people.

“Mindsets play strange tricks on us,” he wrote. “We see things the way our minds have instructed our eyes to see…”

Now don’t let the idea of change panic you. Get your mindset around the idea that in this rapidly changing world, we’ll ALL need to be prepared to change our career, again and again and again.

I saw a quote recently that made me smile: “A year from now you will wish you had started today!”

To be continued. . .

13/11/2015