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I hate to be a buzzkill, but I really need to leave by four.


💢To be a buzzkill means to dampen the mood or enthusiasm of a situation, often by being overly negative, critical, or serious. It refers to someone who spoils the fun or excitement for others.

🔰Examples:

■ We were having a great time at the party until Sarah started complaining about the music. She really was a buzzkill.

■ I wanted to go skydiving, but my friend kept talking about all the things that could go wrong. He was such a buzzkill!

■ Don't be a buzzkill; let's just enjoy the moment and not worry about the details right now.


💢Synonyms:
Spoilsport
• Killjoy
• Wet blanket
• Party pooper
• Downer


These terms all convey a similar sense of someone who detracts from enjoyment or excitement in social situations.

#Common_Phrases


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🔘Take for granted


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#confusing_words 🙂


#Vocabulary


🔘Soggy (adjective)

★Unpleasantly wet and soft.

~e.g : 1) The ground was soggy from the rain.
2)The sandwiches have gone all soggy.




🔘Sang-froid (noun)

★Self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain.

~e.g :They showed great sang-froid in dealing with the fire.



🔘Untamed (adjective)

★Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.

~e.g :The mustang is an untamed horse that roams where it wants, with little interest in humans.


🔘Befuddled ( adjective)

★Completely confused.

~e.g :Even in my befuddled state, I could find my key.


🎀Sights set on | Set sights on🎀

♻️To desire something or to make a goal.

Example:
🔹I have my sights set on going to France next year. | I set my sights on going to France next year.
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#Expressions
#idioms


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Loosen up
وسّع صدرك

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I respectfully decline
أنا أرفض بكل أحترام

#Expressions


#Vocabulary

💢 Nomadic
lifestyle characterized by constant travel/ wandering, and the lack of a permanent home.

💠 Usages
Because her husband is a long-distance truck driver, he’s always on the move and leads a very nomadic lifestyle.

♨️ Basic Synonyms
🔰 drifting
🔰 wandering

♨️ Advanced Synonyms
⚜ peripatetic
⚜ itinerant

♻️ Antonyms
🌀 settled


He brought an almost religious zeal to his work.
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A demilitarized zone means where soldiers and military activities are allowed.
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Most of the companies in the enterprise..... are small businesses.
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  •   Zeal
  •   Zone
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In his..... to get the job finished quickly, he can be a bit careless.
Опрос
  •   Zeal
  •   Zone
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A smoke-free zone means where smoking is freely allowed
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The police were accused of controlling the protesters with excessive zeal.
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#COLLOCATIONS

◼️ Zone {noun}

💠 a large area that is different from other areas around it in some way

ADJECTIVES/ NOUNS + zone
◾️ a war zone
◾️ a danger zone
◾️ an earthquake zone (=where earthquakes are likely to happen)
◾️ a disaster zone
◾️ an economic zone (=an area with special trade or tax conditions)
◾️ an enterprise zone (=where business activity is encouraged by the government)
◾️ a time zone (=which has a different time from the rest of the world)
◾️ a 20 miles/ 80 kilometres etc per hour zone (=where vehicles’ speed is limited)
◾️ a no-parking zone
◾️ a pedestrian zone (=only for people walking, not cars)
◾️ a smoke-free/ nuclear-free etc zone (=where smoking, nuclear weapons etc are not allowed)
◾️ a demilitarized zone (=where soldiers and military activities are not allowed)
◾️ the euro zone (=the countries where the euro is used as the official money)
◾️ a no-fly zone (=an area that aircraft are not allowed to fly in)

VERBS
◾️ enter a zone
◾️ leave a zone
◾️ set up/ establish/ create a zone
◾️ declare/ designate sth a zone (=officially make it a zone)
◾️ divide sth into zones

PREPOSITIONS
◾️ in a zone


#COLLOCATIONS

◼️ Zeal {noun}

💠 great eagerness to do something

ADJECTIVES
◾️ great zeal
◾️ excessive zeal (=too much)
◾️ missionary/ religious zeal (=great eagerness because you strongly believe that something is right)
◾️ revolutionary/ reforming zeal (=eagerness to make big changes)

PREPOSITIONS
◾️ with zeal
◾️ a zeal for sth

PHRASES
◾️ in sb’s zeal to do sth

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