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Words of the day | Day 58| Everyday English Practice

 🧶 Words for Today 1. Annoying: C ausing irritation or annoyance. "annoying habits" 2.  Ghosting:  when someone cuts off all communication without explanation. "Washing the chalkboard with water also causes ghosting to develop making it hard to read anything written on the blackboard.The following method is one of the easiest ways to clean chalkboards." 3. Clinomania:  The people suffering from Dysania find it difficult to hop out of the bed regardless of their commitments and responsibilities in the outside world. 📍Idiom for the day 1. Chew over : Think over 💡Quote for today "Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” - Plato

Words of the day | Day 57| Everyday English Practice

🧶 Words of the day  1. Savvy:  Practical understanding or shrewdness.  "A banker known for financial savvy."  "Only fairly technically savvy users would pick that up from the tips page."  2. Plea:  An earnest and urgent request; appeal; entreaty.  "To the second charge also a plea of guilty must be entered."  "The pamphlet closes with a passionate plea for national unity." 3. Idyllic:  The definition of idyllic is peaceful, tranquil or pretty.   "The gently winding trails offer hikers an idyllic setting for a day of rustic, outdoor fun."

Words of the day | Day 56 | Everyday English Practice

🧶 Words of the day 1. Tenacious : T ending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.  "They made the difference, and they were both tenacious enough to make it last."  "Tenacious soils and subsoils, with a small supply of water, require beds as narrow as 30 ft." 2. Deception :  The act or practice of deceiving.  "Deception Island is remarkable as of purely volcanic origin."

Words of the day | Day 55 | Everyday English Practice

🧶 Words of the day 1. Owe:  owe something, especially money, to. " I owe you an apology. " " I owe you some money. " " I think you owe me an explanation. " 2. Lurk:  remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush. " the trumpet fish is a lurking predator " " Hidden fees and high interest rates often lurk behind these offers." " Imagine the stories that must lurk in the walls of this house."

Words of the day | Day 54 | Everyday English Practice

 🧶 Word for Today 1. Intersect : Cut across. 2. Inferno (n) : A large fire that is dangerously out of control. 3. Euphoria (n) : A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness. 4. Devastated (v): Destroy or ruin. 5. Serendipity (n): The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. 6. Mettle (n) : A person's ability to cope well with difficulties; spirit and resilience. 🧶 Phrasal Verb 1. Give up : Cease making an effort; admit defeat. 💡Quote for today  When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. -Billy Graham

Words of the day | Day 53| Everyday English Practice

 🧶 Words for Today 1. Intricate (adj) : Complicate. 2. Uncanny (adj) : Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way. 3. Dweller (n) :  A person or animal that lives in or at a specified place.

Words of the day | Day 52 | Everyday English Practice

 🧶 Words for Today 1. Alter (v) : Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way. 2. Altar (n) : The table in a Christian church at which the bread and wine are consecrated in communion services. 3. Birth (n) : The emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother; the start of life as a physically separate being. 4. Berth (n) : A fixed bunk on a ship, train, or other means of transport. 5. Days (adverb) : In or during the day regularly. 6. Daze (n) : A state of stunned confusion or bewilderment. 7. Peace (n) : Freedom from disturbance; tranquillity. 8. Piece (n) : A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Words of the day | Day 52 | Everyday English Practice

 🧶 Words for Today 1. Inmate (n) : One of several occupants. 2. Achieve (v) : Successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective or result) by effort, skill, or courage. 3. Stealthy (adj) : Behaving or done in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard. 4. Earthen (adj) : (of a floor or structure) made of compressed earth. 5. Fasten (v) : Close or do up securely. 💡Quote of the Day “This is a fact. You'll be attacked for doing something good by people who are doing absolutely nothing. They will just sit there and criticize your every move. Don't worry about such people. Smile, shake it off, take it in your stride and say a prayer for them!” - Mufti Ismail Menk

Words of the day | Day 51 | Everyday English Practice

 🧶 Words for Today 1. Interpret : Make clear the meaning of. 2. Brevity : Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech. 3. Skedaddle : Depart quickly or hurriedly; run away. 4. Pyrotechnics : A brilliant performance or display of a specified skill. 5. Lacuna : An unfilled space; a gap. 🧶 Homophone for Today 1. Bald : With little or no hair on the head. 2. Bawled : Shout or call out noisily and unrestrainedly. 🧶 Phrase for Today 1. Call it a day : Decide or agree to stop doing something.

Words of the day | Day 50 | Everyday English Practice

 🧶 Words for Today 1. Lid : Moveable cover for a box or pot. 2. Mitigate : To make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad 3. Serendipity : The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. 4. Abundance : Very large quantity of something. 5. Beside : At the side of; next to. 6. Besides : In addition to; apart from. 🧶 Phrase for Today 1. Stone's throw away : A short distance. 2. Rub on the wrong side : To cause (someone) to be angry or annoyed.

Words of the day | Day 49 | Everyday English Practice

 🧶 Words for Today 1. Tedious : Long Boring . 2. Repercussion : Impact. 3. Discord : Disagreement. 4. Prave : To be both proud and brave. 5. Outdoorsy : Of, associated with, or fond of the outdoors. 6. Solitude : The state or situation of being alone. 💡Quote of the Day  Discussion is an exchange of knowledge, An argument an exchange of ignorance. - Robert Quillen