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Short Forms in Spoken English

  Short Forms in Spoken English gonna – going to I’m gonna watch a DVD. I’m gonna teach you a vocabulary. He is gonna research on antebellum houses in Korea. We are gonna talk to your parents. wanna – want to Do you wanna watch too?  Do you wanna see what I have in my pocket? I wanna see the world corruption-free. People always wanna make money. whatcha – what are you Whatcha doing? Whatcha thinking? Whatcha writing ? Whatcha gonna teach? dunno - don’t know I dunno. I dunno where she wanna go. I dunno what she has on her mind? You dunno who I am. We dunno what her plan is. gotta – got to (or got a) I’ve gotta go now. ( got to) I’ve gotta car. ( got a) hafta – have to Do you hafta go already? Yes, I hafta go now. gimme – give me Gimme a call tomorrow. Will you gimme your pen? Gimme the book . lemme – let me Lemme know what you think. Lemme go please. Lemme explain the point. Lemme see the cover. kinda – kind of She’s  nice  kinda girl. I like him, kinda. She is a kind...

Compliment / Complement

 C ompliment / Complement These words have similar spellings but completely different meanings. If you  compliment  someone, you say something very nice to them: She complimented me on my English. They have complimented me on my success. If one thing  complements  another, the two things work or look better because they are together: The different flavours complement each other perfectly. The different dance styles in the performance absolutely complemented each other. The adjectives are also often confused.   Complimentary: She made some very complimentary remarks about my English. The principal made complimentary remarks about the students' presentations. It can also mean ‘free’: There was a complimentary basket of fruit in our room. The participants will be given a complimentary copy of the book. Complementary : two people or things that are  complementary  are different but together form a useful or attractive combination of skills, qualities ...

continually/continuously?

 Continually/Continuously? Something that happens   continuously   happens without break. He has been continuously reading the book since 10 am. There is no break in the action. His eyes haven't gone off the book. Something that happens   continually  happens with break in action. He has been continually reading the book since 2020. No one can read a book for one year without any break. Here the sentence means that he has been reading with some intervals. He must be reading it once a week or leisurely.

harass - /həˈræs/

  harass   verb    /həˈræs/ harass somebody/something   to make repeated attacks on an enemy ( మళ్ళీ మళ్ళీ దాడి చేయడం) SYNONYM   harry Examples: Our convoys are being continually harassed by enemy submarines. Greenpeace has been harassing whaling operations at sea. The dogs have been harassing the villagers. Terrorists have been harassing many countries. Do you think they don't harass some countries?  One can harass with or without weapons. Why have they been harassing our space stations?    

Idiom- create/make ripples | create/make a ripple

  Idioms create/make ripples  |  create/make a ripple (ప్రభావితం చేయడం ) ​ to be noticed and have an impact It's a film that promises to create ripples. The debate has barely made a ripple here. Any movie can create ripples in youths' minds. The ripple a movie creates in your mind can kill a person and can save many lives.