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GENERAL ENGLISH 2023/2024
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A new morning, a fresh day, new beginnings, a lighted up ray. Forget all that is past and embrace the new and the hopeful.

Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.

GENERAL ENGLISH 2022/2023
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SYNONYMS FOR THE WORD "MOVE"
plod, go, creep, crawl, inch, poke, drag,
toddle, shuffle, trot, dawdle, walk, traipse,
mosey, jog, plug, trudge, slump, lumber,
trail, lag, run, sprint, trip, bound, hotfoot,
high-tail, streak, stride, tear, breeze, whisk,
rush, dash, dart, bolt, fling, scamper,
scurry, skedaddle, scoot, scuttle, scramble,
race, chase, hasten, hurry, hump, gallop,
lope, accelerate, stir, budge, travel,
wander, roam, journey, trek, ride, spin,
slip, glide, slide, slither, coast, flow, sail,
saunter, hobble, amble, stagger, paddle,
slouch, prance, straggle, meander,
perambulate, waddle, wobble, pace,
swagger, promenade, lunge

Last straw
Meaning: The final problem in a series of problems
Example: This is the last straw. I’m calling the police.

Let sleeping dogslie
Meaning: Leave something alone if it might cause trouble.
Example: I thought I would ask him if he wanted me to pay him back right away, but
then I decided to let the sleeping dogs lie.

Devil’s advocate
Meaning: To present a counter argument
Example: The teacher always played devil’s advocate to provoke discussion in the
classroom.

IMPORTANT BLOOD RELATIONS
Father of Grandfather or Grandmother = Great Grand Father
Mother of Grandfather or Grandmother = Great Grand Mother
Father of Father or Mother =Grand Father
Mother of Father or Mother = Grand Mother
Wife of Grandfather = Grand Mother
Husband of Grand Mother = Grand Father
Father – in – Law of Father/Mother = Grand Father
Mother – in – Law of Father/Mother = Grand Mother
Father’s Father/Mother only son = Father
Only Daughter – in – Law of Father’s Father/Father’s Mother = Mother

A disease that affects a large number of people in an area at the same time - Epidemic
A disease which is spread by direct contact - Contagious
A doctor who specializes in the eye diseases of the eyes - Ophthalmologist
A doctor who treats children - Paediatrician
A dramatic performance - Masque
A drawing on transparent paper - Transparency
A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles - Simile
A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth - Geo-stationary
A former student of a school, college or university - Alumnus
A four footed animal - Quadruped

A bicycle for two or more people - Tandem
A body of persons appointed to hear evidence or judge and give their verdict (decision) - Jury
A brief or a short stay at a place - Sojourn
A broad road bordered with trees - Boulevard
A building in which aircraft are housed - Hanger
A building where an audience sits - Auditorium
A child born after death of his father - Posthumous
A collection of slaves - Coffle
A decorative ring of flowers and leaves - Wreath
A den for small animals - Hutch