Smart EnglishSession XMr. Medhat Mohsen

Assafwa Private SchoolsAin Shams University

English Fruits

Proverbs Internet language

Phrasal verbs

Quotes

Extra

Idioms

Slang

Phrasal verbs are verbs + preposition They are separable or nonseparable Examples: I took my shoes off. I took off my shoes. I took them off. I took off them.

Phrasal verbs

Both are correct

You should always dress up for a job interview.

Dress well

dress up

You'd better hold off accusing Mike until you're 100 percent sure.

The enemy was so strong that there was no way to hold them off.

The champion held off the challenger and won the game.

Delay doing something/prevent an attack/prevent from winning

Hold off

You can figure on spending a least hundred bucks if you're going to that restaurant.

Expect / plan for

Figure on

Timmy is lining his toy cars up. If this bolt doesn't line up with that hole, the

lock won't work. I couldn't line a clown up for Susie's

birthday party. put in row/sth positioned correctly/arrange

for and activity for sth or sb in the future.

Line up

It's freezing outside — zip your coat up. close the zipper.

Zip up

The principal caught me sneaking out of my chemistry class.

Go silently

Sneak out

My father didn't want to let me use his car Friday night, but I talked him into it.

Persuade

Talk into

Don't do business with Marvin; he rips everyone off.

Hank got ripped off by the drug dealer. I paid nine dollars to see that awful movie?

What a rip-off! stress out

When you rip people off, you steal something from them, cheat them, or charge them more money for something than it is worth.

Rip off

My father said that we're spending too much and have to cut back.

Reduction of money spending.

Cut back

My brother drives his teachers crazy. He constantly goofs around and creates problems.

Do troublesome things to waste time.

Goof/fool around

Proverbs are simple sayings that are popular and repeated that speak about a life-truth or an experience of humanity. They come from heritage and cultures. They differ according to each culture.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Proverbs

A man is known by his friends.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Actions speak louder than words.

A bad penny always turns up.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

No man can serve two masters.

The first step is the hardest.

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

Don’t wash your dirty linen in public.

Failure teaches success.

They are expressions people use to say something in a metaphorical way. They are based on culture.

Example: When I was going to pat the bill, I found no money in my wallet. I was in the red.

Idioms

To get a new driving license, you have to cut lots of red tapes. It is not easy.

red tape

My little sister is the apple of her grandfather’s eye. He gets her everything she likes.

the apple of one’s eye

Betty was of two minds about her future: should she study to be a teacher or an actress?

of two minds

My father has bald hair like his father. I will be bald in the future. Having a bald must run in the family.

to run in the family

My brother has a big mouth. He told everything I said to my mother.

big mouth

Mark arrives to work before everyone else. He’s an early bird.

an early bird

My father is a police officer. I saw him at home once in a blue moon.

once in a blue moon

I did my best to start my smart English, sink or swim.

sink or swim

If you know the ins and outs of computers, you should be able to get a good job.

ins and outs

I’ll finish using the computer in a minute. Just keep your shirt on and you’ll get your turn.

Keep your shirt on

Slang English is a very informal way of speaking English, it's most used by youths and black people. It is ONLY spoken language.

Slang English

Examples of slang words cool it: relax funny farm: mental hospital full of beans: lively soft: banknotes nana: banana

sore: angry or upset banana: foolish person sound: OK, wonderful good guy: honest person soft in the head: stupid

top banana: leading person, the boss shirty: getting angry or upset check: American interjection for yes conch: hard-working student ship out: depart sod off: British slang for go away.

Examples of slang English

Internet language appears with the spread of the internet and chat programs. It is used later in SMS.

Internet is a way of abbreviating words into symbols or little letters.

Internet language

Abbreviation Meaning

10x Thanks

2day Today

4gv Forgive

addy Address

afc away from computer

Asl age, sex, location

atm at the moment

Internet language

Abbreviation Meaning

ayk are you kidding

B4 before

Bbl / bbs be back later / soon

Bf boyfriend

brb - be right back

b4n bye for now

Internet language

They are wise sayings by great people.

Example: Smiling to others is a charity. (Prophet Mohammed peace be upon him)

Quotes

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Henry David Thoreau

Life

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Thomas Carlyle

Love

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Abraham Lincoln

Planning

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

Lana Turner 

Funny

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Albert Camus

Friendship

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Dalai Lama

happiness

Change

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Albert Einstein

intelligence

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Steve Jobs

Leadership

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

William Shakespeare

Shakespear