Today's Special
Different Types of "Rain" 🌪
☔️Rain
✅Water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky.
📝There had been heavy rain during the night.
☂️Drizzle
✅Light rain with very small drops of water
📝A light drizzle was falling as I left the house.
💦Shower
✅A short period of rain that can be heavy or light
📝More heavy showers are forecast for tonight.
🌧Downpour
✅A short period of very heavy rain that starts suddenly
📝A sudden downpour sent us running for shelter.
🌨Hail
✅Frozen rain that falls in the form of HAILSTONEs(=small balls of ice)
📝The hail and high winds have destroyed many of the county’s crops.
⛈Sleet
✅A mixture of snow and rain
📝The rain had turned to sleet Sleet and snow fell.
🌫The Rains
✅Heavy rain that falls during a particular period in the year in tropical countries
📝The farmers are waiting for the rains to come.
💧Monsoon
✅The heavy rain that falls between April and October in India and other southern Asian countries
📝The monsoon is late this year.
🧉 Ways of drinking 🍾
🍹 Drink = to take liquid by mouth
🍷 Taste = to sample
☕️ Sip = to drink in small mouthfuls
🍺 Swig = drink in large amounts
🥛 Gulp = to take a large swallow
🥤 Imbibe = to drink (formal/humorous)
🧋 Quaff = to take in large gulps /quickly)
🥂 Booze = to drink alcohol
🍻 Get drunk = to drink until intoxicated
🥃 Tipple = to drink alcohol habitually
🧃 Wet one's whistle = to take a drink
🍼 Moisten one's lips =to take a little liquid
🍸 Go on a binge/spree = to drink alcohol excessivel
Task 1 Uses of Percentage
If the percentages are not exact, then you can use qualifiers to make sure your description remains accurate.
For example:
✅77% just over three quarters
✅77% approximately three quarters
✅49% just under a half
✅49% nearly a half
✅42% more than two fifths
✅32% almost a third
✅30% just under a third
✅27% over a quarter
✅22% just over a fifth
✅18% less than a fifth
✅75-85% a very large majority
✅65-75% a significant proportion
✅10-15% a minority
✅5% a very small number
✅<5% an insignificant amount
♻️SYNONYMS FOR IELTS
✅Strict = Stringent, severe, stern
✅Gaudy = Showy, garish, vulgar
✅Strong = Powerful, mighty, potent
✅Portion = Part, segment, piece
✅Prompt = Punctual, timely
✅Stupid = Unintelligent, dense,
✅Surplus = Excess, additional, extra
✅Urgent = Crucial, important
✅Vacant = Unoccupied, empty
✅Serene = Peaceful, tranquil, calm
✅Serious = Grave, solemn, pensive
✅Optional = Voluntary, elective
✅Ordinary = Usual, average
✅Shrewd = Clever, cunning, crafty
✅Meager = Scanty, sparse, poor
✅Mean = Unkind, malicious, nasty
✅Ravage = Devastate, ruin, damage
✅Raze = Destroy, demolish
✅Small = Little, insignificant, trivial
✅Smooth = Slick, glossy, level
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