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Balancing work and family boosts happiness and productivity. Reduce stress by prioritizing daily tasks—identify what's most important and distinguish urgent from non-urgent responsibilities.

Learn how to understand flight attendant announcements with key phrases, examples, and tips designed for English language learners. ✈️🗣️

Why Giving Suggestions is Imp

Adjectives describe nouns, adding detail for clearer expression. Understanding their use, including comparative and superlative forms, enhances communication.

The phrase "It is a deal" signals agreement, often in negotiations or transactions, showing mutual consent to agreed terms.

The perfect progressive tense shows an action that started in the past and continued, possibly still ongoing, stressing its duration. Present Perfect Progressive: "have/has been" + verb-ing.

Expressing gratitude builds strong relationships and opens opportunities. Saying “thank you” is a simple but effective way to show appreciation in everyday interactions.

The phrase "beats me" is an informal way to say "I don't know," used to show uncertainty. Its origin is unclear but likely comes from the idea of being baffled or mentally defeated.

Effective Speaking Strategies for the Duo

Understanding the difference between "while" and "during" helps in expressing time. "While" is a conjunction showing two actions happening at once, and it introduces a clause with a subject and verb, e.g., *She read a book while...*