اصطلاحات غیر انگلیسی

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اصطلاحات غیر انگلیسی:

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 [wptabcontent] 209. Give an  example,  not  bring an example.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Can you bring a  better example?
Say:  Can you give a better example? [/wptabcontent]

 [wptabcontent]210. Give a mark, not put a mark.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The teacher put me a good mark.
Say: The teacher gave me a good mark.

Note. Avoid to put a lesson, to put a goal. Say instead:
 to give a lesson, to score a goal.
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 [wptabcontent]211. Set a watch by, not put a  watch with.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I put my watch with the radio news.
Say: I set my watch by the radio news.
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 [wptabcontent]212.  A watch is slow or fast, not goes behind or in front.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: My watch goes two minutes behind.
Say: My watch is two minutes slow.

Note: We can also say: My watch loses or gains.
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 [wptabcontent]213. Show a film, not play a film.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: This film will be played shortly.
Say: This film will be shown shortly. [/wptabcontent]

 [wptabcontent]214.  Have one's hair cut, not cut one's hair.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I'm going to cut my hair.
Say: I'm going to have my hair cut.

Note: Avoid I'll make a pair of shoes (or a suit of clothes).
 Say instead: I'll have a pair of shoes (or a suit of clothes) made.
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 [wptabcontent]215. Learn by heart, not  learn from  out.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: We  have a poem to learn from out.
Say:  We have a poem to learn by heart. [/wptabcontent]

 [wptabcontent]216.  Put on weight,  not put  weight.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I've put at least three kilos.
Say: I've put on at least three kilos.

Note: The opposite of to put on weight is
 to lose weight: She has lost five kilos.
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 [wptabcontent]217. It works miracles, not it makes miracles.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: That medicine makes  miracles.
Say: That medicine works miracles. [/wptabcontent]

 [wptabcontent]218.  Getting on with, not going with.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  How is Susan going with her work?
Say: How is Susan getting on with her work? [/wptabcontent]

 [wptabcontent]219. This morning, etc., not today morning,  etc.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  I haven't seen him today morning.
Say: I  haven't seen him this morning.

Note: Avoid today morning, today afternoon, today evening,
 yesterday night, this night. Say: this morning,
 this afternoon, this evening, last night, tonight.
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 [wptabcontent]220.  Quietly,  not  slowly,  slowly.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The boy came in slowly, slowly.
Say: The boy came in  quietly. [/wptabcontent]

 [wptabcontent]221. What's the  matter not  What have you?[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  What have  you  today?
Say: What's the matter  with  you today?

Note: What's wrong (with you)?, What's
 the trouble (with you)? and
What's the problem? are also correct.
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 [wptabcontent]222.  What do you call ...?  not How do you call ...?[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: How do you call this in English?
Say: What do you call this in English?

Note: If the question isn't about a thing, but about
 some expression, we'd say: How do you say this in English? [/wptabcontent]

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