Do you know the meaning of these idioms?
1. Everything is geared around sitting.
2. Swim against the tide.

#Vocab     #Promises

Just a few hours ago, one of the candidates had to respond to questions on 'Promises' both in Part 2 and 3. 

✔️ Here are some common collocations with the word "promise" you may find useful:

Make a promise
He made a promise to always be there for her.

Keep a promise
She always keeps her promises.

Break a promise
He broke his promise to help me.

Fulfill a promise
The politician fulfilled his campaign promises.

A promise of something
The dark clouds carried the promise of rain.

Extract a promise
She extracted a promise from him to attend the event.

A promise to someone
She made a promise to her parents to excel in her studies.

A promise to do something
He gave a promise to return the book by Monday.

An empty promise
Politicians are often criticized for making empty promises.

✔️ These collocations help convey different nuances and contexts in which the word "promise" can be used effectively.

GRANT IELTS 9

Hayit bayrami hammaga muborak bo'lsin. Doimo sog' salomat, oilaviy tinchlik va namozimizni to'kis ado etishlik hammamizga nasip qilsin

♻️ New vocabulary

?be obsessed — be unable to, or find it difficult to, think of anything else — biror narsa bilan hayoli band bo’lmoq; berilib ketmoq
?accumulate — collect over a period of time — yig’moq, jamg’armoq
?mattress — the part of a bed which is slept on — to’shak, matras
?deprive of — stop oneself from having or enjoying something (phrase) — ...dan mahrum qilmoq
?elaborate — luxurious; fancy — ulkan, hashamatli, dabdabali
?make of use — use (phrase) — ishlatmoq, foydalanmoq
?utilisation — use in a practical way [noun] — foydalanish
?acute — sharp; severe —  keskir, o’tkir
?modify — change slightly — sekin o’zgarmoq

GRANT IELTS 9

ATTITUDES TOWARDS MONEY

Generally, people are classified into three categories according to their attitudes towards money: misers, spenders, and economizers. Misers seem almost obsessed with the idea of saving, so they accumulate money in banks if their income is large, or in the house - stuffed in mattresses or under the living room rug - if they are low- income people. They deprive themselves of many things and spend money just on the most essential things. Spenders are people who have a tendency to spend too much on too many unnecessary things. They are often too generous, making elaborate gifts to friends and family. Credit cards in some spenders' hands are often dangerous weapons. They become addicted to using them, only to regret it later when the bills come in and they are unable to pay. Economizers are practical people who spend wisely, usually making use of a budget. They can enjoy more and various material things and activities due to their careful utilization of funds. They spend in moderation and save in moderation for their future retirement or the education of their children. Of these three types of people, economizers are what most of us are having to be in our age. The acute problems of inflation, shortages, and low salaries are forcing us to become economizers. It is the only way to be if we are to survive in the future. Hopefully, the misers and big spenders will modify their extreme attitudes towards money in these circumstances and convert into economizers.

GRANT IELTS 9

♻️ New vocabulary

?contrasts — noticeable differences when compared — ziddiyat, qarama-qarshilik
?fortune — enormous amount of money — boylik
?in company — with other people present — odamlar orasida, ko’pchilik ichida
?in private — without anybody present — bir o’zi qolganida, yolg’izlikda
?patriotic — loving and being faithful to one's own country — vatanparvar
?explosive — general name for substance which causes something, e.g. a bomb, to blow up — portlovchi
?mining — digging deep underground to get minerals such as coal and diamonds — konchilik
?publicity — attention from the public — jamiyat e’tibori
?fame — condition of being well-known — shon-shuhrat, obro’
?have a taste for — have a liking or preference for (phrase) — lazzat topmoq, yoqtirmoq
?glory — admiration and honour for an achievement — sharaf
?will — document written before death which says what should happen to one's possessions after death — vasiyat, xohish
?outstanding — impressive; remarkable — mashxurlik
?memorial — something by which it becomes possible to remember a past event or person — yodgorlik
GRANT IELTS 9 SIZNI 7+GA TAYYORLAYDI

ALFRED NOBEL — A MAN OF CONTRASTS

Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was a man of many contrasts. He was the son of a bankrupt, but became a millionaire; a scientist with a love of literature; an industrialist who managed to remain an idealist. He made a fortune but lived a simple life, and although cheerful in company he was often sad in private. A lover of mankind, he never had a wife or family to love him; a patriotic son of his native land, he died alone on foreign soil. He invented a new explosive, dynamite, to improve the peacetime industries of mining and road building, but saw it used as a weapon of war to kill and injure his fellow men. During his useful life he often felt he was useless: "Alfred Nobel," he once wrote of himself, "ought to have been put to death by a kind doctor as soon as, with a cry, he entered life." World- famous for his work, he was never personally well-known, for throughout his life he avoided publicity. "I do not see," he once said, "that I have deserved any fame and I have no taste for it." Since his death, however, his name has brought fame and glory to others. His famous will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in Physics Chemistry, Physiology, Medicine, Literature and Peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideals. And so, the man who felt he should have died at birth is remembered and respected long after his death.

GRANT IELTS 9 SIZNI 7+GA TAYYORLAYDI

♻️ New vocabulary

?bank holiday — public holiday during which the banks are closed by law — bayram, bu bayramda banklar qonun tomonidan yopiladi
traditions — customs and beliefs continued from past generations — an’analar
?emigrate — move from one's own country to live in another — ko’chib bormoq
?steel band — group of musicians who play music on metal drums-often West Indian — cholg’uchilar guruhi, asosan metal do’mbiralar chalishadi
?beforehand — in advance — oldindan
?float — type of vehicle which is highly decorated, and often carries people, especially for a carnival procession — mashina (bezatilgan)
?oil drum — round, metal container for oil — yog’ idish
?streamer — long ribbon of paper — lenta
?amplifier — electrical equipment for making sound louder — ovoz kuchaytirgich
?roar — loud, deep sound — o’kirish
?brass band — group of musicians who play instruments such as trumpets and trombones — cholg’uchilar guruhi, asosan zarbli cholg’ular chalishadi
?exotic — colourful and unusual, often having to do with distant countries — mo’tadil; noodatiy, ajib
?make one’s way — go; travel (phrase) — yo’l olmoq, ketmoq
?stall — small shop - often just on a table - which is outside — rasta, peshtaxta

GRANT IELTS 9 SIZNI 7+GA TAYYORLAYDI

NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL

Notting Hill Carnival is held in London each August bank holiday, and is the largest and most colourful street event in Britain. The festival celebrates the traditions of the British black community, who emigrated to Great Britain from the West Indies in the 1950s. They brought with them the Caribbean idea of the carnival, with processions, colourful costumes, steel bands and street dancing. Preparations for the carnival begin many months beforehand. Costumes have to be made, and floats built, ready for the street procession. Steel bands practise traditional Caribbean music on instruments made from old oil drums. Shortly before the festival, the streets are decorated with red, green and yellow streamers, and amplifiers are set in place, to carry the rhythmic sounds over the roar of the London traffic. The carnival lasts for three days, and is full of music and colour. Processions of floats, steel and brass bands, and dancers in exotic costumes make their way through the narrow London streets, watched by thousands of people. The streets are lined with stalls selling tropical fruits, such as fresh pineapple, watermelons and mangoes. Everybody dances - black and white, young and old - and even the policemen on duty take part in the fun. For these three days in August, a little Caribbean magic touches the streets of London.

GRANT IELTS 9
SIZNI 7+ TAYYORLAYDI

♻️ New vocabulary

?funeral — ceremony held when somebody has died — dafn marosimi
?passage — journey; transition — safar
?cremation — ceremony during which a dead body is burnt — o’likni yoqish marosimi
?joy — great happiness — shodlik, hursandchilik
?celebration — occasion when people get together to enjoy themselves because something special has happened — bayram
?gather — come together in a group — to’planmoq
?pay one’s last respects — show one's good opinion of someone who has died, e.g., by attending a funeral (phrase) — so’nggi hurmatini joyiga qo’ymoq
?procession — line of people who are going somewhere together for a special reason — saf, odamlar to’dasi
?corpse — dead body — murda, o’lik
?container — something which you can put things in, e.g., a box — tobut
?transfer — move to a different place — bir joydan boshqa joyga o’tkazish
?soul — the part of a person which is not physical and therefore it's commonly held that it does not die when the body dies — ruh, qalb
?scatter — throw things so that they spread over a large area — sochmoq
?cleansing — freeing from anything unpleasant or evil — poklanish, tozalanish
?purification — removal of sins in a religious ceremony — poklanish
GRANT IELTS 9