6/30 - second

Topic: Tidy town
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01397-5

Sentence Construction:
X  After I went to my grandmother's funeral break my some routine. >> After I went to my grandmother's funeral I broke my routine.
X I'm listen. >> I'm listening.
X But conditions were so bad, crack and filthy with virus spreading quickly. >> But the conditions were so bad, cracked and filthy with viruses spreading quickly.
X If someone has put you in friend zone and you want that relationship to be more improve don't assume that person will magically know it. >>  If someone has put you in a friend zone and you want that relationship to improve, don't assume that person will magically know it. 

Good Sentences:
O It is a rigorous mathematical theory and is not problematic philosophically.
O The hostile environment destroys her.  
O Can he fix us up? 
O It was love at first sight. 

Pronunciation:
* rigorous /rig-er-uhs/
* philosophically /fil-uh-sof-i-kuh-lee/
* conscious /kon-shuhs/
* efficiency /ih-fish-uhn-see/
* startled /stahr-tld/
* materialized /muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyzt/

Build Lexicon:

* mar:= (v.) to damage something or make something less good or successful.

• The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans.
• COVID-19 testing has been marred by woefully slow development, delayed approval, and poor dissemination.

* stash := (v.) to store something in a safe or secret place.

• She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts.
• Keep an emergency stash close to hand.

* protrude := (v.) to stick out from a place or a surface.

• He hung his coat on a nail protruding from the wall.
• Sea lions and fur seals have external ears that protrude from their heads.

Discover Idioms & Expressions:

* in deep water := means you're in some sort of trouble or in a difficult situation.

• Many families are in deep water because of the mortgage crisis, and some might even lose their homes.
• He appears to be in deep water. 

* virgin territory := you can say something is virgin territory if it's never been explored before or never been done before.

• Our company has designed many products for other companies, but producing them and marketing them ourselves is virgin territory for us.
• He sees artificial reality as virgin territory for telling stories and creating new worlds.

* beat around the bush := means that you don't say something directly, usually because you don't want to upset the person you're talking to.

• I had trouble telling Pedro he'd lost his job. I started beating around the bush and talking about one door closing and another door opening.
• If you have a pretty good idea of where your interests lie then why beat around the bush?