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Do you know what these P + letters  are:

P + 1
3.142 in mathematics
PI
P PLUS 1
abbreviation meaning to be politically correct (personal computer)
PC
P PLUS 2
an animals hand
PAW
P PLUS 2
an instrument to write with
PEN
P PLUS 3
a South American currency
PESO
P PLUS 3
a harbour with a customs office
PORT
P PLUS 4
the capital of France
PARIS
P PLUS 4
a person who flies a plane
PILOT
P PLUS 5
a country invaded by Hitler in 1939
POLAND
P PLUS 5
a grey alloy of tin and lead
PEWTER
P PLUS 6
to tell a lie in court
PERJURY
P PLUS 6
a black and white swimming bird
PENGUIN
P PLUS 7
a hard Italian cheese
PARMESAN
P PLUS 7
a shop that sells medicines
PHARMACY
P PLUS 8
vertical or very steep rock face
PRECIPICE
P PLUS 8
a baby born too early
PREMATURE
P PLUS 9
a person walking not driving
PEDESTRIAN
P PLUS 9
the times before
PREVIOUSLY
P PLUS 10
again and again
PERPETUALLY
P PLUS 10
someone who jumps from airplanes
PARACHUTIST

Prepositions

A preposition is a word which denotes the relation between two things.
The beggar sat under the tree.   The plate is on the table. He failed in the exams.

Prepositions which show position in a place. – in, at, on, beside, near, before, behind, beyond, over, under, beneath, below, between, among, out, inside, outside, round, underneath.

Prepositions which show direction. – to(towards), into, out of, from, through, over, along, across, round, down, up.

Prepositions like "on", "with", "out" and "up" create relationships between words in a sentence. There are times, however, when they should not be used.

Prepositions in Business Communication :-

The following structures, commonly found in formal or business writing are incorrect:

The Chairman emphasized on the main points.
The team researched on the subject thoroughly.
The secretary drafted out the report.
The members discussed about the proposal.
From the ECP, you exit out at Siglap.

The correct forms should be:

The Chairman emphasized the main points.
The team researched the subject thoroughly.
The secretary drafted the report.
The members discussed the proposal.
From the ECP, you exit at Siglap.
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Complete the following sentences by adding in, at or on.

1. My office is ..... the second floor.(on)
2. Turn left ..... the end of the street.(at)
3. We can have the meeting ..... my office.(in)
4. I live ..... Vienna.(in)
5. We met them ..... the airport.(at)
6. I want the report ..... my desk by 5pm.(on)
7. His office is ..... the top of the stairs.(at)
8. I was ..... hospital in March.(in)
9. The cat sat ..... the mat.(on)
10. Waiter, there's a fly ..... my soup.(in)
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to pass the buck

The 'buck' is the responsibility for something. If you pass the buck then you try to pass the responsibility for something to someone else.
This idiom originates from poker. The 'buck' is the marker which shows who the dealer is. When the dealer passes the buck they also pass on the responsibility of being the dealer.
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Imagine someone makes a big mistake at work. Instead of ordering two new computers they order twenty-two.
If they then try to say that it wasn't their fault, that someone else made the mistake, then they are passing the buck.

There's a famous saying, "the buck stops here", which President Truman used to say that the final responsibility for his administration rested with him and him alone. Now this phrase is widely used too.
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A farmer has a field of watermelons. One day he notices that some of the local kids have been taking watermelons and eating them.

The farmer isn't happy and thinks of a way to stop them taking his watermelons. He puts up a sign in the field that says,

"Warning:
One of these watermelons contains cyanide!"

The farmer returns a week later to discover that none of the watermelons have been eaten. He is very happy, but then notices that someone has written the following on his sign,

"Now there are two!"
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Improve  pronunciation through Tongue Twisters

How much would a woodpecker peck wood, if a woodpecker pecks wood.
Betty bought some butter, the butter was bitter, so she bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better.
Is this your sister’s sixth Zither,Sir?
I thought a thought
Which witch wished wicked wish?
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Topics

Football is the king of all games.
It is better to be a horse than a dog
Tea and Coffee are refreshing drinks
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