HOME COMFORTS
This phrase means to feel very tired because something has drained you.
sap a lot of your energy
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miss home comforts
I have never been so far from home. → Never …
Never have I been so far from home.
Never I have felt so useless.
Never have I felt so useless. The auxiliary goes before the subject.
hardly · barely · scarcely · completely
completely
All the others mean "almost not".
Complete: "If they offered me the same placement again, I'd say yes ______." (three words, meaning immediately)
in a heartbeat
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in a heartbeat
We rarely see such kindness. → Rarely …
Rarely do we see such kindness.
Rarely people do complain about the service.
Rarely do people complain… DO comes before the subject, not after.
sweat · giggle · yam · laugh
yam — the others are things people do; a yam is food.
Debbie says the children's smiles did this to her every morning. It means to make you feel warm and emotional.
melt your heart
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out of your comfort zone
She didn't know it would be her last day. → Little …
Little did she know it would be her last day.
No sooner had we sat down when the food arrived.
than the food arrived. No sooner always takes THAN.
no sooner · hardly · scarcely · barely
no sooner
No sooner is the odd one — it takes THAN. The other three take WHEN.
Give the phrase meaning "not appreciate something because you're used to having it" — and use it in a sentence about hot water.
take for granted — e.g. "I'd always taken hot water for granted."
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melt your heart
You must not leave the building during the exam. → Under no circumstances …
Under no circumstances must you leave the building during the exam.
Not once they tried to help us.
Not once did they try to help us. DID is missing — and the verb goes back to the bare infinitive.
melt your heart · create special bonds · sap your energy · a feeling of self-worth "
sap your energy
The only negative one; the rest are positive.
One phrase from the reading means "enjoyable and it teaches you something."
a rewarding and enlightening experience
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sap a lot of your energy
We only felt safe when the plane landed. → Not until …
Not until the plane landed did we feel safe.
Only when I got home I realised my keys were missing.
Only when I got home did I realise… The inversion goes in the main clause, not the only-clause.
Under no circumstances · On no account · In a heartbeat · At no time
In a heartbeat
The others are formal negative adverbials that force inversion. In a heartbeat is informal and doesn't invert.