Grammar 2 - "Accompany"

Accompany

û I accompanied with my father to the concert.

ü I accompanied my father to the concert.

‘Accompany’ means to ‘go with’, so another ‘with’ is not needed.

Vocabulary 1 - frighten, scare, alarm, intimidate, startle

frighten, scare, alarm, intimidate, startle
All these words mean to make sb afraid.

1. frighten - to make sb feel afraid, often suddenly.
--> He brought out a gun and frightened them off.
2. scare - to make sb feel afraid.
--> They managed to scare the bears away.

frighten or scare?
Both are very common words, and are very similar, so you can use either one correctly. 
Scare is slightly more informal than frighten.

3. alarm - to make sb anxious or afraid.
--> It alarms me that nobody takes this problem seriously.

frighten or alarm?
The subject of alarm is usually a thing, an event or a situation rather than a person.

û You're alarming me.

It is used to describe a feeling that sth unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen in the future, and the feeling is often more of worry than actual fear.

4. intimidate - to frighten or threaten sb so that they feel nervous or so that they will do what you want.

--> They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them.

5. startle - to make sb feel suddenly frightened or surprised, usually because of sth sudden or unexpected.

--> A sudden noise startled her.

Patterns & Collocations

1. Stop it! You're frightening/scaring me!

2. Oh sorry. I didn't mean to frighten/scare/startle you.

3. to frighten/scare sb/sth away/off

4. I was frightened/scared/alarmed/intimidated/startled by what he said.

5. He frightened/scared/intimidated me into telling him what happened.

Saying 1

Rome wasn't built in a day./Rome was not built in a day.
Meaning : used to say that a complicated task will take a long time as well as a lot of effort and needs patience.
Sample Sentence : Take things one at a time. Rushing will only result in a mess as Rome was not built in a day.

Science Facts 1

Did you know?

300 million cells die in the human body every minute.
As you age, your eye colour gets lighter.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Health Tips 1 - Eat more low-fat yogurt, Avoid after-dinner snacks

Eat more low-fat yogurt. The calcium in low-fat yogurt triggers a hormonal response that inhibits your body from producing fat cells.

Avoid after-dinner snacks. But if you want to munch on something while watching T.V., eat an apple or other fruits instead of junk food.

Samples of good sentences

The fleet-footed leopard runs so fast that it almost seems to be flying.
Procrastination is the thief of time.

Grammar 1 - "According to"

According to

1. û According to my opinion, we should go swimming.

ü In my opinion, we should go swimming.

‘According to’ is used with another person or source of information and is not used with ‘opinion’, eg.

ü According to Mary, the beach is closed.

ü According to the timetable, there is a bus at 10 a.m.

2. û According to all these reasons, she decided to change jobs.

ü For all these reasons, she decided to change jobs.

‘According to’ is not used with ‘reason’.