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Lesson 114 / Communication & community
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Send invitations, welcome responses and explain rules that apply to everyone.
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We mailed out the invitations yesterday.
We mailed out the invitations yesterday.
The library mails its newsletter out every month.
The library mails its newsletter out every month.
Often describes sending multiple copies in a batch. Here it means post rather than just email.
Replies flooded in after we sent the invitations.
Replies flooded in after we sent the invitations.
Orders are flooding in for the new book.
Orders are flooding in for the new book.
A figurative description of many things arriving quickly. No real floodwater is involved; it can describe letters, orders or responses.
Cambridge Dictionary · flood in
Visitors poured in for the club event.
Visitors poured in for the club event.
Messages have been pouring in all morning.
Messages have been pouring in all morning.
Similar to “flood in”; people or responses arrive in a steady large flow. This is not literal pouring of water here.
Cambridge Dictionary · pour in
The comic corner appeals to younger children.
The comic corner appeals to younger children.
That quiet garden really appeals to me.
That quiet garden really appeals to me.
Here this means attract, not make a request for help. The person attracted follows “to”.
The quiet-reading rule applies to everyone.
The quiet-reading rule applies to everyone.
This discount applies to all club members.
This discount applies to all club members.
Compare “apply for”, meaning submit an application. Here the subject is usually a rule, condition or requirement that is in force for someone.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 86, 46, 99, 7, 7. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Hạ mails out a batch of stamped invitations at the post office.
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Replies flood in after Hạ’s group sends invitations.
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Visitors pour in for Hạ’s club event through a wide entrance.
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Hạ’s colourful comic corner appeals to younger children.
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Hạ explains that the quiet-reading rule applies to everyone in her group.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
The replies are flooding in after our invitation.
The replies are flooding in after our invitation.
Yes, messages have been pouring in all morning.
Yes, messages have been pouring in all morning.
We should check which requests the new rule applies to.
We should check which requests the new rule applies to.
“Flood in” and “pour in” both describe large amounts arriving, such as messages or replies. Both may fit that context; neither is limited to literal water.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
After a charity appeal, hundreds of replies arrive quickly. Sending the original leaflets happened earlier.
Give one expression for the arriving replies.
Replies are flooding in or pouring in.
Hundreds of replies arriving rapidly can be described as either “flooding in” or “pouring in”.
Complete: We mailed the leaflets ___ last week.
out
“Mailed the leaflets out” describes sending the leaflets last week; “out” supplies the outward direction.
Write a report that distinguishes the two directions.
We mailed out the leaflets, and replies are now pouring in.
“Mailed out” sends earlier, while “pouring in” receives replies now, preserving direction and timing.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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