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do someone the world of good

make someone feel much better

If something does you the world of good, it makes you feel much healthier, happier, or more relaxed.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

You look exhausted.

I know. A long weekend would do me the world of good.

Play the conversation

A few quiet days away from the city would do you the world of good.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: A holiday would make you the world of good.

Say: A holiday would do you the world of good.

Use "do someone the world of good," not "make someone the world of good."

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

do someone the world of good; would do someone the world of good

Your turn: say it out loud

A few quiet days away from the city would do you the world of good.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

do someone the world of good

make someone feel much better

“A few quiet days away from the city would do you the world of good.”

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