Improve your English vocabulary with pictures – learn 10 common English words for problems and defects: scratched, cracked, smashed, torn, ripped, crumpled, stained, chipped, dented, bent, burnt. Image sources: 0 / 1 / 2a / 2b / 3 / 4 / 5a / 5b / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
In your lesson called “Difference between Say, Tell, and Speak” – Why not AMONG instead of BETWEEN since we’re dealing with three names? It is often taught that “between” is used for 2 items and “among” for 3 or more. But this is not completely accurate. The more accurate difference is this: Between is used [...]
In this lesson you’re going to expand your vocabulary with 37 words to describe a person’s appearance. Let’s begin with the word beautiful – in English, this word is mostly used for women. We use the word handsome for men. To describe beautiful women, we also have the words pretty, lovely, gorgeous, and stunning – “stunning” [...]
yell / shout / scream / shriek = speak loudly You might yell, shout, scream, or shriek if you are: Communicating with someone who is far away (usually yell / shout) “The soccer coach shouted instructions to the players on the field.” Angry (usually yell, shout, or scream) “My boss yelled at me after I [...]
How many English words do you need to speak fluently? The number of English words is impossible to calculate exactly, but a recent study found that there are no more than one million words in English – and the number is still growing! But you DON’T need to learn a million words in order to [...]
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#1 – “I checked the classifieds, but I didn’t see anything in my price range.” The classifieds is the section of a newspaper with listings of items, cars, and houses to buy, sell, and rent. Your price range is the amount of money you hope or expect to pay – for example, “My price range is [...]
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