pottery (n.) the activity of making containers or other items out of clay.– She collects pottery, art and vintage jewelry, and she knows how to find a deal.athletic (adj.) being good at sports or being active physically. An athlete is someone who plays sports.– A thin, athletic woman came to see me because of worsening…
We always hear this word – noun. We hear it at school, we hear it at home. Perhaps even when we grow old, we will still hear this word. That stands to reason – nouns are everywhere. A noun is the word used to name a person, place, thing, event, or idea. Anything that exists…
button your lip: do not tell anyone Examples of BUTTON YOUR LIP – Button your lip about the speeding ticket. Don’t tell Dad.– Chris, if it’s all the same to you, could you just pitch and button your lip?
butter up: be nice to, suck up to Examples of BUTTER UP – Butter him up before you ask to borrow his car.– So I’m trying to butter up those officials so we do get a call once in a while.
Traditionally in the English language, there are eight different parts of speech:– Nouns– Verbs– Pronouns– Adjectives– Adverbs– Prepositions– Conjunctions– Interjections Every one of the parts of speech shows how the word is used in a sentence not what the word actually is. Some words can double as two parts of speech, depending on how it…
Grammar is the set of “rules” that govern the words, sentences, and other parts of speech that you use and how you put them together. Think of grammar is the road map of any language. Without grammar, you could just throw random words together and communicate with other people. For example, you could simply say:…
seemingly (adv.) you use seemingly when you want to say that something seems to be true.– She moved to Spain, seemingly to enjoy a slower style of life.modest (adj.) you use modest to describe something such as an amount, rate or improvement which is fairly small.– Unemployment rose to the still modest rate of 0.7%.biased…
Customer: Hello. I’m looking to sign up for a library card and find materials on Pablo Picasso. Library Clerk: I can help you with that. Which would you like to do first? Customer: I’d like to start with Picasso. Library Clerk: That’s a good idea. Let me show you how our system works. Customer: Thank…
to clear up: to make understandable (also: to straighten out); to become sunny Examples of TO CLEAR UP – The teacher tried to clear up our confusion about the meaning of the difficult paragraph in the reading.– It’s rather cloudy this morning. Do you think that it will clear up later?
to throw up: to erect or construct quickly; to vomit Examples of TO THROW UP – The Red Cross threw up temporary shelters for the homeless victims of the earthquake.– The ill patient is unable to digest her food properly, so she is throwing all of it up.