Tongue Twisters
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled, pepper. Peter Piper’s practical principles of plain and perfect pronunciation The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick A bloke’s back brake-block broke A dozen double dam ask...
Author: Manjusha Nambiar
Words Indicating Time Periods And Time Intervals
Here is a list of words used to indicate time periods and time intervals. Time periods Bicentennial: A period of 200 years Biennial: A period of 2 years Century: A period of 100 years...
Throw In The Towel | Under The Weather | English Idioms
To throw in the towel is to quit. As there was little chance of success, I decided to throw in the towel. John couldn’t stand Jane’s bad temper, so he threw in the towel...
This, That, So, Through
This and that can be used with adjectives and adverbs in the same way as so. This usage is very common in informal English. I didn’t realize that it was going to be this...
Take vs. Bring vs. Give vs. Put
Take as the opposite of give Take is often used as the opposite of give. In this case, take means ‘gain possession of’, ‘receive’, ‘obtain’ or ‘remove’. One must not take more than one...
List Of Synonyms
A synonym is a word which is similar in meaning to the given word. Here is a dictionary of synonyms. Abandon: defection, desertion, withdrawal, secession Abase: degrade, humiliate, embarrass Abate: diminish, appease, lessen, reduce,...
Synonyms
English Vocabulary | Synonyms Synonyms are words of the same grammatical class (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.) that have similar meaning. No word means exactly the same as any other word and, therefore, there are...
Still, Yet, Already
Still is used to talk about an action or situation that has not finished. She is still working. The baby is still asleep. We are still waiting for his reply. It is still raining....
Stay In Touch | English Idioms
To stay in touch is to maintain communications with someone. Other idioms having the same meaning are: keep in touch and remain in touch. Although my neighbour moved to a new city, we stayed...
Sports Idioms
Sporting events have given birth to a number of idiomatic expressions. Sports idioms are particularly common in American English. They can be quite confusing for speakers of English as a second language. In this...