Build speech naturalness with binomials
Do you know what binomials are? They are fixed phrases made of two words joined by a conjunction (usually ‘and’)[…]
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End-of-year dinner parties!
What are you going to do for your end-of-year holiday? Many people like to have dinner parties with their family[…]
Read moreWhat does ‘rip off’ mean?
When used as an idiom, this phrase means to cheat someone or charge too much money for something. It can also mean to copy someone[…]
Read moreWhat does ‘drag your feet’ mean?
The idiom ‘drag your feet’ means to do something very slowly (or delay it) because you don’t want to do[…]
Read moreWhat does ‘stick to your guns’ mean?
The idiom ‘stick to your guns’ means to not change your opinion or decision, even when other people disagree with[…]
Read moreWhat does ‘out of the blue’ mean?
Have you ever heard the idiom ‘out of the blue’? It means something happens suddenly and surprisingly. It’s used when[…]
Read moreWhat does ‘get cold feet’ mean?
Have you ever heard the idiom ‘get cold feet’? This idiom means to suddenly feel too scared to do something[…]
Read moreWhat does ‘chill out’ mean?
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘chill out’? It’s often used in casual conversation. It means to tell someone who’s[…]
Read moreWhat does ‘hit on someone’ mean?
Do you know what the phrase ‘hit on someone’ means? It doesn’t mean to physically hit someone. If someone ‘hits[…]
Read moreIs it a big problem or is it ‘a storm in a teacup’?
Do you know what the idiom ‘a storm in a teacup’ means? If something is ‘a storm in a teacup’,[…]
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