Academic Ielts Preparation
1.You can use preposition+ whom in formal style:
To whom do you wish to speak?
2.Note the meaning of yes and no in answers to negative question.
Dont you want to go? --- yes (=yes I want to go)
no (=I dont want to go)
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10/09/2019
ATTITUDE | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary attitude definition: 1. a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused by this: 2. If you say that someone has attitude, you mean that they are very confident and want people to notice them. 3. a position of the body: . Learn more.
Why are collocations useful?
Collocations are useful because they provide natural sounding ‘chunks’ of language for your speech and writing. It is much more common, for example, to say ‘commit a crime’ than ‘do a crime’ or to talk about ‘a damaging effect’ than ‘a bad effect’.
Whenever you are tempted to use a common word like ‘small’, ‘important’, or ‘say’ to modify another word, check the COBUILD Collocations panel. There may be a more suitable or interesting word to use - a niggling doubt, a pivotal moment, voice an opinion.
Collocations can also give you a range of vocabulary to talk about a particular subject. Imagine you are doing a piece of writing about a crisis. You could talk about what caused, provoked, or triggered the crisis or how someone handled, defused, or managed to avoid it. If it is getting worse, you could say that it is a worsening or deepening crisis, or if it has not yet happened, that it is a looming crisis. How bad is the crisis? Is it a major crisis, a full-blown crisis, or a global crisis? You might also want to mention the type of crisis. Is it a financial crisis, a political crisis, an economic crisis, or is someone having an existential crisis?
The possibilities are endless…
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come into sight and come into view. to become visible; to move closer so as to be seen. The tall buildings of the city came into sight first.
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Given the right environment, children are like sponges and will soak up information.
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lt's two years since I last saw joe. or lt's been two years since .. .
(= I haven't seen joe for two years)
lt's ages since we went to the cinema. or lt's been ages since .. .
(= We haven't been to the cinema for ages)
How Long is it since Mrs Hill died? or How Long has it been since .. .
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otherwise
conjunction UK /ˈʌð.ə.waɪz/ US /ˈʌð.ɚ.waɪz/
- used after an order or suggestion to show what the result will be if you do not follow that order or suggestion:
I'd better write it down, otherwise I'll forget it.
Call home, otherwise your parents will start to worry.
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due to = because of The bus was delayed due to heavy snow.
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They have been married for 20 years.
We say: They are married. (present)
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03/02/2019
Suppose vs. Supposed—Is There a Difference? Supposed to is part of a modal verb phrase meaning expected to or required to. Although suppose to crops up frequently in casual speech and…