Vocabulary

EXCITING means arousing excitement, a feeling or situation full of joy, exhilaration, or upheaval; creating or arousing uncontrolled emotion...

A SCARF is a length of fabric you wrap around your neck or drape across the shoulders of your coat in cold weather. If you choose to wear mo...

When it’s cold, your body moves slowly, so we use the phrases chill or chill out to mean relaxed or calm. These phrases can be used as verbs...

Those lazy, hazy days of summer aren't too far off, 🌴☀ and hopefully, you’ll be able to relax like a slug at the pool, on the beach, or...

There are sooooooo many verbs with re- (also nouns and some adjectives) as a prefix which means 'again.' Usually if the word begins ...

The word "good-bye" is a contraction of "God be with ye." How do you say goodbye in slang? ● (informal): catch you later...

One of the great challenges in English is understanding words with multiple meanings. For example, the meaning of RUN is completely differen...

🤔 What is a loanword?  A loanword is a term given to a word which is directly borrowed from another language and used in the recipient lang...

What is the ‘ling’ in darling? (And what is the ‘dar-’ for that matter?) The -ling in darling is an old suffix that indicated ‘belonging to,...

● GENERAL ➡ To take/sit/write/have an exam/test  I have my driving test tomorrow.  All students will be sitting their exams at the end of Ma...

"Travel" is an abstract noun = the idea of going from one place to another.  ● “In my opinion, the best way to travel is by train....

This is my typical response: - Mr Paul, I really like the Italian kitchen! - (Me) I prefer the IKEA one to be honest! Much cheaper! So what&...

Hello ladies and gentlemen! This post is in response to a dear follower who asked about the difference between the following words: SUBURBS,...