because
example- I wore my rain jacket because the weather called for rain.
It is raining cats and dogs.
Raining heavily
Valuable
S- precious, priceless prized, cherished
A- worthless, disposable, unimportant, insignificant
The guest asked the hotel to accommodate the accidental minifridge chargers their kids made.
help with, support, take care of.
In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
True-Guinea pigs are social animals and easily feel lonely or depressed, which is basically a form of animal cruelty.
example- Although she didn't like salmon, she at it anyway.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
You cannot make people change their established patterns of opinion and behavior.
Common
S- popular, prevalent, universal
A- abnormal, different, infrequent, rare
Gabby was going out with her friends on Friday night. During school, she pondered what she was going to wear.
Crows can't recognize peoples faces.
FALSE- Crows are excellent at recognizing people’s faces and are able to remember people for a long time! This can be either a negative or positive fact, depending on how nice you are to them.
as well as
example- We were asked to bring a salad, an appetizer, and napkins, as well as cups and silverware to the dinner party.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Signifies that great achievements do not take shape overnight
Responsible
S-accountable, liable
A- irresponsible
Kevin, the class clown, kept giving erroneous answers in to the teacher because he thought it was funny.
wrong, incorrect
Cherophobia is the irrational fear of being scared.
FALSE-Cherophobia is the irrational fear of fun or happiness.
Do you hate all things fun? You might have Cherophobia! People with this phobia tend to avoid any kind of situation that others might classify as fun or joyful.
Don't count your chickens before they've hatched.
Don't be too confident in anticipating success or good fortune before it is certain.
Efficient
S- effective, capable, productive
A- inadequate, incapable, ineffective
The professor asked the students to remove any extraneous information from their research papers.
unrelated, irrelevant
If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground, it can’t hop.
TRUE- Kangaroos use their tails for balance whilst hopping. So if you elevate their tail, they would have no balance and fall over.
which
example- Mom needed to take the turkey out which was still in the freezer.
Who let the cat out of the bag?
To allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to.
Expose
A-conceal, cover, hide, withhold
Despite the chaos around her, she maintained her composure and calmly addressed the situation.
The state or feeling of being calm and in control of oneself.
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.
TRUE-Bananas go through a process called “negative geo-tropism.” This process causes the fruit to grow upwards toward the sun instead of the ground. This, in turn, gives the banana its familiar curved shape.