GRAMMAR
I am a 14-letter grammatical term. I describe a type of verb—like know, love, or belong—that represents a permanent state and cannot be used in continuous formats.
A STATIVE VERB
On the way to London, we ________ in Paris for a few days.
STOPPED OVER
If your office or house is completely "dirty" and messy, it has officially graduated to this extreme 7-letter adjective.
FILTHY
I am writing this email because I need to ask you for a advice regarding my final research project.
When you need to pause a conversation, run a quick errand, or step away from your desk for just a minute, you use this 3-word phrase: "Hold on, I'll be _________________ back."
RIGHT
By the time my brother finally arrived home last night, the puppy ________ already ________ (eat) his dinner." Fill in the past action that happened before another past action.
HAD EATEN
The old, unsafe factory on the corner was finally ________ by the city council.
PULLED DOWN
In a casual text, you might tell a colleague to "fix" a problem, but in a formal business email, you should use this professional verb.
RESOLVE / RECTIFY
She told me that she has visited London three years ago with her high school class.
VISITED
If you want to casually ask a friend or colleague what they are planning to do or what they are currently busy with, you ask: "What are you up _________________?"
TO
Change to Passive Voice:
The corporate manager had already closed the business deal before noon.
The business deal had already been closed by the corporate manager before noon.
The network signal in this valley is so weak that I simply cannot ________ to the main office.
GET THROUGH TO
I am a 7-letter verb; I am the action of delaying a task or a meeting and rescheduling it for a later date on the calendar.
TO POSTPONE
He drives very fastly when he is running late for his morning lectures.
FAST
If a plan, an idea, or a project is completely realistic, logical, and makes perfect sense, Americans will say, "That checks _________________ the boxes."
ALL
We won't launch the new digital e-manual next week ________ the graphic designer finishes the layout on time.
UNLESS
Our team leader has unfortunately ________ a bad case of the flu and won't be online today.
COME DOWN WITH
Instead of saying a classroom or an Instagram grid layout is "perfectly clean," this elegant 10-letter synonym starting with 'i' describes it as absolutely spotless.
IMMACULATE
I looked everywhere, but I couldn't find no books about modern internet slang in the library.
ANY
f a plan, meeting, or event is canceled or postponed due to bad weather or unexpected conflicts, Americans say they will "take a ________ check" on it.
RAIN
If the graphic designer had checked her emails on Friday morning, the presentation templates ________________ finished on time.
would have been (or could have been)
The angry customer ________ the conference room while the executives were having a private meeting.
BURST IN
When winter hits and it gets absolutely "freezing" outside, meteorologists drop the basic words and use this extreme adjective starting with 'f'.
FRIGID
I am used to wake up early every morning to feed my two newborn kittens.
TO WAKING UP
This sharp 4-letter slang verb means to look at something very quickly or scan a document briefly: "Let me take a quick ________ at the final design before you print it."
PEEK / LOOK