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If you don’t like the food don’t blame me I am not the cooker.
COOK
• cook - person who cooks (a professional cook is also known as a chef)
• cooker - oven
I'll make you a photo.
TAKE
• make i) with abstract countable nouns - suggestions, choices, proposals, decisions,
errors, mistakes; ii) produce something - make cakes, cars, clothes; iii) love, war
• take - photos, a shower, breaks, course
They serve only traditional plates from the region.
DISHES
• dish - the food served on a plate; do the dishes - to wash plates, glasses etc
• plate - physical object that food is served on
The buses on this route never arrive in time.
ON TIME
• on time - at the agreed / specifed time
• in time - suffciently early in order to be able to do something
I wanted to fnd a hobby that enjoyed me.
THAT I ENJOYED
enjoy (doing) something - find pleasure
She won me easily at tennis.
BEAT
• win - receive something as a prize; be frst in a game
• beat - be better than an opponent in a competition (real and fgurative)
I hope to see you early - let me know when would suit you.
SOON
early - before the allocated / agreed time
• soon - at some unspecifed time in the near future
I want to make my PhD in Sweden
DO
I enjoyed at the party.
ENJOYED MYSELF/HAD A GOOD TIME
• enjoy (doing) something - fnd pleasure
• enjoy yourself - fnd pleasure
It’s not fun being around you.
NO FUN
What are we having for the main dish / plate?
COURSE
• dish - the food served on a plate; do the dishes - to wash plates, glasses etc
• course - frst, second, main
• plate - physical object that food is served on
The economical situation in our country is very bad.
ECONOMIC
• economic - relating to a country’s system of wealth creation and distribution
• economical - opposite of wasteful, low consumption
I’m going to make an eye test.
HAVE
At school I learned a lot of knowledge.
GAINED
• gain - experience, time, and capital; respect and reputation
Our economical situation is bad, neither of us has any money.
FINANCIAL
• economic - relating to a country’s system of wealth creation and distribution
• fnancial - regarding someone’s or an organization’s money situation
I have deserved the respect of my students.
EARNED/GAINED
• earn - receive money for work done; be the worthy receiver of something; respect and reputation
• gain - experience, time, and capital; respect and reputation
• deserve - merit
The time is not enough for us to finish this job.
There is not enough / sufficient time
• enough + noun
They believe she is a criminal because of her bad education.
UPBRINGING
• education - what you learn at school
• upbringing - what you learn at home
• background - cultural or social environment where you were brought up or
lived
One advantage of these airlines is that they are cheap enough.
QUITE CHEAP
• adjective + enough (+ for someone / something+ infnitive)
• quite + adjective - suffcient or more than suffcient
The fact that he has no education is clear - look at the way he behaves on social occasions.
MANNERS
• manners - how you behave socially
• education - what you learn at school
Even if it was really hot they wore a coat.
EVEN THOUGH
• even if -for hypothetical situations. Generally followed by the simple past or past perfect
• even though - for real situations. It can generally be replaced with although
I advice you to visit the museum.
ADVISE
• advice = uncountable; you cannot say one advice, two advices
• advise = to present a recommended/sensible course of action
• advise = you advise someone to do something (advise + person + infnitive)
• advise = to inform (very formal)
Do you agree with my opinion?
Do you share my opinion? Do you agree with me?
• to agree + with
• to agree to do something (agree + infnitive)
So what do you do? I am a trained account but actually I am between jobs.
AT THE MOMENT
• actually = in reality, to tell the truth
I would appreciate if you could make less noise.
APPRECIATE IT IF YOU
would appreciate + it + if+ person + would / could