GRAMMAR
This past tense is used for a finished, completed action that happened at a specific time in the past.
PAST SIMPLE
Instead of saying a person is "very rich," you can use this elegant vocabulary word.
WEALTHY / AFFLUENT
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Although she has been practicing the routine for months, she still dances very beautiful.
BEAUTIFULLY
If an event, a movie, or a party is a total failure, a mess, or an absolute disaster, it is casually described as a ___________
A TRAIN WRECK
While in our language we say "zavisiti od," in English you must always use this preposition after the verb depend.
ON
This extreme adjective means "very ugly" or offensive to look at.
HIDEOUS
What does ASAP stand for?
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
The new language learning manual is immaculate, but I think the introduction paragraph is way to long.
TOO
If a plan, an idea, or a machine suddenly stops working or fails completely, it is said to ___________
TO GO DOWNHILL
This is the noun form of the descriptive adjective "deep".
DEPTH
This phrasal verb means to encounter or meet someone by chance, like "to ________ into an old friend."
RUN / BUMP
What does TBA stand for?
TO BE ANNOUNCED
The cat sat on the windowsill and spent the entire afternoon cleaning it's soft fur.
ITS
When you want to tell someone to relax, calm down, or not stress so much over a small mistake, you tell them to ___________
TO CHILL OUT
This grammatical term refers to a verb form that ends in "-ing" but functions entirely as a noun in a sentence (e.g., "Cooking is fun").
GERUND
This phrasal verb means to suddenly start crying or laughing, as in "to ________ into tears."
BURST
What does GPS stand for?
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
She didn't wrote anything in her notebook during the entire morning grammar lecture.
WRITE
This 5-letter word is classic American slang for a complete failure, a disaster, or something of terrible quality: "That movie was a total ________."
FLOP
"I _________________ (just / receive) an email saying that the package which I _________________ (order) last week _________________ (arrive) at my doorstep tomorrow morning."
have just received, ordered, will arrive (or is arriving)
This phrase means to do something wrong or make a big mistake: "to bark up the wrong ________."
TREE
What does ATM stand for?
AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE
If we don't hurry up, by the time we arrive at the cinema, the movie will already start.
WILL HAVE ALREADY STARTED
If someone is acting incredibly cheap or refuses to spend money even when it's necessary, American slang calls them a ___________
A CHEAPSKATE