Trouvez votre prochaine leçon
Recherchez une expression ou décrivez ce que vous voulez dire, puis choisissez parmi les leçons disponibles.
Leçons 181 à 198 sur 572
-
Cut corners: avoid harmful shortcuts
The idiom cut corners originated from taking a direct diagonal path rather than following a proper street corner. In modern English, it describes taking an irresponsible shortcut during work, planning, or manufacturing. The phrase implies criticism because the person left out a necessary standard, compromising quality or safety.
-
Of or Off: Choose the Right Word
Use of to connect parts, contents, materials, and groups. It shows what an object contains, what it belongs to, or what material formed it. Use off to indicate separation, movement away from a surface, or an inactive device. In phrasal verbs, off shows that something detaches or that power to an appliance stops.
-
Grammatical number: singular and plural forms
Grammatical number is the linguistic category that distinguishes between one entity (singular) and more than one entity (plural). Countable nouns reflect this distinction through endings such as -s or -es, or through irregular vowel changes. Uncountable nouns describe materials, concepts, or collective items as a whole mass and generally remain singular in English.
-
Group discussion skills: speak clearly in meetings
A group discussion is a cooperative conversation where multiple participants evaluate an issue, exchange perspectives, or reach a joint decision. The goal is to build understanding as a team rather than win an individual debate.
-
Root words: understand word parts
A root is the central part of a word that holds its primary meaning. An independent root can stand alone as a common English word, such as use, care, or wash. A bound root carries meaning within a family of words but cannot stand alone with that meaning, like port in transport and portable. Prefixes sit before the root to shift its direction or action, while suffixes sit after the root to establish its grammatical role as a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb.
-
Although, though, even though: Connect contrasting ideas
These three subordinating connectors introduce a concessive clause. A concessive clause provides background information that makes the main outcome surprising or unlikely. The connector informs your listener that the first condition did not prevent the second statement from becoming reality.
-
Abonnement
Accédez à toutes les leçons gratuitement pendant 7 jours
- 572 leçons avec dictées et tests d’écoute
- Trois accents : britannique, américain et australien
- De nouvelles leçons chaque jour et votre progression enregistrée
Aucune carte requise. Ensuite, à partir de $7.50 par mois si vous souhaitez continuer.
Commencer l’essai gratuit -
Since or For: Choosing Time Words
Since marks the beginning boundary of an unfinished period. It answers the question When did this begin? For measures the quantity or duration of time across that period. It answers the question How long has this continued?
-
Foreign Phrases in English: Clear Everyday Guide
Ad hoc describes an arrangement created for a single immediate purpose rather than a permanent system. De facto describes a reality that exists in daily practice without official legal status or formal appointment. Déjà vu refers to the sudden psychological sensation that you have already lived through a current moment. A faux pas is an embarrassing social blunder that violates polite conventions. Per se means by itself or strictly considered alone.
-
Paranoid: Meaning and Better Alternatives
Paranoid describes a state of intense, irrational distrust. A paranoid person suspects that other people intend to harm, deceive, track, or embarrass them, even when facts demonstrate no such danger. While native speakers sometimes throw the word into casual conversation to describe mild worry, its primary meaning involves suspicion that contradicts or ignores reality.
-
Material nouns: rules and simple examples
A material noun names a tangible substance, raw material, or matter that exists as an undivided mass rather than an individual countable object. In standard usage, these words do not take indefinite articles or plural endings unless their meaning shifts to a container, a specific document, a single serving, or a category.
-
Procrastination meaning: Stop putting off tasks
Procrastination is the act of postponing an action or decision that requires your attention. It describes personal delay rather than a problem caused by outside events like bad weather or transport cancellations.
-
Common English idioms: everyday listening guide
An idiom is an established phrase whose overall meaning cannot be understood simply by looking up each separate word. When you hear an idiom, treat the entire word group as a single unit of meaning within the conversation.
-
Stubborn: meaning, tone, and alternatives
Stubborn describes a person, animal, or object that resists change, movement, or persuasion. When applied to people, it suggests an unreasonable refusal to listen or compromise. When applied to physical objects or situations, it describes something difficult to move, open, or solve.
-
Caveat Meaning: One Condition to Remember
A caveat is a warning, condition, or limitation attached to an idea, offer, or agreement. It tells the listener what they must keep in mind before accepting or proceeding. It does not mean an idea is bad; rather, it identifies a boundary that requires careful attention.
-
When or if: Choosing the Right Word
When refers to time and certainty. It points to a moment that the speaker treats as definite or repeated. If introduces an open condition. It leaves room for doubt, showing that the result will occur only in the event that the condition is satisfied.
-
Past continuous: talking about past actions
The past continuous presents an activity as in progress at a specific past moment. It views an action from the inside as ongoing, without stating when it started or whether anyone completed it. It frequently supplies the background scene for a completed event or links two activities that were unfolding at the same time.
-
Elicit or Illicit: How to Choose
To elicit something means to bring out a reply, emotion, or statement from another person through questions or actions. For instance, a thoughtful speaker may elicit laughter, sympathy, or valuable advice. In contrast, illicit characterizes an activity, substance, transaction, or relationship as forbidden by statutory law or official institutional policy.
-
Speaking in class: how to stay calm
Nervous tension usually comes from the pressure to say everything at once. Effective class speaking requires the opposite approach: reduce your message to one clear statement supported by one concrete detail. A focused response is easier for your classmates to follow and much easier for you to produce under pressure.
Vous hésitez à commencer l’essai ? Recevez une leçon gratuite chaque jour
Une courte dictée par e-mail chaque jour pendant 7 jours. Entraînez-vous où vous êtes, sans compte.
Vous ne trouvez pas l’expression ou la situation à travailler ?
Les demandes de leçon sont comprises dans l’abonnement.
Voir les abonnements