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Advice that changed meaning

The speaker has remembered one sentence for years, but no longer understands it in the same way. What changed?

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Articles exercises with answers: Choose A An The

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Articles in English: How to Choose

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Auxiliary verbs: be do and have

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Awesome Meaning: Praise and Clear Feedback

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Back down

A manager changes a policy after staff challenge it. She does not move backwards, but people say she backed down.

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Back up

A colleague backs you up, research backs up a claim, and software backs up a file. What changes when the object changes?

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Beside or besides: position and addition

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Beside, Besides, or Except: Choose the Right Word

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Blow away

A performance blows the audience away while a gust blows the programmes away. Emotion and wind create different meanings with the same form.

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Booking a hotel room

A guest books three nights and asks for one room feature. Which services are included, and when does free cancellation end?

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Bored or boring: Talk about your class

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Bother

Noise can bother you, a thought can bother you, and you may not bother to reply. The first two affect feelings; the last describes effort.

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Brake or break: Choose the Right Spelling

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Break up

A couple breaks up, a meeting breaks up, and a phone call starts breaking up. Only one involves a romantic relationship.

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Breathe when public speaking: Pause before each point

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Bring about

A small decision can produce a large result. Bring about connects the cause to the change that follows.

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Bring up

You can bring up a difficult topic, bring up a child, or bring up a file on a screen. Context tells you which action is happening.

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Bump into

If you bump into an old friend, you meet unexpectedly. If you bump into a table, the surprise may hurt a little more.

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Burn out

A worker, a campfire and a motor can all burn out, but each one reaches a different kind of end.

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Business English phrases: clear workplace communication

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Call off

You can call off a match before it starts, call off a search already in progress, or call a threatening dog off.

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Can or may: Ability and permission

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Cancelling a subscription

The customer cancels renewal today but keeps access until the thirtieth. Does that mean another monthly payment is due?

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