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Killer asteroids

A headline says killer asteroid, but the scientist uses much calmer language. Which statement describes the known risk rather than the headline's emotion?

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Learn English faster: a daily study plan

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Learn English vocabulary: words in context

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Leave out

A missing name, ingredient, or detail may be accidental, but a person who is left out can feel unwanted. Context shows whether the omission is practical or social.

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Less or Lesser: Choose the Right Word

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Let off

A teacher may let a student off with a warning, while people may let fireworks off at a celebration. The object tells you whether the topic is punishment or an explosion.

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Lie down or lay down: which verb to use

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Listen, then check: capital letters in everyday messages

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Live up to

Excellent reviews create a picture in your mind before you arrive. The real experience lives up to them only if it is as good as that picture.

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Live with

Some problems cannot be removed immediately. Learning to live with one means accepting its presence and managing life around it, not enjoying it.

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Lock out

Leaving your keys inside can lock you out of your home. Too many wrong passwords can create the same problem online: you are outside the access boundary.

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Look forward to

Plans feel more motivating when you imagine enjoying them. Look forward to turns that positive anticipation into one useful phrase.

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Look into

When you cannot resolve a problem or answer a question immediately, saying 'I will look into it' is useful and honest. It promises investigation, not an instant solution.

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Look up to

A role model does more than impress you. You look up to that person because their character or achievements earn your respect.

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Loose or lose: Four simple checks

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Make up

Friends can make up after an argument, but one of them might also make up an excuse. The object and situation reveal whether something is repaired or invented.

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Material nouns: rules and simple examples

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Measure up

A product can have impressive features yet still fail the test that matters. If it does not meet the required standard, it does not measure up.

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Medicine instructions

A pharmacist gives four connected instructions. Can you match each number and warning to the correct action?

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Meeting times across time zones

Three times are mentioned, but one is the old schedule and the others describe the same new meeting in two cities.

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Monday or Mondays: Choose the Right Form

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More than or more then: choose the right word

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Moving Day: Hearing “A Lot” and “Allot”

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Much, Many, or Several: Choose the Right Word

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