Results for ‘meaning’

Lessons

• Cost an arm and a leg: meaning and use Describe a high price in conversation. Practice cost and paid, past and present forms, and more neutral ways to discuss money. B1
• Hit the nail on the head: meaning and use Recognize an accurate comment or explanation. Practice the fixed phrase, verb forms and useful ways to agree or qualify your agreement. B2
• A piece of cake: meaning and use Describe a task that feels very easy. Practice full sentences, short replies, negative forms and considerate ways to talk about difficulty. B2
• Break the ice: meaning and use Talk about helping people feel comfortable at a first meeting. Practice the idiom, past forms, purpose clauses and natural conversation… B2
• Need and want: say what is necessary and what you would like Use need and want with things and actions, ask questions, explain a purpose, and make a simple request. A1
• Help: ask for support and say what you can do Ask for help, offer it, name the person and task, and use help as a verb or a noun in everyday situations. A1
• Available and free: check time, access and price Ask whether something can be used, arrange a time to meet, and distinguish free time from a free service. A2
• Spend, take and cost: talk about time and money Describe what you spend, how much something costs, and how long a task takes. Practice the patterns and past forms. A2
• Subject pronouns and be: I am, you are, she is Introduce yourself, describe people and places, and ask simple questions with am, is and are. A1
• Borrow or lend: who gives and who receives? Choose borrow or lend, use from and to, and ask to use something that you will return. B1
• Countable and uncountable nouns Choose a, some, much and many, count amounts with units, and see why chicken or glass can have more than one meaning. A2
• Present simple: habits, facts and everyday questions Describe routines and facts, add the right ending, and make questions and negatives with do and does. A1
• Past simple: finished events, questions and negatives Tell someone what happened, choose regular and irregular past forms, and use did, didn't, was and were. A2
• A, an, the or no article? Choose articles by countability, sound and what your listener can identify, with practice in everyday situations. A2
• Appointment: arrange, change and keep a time Use appointment for an arranged visit, choose useful booking phrases, and distinguish a meeting from a reservation. B1
• Present simple or present continuous? Describe routines, actions in progress and temporary situations, and choose the right form when a verb's meaning changes. B1
• A lot, alot or allot: which is correct? Use a lot for quantity or degree and allot for assigning a share. Practice spacing, of, word order and the forms allotted and allotting. B1
• Experience: skills, events and what happens to you Choose experience or experiences, describe work skills, and distinguish experiencing something from testing an idea. B1
• On the same page: sharing an understanding Use on the same page to check a shared plan or understanding. Practice the sentence patterns, clarify a misunderstanding and choose a plain… B1
• Give someone a hand: asking for and offering help Ask for help with give someone a hand. Practice requests, offers, task patterns and past forms, and distinguish helping from applauding. B1
• Reliable: people, things and information you can trust Describe dependable people and equipment, compare reliability, and choose reliable, reliably, reliability or rely on. B1
• Can and could: ability, permission and requests Use can and could to describe skills, ask permission, request help and suggest a plan. Practice the forms and choose meanings from everyday… A2
• Comparative and superlative adjectives Compare everyday things with forms such as cheaper, more comfortable and the best. Learn spelling changes, equal comparisons and how to… A2
• Advice that changed meaning Advice is guidance or a suggestion about what someone should do in a specific situation. When you receive advice, you often remember the… B1 2 s
• Ad Hoc: Meaning and Daily Use Ad hoc means arranged for a particular purpose or situation rather than as a general or standing arrangement. B2 4 s
• adamant meaning: how to use it Adamant means utterly firm, unshakeable, and unwilling to change an opinion, decision, or refusal. It describes a person or group that… B2 4 s
• Hit the jackpot: Meaning and use In literal terms, hitting the jackpot means winning the grand prize in a lottery or game of chance. Figuratively, people use the phrase to… B1 3 s
• Elusive: Meaning and Everyday Use Elusive means difficult to find, catch, understand, or achieve. It can describe a person, object, answer, or goal. B2 3 s
• Obsolete meaning: no longer in use Obsolete means no longer used or needed. A newer tool or method may have replaced something, or the need for it may have disappeared… B2 7 s