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When to Use The: Practical English Rules
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Whenever or When Ever: One Word or Two?
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Who Said What? Passing On a Message
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Who booked the room? A name and I or a name and me
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Whose bag is it? Describing people and their belongings
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Will or Going to: Choose the Right Future
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Will or be going to: choose your future form
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Work out
You can work out a bill, work out why a device failed, work out at the gym, or hope a plan works out. The object and subject reveal the meaning.
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Write a Formal Letter: Clear Rules and Examples
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Your or Yours: How to Choose
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abstract nouns: everyday rules and examples
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housewife vs homemaker: what is the difference
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make or made: choose the right form
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A ballpark guess
A ballpark guess is a rough numerical estimate based on general knowledge to help people make early plans.
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Above board
Above board describes actions or deals that are honest and legal, with nothing hidden.
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Ad Hoc: Meaning and Daily Use
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Adjective clauses: choose the right word
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Albeit Meaning: Use Clear Formal Contrasts
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Although, though, even though: Connect contrasting ideas
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At first glance
At first glance introduces how something appears when first seen before a closer look reveals new facts.
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Backlog
You answer five old emails, but twelve more are still waiting. What do you call the work that has built up behind you?
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Bend the rules
Bend the rules means to relax or ignore a standard regulation slightly for someone in a harmless situation.
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Breathing down my neck
Breathe down someone's neck means to watch someone closely in a stressful way, or to approach quickly as an urgent deadline.
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By the book
Following set rules, laws, or standard steps strictly without taking shortcuts.
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How this practice helps
This is the original Received Pronunciation collection. The name identifies the historical grouping, not a promise about every current voice.
Check the player’s accent label. Treat each recording as one speaker’s pronunciation, not a rule for how everyone should sound.
