Deal
What’s the deal with the word deal? It appears in trade, business, politics and colloquial expressions.
Vocabulary
The power of GET. Tech words. Expanding your vocabulary. Words with different meanings. How to say things.
Mole | Multiple meanings
What can be an animal, a person, or food? What can drill rocks, is used in chemistry or sits on your body? In this post you will find seven meanings of the word mole and learn a related idiom. A… Read More »Mole | Multiple meanings
Light | Multiple meanings
The adjective / adverbLight as an adjective is the opposite of several other adjectives: dark, heavy, thick, serious, deep…Something, e.g. a present, a suitcase or a person, can be light / lightweight or heavy.If you can hear some light footsteps… Read More »Light | Multiple meanings
Jam | Multiple meanings
Summer: Time to preserve fruit. Time to travel. Time for music. Jams everywhere! Jam is a sweet spread made from the pulp and juice of fruit cooked with sugar and pectin. There’s strawberry jam, apricot jam, raspberry jam … you… Read More »Jam | Multiple meanings
Match | Multiple meanings
Sports and fire, harmony and similarity – all these are contained in the word match. • Sports The 2018 World Cup is currently in full swing, and in fact, the most widely used meaning of match is to do with… Read More »Match | Multiple meanings
Looking after your vocabulary
Think of your words as living beings. Writing down a word or expression in your notebook is like planting a flower or buying a beautiful fish for your aquarium: You want to keep them in ideal conditions so they lead… Read More »Looking after your vocabulary
GET 9: Persuade | Ask | Make | Motivate
Get someone to do something | Get someone doing something These are informal ways to speak about asking, persuading or motivating someone to do something. As always, don’t forget to download the free Study Sheet at the end of this… Read More »GET 9: Persuade | Ask | Make | Motivate
Recording new vocabulary: 9 guidelines
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. ∼ William Morris The same rule goes for the vocabulary that you collect in your notebook. It should contain language that is… Read More »Recording new vocabulary: 9 guidelines
Season | Multiple meanings
SEASON’S GREETINGS! ‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY … It’s this time of year again … In a large part of the world it’s winter, it’s Christmas, and New Year is right round the corner. People gather round the TV… Read More »Season | Multiple meanings
Setting up your notebook as a learning tool
Do you use your language notebook outside class? Or is it like a jungle in which you get lost? This post shows you how to turn your notebook into a useful, relevant learning tool. In order to create this tool,… Read More »Setting up your notebook as a learning tool