Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts

Definition of Bread and Butter

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Definition of Bread and Butter

Mmm… this morning I just ate a slice of bread, salad, and butter but I feel very fresh and strong. Yes, I need to have breakfast every morning before I go to work because I am going to go to my bread and butter. I love my bread and butter so much because I need to buy bread and butter for breakfast.

Bread and butter is an English Idiom meaning a job or activity that provides us with money. But In the above paragraph, the last “bread and butter” does not mean a job, so you need to pay attention to the context when defining “bread and butter”.

Assure vs. Ensure Vs. Insure

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Assure vs. Ensure Vs. Insure

Assure is used to make someone or people or animal sure about something. For instance, I assure you will find something very interesting in Indonesia.

Ensure is used to make something as in the condition. For instance, I ensure Jakarta is the right place for you to take holidays.

Insure is used for financial term, especially in the word Insurance.

However, all of the three words have the same meaning, to remove doubt on something.

Confused to use “bored with” or “bored of”

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Confused to use “bored with” or “bored of”

No need to be confused when you want to say that something, e.g. work, school, song, etc, has made you bored or tired. In this case, you can say, “I am bored with my work” or “I am tired of my work”. So what about “I am bored of my work”?

In my opinion and according to the lesson I have got, the word “bored” should be followed by “with”, not by “of”, while when you want to use the word “tired”, you should use the word “of”. So what do you think? Do you have any opinion about “bored with” and “bored of”? 

One of a kind

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One of a kind

One of a kind can be meant as “unique”. If I say that your hairstyle is one of a kind, it means that I will never find anymore people who have the hairstyle like you have. You are the only one who has such hairstyle. Anyway, I am not so sure if you are really the only one, but I am really interested to say that so you will feel flattered. I also can say a fact that I have never found someone with such a hairstyle. So, in this case, “one of a kind”, in general, just to say that one thing or one person is unique as far as the speaker knows.

As usual, please contribute here by giving us your voices in the comment box below.

So-Called definition

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So-Called definition

So-Called” means commonly called or named by such a name, or popularly known or called by the term. So, in the use of sentence or conversation, the word “so-called” is used as an adjective to designate inaccurate or questionable or doubt, or also to let know that a thing is known as the term.

Those so-called experts cannot even answer my easy questions. (You say this when you have doubt if they are called the experts, or you think those persons are not suitable to be called as the experts).

Bali, the so-called island of Gods, is very beautiful. (You say this when you let people know that Bali is popularly called the Island of Gods)

Well, that’s all from me, at least, that’s from what I have found from browsing on the Internet about “So-Called” definition. I hope that you can voice your knowledge here.

Vocabulary Builder Software

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Vocabulary Builder Software

Hello, English learners, how is the progress of your English? Do you still need to improve? What if I recommend you the vocabulary builder software so you have the excellent vocabulary, will you love it? Of course, you will love it because by mastering the vocabulary, you will easily to master English in any medium including writing and speaking.

The vocabulary builder software is Vocaboly, which contains five books, i.e. SAT, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT and VOA Special English. When you learn the words there, you also will be given the sentences using those words so you know how to use the words. I think the usage of the words in the sentences is very important because one word can have the different meanings when you use it in the different contexts or sentences, like the word “present” below:

“At present, I present a present to someone that was present at my house yesterday”

Cheese

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Cheese

I think everyone knows it. But do you know that there are some different uses of cheese? Check out below:

Big Cheese  :  a leader, a boss. He’s the big cheese here/He’s the boss here.

Cheese it     :  run away, leave quickly. Cheese it! The Cops!/Let’s leave quickly! The Police!

Cheesy        : cheap and lack of taste, not classy. Don’t wear that shirt. It looks cheesy/Don’t wear that shirt. It looks cheap and lack of taste.

Cut the cheese  : to fart, to pass gas. Who cut the cheese?/Who passed gas?

and more, if any.

If you know more about the difference uses of cheese, please add here.

Sandwich

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Sandwich

Sandwich word, we've known as a noun, is sandwich or (meat, cheese or lettuce, etc.), in English also functions as a verb (especially in the form of the passive voice), which means; hemmed in between two people / objects.

Sentence 'I was sandwiched between two fat men on the bus', we have translated as, 'I was hemmed in between two fat men on the bus'.

Being in a state hemmed in by two people / objects in associated with Sandwich.

English expression using the word “green”

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English expression using the word “green”

English language uses the word GREEN in different sentences that have different meanings. Here are some examples of sentences using the word GREEN;

1. Green Bananas >> To illustrate the fruits that have not fully matured, for example Green Bananas, Bananas means not yet fully mature (that does not mean the Green Bananas in terms of Indonesian).

2. HE'S STILL VERY GREEN, HE'S BOUND TO MAKE mistakes >> To describe someone who is less experienced (not yet mature or wise).

3. IT WAS A ROUGH Crossing AND MANY OF THE PASSENGERS DISTINCTLY GREEN LOOKED >> GREEN in this case means white.

4. THE GRASS IS (ALWAYS) Greener ON THE OTHER SIDE (OF THE FENCE) >> (Greener = MORE GREEN, in this case describes a person who never felt satisfied with the current situation (in terms of financial and from the other side) and always consider others better off.

5. MOTHER HAS GREEN Fingers >> Green Fingers is defined as someone who has a green thumb skills.

There are other several other meanings of GREEN which can be find in the Dictionary.

I love you

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I love you

Hello Boys and Girls! If all of you are falling in love, you must know the words appeared in the title of this writing. Yes, the only three words above in the title are very powerful and often heard. The words “I love you” will make your loved one love you more and more than before. Although some of them may not be so enthusiastic to hear that.

Maybe you are too bored to heat the words “I love you” so today, I have gathered some phrases to express love. I collect this powerful phrase from movies, magazine, and internet, and are just for those who are falling in live with someone.

Here they are:

I can’t live without you

I need you by my side

I always dream about you

I need you

I want you

You are like a candle in the dark

You are my everything

You mean the world to me

You’re my angel

and find out more. I think you also have many phrases about love.

Please be seated!

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Please be seated!

Do you have a dog at home? What do you say to ask it sit? I think many people will say “Sit!” or ‘Sit down!” And what if a guest comes to your house? There are some options as follow to ask him/her sit down:

Please sit down!

Pleas be seated!

Please take a seat!

Please have a seat!

Instead of using Sit! or Sit down!

As usual, if you have any opinion, pleas let us know below.

For good

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For good

My brother was so confused with the words “for good”. He wanted to know the meaning!

For good means forever or permanently. e.g.: I want to leave you for good.

Good has many meanings. Some of them are below as I took from TheFreeDictionary.com:

* Full  >> It is a good mile from here.

* Handsome >> good looks

* Useless >> It is no good crying over spilt milk.

etc

favorite

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favorite

Someone asked me why there are sentences as follow:

These books are my favorite.

These are my favorite books.

Yes, the two sentences are right and the meaning is the same. We can say like that because the word “Favorite” has two functions. Those are the adjective and noun so we can place the word “favorite” both as the adjective position and noun position.

That’s all. Any idea? Tell us below here!

Comfortable and convenient

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Comfortable and convenient

Hello readers, today I invite you to discus about comfortable and convenient because someone asked me several days ago about the two words.

If you have any idea and opinion about comfortable and convenient, please let us know and voice your opinions about comfortable and convenient by commenting below.

For me, comfortable and convenient have the same meaning, but:

Comfortable : something relaxing and making us soft.

Convenient : something suitable and practical.

Come on everyone. Help us to find the difference of the two words if any.

Will and going to

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Will and going to

Will and be going to” are the words to form the Future Tense. The words are to express something happens in the future.

However there is the different in using the words:

Will is used to express a promise or something that will happen if something else is done. Examples:

I will come to your house next week.

I will come to your house if you invite me.

Be going to is used to express a plan. Examples:

I am going to spend my holidays in my Grandpa’s house.

I am going to come to your house when your mother is out.

That’s all from me, and as usual, if you have your own opinions, please share with us here.

Dissatisfied or unsatisfied?

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Dissatisfied or unsatisfied?

Someone asked me the difference between “dissatisfied and unsatisfied”. Well, now I am going to try to explain.

Dissatisfied means someone who is not satisfied, unhappy, frustrated, or disappointed with someone, something, or situation. Example:

I am very dissatisfied with the service from the Bank.

Unsatisfied means the feeling of needing more and it can refer to something abstract. Example:

I have washed my left hand three times until it’s clean, but it’s still unsatisfied.

Well, if you are still dissatisfied with my explanation, please find out more, and if you have any idea and opinion, please let us know.

Thanks.

Irregular Verbs

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Irregular Verbs

In the former post, I have discussed about Active Voice. As we have know that active voice is formed by “to be + V3/past participle. Well, today I will give you some of irregular verbs from base form/present, past, and past participle.

Present

Past

Past Participle

be was, were been
become became become
buy bought bought
cut cut cut
come came come
eat ate eaten
feel felt felt

Well, today I can’t give all the irregular verbs, because there are still many. But, I promise that I will give someday. I am sorry because today I am so so busy.

Between versus among

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Between versus among

When we compare two things, we say “between

When we compare three or more things, we say “among'”

Now let’s see the examples below:

I can’t choose the best one between apple and orange.

John is  the cleverest student among the students in class A.

That’s all, Readers! I’m gonna take a rest first.

Learning English is fun

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Learning English is fun
Learning English is not as hard as you think if you can take the advantages of the sources and references such as magazine, English Audio, Television, songs, movies, newspaper, internet, radio, and of course this blog. Learning English is fun.
Well, now let’s see how those things can help us learn English.

Magazine and newspaper

Read English magazines and newspapers. Find out the meaning, and if you find something you don’t understand, both grammar and vocabulary, please find out in your dictionary, or visit this blog and click on the tab ASK QUESTION above.

English Audio

Clear enough. Do it regularly

Television

Watch the programs in English; listen to words and sentences they speak. Do it regularly and more frequently. If you find something you don’t understand, both grammar and vocabulary, please find out in your dictionary, or visit this blog and click on the tab ASK QUESTION above

Songs

Do you have your favorite songs? Write the lyrics and listen to the songs. Pay attention to pronunciation. If you find something you don’t understand, both grammar and vocabulary, please find out in your dictionary, or visit this blog and click on the tab ASK QUESTION above.

Movies

Do you like watching movies? Then do the same as you watch TV, and if you find something you don’t understand, both grammar and vocabulary, please find out in your dictionary, or visit this blog and click on the tab ASK QUESTION above.

Internet

You can read articles like in this blog, visit “Learning English” blogs such as this blog, BBC, VOA, and more. If you find something you don’t understand, both grammar and vocabulary, please find out in your dictionary, or visit this blog and click on the tab ASK QUESTION above.

Radio

Listen to the “Learning English” program. If you find something you don’t understand, both grammar and vocabulary, please find out in your dictionary, or visit this blog and click on the tab ASK QUESTION above.

This Blog

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The difference between news and information

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The difference between news and information
Do you often hear the words news and information? Is there any difference?

Well, I can explain like this:

News means about something that has recently happened such as in TV News Programs, etc.

Information means the facts and details about something, for example, you will find information desk in many public places such as airport, supermarket, etc.




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