'Do yoga? Play yoga? Go yoga?'
We use the verbs play, do and go with sports and activities. Here is the information you need to know to use them correctly:
Play is used with ball sports or competitive games where we play against another person:
somebody told me that it is not appropriate to use the word "inconveniency" but when I checked in the internet there are many people who use this word in their sentence or paragragh. Any help?
like in the case of this sentence:
"Also, please take note that you have to inform me beforehand if you want to use/reserve the two (2) conference rooms to avoid any inconveniency to all."
In life one of the most important things you can do is to look after your health. When we have a health problem we can go and see a doctor. Here we take a look at the English you need to discuss bad health.
'How do you know when a politician is lying? His lips move!'
'The first rule of politics: If you lie, don't get caught!'
'You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.' Abraham Lincoln
'A phobia of high places.'
The word phobia means 'fear' or 'dislike'. Like many medical words used in English it comes from Greek. Phobos was the Greek god of fear. Today his name is used to show a fear.
In English we can say:
'I have a fear of high places.'
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In this exercise you must find the antonyms of the the key words. An antonym is an opposite word (a synonym is a word that has the same meaning). Take a look at the following words and then choose the words which have the opposite meaning. Only choose one antonym for each question.
For example, big is the antonym of small.
In the English-speaking business world you may have to discuss the information on graphs. Here we take a look at some of the vocabulary we use to describe graph trends.
'Take a chance'
Let's take a look at the word take. This words is used in many collocations. To help you to learn English it is important for you to know about collocations. Here are some basic sentences using take. Complete the sentences with the correct word from the list below:
