Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts

Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Sunday, 8 November 2026

Some terms related to penalties

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Saturday, 17 October 2026

8 collective words

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Tuesday, 13 March 2018

Do you know? ( #3 )

unsettled
According to the forecast, the unsettled weather will continue over the next few days.

deck
We ate dinner outside on the deck.

desk
The boss has a big desk in his office.

mouse / mice

inflate
You have to inflate an air mattress before you can sleep on it.

disdain
They treat all their servants with complete disdain.

back sth up
It is advisable to back up all the files on your computer regularly, in case of breakdown.

back sb up
Go ahead and tell the boss just what happened; I'll back you up on it.

back down
Local residents have forced the local council to back down from/on its plans to build a nightclub on their street.

blow up
My dad blew up (at me) when he saw the bill.

blow it   
I totally blew it, and I'm so embarrassed; I don't know when I've performed so badly.
Oh, blow it! I've forgotten to invite Paul to the party.

cheer sb up
Here's a plate of chocolate ice cream to cheer you up.

clear up
The doctor told me the rash would clear up in about six weeks.
I hope it clears up in time for the picnic.

yell
"Come back here right now!'' he yelled.

sleep on it
Don’t give me an answer now – sleep on it and tell me whenever you’re ready.

Wednesday, 7 March 2018

Do you know? ( #2 )

score
That score is from a Mozart concerto.
James Rhodes played the whole concert without scores.

landline phone 

Holy Week

Extra virgin olive oil

mandarin orange / tangerine 
Mandarin oranges are smaller and sweeter than oranges.

thermos
The coffee stays warm for hours in a thermos.

twin / identical twin
I used to date an identical twin; sometimes I wasn't sure whether I was with him or his brother!

strait
They are trying to cross the Straits of Gibraltar by swimming or in dinghies.

to break into
Three burglars broke into my neighbors' house yesterday.

sustain pedal

sneaker 
The simple sneaker has become a fashion necessity as well as a sporting one!

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

In the kitchen


bottle opener
a device for removing the metal top from a bottle

breadboard
a wooden board that is used to cut bread on

bowl
a round container that is open at the top and is deep enough to hold fruit, sugar, etc.

casserole
a dish made by cooking meat, vegetables, or other foods in liquid inside a heavy container at low heat, or the heavy, deep container with a lid used in cooking such dishes

colander
a bowl with small holes in it, used for washing food or for emptying food into when it has been cooked in water

corkscrew
 a device for removing corks from bottles, that consists of a handle with a twisted metal rod to push into the cork and pull it out

cutlery
knives, forks, and spoons used for eating food

frying pan
a flat metal pan with a long handle, used for frying food

ladle
a very big spoon with a long handle and a deep cup-shaped part, used especially for serving soup

mug
a large cup with straight sides used for hot drinks

saucepan
a deep, round pan with straight sides, usually with a handle and a lid, used for cooking things over heat

sink unit
a piece of kitchen furniture into which a sink is fitted

soup plate
a deep plate for soup and other food

soup spoon
a rounded spoon used for eating soup

tablespoon
(the amount held by) a large spoon used for measuring or serving food

tin opener
a device for opening tins of food

tumble dryer
a device for extracting water from vegetables

Friday, 9 February 2018

Irregular verbs

Come Came Come To move or travel towards the speaker or with the speaker
Become Became Become To start to be

Stand Stood Stood To be in a vertical state or to put into a vertical state, especially (of a person or animal) by making the legs straight
Understand Understood Understood To know the meaning of sething that someone says

Get Got Got
Gotten
To obtain, buy, or earn something
Forget Forgot Forgotten To be unable to remember a fact, something that happened, or how to do something

Ride Rode Ridden To sit on something such as a bicycle, motorbike, or horse and travel along on it controlling its movements
Strive Strove
Strived
Striven
Strived
To try very hard to do something or to make something happen, especially for a long time or against difficulties
Write Wrote Written To make marks that represent letters, words, or numbers on a surface, such as paper or a computer screen, using a pen, pencil, or keyboard, or to use this method to record thoughts, facts, or messages
Drive Drove Driven To move or travel on land in a motor vehicle, especially as the person controlling the vehicle's movement
Rise Rose Risen To move upwards

Wear Wore Worn To have clothing, jewellery, etc. on your body
Swear Swore Sworn To use words that are rude or offensive as a way of emphasizing what you mean or as a way of insulting someone or something
Tear Tore Torn To pull or be pulled apart, or to pull pieces off

Sell Sold Sold To give something to someone else in return for money
Tell Told Told To say something to someone, often giving them information or instructions

See Saw Seen To be conscious of what is around you by using your eyes
Go Went Gone To travel or move to another place

Give Gave Given To offer something to someone, or to provide someone with something
Forgive Forgave Forgiven To stop blaming or being angry with someone for something that person has done, or not punish them for something

Spend Spent Spent To give money as a payment for something
Send Sent Sent To cause something to go from one place to another, especially by post or email
Lend Lent Lent To give something to someone for a short period of time, expecting it to be given back
Bend Bent Bent To (cause to) curve

Cut Cut Cut To break the surface of something, or to divide or make something smaller, using a sharp tool, especially a knife
Cost Cost Cost The amount of money needed to buy, do, or make something
Hit Hit Hit To move your hand or an object onto the surface of something so that it touches it, usually with force
Put Put Put To move something or someone into the stated place, position, or direction
Quit Quit Quit To stop doing something or leave a job or a place
Shut Shut Shut To (cause to) close something
Let Let Let To allow something to happen or someone to do something by not doing anything to stop an action or by giving your permission
Hurt Hurt Hurt To feel pain in a part of your body, or to injure someone or cause them pain
Set Set Set To put something in a particular place or position
Spread Spread Spread To (cause to) cover, reach, or have an effect on a wider or increasing area

Blow Blew Blown To move and make currents of air, or to be moved or make something move on a current of air
Know Knew Known to have information in your mind
Fly Flew Flown When a bird, insect, or aircraft flies, it moves through the air
Grow Grew Grown To increase in size or amount, or to become more advanced or developed
Throw Threw Thrown To send something through the air with force, especially by a sudden movement of the arm
Draw Drew Drown To make a picture of something or someone with a pencil or pen

Speak Spoke Spoken To say words, to use the voice, or to have a conversation with someone
Wake Woke Woken To (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping
Break Broke Broken To (cause something to) separate suddenly or violently into two or more pieces, or to (cause something to) stop working by being damaged
Choose Chose Chosen To decide what you want from two or more things or possibilities
Steal Stole Stolen To take something without the permission or knowledge of the owner and keep it
Freeze Froze Frozen If you freeze something, you lower its temperature below 0°C, causing it to become cold and often hard, and if something freezes, its temperature goes below 0°C

Learn Learnt
Learned
Learnt
Learned
To get knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity
Dream Dreamt
Dreamed
Dreamt
Dreamed
A series of events or images that happen in your mind when you are sleeping

Fall Fell Fallen To suddenly go down onto the ground or towards the ground without intending to or by accident
Bite Bit Bitten To use your teeth to cut into something or someone
Eat Ate Eaten To put or take food into the mouth, chew it (= crush it with the teeth), and swallow it
Hide Hid Hidden To put something or someone in a place where that thing or person cannot be seen or found, or to put yourself somewhere where you cannot be seen or found

Take Took Taken To remove something, especially without permission:
Shake Shook Shaken To move backwards and forwards or up and down in quick, short movements, or to make something or someone do this

Meet Met Met To see and talk to someone for the first time
Sleep Slept Slept To be in the state of rest when your eyes are closed, your body is not active, and your mind is unconscious
Keep Kept Kept To have or continue to have in your possession
Sweep Swept Swept To clean especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed
Leave Left Left To go away from someone or something, for a short time or permanently
Mean Meant Meant To express or represent something such as an idea, thought, or fact
Feel Felt Felt To experience something physical or emotional
Deal Dealt Dealt To do business
Kneel Knelt Knelt To go down into, or stay in, a position where one or both knees are on the ground

Lose Lost Lost To no longer have something because you do not know where it is
Sit Sat Sat To (cause someone to) be in a position in which the lower part of the body is resting on a seat or other type of support, with the upper part of the body vertical
Build Built Built To make something by putting bricks or other materials together
Shoot Shot Shot To fire a bullet or an arrow, or to hit, injure, or kill a person or animal by firing a bullet or arrow at him, her, or it


Read Read Read To look at words or symbols and understand what they mean
Lead Led Led To control a group of people, a country, or a situation
Feed Fed Fed To give food to a person, group, or animal

Find Found Found To discover, especially where a thing or person is, either unexpectedly or by searching, or to discover where to get or how to achieve something
Hear Heard Heard To receive or become conscious of a sound using your ears
Make Made Made To produce something, often using a particular substance or material
Hold Held Held To take and keep something in your hand or arms

Pay Paid Paid To give money to someone for something you want to buy or for services provided
Say Said Said To pronounce words or sounds, to express a thought, opinion, or suggestion, or to state a fact or instruction

Win Won Won To achieve first position and/or get a prize in a competition, election, fight, etc.
Shine Shone Shone To send out or reflect light

Buy Bought Bought To get something by paying money for it
Bring Brought Brought To take or carry someone or something to a place or a person, or in the direction of the person speaking
Fight Fougth Fought To use physical force to try to defeat another person or group of people
Think Thought Thought To believe something or have an opinion or idea
Teach Taught Taught To give someone knowledge or to train someone; to instruct
Catch Caught Caught To take hold of something, especially something that is moving through the air
Seek Sought Sought To try to find or get something, especially something that is not a physical object

Begin Began Begun To start to happen or exist
Drink Drank Drunk To take liquid into the body through the mouth
Run Ran Run (Of people and some animals) To move along, faster than walking, by taking quick steps in which each foot is lifted before the next foot touches the ground
Sing Sang Sung To make musical sounds with the voice, usually a tune with words
Swim Swam Swum To move through water by moving the body or parts of the body
Shrink Shrank Shrunk To become smaller, or to make something smaller
Sink Sank Sunk To (cause something or someone to) go down below the surface or to the bottom of a liquid or soft substance

Be
(am, are, is)
Was / Were Been Used to say something about a person, thing, or state, to show a permanent or temporary quality, state, job, etc.
Can Could ---- To be able to
Do Did Done To perform, take part in, or achieve something
Have / Has Had Had To own
Will Would ---- Used to talk about what is going to happen in the future, especially things that you are certain about or things that are planned
May Might ---- Used to express possibility
Shall Should ---- (Old-fashioned) Used instead of "will" when the subject is "I" or "we"
Must ---- ---- Used to show that it is necessary or very important that something happens in the present or future

Saturday, 27 January 2018

Do you know? ( #1 )

To stab (sb) in the back. figurative
After all I've done to help him, he's stabbed me in the back.

Pull (sth) out.

Get along.
My friends and I get along very well.

Work out. vi
We're going to the gym to work out this afternoon.

Sharp. figurative
He was really sharp - always making funny comments.

Stir. vtr
Stir all of the ingredients together with a spoon.

Wood burning stove.

Skates. With wheels (for rollerskating) or with blade (for ice skating)

Marker o Felt-tip pen
felt