Free English Lesson

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Free English Lesson

How far have you gone at writing? I am confident that if you follow my humble suggestions you will progress very soon.

Words of the day

Defer: v. To postpone, to delay. Deferring the hearing of my case for 3 days, the judge has again excited me.

Agog: adj. Full of keen anticipation, curious. We were agog as our college team needed a six on the last ball to win the match.

Wordsmith: n. 1. A fluent and prolific writer, especially one whose profession is writing. 2. A master of words. If you are thinking to earn handsomely by writing, change your profession because even the best wordsmiths cannot make enough money. George is a wordsmith - he chooses the accurate words.

Idioms of the day

Go to whole hog: To do something as completely as possible. Americans will lag behind in stem cell research from the Brits because Obama hasn’t decided to go whole hog for the thing.

The operative word: The chief word in the sentence, which explains the reality of the situation. The operative word of the patriots was freedom.

Go/sell like hot cakes: If things are going or selling like hot cakes, people are buying a lot of them very fast. Copies of The White Elephant are selling like hot cakes because this book won the Booker Prize.

Combinations of words

A dazzling completeness of beauty: If your heart is sincere and intention noble, write anything - the result would be a dazzling completeness of beauty.

Sweet and peaceable: Few men are so powerful that they even make their married lives sweet and peaceable!

Curious proclivity (proclivity = n. inclination): John had a curious proclivity for horse riding since his infancy.

The class is over.