Improving English
If you sincerely write what you feel, you will catch the attention of your readers. I have read that the writing style that touches the heart of the reader springs from a sincere heart.
Words
Prosaic: adjective (Formal) lacking interest, imagination and variety; boring. [This meaning was from dictionary.cambridge.org]
If you are in love with the career you are in, you will never find your life prosaic.
Stonewall verb to stop a discussion from developing by refusing to answer questions or by talking in such a way that you prevent other people from giving their opinions. [This meaning was from dictionary.cambridge.org]
Mr James, understanding that he won’t be able to defend himself, chose to stonewall the matter.
Doughty: adj. Marked by stouthearted courage; brave. [This meaning was from thefreedictionary.com]
The corporate sector is meant for doughty characters.
Idioms
De trop (formal) unnecessary, unwanted or more than is suitable. [This meaning was from thefreedictionary.com]
Presuming that the praises showered on him are de trop, Tom got embarrassed.
The in thing (to do): the fashionable thing to do. [This meaning was from thefreedictionary.com]
Consuming soft drinks is the in thing to do.
Cooler heads prevail: Fig. the ideas or influence of less emotional people prevail. (Used of a tense situation.) [This meaning was from thefreedictionary.com]
People know that cooler heads prevail, but little they do to get rid of their emotions.
Phrases
Incomparably excellent: Sachin is incomparably excellent at batting.
Inborn refinement: An orator of inborn refinement easily attracts the attention of his audience.
Insufficient appreciation: Tom was disheartened due to the insufficient appreciation his work received.
I will also furnish a few common mistakes we make, so please keep on coming to this little place.
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Improving English Etc.
Improving English Etc.
Bear with me as I know that I am taking long silences. But a new feature called FeedBurner has been added to this blog using which you can subscribe to my posts.
For those who are using screen readers: I am afraid - in the process of getting subscription captcha will intimidate you. Just let me know if you face difficulty passing it and I will try to get you through the thing.
Captcha is to confirm whether the user is a human or robot. In the technical language, “robot” is referred as “bot” - meaning that it is controlled by anyone else.
A “bot” is a part of a huge number of hijacked computers that are controlled by a single person. And a group of hijacked computers is called “botnet”.
Can I tee off the English stuff? Here is the meaning of “tee off”! This phrasal verb means “to begin something” or “to make angry or disgusted.”
I have taken the meaning of the aforementioned phrasal verb from (thefreedictionary.com). I mentioned the source otherwise Google would have teed me off by banning my blog!
A very positive English proverb is: “The darkest hour is always before dawn.” This proverb says just before sunrise the sky is at its blackest - implying that when good time is in the offing the problems too are at their extreme.
“In the offing” is an idiom which means “anything likely to happen soon.”
My holidays are in the offing - so hopefully I will visit home!
How many of you are living away from home? How lovely the embrace of the family is, one learns after living away from it. I won’t add anything to it otherwise pearly tears might stream down from the beautiful eyes of anyone! I have a very nice nephew, who misses me a lot.
Why do you people always misunderstand me!
Difference between ‘elder’ and ‘older’. ‘Elder’ is used when a person refers to the members of his own family. An example: My elder brother has a nice voice.
Importantly, when ‘than’ is used with ‘elder’, the sentence will read: “My sister is ten years elder than I.” It is wrong to say “My sister is ten years elder than me.”
‘Older’ can be used with both people and things. But, when it is used with people, a person cannot refer to the members of his own family.
You can say “The boy sitting in the first row appears older to me.” But it would be wrong if you say “The boy sitting in the first row appears elder to me,” because that boy isn’t your family member.
Using ‘older’ with things is very simple: “This building is older than that one.”
I hope that I will not tee you off by talking a bit about business!
Assets: Things of possessions that can be converted into cash are called assets. Cash is also assets.
Assets are of two types: fixed assets and current assets. Fixed assets or long-term assets have a life of more than a year. Land, Building, machinery etc., are fixed assets. Additionally, there are intangible fixed assets like the goodwill or brand of a company.
Things that can be easily and quickly converted into cash are current assets. These include money at the bank, bills receivable, debts (the money which someone has to pay you back) etc.
A customer gives bills receivable to the businessman in the place of cash. Thereafter, these bills receivable are quickly converted into cash.
That was all I brought for you. If you have any suggestions for me or if you find me erring anywhere, just let me know. I will really love to read anything written by you.
Bear with me as I know that I am taking long silences. But a new feature called FeedBurner has been added to this blog using which you can subscribe to my posts.
For those who are using screen readers: I am afraid - in the process of getting subscription captcha will intimidate you. Just let me know if you face difficulty passing it and I will try to get you through the thing.
Captcha is to confirm whether the user is a human or robot. In the technical language, “robot” is referred as “bot” - meaning that it is controlled by anyone else.
A “bot” is a part of a huge number of hijacked computers that are controlled by a single person. And a group of hijacked computers is called “botnet”.
Can I tee off the English stuff? Here is the meaning of “tee off”! This phrasal verb means “to begin something” or “to make angry or disgusted.”
I have taken the meaning of the aforementioned phrasal verb from (thefreedictionary.com). I mentioned the source otherwise Google would have teed me off by banning my blog!
A very positive English proverb is: “The darkest hour is always before dawn.” This proverb says just before sunrise the sky is at its blackest - implying that when good time is in the offing the problems too are at their extreme.
“In the offing” is an idiom which means “anything likely to happen soon.”
My holidays are in the offing - so hopefully I will visit home!
How many of you are living away from home? How lovely the embrace of the family is, one learns after living away from it. I won’t add anything to it otherwise pearly tears might stream down from the beautiful eyes of anyone! I have a very nice nephew, who misses me a lot.
Why do you people always misunderstand me!
Difference between ‘elder’ and ‘older’. ‘Elder’ is used when a person refers to the members of his own family. An example: My elder brother has a nice voice.
Importantly, when ‘than’ is used with ‘elder’, the sentence will read: “My sister is ten years elder than I.” It is wrong to say “My sister is ten years elder than me.”
‘Older’ can be used with both people and things. But, when it is used with people, a person cannot refer to the members of his own family.
You can say “The boy sitting in the first row appears older to me.” But it would be wrong if you say “The boy sitting in the first row appears elder to me,” because that boy isn’t your family member.
Using ‘older’ with things is very simple: “This building is older than that one.”
I hope that I will not tee you off by talking a bit about business!
Assets: Things of possessions that can be converted into cash are called assets. Cash is also assets.
Assets are of two types: fixed assets and current assets. Fixed assets or long-term assets have a life of more than a year. Land, Building, machinery etc., are fixed assets. Additionally, there are intangible fixed assets like the goodwill or brand of a company.
Things that can be easily and quickly converted into cash are current assets. These include money at the bank, bills receivable, debts (the money which someone has to pay you back) etc.
A customer gives bills receivable to the businessman in the place of cash. Thereafter, these bills receivable are quickly converted into cash.
That was all I brought for you. If you have any suggestions for me or if you find me erring anywhere, just let me know. I will really love to read anything written by you.
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