Palavras mais comumente confundidas em inglês
If you look forward / forwards it simply means you are looking ahead. For example:- If you look forward you will see St Paul’s Cathedral. Look forward to is a phrasal verb. When you look forward to something, you feel happy and excited about something that is going to happen. For example:- I always look… Read More
If someone is curious it means they are interested in learning about what is around them. For example: “Lynne was curious to find out how many people used the website.” If something is curious, it means it’s odd, strange or unusual. For example: “The results were very curious because a lot of Americans were using… Read More
Word Explanation Example because The reason is very important in the sentence, so because comes in the sencond clause of the sentence. I read this book because I like it. as The reason is already known. As we read, we learn. since The reason is already known. (more formal than as) Since we were in… Read More
A multi-word verb is a verb that has more than one word. We usually think of them as a main verb followed by one or two particles. The particle could be an adverb or a preposition. I never messed around at school, I was a good student. (to mess around = to behave badly) Multi-word… Read More
“Jealousy is when you worry someone will take what you have. Envy is wanting what somenone else has.” – Homer Simpson It’s no fun to feel envy or jealousy because both make you feel inadequate. Envy is when you want what someone else has, but jealousy is when you’re worried someone’s trying to take what you have. If you want your neighbor’s new… Read More
A lot of people are mixing up lose and loose. In particular, a lot of people are writing loose when they really mean lose. Here are the definitions of the two words from my Penguin dictionary: loose [lOOs] adj not fastened or pre-packed; not tied up or confined; able to move freely; not tight, not… Read More
Word Explanation Example big large in size, degree or amount a big stone great much bigger than average a great success a great time high measurement from the bottom to the top; greater than normal a high mountain a high level large big in size and quantity a large country a large number of people… Read More
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