By Phrasal verbs, Vocabulary

Yes, it occasionally happens to me, but not often. Usually it's an unusual new word invented by teenagers. Since I seldom converse with teenagers, it hardly ever happens.As for newspapers, I sometimes come acoss technical terms that are unfamiliar to me.CJ

Have you ever come across words or vocabulary or slang or phrasal verbs in your everyday conversation or in the newspapers or movies or songs that you don't know or understand their meanings that you have to guess? Are there a lot of them you don't know?

There is lots of profession specific language in all medical fields. This includes the obvious things such as vocabulary but also grammar such as phrasal verbs e.g. Dentist: Oh yes, that tooth has got to be removed. I can see why it's given you so much pain. Patient: Can you just get it out!

Acquiring phrasal verbs is no different from acquiring any other vocabulary: listen, use, practice, review.

Thanks for your kind explanation. The propositional verb has been a headache for me for so long. I wonder if you or anybody can tell me what is "dictionary form of the verb" and what is a phrasal verb. I was taught that "agree to do" is a phrase, but to me here "agree" and "do" both are verbs,...

Mister Micawber wrote:If the test is anything like the ETS tests (TOEFL, etc), Clive, then it tests both grammar and vocabulary. The TOEIC section offers the two types of questions in a roughly 50/50 ratio. It is among the vocabulary set. The section which this question is in consists of 18...

"Grammar and exercises are only requirements of the syllabus, not of learning a language. Did you learn the grammar of your mother-tongue when you were acquiring it? Most of you may still not know the grammar of your mother-tongue but you speak it effortlessly." If grammar means identifying...

Grammar Geek wrote: So "to lay by" is a phrasal verb meaning "to store away"? New vocabulary for me! But anyway, when you have a phrasal verb like that (or like "look up" (as a word in a dictionary) or "write down") - do the prepositions act like normal prepositions, or because they are...

So "to lay by" is a phrasal verb meaning "to store away"? New vocabulary for me! But anyway, when you have a phrasal verb like that (or like "look up" (as a word in a dictionary) or "write down") - do the prepositions act like normal prepositions, or because they are inextricably linked to the...

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