Hello, I composed a vocabulary exercise. Could you please tell me if you agree with the suggested answers? What do you think of the level of this exercise? Thank you! 1. The crowds lingering on the streets were ………………….

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What is 'the/a short end of the deal'? -- the disadvantageous side. Does this date expression 7/5 mean 7th of May? -- Or the 5th of July. No matter what any style guide tells you, there will always be confused readers if you use numerals only.

Yes, the accent (and even vocabulary) of American English differs from region to region of the country. Some people respectfully and humbly suggest that foreign students try to speak like native speakers who live on the West Coast (Washington,

1. "Ménage à trois" (actually a French term but used in English too) and "love triangle" are possibilities. The first means that the three people engage in sexual activity all together or in various pairings with everyone's

Hello everybody. I'm pretty good at English let's say, the writing, the pronunciation, the reading, the listening aren't big problem to me. Okay, the listening and speaking, I do it but with efforts. The speaking it's the hardest

Hey there I didn't want to create another one topic named 'The difference between AmE and BrE', so I decided to write here. I hope nobody feels strongly about it. A few days ago I found an interesting list of AmE/BrE vocabulary. And

Latte: You need to be more careful with punctuation. A typical close test will focus on one subject or theme of instruction, for example: vocabulary building, verb forms, determiners, prepositions, or pronouns. Your exercise is a mixture of all

Well, the fact that you're talking about "football" already puts you in a different vocabulary than mine. In AMERICAN English, you would only say "in the Xth minute ." However, I do know there are some differences between

I suggest just using the dictionary to check the meanings, and picking up idiomatic expressions and vocabulary naturally by reading or listening regularly. I used to look for that kind of ESL material too, until I realized picking up expressions