Hi all, In a letter by Katherine Mansfield I come across the following passage: 'When you came to tea this afternoon you took a brioche broke it in half & padded the inside doughy bit with two fingers'. Could you tell me

From Paper 1 (Reading) of the CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) of the University of Cambridge , Part 1 . In this part candidates are asked to read three extracts and to answer a total of 18 questions, six per extract. Here are some

I see that native speakers "just guess" very often. Thank God! Because in some cases I am pretty sure you can't hear some sounds, or they are different than expected for some reason... But native speakers know what might make sense

Hi. Thank you. Let me correct something what I said by saying that I didn't write a post on this topic (content) a few days ago but I am sure that I wrote it yesterday in your General Vocabulary & Idiom Questions section. Anyway,

Hi. When do we use the indefinite article "an" before the word "extraordinary"? In a religious context, what could be the deciding factor for using the phrase "possess extraordinary power" versus using the phrase

Hi, "desperado lawbreaker" -- did you read Philip's response to Valery? This forum is for asking questions about English vocabulary and idioms, not for meeting and chatting -- especially if you can't be bothered using correct

Hi: 1) Let it go at that 2) So be it. Are these idiom the same meaning? thanks

we do not seem to have identified any differences here between BrE and AmE. Except for pronunciation and a miniscule number of vocabulary items and idioms, I find that claims about differences between BrE and AmE rarely turn out to be true. These

Hi guys, I would challenge the suggestion that 'That will learn them' as a sentence is incorrect grammar. It doesn't break any of the standard grammar rules. Meaning and vocabulary, not to mention idiom, are not really matters of

I have a question about an expression (idiom?) you wrote in your post. I'll post my question in the vocabulary forum and hope you'll have a look at it. I managed to find the answer , so I won't post the question. I've just learnt