
Please stand with Ukraine in this difficult time.
Mar 8, 2022
4 min

armchair, chair or sofa are comfortable
This armchair is quite comfortable.
vs.
It is convenient that my job is close to my home.
My job is conveniently located.
Aug 6, 2021
5 min

comfortable, vegetable, doable, remarkable, admirable, adorable, agreeable, available
able is a suffix meaning it is added to the end of the word - pronounication as if you were to say "a bull" when it is a part of a word
Explanation of prefix vs. suffix
happy - unhappy (un = prefix un= not so - not happy)
happiness - ness - is a suffix which means state of being or the condition
un = prefix
able vs. unable - I am able to swim. I am unable to fly a plane.
I am able to speak English. The pronunciaton is different
able - /ˈeɪb(ə)l/
Aug 6, 2021
7 min

adore, appeal, appreciate, desire,despise, detest, dislike, fear, feel, forgive, hate, like, love, mind, need, pity, prefer, satisfy, trust, want and wish
Aug 17, 2019
22 min

Be - stative and non-stative uses
Conjugating of the verb be: I am, You are, He is, She is, It is, We are, You are, They are
Exist - stative use only
Aug 17, 2019
7 min

believe, consider, doubt, expect, imagine, know, realise
Aug 17, 2019
7 min

Communication Stative Verbs: agree, deny, disagree
These 3 verbs must be used in the present simple not the continuous
Aug 17, 2019
3 min

Verb - describes an action
Stative verbs - describe states of being. ex. I am happy/angry/sad/mad.
Stative verbs - are used in the present simple tenses
When stative verbs don't describe a state but an action then they are used in the continuous tenses.
ex. I have a cup of coffee in the morning. (state) vs. I am having a cup of coffee now. (action)
She has a cough. (state) vs. She is caughing. (action)
Aug 17, 2019
10 min

This is second part of the episode on idioms from time.
it's high time to do something - for ex. it's high time to do the laundry, dishes, bills etc.
to take one's time or to take your sweet time - not to hurry ex. to take your time doing your makeup
to call it a day - to stop working on a given activity for the day.
on the spur of the moment - spontaneously
the time is right to do "something" - the time is correct or the time is good ex. the time is right to buy a house/get married/go on vacation etc.
Aug 16, 2019
11 min
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