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Vocabulary

Bugger All

‘Bugger all’ – a British slang term used to be a more vulgar synonym for ‘nothing at all’.

For example, ‘I’ve had bugger all to do all day.’

bug someone

Hello everybody,I'm a new member. Glad to join.
I was wondering if the verb(bug someone) meaning annoy or bother is a frequent word? Can I use it in a formal setting or I can only use it among friends?
Thank you in advance

Essay

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I am new at this side. Can someone please explain to me where I can find everybody.
Thanks.

Learning English

Hi,
I would like to improve my English by chating and get used writing skills ,
If someone want to chat with me and fixed my writing mistakes it could be very useful...

Let's talk about our jobs and practise english vocabulary

I think that it would be helpfull to practise english vocabulary by describing our jobs, what we do and how we earn money.

Vocabulary Game

Why we don't play a game? It's the following: I'll say a word and the next person to reply will define its meaning and write a sentence with that word and then write a new word.

My word is: casket

feel shy vs. shy

Would anyone possibly show me which one you would rather use?

shy of something/ somebody

feel shy of something/ somebody

Thanks in advance

english vocabulary

one of the most important factors that develope your english language is Vocabularies,,,,, so everyone must try to learn more vocabularies....

Like / As / Unlike / Such as

Like / As / Unlike / Such as

* Like
- it is followed by a noun or a pronoun
- it is used to compare things
- it means ' similar to '
She is like her mother.
You speak like a native speaker.
Ann looks like a princess.

* As
- it is used to refer to something or someone's appearance or function
Before she became a waitress she worked as a cleaning lady.

- in the same way
I always drink strong black coffee as they do in my country.

- to refer to the degree of something
Your son will soon be as tall as his father.

- as a conjunction ( to connect two clauses )

ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION:

nice / kind / good / stupid / silly / intelligent / clever / sensible (1) / (im)polite / rude (2) / unreasonable (3) OF someone (to do something):
- Thank you it was very nice / kind of you to help me.
It's stupid of her to go out without a coat.

nice / kind / good / (im)polite / rude / (un)pleasant (4) / (un)friendly / cruel TO someone:
- She has always been very nice / kind to me.
Why are you so rude / unfriendly to Ann?

angry / furious (5) ABOUT something // WITH someone FOR something:
- Why are you so angry about it?