'A phobia of high places.'
The word phobia means 'fear' or 'dislike'. Like many medical words used in English it comes from Greek. Phobos was the Greek god of fear. Today his name is used to show a fear.
In English we can say:
'I have a fear of high places.'
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In the English-speaking business world you may have to discuss the information on graphs. Here we take a look at some of the vocabulary we use to describe graph trends.
In this exercise you must find the antonyms of the the key words. An antonym is an opposite word (a synonym is a word that has the same meaning). Take a look at the following words and then choose the words which have the opposite meaning. Only choose one antonym for each question.
For example, big is the antonym of small.
Let's take a look at some confusing words:
a lot of /lots of and a lot
Here you can find out the difference in meaning between them and how they should be used.
a lot of and lots of have the same meaning: they both mean a large amount or number of people or things.
They are both used before countable nouns and uncountable nouns:
'Take a chance'
Let's take a look at the word take. This words is used in many collocations. To help you to learn English it is important for you to know about collocations. Here are some basic sentences using take. Complete the sentences with the correct word from the list below:
Time is a precious. Most of us don't have enough of it and wish we had more. There are lots of English expressions using time. Here are 20 of them and what they mean. Check them out, there's no time to lose:
to be on time means not to be late. You arrive at the right time.
Read this email from Samantha about her first day in work and answer the questions:
Hey Jo,
Here are some ways which we can give give advice or make recommendations:
For example, imagine that your friend is worried that she is getting fat. She asks you for some advice. You can respond using the following phrases:
