Extra English
Verbs, nouns and adjectives
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Homonyms
Homonyms are two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings.
Address - to speak to / location
Band - a musical group / a ring
Bark - a tree's out layer / the sound a dog makes
Bat - an implement used to hit a ball / a nocturnal flying mammal
Bright - very smart or intelligent / filled with light
Current - up to date / flow of water
Express - something done fast / to show your thoughts by using words
Fair - equitable / beautiful
Kind - type / caring
Lie - to recline / to tell a falsehood
Match - to pair like items / a stick for making a fire
Pole - a person from Poland / a piece of metal that holds a flag
Pound - unit of weight / to beat
Right - correct / direction opposite of left
Rock - a genre of music / a stone
Rose - to have gotten up / a flower
Spring - a season / coiled metal
Stalk - a part of a plant / to follow or harass someone
Tender - gentle / offer of money
Tire - to grow fatigued / a part of a wheel (AE)
Well - in good health / a source for water in the ground
A teacher's story
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Idioms -
A blessing in disguise - a good thing that seemed bad at first
Beat around the bush - avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable
Better late than never - better to arrive late than not to come at all
Break a leg - Good luck
Call it a day - stop working on something
Cut somebody some slack - don't be so critical
Easy does it - slow down
Get out of hand - get out of control
Get something out of your system - do the thing you've been wanting to do so you can move on
Get your act together - work better or leave
Give someone the benefit of the doubt - trust what someone says
Go back to the drawing board - start over
Hang in there- don't give up
Hit the sack - go to sleep
It's not rocket science - it's not complicated
Let someone off the hook - to not hold someone responsible for something
Make a long story short - tell something briefly
No pain, no gain - you have to work for what you want
Pull someone's leg - to joke with someone
Pull yourself together - calm down
So far so good - things are going well so far
Speak of the devil - the person we were just talking about showed up!
That's the last straw - my patience has run out
The best of both worlds - an ideal situation
Time flies when you're having fun - you don't notice how long something lasts when it's fun
To get bent out of shape -to get upset
To make matters worse - make a problem worse
Under the weather - sick
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it - let's not talk about that problem right now
Your guess is as good as mine - I have no idea
Adjectives - antonyms
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Negative prefixes
My life story
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A very sad story
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