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General English: We don’t use ‘money’ under these situations!
Many of you may only know the word ‘money’. Indeed, there are other expressions to replace ‘money’ in different situations, and here are 5 examples!
Business English: Important terminologies for video conferencing! (part2)
In the previous article, we have talked about English vocabularies about technical problems during video conferencing. Today, let’s talk about other words related to video conferencing! What are some useful words to be used when the conference starts, ends, and during the meeting?
Business English: Important terminologies for video conferencing! (part1)
As of late, video conferencing has become more popular. A new word ‘zoom fatigue’ has even appeared, which means that it is so tiring to have video conferencing one after another. Moreover, when you are having video conferencing, technical problems are the most common issues, such as not connecting to the internet or not hearing someone’s voice. How can we express these issues in English?
Business English: 7 workplace terminology you should know. Understand what colleagues are talking about!
There are a lot of terminologies in the workplace. To fresh graduates, you may not understand these terms. Therefore, we have prepared 7 useful words for the workplace, so that you can understand and talk to your co-workers!
IELTS Writing: Express adverbs of certainty, how to say ‘undoubtedly’ in English?
During the IELTS exam, especially when you are writing argumentative essays, we may think of the word ‘undoubtedly’ when we want to express a degree of certainty. Except for ‘undoubtedly’, do you know any words with similar meanings?
IELTS Writing: An obvious increase/decrease in the trend? Learn 5 words better than ‘obvious’!
The IELTS writing is divided into task 1 and task 2, and today we're talking about some must-know vocab and phrases of task 1 graphs and charts! If you’re preparing for IELTS, let’s learn some words to replace ‘It is clearly that’ and ‘It is obvious that’ for a higher lexical resource score!
IELTS Speaking: What are the other meanings of ‘thing’? Various collocations with ‘thing’ in English!
The word ‘thing’ gives people a vague and unspecific impression. However, if we collocate ‘thing’ with other words, the meaning can be clearly understood. Below are 7 usages of ‘thing’, turn a simple word into different meanings!
DSE Paper 1, 2: How can ‘against’ be used? Learn 7 ways in one go!
Most of you see the preposition "against" when reading and writing English passages. Especially when writing argumentative essays, you will often use "against" to express your opposition. However, do you know there are 6 different ways to use it? Figure out the 6 usages to avoid misunderstanding and wrongly using!
DSE English: 4 useful words to replace ‘harm’. Write precisely!
We hope you are doing well in preparing your DSE English! Sometimes, we will see a topic related to ‘health’ in all paper 1-4, and we may talk about ‘a harm to health’. We have prepared some similar words to ‘harm’ for you to have more precise writing!
DSE Paper 1, 2: Difference between ‘Try to do’ and ‘Try doing’? Review 4 common verbs followed by a to-infinitive or -ing form!
Many of you should remember some verbs followed by a to-infinitive or the –ing form, for example, ‘enjoy doing’ and ‘hope to’. Today, we would like to explain the differences between using the to-infinitive and the –ing form for 4 words, ‘try’, ‘mean’, ‘remember’, and ‘stop’. You may have learned in the past, but could you remember? Let’s revise with us!