use your head

Use your head? We often use the expression “use [someone’s] head” to mean “think” or “have common sense.” It is often used as a command, like this:

     -Don’t use that hair dryer while you are in the bath, Jane. Use your head!

Modals Must and Have to

Modal Verbs can be tricky, so let’s look at must and have to today.

Point #1     Must shows necessity. We usually use must when someone makes a rule or law that we need to follow. The necessity usually comes from the rule or law or the person/authority who made the rule/law.

Dirt Cheap

This is an AWESOME and a simple phrase in spoken English.  You just need 2 minutes to learn this great phrase and I’m sure you’ll remember it forever. 

The term is “Dirt Cheap“.  If something is “cheap” it is “not expensive” or “something that doesn’t cost much money”.

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Animal Idioms

Idioms are easy to learn because they're so fun and interesting.
Do you know any of these animal-related idioms, or can you imagine what they might mean?

• an alley cat
• as poor as a church mouse
• a paper tiger
• make a mountain out of a molehill

Advise, recommend, and suggest

Advise, recommend, and suggest are similar verbs and can be confusing. Let’s have a look at how these verbs are used. 

Introduction: Language in Context                                    I was looking for a new camera. A friend of mine recommended I shop at B&H Camera Shop in NYC.

White elephant

White elephant

noun 1 : a property requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit

2 :	an object no longer of value to its owner but of value to others

3 : something of little or no value

Funny English Phrases- Driving Related Idioms

There's a bunch of English idiomatic expressions originating from and also directly related to cars, driving and commuting in general.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but driving is something we’re all directly connected to in some way, shape or form. If you don’t drive yourself, there’s a very good chance you’re being driven to and from work by some colleague of yours.

Alligator Shoes

 A young blonde was on vacation in the depths of Louisiana. She wanted a pair of genuine alligator shoes in the worst way, but was very reluctant to pay the high prices the local

a bun

Your roommate is going out on a first date. You're helping her decide what to wear and how to style her hair. You suggest a hair style that will make her look mature.                                          What if you put it up in a bun?

a dog person

On the island I’m staying , there are a TON of stray dogs and stray cats.  “Stray” animals, are animals without an owner.  They just live on their own out in the wild.  No one takes care of them.  We usually use the word “stray”

Gerunds Vs. Participles

Today we will have a look at the difference between gerunds and participles. Basically, gerunds function as nouns and participles function as adjectives. Read the paragraph below and see

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Get Under Someone’s Skin

This is another amazing term that is used all the time in spoken English.

If you “get under someone’s skin” it means you annoy or irritate them.  Whatever you are doing is somehow bothering them.  That’s what “getting under someone’s skin” means.  It could also mean to make someone angry quite easily.

Here are some examples: “I’m not sure why, but that guy really get’s under my skin.”

25 Synonyms for “Deceptive” and “Fake

Many words related to deceptive and fake exist, but some have specific senses for distinctive usage. Here are some alternatives to these terms and the related words deceitful and false and their connotations.

1. Assumed: pretended, as in “an assumed name,” referring to a pseudonym used to conceal one’s identity (and, as a verb, to pretend); also, several unrelated meanings

I tried to talk him out of it

Your friend told you he was going to shave his head. You told him it was a bad idea, but he did it anyway. Now his girlfriend is angry that he did it. You want to tell her what you said so that she doesn't get angry at you.
I tried to talk him out of it.