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.