Phrases And Idioms Using Snow

It was snowing hard there the other day. The snowflakes were big and light, and the wind was making a few different snowdrifts. A lot of people like snow because snow can make the landscape beautiful. For me too much snow makes driving dangerous and in the NYC area, heavy snow can make the trains very delayed, or not run at all.

Idioms for Problems & Difficulties

#1 – at your wits’ end

= when you are at the limit of your mental resources, desperate and without additional options

“I’ve been trying to download the file all day and I keep getting an error message – I’m at my wits’ end!”

Give up

Phrasal Verb: Give up 
Meaning: To quit 
Use: You can give up something or give up doing something 
I tried to give up pizza, but I like it too much.

• I’ll never give up my job. I really love it!
• My doctor told me to give up drinking coffee.
• I heard Nobi finally gave up smoking.

Have you recently given up something?

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Collocations

In English, a collocation is two or more words that go together naturally. Learning collocations is essential for making your English sound fluent and natural!

Here are 50 common English collocations with the words big, great, large, deep, strong, and heavy.

find out, figure out

I recently found out that my grandfather was a barber. It was his first job after finishing school. He was a smart guy and liked doing puzzles. I heard that he could figure out a crossword puzzle faster than anyone else in my family! I’m not so good at puzzles like that. It would take me a long time to figure out a crossword or sudoku.

Giving Compliments

Spoken English: Phrases for Giving Compliments