My Childhood

Idiom "close the barn door after the horse has bolted"

I'm pretty strapped for cash myself

A friend asks if he can borrow some money for a few days until his next paycheck. You don't have much money either, so you say no. "I'm pretty strapped for cash myself."

Prepositions Test

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition.

1. They swam ………………….. the river.

Across ;     over;     on

Idiom "from cover to cover"

"lay" and "lie"

What's the difference between "lay" and "lie"?

fall asleep.

When I do, I get questions like this one:

"You want him to lay down" or "You want him to lie down"? I am confused.

So how should you use "lay" and "lie"?

Settle down! You're getting all worked up over nothing.

Your girlfriend is worried because her boss announced an unexpected meeting tomorrow morning. She's afraid that she's going to be fired. She's getting really nervous, so you tell her to calm down.

Settle down!