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