Tag: theses

Be/feel afraid/frightened/scared (NOT feel/have fear): ‘Don’t be afraid. ‘The dog won’t hurt you.’ ‘There’s nothing to be scared of.’ Have a fear of something (= be afraid of something for…

Far is mainly used in questions and negative sentences: ‘How far is it to the station?’ ‘Oxford isn’t far from London.’ In affirmative sentences, people usually say a long way: ‘Their house…

Extreme is mainly used to describe situations, behavior, opinions and beliefs of the greatest possible degree, extent or intensity; to an utmost degree: ‘extreme poverty’, ‘extreme caution’, ‘extreme views’, and…

Expose = (1) make accessible to some action or influence: ‘Expose your students to music.’ (2) make known to the public information that was previously unknown or hidden: ‘The crime…

Expand = become (or make something become) larger in size, volume, area or activity: ‘Metals expand when they are heated.’ ‘Within three years, his small business expanded into a chain…

Exception = (1) Be no exception is an affixed phrase (An instance or a case that does not conform to a rule or generalization): ‘I never go out on Sundays, and…

Take/sit (for)/have/do an examination (NOT make): ‘Of all the students who took the exam, only 45% passed.’ ‘I sit my final exams next July.’ Note that sit (for) an examination…

Everybody (one word) = each person; everyone: ‘One day everybody will be able to travel to the moon.’ ‘The president waved to everybody in the crowd.’ Everybody, everyone and everything…