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To run the risk – English idiom with examples

WEBbut “to risk some­thing” is usu­ally used in the op­po­site mean­ing, i.e. “to run the risk of los­ing some­thing”, for ex­am­ple: She was risking her health by eating so little. [Eating so little …

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Each other’s vs. each others’ in English

WEBThis is quite logical. The possessive form in English is formed by adding ’s at the end of a noun, unless it is a plural noun, in which case we write just an apostrophe, e.g. “these …

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“A lot of is” or “a lot of are” in English

WEBHow­ever, “a lot of” is used in a way sim­i­lar to col­lec­tive nouns — when we talk about sev­eral ob­jects, e.g. “a lot of trees”, we use plural verbs, e.g. “a lot of trees are”, not “is”: …

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“Look good” or “look well” in English

WEBThe mean­ings are as fol­lows: he looks good = he is good-looking. he looks well = he seems to be in good health. If we use “look” in the sense of see­ing or search­ing, then “look …

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‘Arrive to’ vs. ‘arrive in’ vs. ‘arrive at’ in English

WEBThere is only one con­text in which “ar­rive to” is ap­pro­pri­ate, namely when “to” means “in order to”; for ex­am­ple: The cleaner arrived [in order] to clean the office. When you want …

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“In the picture” / “on the picture”; “in a photo” / “on a photo” in …

WEBcorrect There are no trees in the picture. wrong There are no trees on the picture. We only use “on” when we mean that some­thing is on top of a phys­i­cal ob­ject; for ex­am­ple …

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‘Invest time in’ vs. ‘invest time into’ in English

WEBLong story short, the cor­rect idiom is “in­vest time in some­thing” (mean­ing “to put your time into some­thing”): correct He invested a lot of time in language learning. wrong He …

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Suicide rates by country in Europe

WEBThe following map shows the number of males who committed suicide per one female. For example, the figure “8” for Poland indicates that 8 times more men in Poland commit …

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Map of ‘vegetarian friendliness’ (number of vegetarian restaurants) …

WEBTip: See my list of the Most Common Mistakes in English.It will teach you how to avoid mis­takes with com­mas, pre­pos­i­tions, ir­reg­u­lar verbs, and much more. The original idea …

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Common fallacies and truths about vegetarian nutrition

WEBCarnivorous fallacy: Vegetarian nutrition cannot provide enough protein. A com­mon mis­con­cep­tion is that one can­not get enough pro­tein from a vegan or veg­e­tar­ian diet. …

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‘Elephant in the room’ – English idiom with meaning and examples

WEBThe ex­pres­sion “ele­phant in the room”, some­times also “ele­phant in the liv­ing room”, means “a big issue every­one is aware of, but which is being ig­nored, be­cause every­body finds …

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“In literature” vs. “in the literature” in English

WEBHow­ever, “lit­er­a­ture” also has a dif­fer­ent mean­ing. When it refers to a spe­cific col­lec­tion of books, pa­pers, etc., re­lated to a given sub­ject, it is often used as a count­able noun, and …

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Search Results health

WEBThe following map shows the percentages of men who smoke tobacco products, based on estimates by the World Health Organization from 2015.

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‘I feel myself good’ and ‘I feel myself well’ in English

WEBRe­mem­ber, “I feel good” and “I feel well” mean two dif­fer­ent things: I feel good = I feel happy, satisfied. I feel well = I feel in good health, as opposed to being ill. By the way, if …

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Genders in English – Are animals and things he, she, or it

WEBIt is red. wrong This is a flower. She is red. Al­though an­i­mals are an­i­mate, an an­i­mal is also tra­di­tion­ally re­ferred to as “it”, un­less you want to em­pha­size its sex or your per­sonal …

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List of words with a silent ‘h’ in English

WEBTip: See my guide to the Most Common Pronunciation Errors in English. It will teach you about commonly mispronounced words, pro­nunci­ation patterns, and the basics of …

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Map of life expectancy in Europe

WEBThe fol­low­ing map is based on a re­port by the World Health Or­ga­ni­za­tion from 2012. Quite sur­pris­ingly, there are huge dif­fer­ences even within Eu­rope. The dif­fer­ence be­tween the …

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