ENGLISH IN PICTURES
ELBOW ONE’S WAY
to elbow your way through/to/towards - to get somewhere by using your elbows to push through a crowd of people
LAWYER vs. LIAR vs. LAYER
lawyer, liar or layer - very confusing
IN A NUTSHELL
IN A NUTSHELL - briefly, using very few words or giving only the main points So, if somebody starts a sentence with the phrase "In a nutshell", do you expect them to talk about something for a long time?
GREAT vs. GREET
A tip for elementary and pre-intermediate students: Mind your spelling as well as the way you read these two words, because they ARE very different despite looking so similar! GREAT /ɡreɪt/ GREET /ɡriːt/
Difficult vs. Different
Why these two words, you might ask yourselves? There's no obvious connection - they mean different things, they are spelt differently, they are pronounced differently. And yet, if you have a few years' teaching experience, you probably know that students get confused about these two words very often - and it's not just the case with beginner learners. students in general are not sure which is which, and it takes a while to figure out which ...čitaj dalje
THREE vs. TREE
Please give correct pronunciation another chance: THREE /θriː/ vs. TREE /triː/