GYG Day 64. Fun on Friday. Five phrasal verb pairs.
Like phrasal verbs are less formal synonyms of English verbs, e.g. postpone (put off). There are phrasal verbs, which are synonyms of […]
GYG Day 63 SLN 5. Deep dive into the grammar of phrasal verbs 3.
Rip-off (Abzocke), (to have a) lie-in (ausschlafen), mix-up (Verwechslung= confusion), cover-up, (Vertuschung), pile-up (Auffahrunfall), handout (Informationsblatt), crackdown (Durchgreifen), cutback (Kürzung), outset (Anfang), […]
GYG Day 61. SLN 3 Deep dive into the grammar of phrasal verbs.
On day 58, I introduced the Secret Language of the Natives (phrasal verbs) and talked about the basics of using them. What […]
GYG Day 55. Fun on Friday. Slang up your grammar.
It is what separates the wheat from the chaff and like every other part of English, it’s something you must learn if […]
GYG Day 52. ‘A’ post.
Not just any old post, a post about ‘A’, and not forgetting ‘an’. This first sentence highlights a use of ‘a/an’, namely […]