However
Unlike but, however is an adverb (NOT a conjunction) and is used only in formal styles: ‘I was hoping to…
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How
When you ask for or give a description of someone or something, use what … like (NOT how): ‘What’s your…
Hopeless
Hopeless= without hope, because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success: ‘In an agony of hopeless grief’…
Homework
Homework is an uncountable noun: ‘We’re given a lot of homework at the weekend.’ Homework = (1) preparatory school work done…
Historic
Historic = (1) Belonging to the past; very important or famous in history: ‘a historic voyage’, ‘a historic decision’ (2) having…
High
Use high to describe something that is a long way above the ground (or whose top is a long way…
Hear
Hear= (1) Perceive (sound) by the auditory sense: ‘I heard a strange noise in the middle of the night.’  ‘Can you…
Headache
Headache is a countable noun. Headache= (i) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness: ‘The noise of…