Tag: writing

Fire = (1) catch fire: ‘One of the engines had overheated and caught fire.’ ‘If there is a gas leak,…

Few is used with plural countable nouns: ‘very few cars’. Little is used with uncountable nouns: ‘very little traffics’. ‘He…

When someone feels rather ill and their body is hotter than usual, they have a (high) temperature: ‘I feel as…

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…

Far is mainly used in questions and negative sentences: ‘How far is it to the station?’ ‘Oxford isn’t far from London.’ In…

Extreme is mainly used to describe situations, behavior, opinions and beliefs of the greatest possible degree, extent or intensity; to…

Expose = (1) make accessible to some action or influence: ‘Expose your students to music.’ (2) make known to the…

Expand = become (or make something become) larger in size, volume, area or activity: ‘Metals expand when they are heated.’…