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Explain something to me please

The verb explain is used when we would like make something clear or easy to understand, by describing or giving information about it (para aclarar,

21 de septiembre de 2016

To botch something

To botch (chafallar) something is to do a bad job, and a person who does a bad job is a “botcher”, that is, an incompetent

13 de septiembre de 2016

Court, courtroom or courthouse?

Courthouse and courtroom are “Americanisms” (americanismos). You may have heard these two words on American films or police dramas. British English is different. The English

6 de septiembre de 2016

Always

“Always” is an adverb. Adverbs usually go before the verb. Study these examples: Mr. Sanchez always drinks champagne for breakfast. Mr. Rivera always seems confused.

1 de septiembre de 2016

Pink

Pink is a colour (rosa) and it is sometimes used to describe your cheeks – pink cheeks (sonrosados). However, this article concerns “pink” as an

26 de agosto de 2016

Janus words

A Janus word is two-faced (de dos caras), that is, a word that has opposite meanings. Strange is it not? A little history: the word

8 de agosto de 2016

Playing by the rules?

Some adjectives and adverbs do not play by the rules (no acatan las normas). The English play by the rules (of course), but we make

25 de julio de 2016

Likes – Its declensions

For a review of the basic use of like – and its common mistakes. Now we examine its declensions. First, as a noun. There six

15 de julio de 2016

Afford

“Afford” has the following uses: to have the money to pay for something, to spare (escatimar) something, to risk (something) or to provide something, to

4 de julio de 2016

Do you opine…?

Yes you do. To “opine” (opinar) is to give, hold or express an opinion. It is a transitive verb and hence (por lo tanto) it

24 de junio de 2016

Seem and appear

In English we use seem (parecer) and appear to give information about something that may be true. There are two sentence structures you can use:

15 de junio de 2016

First and Firstly

First is an adjective and “firstly” is an adverb (and the same can be said for “secondly”, etc.). Adverbs say something about a verb. Here

10 de junio de 2016

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Explain something to me please

To botch something

Court, courtroom or courthouse?

Always

Pink

Janus words

Playing by the rules?

Likes – Its declensions

Afford

Do you opine…?

Seem and appear

First and Firstly

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