January 2021 – Запорожье English Club

Noun > Ventriloquist

31/01/2021 frank

(count) a performer who is able to speak in a way that makes it appear that the words are being said by a large doll (called a dummy)

Common errors with adjectives and adverbs

31/01/2021 frank

Today we’ll focus on mistakes with adjectives and adverbs. The first one involves the word “enough”: ERROR #1 Don’t say: This box isn’t enough big for all the books. Say: This box isn’t big enough for all the books. Enough Read More …

Noun > Tine

31/01/2021 frank

(count) one of the thin, pointed parts on a fork : PRONG One of the fork’s tines was bent.

The games get pretty crazy at English teacher’s parties

31/01/2021 frank

Adjective > Malevolent

29/01/2021 frank

This word has Latin roots that literally mean “bad-wishing.” Malevolent people and things are evil or harmful toward others. Pronunciation: muh LEV uh lunt Part of speech: Adjective: “malevolent hackers,” “the presence they sensed was malevolent.” Other forms: malevolence, malevolently Read More …

Adjective > Scruffy

29/01/2021 frank

(also more scruffy; most scruffy) informal not neat, clean, or orderly a scruffy beard scruffy college students The neighborhood is full of dilapidated houses with scruffy backyards.

Noun > Hodgepodge

29/01/2021 frank

(singular) chiefly US a mixture of different things a hodgepodge of styles — called also (British) hotchpotch

Noun > Wreckage

28/01/2021 frank

(noncount) the broken parts of a vehicle, building, etc., that has been badly damaged or destroyed Workers sifted through the wreckage of the building, searching for bodies. They cleared the wreckage from the track.

Adjective > Leonine

28/01/2021 frank

of, relating to, or resembling a lion a leonine mane of hair leonine strength

Verb > Gainsay

28/01/2021 frank

This word means “to say against.” To gainsay things or people is to speak against them, to disagree with them, to say that they’re wrong. Pronunciation: GAIN say That’s the accepted pronunciation, but long ago, it was a matter of Read More …