One of the meanings of the noun hint is "a very small amount of something".
Other examples:
There's just a hint of brandy in the sauce.
I detected a hint of doubt in his voice.
Friday, 13 October 2017
A HINT OF
One of the meanings of the noun hint is "a very small amount of something".
Other examples:
There's just a hint of brandy in the sauce.
Friday, 6 October 2017
MIGHT AS WELL...
might as well is a very interesting and useful expression.
We can use
might as
well
(also may
as well) for suggesting
something, often when there is nothing better to do. We
can use them to say what we think is the easiest or most logical
course of action when we cannot see a better alternative or because
there is no good reason not to do it.
They are both fairly informal.
Might as well is more common than may
as well:
You
might as well
get
a taxi from the station. It’ll be quicker than me coming in to get
you.
There’s
nothing to do here, so you might as well go home
Since I
have to wait, I might as well sit down and relax.
Sometimes it implies an unenthusiastic agreement with someone else's proposition, or a less-than-wholehearted proposition of one's own: you will do it although you do not have a strong desire to do it and may even feel slightly unwilling to do it.
Bill:
Should we try to get there for the
first showing of the film?
Jane:
Might
as well.
Nothing else to do.
I can also mean
that something should be done or accepted because it cannot be
avoided:
He's
never going to go away, you know, so we
might as well get
used to it.
It is also used to indicate that a situation is the same as if the
hypothetical thing stated were true:
The
couple might as well have been strangers.
We might
just as well be in prison for all the quality our lives have at
present.
We can say it to that something else could have been done with the
same result
The
meeting was a complete waste of time. I might just as well
have stayed at home.
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
A FLAIR FOR WRITING
a
flair for sth a special or instinctive aptitude or
ability for doing something well.
She
had a flair for languages
Saturday, 20 May 2017
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
IT SLEEPS SIX
The verb sleep can be used as a transitive verb with the meaning tohave enough beds for a particular number of people:
The
apartment sleeps six
C1_listening comprehension test_Asturias_June 2016
audio task 1 audio task 2
answer key & transcript
photocopies from 9th May
photocopies from 11th May
photocopies from 16th May
Link to a great blog_conditional sentences
Extra material to revise ellipsis and substitution
Sunday, 7 May 2017
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
THE CHANCES ARE THAT....
(the)
chances are
it
is likely:
Chances
are (that) they'll be late anyway.
photocopies from 2nd May
audio TASK 2
answer key & transcript TASK 2
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