SOMETHING NEW EACH

DAY

ELD

NOUNS

Any word is a noun when articles can go

before it

E.g: PANIC

• The panic was immediate.

PREPOSITIONS

At vs In

At –for smaller, less important places; home, mall, etc

• I’ll meet you at the pub.

-- to show time (exception)

• At night

In–for bigger geographical spaces; country, region, continent

• I live in Malaysia

-- to show time

• In the evening, afternoon and morning

PRONOUNS

‘I’is a first person pronoun;

refers to the person performing the

action of a verb.

E.g: I want to go.

Me is an object pronoun; refers to the person that the action

of a verb is being done to, or to which a preposition refers.

e.g: David told me to leave.

Between you and me, this is a bad idea.

VERB

Loose--not tight, not firmly fixed; not close-fitting;

careless

• E.g:This knot is too loose.

Lose-- mislay, fail to find; fail to get or win

• E.g: I had better not lose that file.

IDIOMS

Like a spring chicken

• young and naïve : I may be a spring

chicken but you can’t fool me.

• Almost naked or provacatively dressed

female – Why do you scorn my attire?

Do I look like a spring chicken to you?

VERB

Fill in vs fill up

You fill in a form and fill up

your tank.

PHRASAL VERBS

Slow up vs slow down

Drink it up vs drink it down

Slim chance vs fat chance

They mean the same.

NOUNS

Wise man vs wise guy

Wise man: positive connotation

Wise guy: negative connotation;

mockery of wisdom

NOUNS

Sweetmeats VS sweetbreads

Sweetmeat: candies

Sweetbreads: meat (not sweet)

FIGURATIVE

SPEECH

Something which is owed that is

ruthlessly required to be paid back.

Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice

Shylock : The pound of flesh

which I demand of him Is deerely

bought, 'tis mine, and I will haue it.

A POUND

OF FLESH

SPELLING

Definitely √ definately X