Daily English words and Idioms - part 5
learn the words "amongst, comprehend, describe, instead of, planet, report, several" and the idioms "blue blood, bark up the wrong tree and beggar belief / description".
- first, take a look at the words in picture and learn the meanings.
- then play the audio lecture and follow along the explanations with teacher.
Daily English Words
Amongst [ Noun ]
Examples:
- A president should go amongst the people sometime.
- Amongst the forest, there is a small cabin house.
- The Buddhas of Bamiyan is amongst historical heritage of the world.
- Messi and Ronaldo are amongst the best football players in the world.
Comprehend [ verb ]
Examples:
- they didn't comprehend the difficulties I have been through.
- The universe is so big that nobody can comprehend its dimensions.
Describe [ Verb ]
Examples:
- The seller over described his product in order to grasp customers.
- The teacher really deserved to be described as the best.
- A person is best described by his actions.
Instead of [ phrase ]
Examples:
- It’s better do something instead of just regretting.
- It's better to use fuel instead of coal for generating electricity .
- Our teacher is sick. So his friend is going to teach us instead of him.
Planet [ Noun ]
Examples:
- - The earth is the planet that we all live on it.
- - There are nine planets in the solar system. Earth is one of them.
Report [ Noun/verb ]
Examples:
- - Soldiers need to report for duty every day.
- - Your job is to report their daily activities.
- - The journalist was reporting live from the scene of accident.
Several [ Noun ]
Examples:
- The storm left thousands of animals injured and several dead.
- Myself and several my of colleagues witnessed this incident with our own eyes.
- His last story was translated into several foreign languages.
Daily English Idioms
Blue blood
Examples:
- The wealthy man was looking for a wife with blue blood in her.
- Don't hang around with Ashraf, he is pride of his blue blood, he is an idiot.
Bark up the wrong tree
Examples:
- If you think that I was guilty, then you are barking up the wrong tree. I am innocent.
- I think the police is barking up the wrong tree, the criminal has already gone.
Beggar belief / description
Examples:
- Afghanistan’s natural beauties really beggar belief.
- Love is something that beggars description.
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