treating someone unkindly
unkind • mean • nasty • cruel • spiteful • be hard on • give somebody a hard time • take something out on
unkind comments or remarks
unkind • behind somebody's back • caustic • cutting • bitchy • snide • vicious
When you go into a bank to open an account, the first thing you need to say is, ‘I would like to open a bank account.’ There are many different types of accounts so they will probably explain all the different accounts. A free checking account is the most useful so I will use the checking account as the example
wide, thick, broad
Wide is used to talk about the distance across something such as a road or river. It is also used to talk about the distance from one side to the other of an object
.A doorway two metres wide
Thick is usually used to talk about the distance between the two largest surfaces of an object
The steel doors are four inches thick
Broad can often be used instead of wide, but it is slightly literary • broad, graceful avenues
Broad is always used with shoulders and back
A big man with broad (NOT wide) shoulders
Wide is used with nouns such as range, variety, and choice to say that something includes a lot of different things
Broad is used with nouns such as outline, picture, and description to say that a description is general rather than specific
chat/natter British English to talk in a friendly way about things that are not very important
gossip to talk about other people's private lives
drone on/go on British English/hold forth waffle British English ramble to talk for too long in a boring way
whisper to talk very quietly
mumble/murmur mutter to talk in a way that is difficult to heartalk
the issue of something
raise an issue =say that an issue should be discussed
address an issue =discuss or deal with an issue
resolve an issue avoid/dodge/duck/evade an issue avoid discussing an issue=
confuse/cloud an issue =make an issue more difficult by talking about things not related to it
important/key/major/big issue thorny/vexed issue difficult issue=
complex issue sensitive issue political/social/economic/environmental issues something is not the issue spoken =used to say that something is not the important part of what you are discussing
"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live." - Marcus Aurelius |
You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your friends
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words
wedding the ceremony at which people get married
bride the woman who is getting married
bridegroom/groom the man who is getting married
the best man a friend of the groom, who helps him and gives a speech
bridesmaid a woman or girl who helps the bride
matron of honour British English/honor American English a married woman who helps the bride on her wedding day
reception the meal after the wedding
honeymoon the holiday that people go on after they get married
hen night British English/bridal shower American English a party before the wedding for the bride
stag night British English/bachelor party American English a party before the wedding for the groom
propose to ask someone to marry you
get engaged to formally agree to marry each othermarry
with your fist: punch, thump, bash
with your open hand as a punishment: smack, spank, slap
with a hammer: bang, hammer
in order to get attention: bang, knock, tap, hammer
accidentally: bump into, crash into, strike, bang, knock, (collide (with