Daily Archives: January 16, 2017

227.Daily vocabulary – Identical Ex: Your car is identical to mine

Similar in every detail; exactly alike.

Ex: She looks identical to lara

Ex: Teen couple baffles the internet with pictures of their near identical faces

Ex: A, B Identical, Both Want To Control Cricket

Ex: It was identical to the other Pizza Express restaurants in every detail.

Ex: The scam is almost identical to one three years ago

Ex: Your car is identical to mine

Image vocabulary – Hand rail (A long, narrow bar of wood or metal that people can hold on to for support, especially when going up or down stairs)

A long, narrow bar of wood or metal that people can hold on to for support, especially when going up or down stairs

75. British slang – Blooming Ex: A blooming hot day

Used for emphasis to add frustration and dislike. Commonly used in the UK.

Ex: A blooming hot day

Ex: A blooming idiot

Ex: Oh no ! look at the blooming sofa

226. Daily vocabulary – Mulch Ex: Mulch annually around the plants to retain the moisture

A mulch is a layer of something such as old leaves, small pieces of wood, or manure which you put on the soil round plants in order to protect them and help them to grow. 

Ex: The mulch is then used at playgrounds, for government beautification projects and even in some individual yards.

Ex: the logs are turned into firewood and wood mulch.

Ex: Mulch annually around the plants to retain the moisture

Ex: Before mulching make sure the site is clear of weeds and the soil is moist.

Ex: I encourage you to begin mulching today. I see the many benefits every time I take a stroll through my garden

225.Daily vocabulary – Nanny Ex: Nanny is caught on camera ‘disciplining’ a two-year-old by ‘burning the boy’s legs and fingers with a curling iron

A person, typically a woman, employed to look after a child in its own home.

Ex: Nanny is caught on camera ‘disciplining’ a two-year-old by ‘burning the boy’s legs and fingers with a curling iron

Ex: When I was growing up, I had a nanny.

224. Pitch Dark/Pitch black – Daily vocabulary Ex: Although its pitch dark outside it is only 6:30 PM

Pitch dark/Pitch black – Extremely dark Ex: Although its pitch dark outside it is only 6:30 PM

Ex: A pitch-dark night.

Ex: Although its pitch dark outside it is only 6:30 PM

Ex: I couldn’t see anything outside because it was pitch dark. 

223.Daily vocabulary – Beforehand Ex: I’ll let you know beforehand.

Beforehand

If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.


Ex: Tickets must be booked beforehand

Prepare dog beforehand for airplane trip

Ex: We prepared snacks beforehand

Ex: I’ll let you know beforehand.

Ex: You’d better consult an attorney beforehand.

Ex: How could she tell beforehand that I was going to go out?