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  • Conform to چهارشنبه 22 آبان 1392 21:13
    Conform to , not with Don't say: We must conform with the rules. Say: We must conform to the rules. Note: comply takes with : We'll comply with your request.
  • Confidence in چهارشنبه 22 آبان 1392 21:10
    Confidence in , not to. Don't say: I have great confidence to you. Say: I have great confidence in you. Note: I n confidence : Let me tell you something in confidence(= as a secret)
  • Composed of چهارشنبه 22 آبان 1392 21:08
    Composed of , not from. Don't say: Our class is composed from thirty students. Say: our class is composed of thirty students.
  • Complain about چهارشنبه 22 آبان 1392 21:06
    Complain about , not for. Don't say: Annette complained for the weather. Say: Annette complained about the weather. Note: when talking about illness we use complain of : she complained of a sore throat.
  • Travel by train چهارشنبه 22 آبان 1392 21:03
    Travel by train , etc. not with the train, etc. Don't say: He traveled with the train yesterday. Say: He traveled by train yesterday. Note: We say: by train, by boat, by plane, by bike; also, by land, by sea, by air, by bus; in a bus or on a bus; by car or in a car, by taxi or in a taxi; on horse-back, on a donkey, on...
  • Careful of,with or about شنبه 18 آبان 1392 23:22
    Careful of,with or about , not for. Don't say: Elka's very careful for her health. Say: Elka's very careful of/about her health. Or: You should be more careful with your money. Note: Take care of : He takes care of his money.
  • Boast of / about شنبه 18 آبان 1392 23:13
    Boast of or about , not for. Don't say: James boasted for his strength. Say: James boasted of (or about) his strength.
  • Believe in شنبه 18 آبان 1392 23:10
    Believe in , not to Don't say: We believe to God. Say: We believe in God. Note: To believe in means to have faith in. To believe (without the in ) means to regard something as true: I believe everything he says.
  • Ashamed of شنبه 18 آبان 1392 23:07
    Ashamed of , not from. Don't say: He's now ashamed from his conduct. Say: He's now ashamed of his conduct. Note: It isn't correct to use ashamed of meaning Shy . Ashamed means feeling shame or guilty about something. Shy means feeling nervous with someone. Instead of : I'm ashamed (or shamed) of my teacher, Say: I'm...
  • Arrive at شنبه 18 آبان 1392 23:02
    Arrive at , not to. Don't say: We arrived to the village at night. Say: We arrived at the village at night. Note: Use arrive in with countries and large cities : Mr Smith has arrived in London. (or New York, India, etc.)
  • Anxious about شنبه 18 آبان 1392 22:59
    Anxious (=troubled) about , not for. Don't say: They're anxious for his health. Say: They're anxious about his health. Note: Anxious meaning wishing very mush takes for: Parents are anxious for their children's success.
  • CHECKOUT شنبه 18 آبان 1392 12:46
    CHECKOUT People get furious with the long queues at the checkout . Every time I pay at the checkout I realize how expensive life is.
  • PRECISE شنبه 18 آبان 1392 12:44
    PRECISE Experiments and measurements carried out on a human must be very precise . Any mistake could be fatal. He is very precise in his calculations. That's why he rarely makes mistakes.
  • TO SETTLE DOWN شنبه 18 آبان 1392 12:43
    TO SETTLE DOWN Have you already settled down in your new school? How are you settling down as a wife and mother? Is there anything I can help you with?
  • TO GIVE UP شنبه 18 آبان 1392 12:41
    TO GIVE UP My New Year's resolution was to give up smoking and start living a healthier life. I tried so hard to discourage her from marrying him, but she was so stubborn that I finally gave up .
  • TO LOCK شنبه 18 آبان 1392 12:39
    TO LOCK He had never locked the door for a night before there was a burglary in his flat. Pirates locked all their treasures in a chest.
  • SEMINAL شنبه 18 آبان 1392 12:36
    SEMINAL Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory was seminal not only to biology, but also to anthropology, philosophy and psychology. Röntgen's discovery of X-rays was a great scientific achievement, seminal to the medicine.
  • TO MAKE OUT شنبه 18 آبان 1392 12:32
    TO MAKE OUT I could hear their voices, but I couldn't make out what they were talking about. It was noisy outside. He makes out that he's a qualified translator, but his English is not fluent.
  • TO WINCE شنبه 18 آبان 1392 12:20
    TO WINCE I'm afraid of snakes and I always wince when I see them. She winced when he told her how much they have to pay.
  • GLOSS شنبه 18 آبان 1392 12:18
    GLOSS He still remembers the gloss on her hair when she turned her face into the sun. He fell in love at once . The new shoe cream provides a high gloss to your leather shoes!
  • TO REVEAL شنبه 18 آبان 1392 12:16
    TO REVEAL The front gate opened revealing the magnificent inner court of the castle. All men in the village were interested in her, but she suddenly revealed that she's married.
  • to be used to جمعه 17 آبان 1392 22:10
    to be used to : be accustomed to This idiom refers to a situation, action, or habit that continue in the present. The idiom is always followed by a noun or gerund phrase. He is used to this climate now, so the changes in temperature do not affect him much. I am used to studying in the library; so it's difficult for me...
  • used to جمعه 17 آبان 1392 19:01
    used to : formerly did, had the habit of This idiom is used to indicate a post situation, action, or habit that does not exist in the present. The idiom is always followed by a simple verb form. I used to live in New York, but I moved to California two years ago. Kim used to smoke cigarettes but she stopped the habit...
  • quite a few جمعه 17 آبان 1392 18:44
    quite a few : many Quite a few students were absent yesterday; in fact, more than half of them were not there. We did not expect many people to attend the affair, but quite a few of our friends actually came.
  • to crack down on جمعه 17 آبان 1392 18:41
    to crack down on : to enforce or punish strictly The school has started to crack down on smoking Students who smoke on campus will be suspended. Maura is finally cracking down on her son and making him help with the housework.
  • to cut down on جمعه 17 آبان 1392 18:32
    to cut down on : to reduce, to lessen (also: to cut back on ) In order to lose weight, you have to cut down on your intake of sugar . The doctor told me to cut back on exercise until my back injury heals.
  • in no time جمعه 17 آبان 1392 18:23
    in no time : very quickly, rapidly This idiom can be used with the idiom at all to add emphasis to the certainty of the statement. Mac said that he'd be ready to leave in no time . We thought that the meeting would take two hours, but ti was over in no time at all.
  • to have a good time جمعه 17 آبان 1392 18:16
    to have a good time : to enjoy oneself We all had a good time at the class reunion last night. Did you have a good time at the park? I really enjoyed it.
  • as soon as جمعه 17 آبان 1392 18:13
    as soon as : just after, when As soon as it started to snow, the children ran outside with big smiles on their face. I'm busy now, but I'll meet you as soon as I've finished this work.
  • to be in charge of جمعه 17 آبان 1392 18:09
    to be in charge of : to manage, to have responsibility for Jane is in charge of the office while Mrs.Haig is on a business trip. Who is in charge of arrangements for the dance next week?