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2021-08-18 12:12:34 #ProperUsage

RUDE V/s RUED


RUDE

Rude means offensive, ill-mannered, impolite Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive tough,
unskilled,

Ex: He's rude to her friends and obsessively jealous.

RUED

Rued is the past tense of rue, a verb that means to have remorse, to bitterly regret.

Ex: As his work further absorbed him, she rued the day her assignment would be over.

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2021-06-26 13:42:13 Word :

ABSTRUCE (Adj.)

Pronunciation :
 əb-ˈstrüs

Meaning :
difficult to Comprehend

Usage:
you're not the only one who finds Einstein's theory of relativity abstruse.

Ex. info:
Tricky and abstruse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tricky" instead an adjective "Abstruse".

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2021-05-26 18:04:08 #IDIOMS

Head over heals

Meaning: fall deeply and completely in love, especially suddenly.

Example:
- Tim and Jane were head over heels and were married only one month after meeting each other.

- He met her through a dating website and fell head over heels for her.

Occasionally, this expression can be used to describe other types of heightened emotion or excitement. This phrase also has a literal meaning, which is to be upside down or falling over.

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2021-04-14 19:25:55 #Alternatives

Five alternatives to 'why'

1. How come
How come I don't get a turn?

2. How is it that
How is it that he got the job and I didn't?

3. Tell me the reason
Can someone tell me the reason we use the present perfect here?

4. What's the point of
What's the point of talking to you? You never listen!

5. What for
Call you? What for? You never answer!

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2021-03-18 16:52:37 Word :

PROLIFERATE (Verb)

Pronunciation :
 prə-ˈli-fə-ˌrāt 

Meaning :
to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring

Trick :
Bunny rabbits have a habit of proliferating, as do dandelions in untended gardens and funny YouTube videos on the internet.

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2021-03-10 21:36:01 Word of the Day

Obliterate
oblit·​er·​ate 

Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.

Usage: The power of numbers and the longest guns cannot destroy principle nor obliterate truth.

Trick: When you see obliterate, think of evil alien invaders that zap a planet with a destructive ray. In one blast, the planet and all of the people on it are vaporized. The planet is truly obliterated, or completely wiped out.

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2021-03-05 09:46:08 Trick to remember

Fit means to get in and The Blues means a slow sad music. So all over meaning feeling of sadness. Open / Comment

2021-03-02 18:09:00 Word :
PUERILE

Pronunciation :
ˈpjʊə.raɪl/

Meaning :
behaving in a silly way, not like an adult.

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