To chip in means to contribute to some cause or project. You can chip in $5 for an office party or chip in to get a coworker a birthday present. You can chip in with your talents, skills, or expertise; you can also chip in with your opinions during a discussion. In addition, when you… Read more »
1. He has to work late, but he said there was a minute possibility he might be able to leave early.2. He doesn’t buy lottery tickets because the chances of winning are so minute.3. Food labels now inform consumers if even minute amounts of nuts are found in the products since many people are allergic… Read more »
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In this edition of TongueTwisting4BetterSpeech, we are practicing the m sound. Click the red speaker icon below when you’re ready, and let’s practice making this sound.First, let’s repeat the following words:more, mint, miss, mail, moss home, roam, foam, tome, yummy mom, memory, ma’am, madam, MemphisNow, read the tongue twister slowly first, then faster as you get used… Read more »
We recently rearranged our design at the small guide site and added tongue twisters with audio! We’re starting with 8 sounds with more on the way. If you’d like to see a particular sound first, just head to our new Exercises page and fill out the quick form. Alternatively, you can email me at joeyu@thesmallguidesite.com. Also new… Read more »
As a strategy to get help spreading the word about the small guide site, I’m giving out digital copies of The small guide To Improving Your English to anyone willing to do a little bit of legwork. For one week, if you post a copy of our flyers, take a photo of it, and post… Read more »
I’ve used this expression here and at the small guide site at least a few times, so I’m sure you have an idea of what it means. This idiom basically says, “You know what to do.” We use it to tell people that they’ve done the activity before and that you expect them to do… Read more »
To set foot in a place is simply to enter or to put yourself in that place. We can set foot more or less anywhere. like this: 1. Once you’ve set foot on that island, you’ll never want to leave. 2. He said he would never set foot in that store again after being treated horribly…. Read more »
This is an extra post of our lesson on the second conditional. My goal here is to show sample sentences to clarify the subtle differences between using the infinitive and using the past tense or the ing form in a second conditional sentence. Please review parts 1 (Feb 4), 2 (Feb 23), and 3 (Mar 2)… Read more »
In part 1 of our Grammar2Remember lesson on the second conditional (Feb 4, 2011), we covered the basics of this unreal conditional and talked about its structure and meaning:If I were the President, I would build a better train system.If he were poor, he wouldn’t be able to buy that Ferrari.If she had some extra… Read more »
