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Idiom of the Day, Vocabulary July 3, 2020 July 3, 2020

Common Idioms to Boost Your IELTS Score – Topic: Limitations and restrictions

Limitations and restrictions bend the rules If you bend the rules you do something which is not allowed, either to help someone else or…

IELTS Speaking, Vocabulary July 3, 2020 July 3, 2020

Memory and Mind Cross your mind If something crosses your mind, you suddenly think of it. It crossed my mind that she might be…

Vocabulary July 3, 2020 July 3, 2020

Priorities and decisions the bottom line In a discussion or argument, the bottom line is the most important and basic fact about what you…

Idiom of the Day, Vocabulary July 3, 2020 July 3, 2020

Effort break your back If you break your back to do something, you work extremely hard to try to do it. These days you…

Idiom of the Day, Vocabulary July 3, 2020 July 3, 2020

Loving and liking carry a torch for someone If you carry a torch for someone, you are in love with them but they do…

Vocabulary June 30, 2020 June 30, 2020

Relationships (Social – Personal – Working) break the ice If a person, event or activity breaks the ice, they make people feel more relaxed…

IELTS Speaking June 1, 2020 July 7, 2020

In the previous posts about IELTS, you have learnt about 22 Common Idioms & Their Proper Usages in IELTS Speaking Section (Part 1/5), 22 Common…

IELTS Speaking May 27, 2020 June 2, 2020

The last post about Idioms, you learnt what idioms are made of and how to use them in IELTS Speaking, combined with 22 common…

IELTS Speaking Part 3 May 26, 2020 June 2, 2020

25 Useful Idioms to help you score Band 7.0+ for the IELTS Speaking Test (Part 3/5)

Idiom of the Day May 21, 2020 May 21, 2020

Help and Encouragement bend over backwards or bend over backward If you bend over backwards or bend over backward, you try very hard to…