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Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “confused”
Are you confused? If nearly a year and a half of a pandemic, whatever that summer was, and why Donald Trump still has teeth don’t confuse you, you are stronger than me.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “friends”
Friends are so important, they make everything more intimate and fun. Let’s look at other ways to say friends.
Vocabulary Showcase: “success” synonyms
What does success mean to you? It’s Monday so we are looking at different words that mean success!
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “Urban” and “Rural”
Let’s take a look at different ways to describe the city and the countryside.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “cool”
This week we are looking at different slang (non-official) words for saying something or someone is cool!
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “rebel”
Simon is such a rebel. He lives life by his own rules. Society can’t tell Simon what to do, he’s a free pelican!
Vocabulary Showcase: “lookalike”
This week we are looking at the word “lookalike” (from “look a like”) which is used to say that someone looks almost exactly like you, like a twin!
Vocabulary Showcase: “angry”
Let’s have a look at some new words to talk about how angry you are. This time I am putting them in order of least angry, to angriest!
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “hot”
Damn I wish I had 30 bananas. Oh, hi there! Let’s talk about some English stuff! It’s hot! British people talk about the weather all the time.
Vocabulary Showcase: British insults without swearing
It is a bit of a British tradition to be gently mean to your friends. It is a strange way of showing you like them!
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “fun”
I am so happy to be able to see people and garden in the sun, I am celebrating by looking at synonym vocabulary for “fun”!
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “family”
The Simpsons is 3 months older than I am! Let’s have a look together at some other ways of saying “family” so you can expand (increase) your vocabulary.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “strange”
Do you want to increase your vocabulary? Let’s explore some synonyms (other words that mean the same thing) for “strange”, and see them in use!
Vocabulary Showcase: Happy Youth Day!
Happy Youth Day everyone! Youth day is all about celebrating the bravery, dedication (never giving up), and idealism (wanting the best) of young people. Let’s look at some synonyms for youth!
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “ignore”
So, how about the word “ignore”? Are there other ways to say that? This is English, of course there are hundreds of ways to say that!
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “scientific”
In my quest to help you use different words and increase your vocabulary, I have prepared some synonyms for “scientific” for you. Let’s take a look together at these words in use!
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “make”
I love making things, that doesn’t mean they are always brilliant works of art, but they are fun to try. Let’s have a look together at some other words that mean “make”, and expand our creative vocabularies.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for ‘oblivious’
Larry is going to have a very nasty surprise in a moment. For now though, he is totally ‘oblivious’ to the cat that is stalking him (he has no idea). Let’s take a look at other words which mean oblivious.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “Colourful”
All of nature is soon going to have a colour explosion. Let’s have a look at some synonyms for colourful.
Vocabulary Showcase: “love”
Maybe you are all loved out already, but let’s have a look at some other ways of saying love in English