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Vocabulary Training - Band 06

Please use one-word answers only, unless specifically requested to provide a phrase!

  • Exercise language
    English
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    Swedish

  • Åke Zimmermann What about "pickle"? about 1 year ago

    David Minugh Yepp about 1 year ago
    Åke Zimmermann since you yepped it, I took the liberty of adding it to the accepted answers. about 1 year ago

  • Eberhard Zuluturn det står två "the" frågan! about 1 year ago

    David Minugh Fixed. about 1 year ago

  • Eberhard Zuluturn Varför funkar inte infamous? about 1 year ago

    David Minugh "Infamous" is fine, just didn't remember it. about 1 year ago

  • Ricky Borgén It tells me "plenty" requires "of" as well. I wrote "plenty of", and it came out wrong? about 1 year ago

    David Minugh Ricky, your comment doesn't apply to the question about "supervision", so which question was it? about 1 year ago

  • Åke Zimmermann There should be a tip "Look fo a one word answer", I think. I tried "plenty of" and was failed..;-( about 1 year ago

    David Minugh Duly noted (although we're ALWAYS looking for one-word answers unless we specifically ask for something else). about 1 year ago
    Åke Zimmermann ok, thanks. I'll try to remember that. about 1 year ago

  • kisjavka can we use moan here? over 2 years ago

    David Minugh Yes. 'Muttered and moaned' is not exactly what the Swedish suggests, but it is a nice piece of alliteration that is pragmatically effective. over 2 years ago

  • kisjavka can we use marmalade here? over 2 years ago

    David Minugh Oddly enough, no. There are 97 examples of 'strawberry jam' in COCA, 30 in BNC, but NO examples of 'strawberry marmalade'. It's called a 'jam'. But 'orange marmalade' is fine. over 2 years ago
    kisjavka thanks=) over 2 years ago

  • kisjavka ! Do not confuse hinder and prevent even though they have similar meanings. Hinder means to make the progress or development of something slow down or stop. Prevent means to make it impossible for someone to do something: His poor health prevented him from going to work (NOT His poor health hindered him from going to work). (from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English) Can we stil use both hinder and prevent in this sentence? over 2 years ago

    David Minugh 'Prevent' is the best general choice, as 'inhibit' is usually about a specific medical or chemical action or reaction, while 'hinder' is usually about a person, not their body; 'stop' is an informal, all-purpose equivalent. over 2 years ago

  • Erik Dahlström This must be a typo, it's not supposed to be "dminish", is it? over 2 years ago

    David Minugh Right! It's been changed now. over 2 years ago

  • Erik Dahlström Nevermind, It was I who made the typo.. haha over 2 years ago

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