work your fingers to the bone (to work extremely hard, especially for a long time) I’ll work my fingers to the bone until I pay back all my debts. I can’t watch you work your fingers to the bone for me. envocabulary.com
Read More »turtle vs. tortoise
turtle (an animal that lives mainly in water and has a hard shell on its back) A turtle spends most of its time in the water, either in oceans or freshwater bodies, only coming to land to lay eggs. Turtles lay their eggs deep in the sand on the beach …
Read More »those were the days
those were the days (those times were better than now) Those were the days when I got a job right after I graduated. We used to play together when we were kids. Those were the days! envocabulary.com
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gone are the days (those days are gone) Gone are the days when you could buy a new car for less than $500. Gone are the days when we prepared meals over a wood stove. envocabulary.com
Read More »choose vs. chose
choose (to decide which person or thing you want out of the ones that are available) Which dress should I choose? You can choose your friends, but not your family. chose (the past tense of choose) She chose a black dress. I chose her because she was kind to me. …
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