for good (forever, permanently) It seems that John is not coming back. He has left for good this time. Real friendship can last for good. The lost money was gone for good. envocabulary.com
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right away (immediately; at once) I want to see you right away, if possible. Please wait here; I’ll be back right away. It’s very important, so please do it right away. envocabulary.com
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adjective order When we use several adjectives before a noun, there is a proper way of putting them in order opinion comes before fact opinion (beautiful, delicious, ugly, interesting) fact (new, Italian, black, old) A beautiful old cottage A delicious Italian pizza General idea comes before specific idea general (long, …
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grow up (to gradually change from being a child to being an adult) I grew up here; I know this place like the back of my hand. Our children have grown up now and have children of their own. grow up! spoken (behave in a more responsible way) …
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Helping verbs are verbs that help main verbs show their tenses, question forms, negative forms, etc. helping verbs forms usages examples do do/does did simple tenses I don’t like cigars. He didn’t come home. be am/is/are was/were continuous tenses They are studying. I was running. have have/has had perfect …
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