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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show up informal (to appear or arrive at a place) I invited him to dinner, but he didn’t show up. Only five members showed up for the meeting. envocabulary.com
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