Friday, November 29, 2019

New Vocabulary


  • doleful
  • inducement
  • nerve-racking
  • seclusion
  • tartar
  • venerable
  1. By this way calcium phosphate is removed from the saliva and it can't create calcium deposits on teeth forming new _____.
  2. We resided principally in the latter, and the lives of my parents were passed in considerable _____.
  3. A job interview is a ______ experience at the best of times, so it's important to prepare for it well.
  4. It needs scarcely to be told, with what feelings, on the eve of a voyage, I regarded those marble tablets, and by the murky light of that darkened, ______ day read the fate of the whale men who had gone before me.
  5. Delightful ______ to embark, fine chance for promotion, it seems - aye, a stove boat will make me an immortal by brevet.
  6. I had not been seated very long before a man of a certain ______ robustness entered; immediately as the storm pelked door flew back upon admitting him, a quick regarding eyeing of him by all congregation, suffiently attested that this fine old man was the chaplain.

Vocabulary revision for the weekend


  • ardent
  • contemplate
  • divulge
  • rapture
  • requisite
  • tartar
  1. _____ control tooth pastes can help in reducing new _____ build-up but they can't remove the already formed _____.
  2. I should have feared to injure both Edmond and yourself, had I _____ my own apprehension to a soul.
  3. You know that I am as capable of managing a ship as the most experienced captain in the service; and it will be so far advantageous to you to accept my services, that upon Edmond's release from prison no further change will be _____ on board the "Pharaon" than for Dantes and myself each to resume our respective posts.
  4. During the Civil War, she was also an ______ abolitionist.
  5. While my companion ______ with a serious and satisfied spirit the magnificent appearances of things, I delighted in investing their causes.
  6. Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as they were unfolded to me, are among the earliest sensations I can remember.

Thursday, November 28, 2019

New Words


  • abdication
  • fluster
  • formidable
  • ligament
  • supplant
  • tartar
  1. Preventive tooth scaling once a year is recommended if your teeth tend to accumulate _____.
  2. Periodontal diseases are infections of the periodontal tissues, which include the gums, periodontal _____ and alveolar bone.
  3. That kind of interviewing is used by us to give someone an opportunity to show they are smart and not easily _____.
  4. Many of our readers may be able to recollect how _____ such an accusation became in the period at which our story is dated.
  5. With the rapid instinct of selfishness, Caderousse readily perceived the solidity of this mode of reasoning; he gazed, doubtfully, wistfully, on Danglars, and then caution ______ generosity.
  6. You understand that, on account of your uncle, M. Policar Morrel, who served under the "other" government, and who does not altogether conceal what he thinks on the subject, you are strongly suspected of regretting the _____ of Napoleon.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Improve your vocabulary )))


  • tartar
  • acquiesce
  • mug
  1. Proper brushing and flossing are necessary to reduce plaque and ______ build up.
  2. I'm not thrilled about answering questions like "If you were being _____, and you had a light sabre in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?"
  3. If a minority in such case will secede rather than _____, they make a precedent which in turn will divide and ruin them; for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority refuses to be controlled by such minority.

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Do you know these words? Check yourself!


  • crank
  • pendant
  • saber
  • secede
  • spanner
  • tartar
  1. The _____ was in your car because you murdered Mary Jones with it.
  2. This form of  _____ is less harmful as it is visible and can be identified easily allowing us to visit our dentist early.
  3. There were _____ and an expensive watch.
  4. This is not the usual _____ call.
  5. If a minority in such case will _____ rather than acquiesce, they make a precedent which in turn will divide and ruin them; for a minority of their own will _____ from them whenever a majority refuses to be controlled by such minority.
  6. I'm not thrilled about answering questions like "If you were being mugged, and you had a light ______ in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?

Monday, November 11, 2019

Preposition practice

Good evening,my dear English learners! Here is the collection of preposition links. Enjoy!!!)))
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/prepositions.htm
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/0101/es-prepositions.html
http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.ht
http://www.eslpdf.com/esl_prepositions.html 
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm 
http://www.quia.com/tq/126698.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/73573.html
 http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/01/
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/timepreps.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/prepo.htm http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_prep1.htm
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CiLL/eap/
http://moodle.citylit.ac.uk/moodle/file.php/1/Study%20skills%20work%20sheets/gramm ar/intermediate/Microsoft%20Word%20%204.17%20Prepositions%20with%20nouns,%20adjectives%20and%20verbs.pdf
http://www.evt.edunet.tn/depinteg/projetstic/secondaire/projets/anglais/intasks/prep9.htm
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/eap/2004/u2/pg34preps.htm
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/adjectives_prepos.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_prep5.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_prep7.htm
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CiLL/eap/2004/u2/pg34ex3prepositional%20phrases.htm
http://collegewriting.org/index.php/revision/editing/editstrings-of-prepositional-phrases
http://www.uefap.com/writing/feature/complex.htm
http://www.bestessaytips.com/improve_writing_style.php
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html