Two of the words given above confuse learners: warranty and guarantee.
Learn the difference between a warranty and a guarantee, because it might save you a lot of money. And before you buy that new shirt, watch this vocabulary lesson so that you can ask if the store will allow you to return it for a refund, an exchange, or credit.
Get your notebook, listen carefully, and take notes.
So now, are you ready to go shopping? Test yourself.
Okay! Concerning our English studies, I’ll provide you with possibilities and opportunities to apply what you already know and to develop and broaden your knowledge of the language. If you are fully committed to our work, results are guaranteed!
These are words shouted as a way of celebrating or showing approval.
So, hip, hip, hurray because I have many nice things to share with you! But let’s start from the beginning.
At the end of last year, I set a tentative date to resume work with you all for late January. But those who know me know the number of plans and projects I have for this time of the year. During this break from our work, I have the chance to go further with my studies. My goal is always to build the new year on a solid foundation. So my focus is the work with English, teaching, and learning, as well as to improve myself and the structure that gives me support to better cater to your needs.
Let’s first learn how to pronounce tentative:
ˈten.tə.tɪv
The adjective tentative is used to describe something you are unsure or hesitant about.
On Monday, you can make tentative plans for the weekend, but it’s too early to commit to one party or another.
History and Etymology for tentative
Tentative, from the Latin tentātīvus, “testing, trying,” always describes something that is uncertain. If you make a tentative appointment, write it down in pencil, not pen, because it might have to be changed. Here the opposite of tentative is definite or set.
Tentative
Adjective 1Tentativeagreements, plans, ideas, deals, explanation or arrangements are not definite or certain, but have been made as a first step and are still able to be changed.
I have tentative plans to go to Europe in July.
Political leaders have reached a tentative agreement.
Such theories are still very tentative.
That’s just a tentative schedule.
In business:
While analysts are tentative at the moment, they remain basically optimistic.
The company began last year to take tentative steps towards a flotation.
And when I thought I couldn’t take it anymore, first my mother and then my father tested positive for Covid-19. But that’s been a much harder lesson.
Perfection is the result of a process, and it is not an end result. In this process, we correct mistakes, expand understanding, grow in experience, and therefore we move forward!
And the best of all is that:
“…every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.”
Thomas Edison
So, let’s acknowledge what we have done so far, and make that the motivation to achieve even more!
Everything has its time…
Many thanks to all my students for allowing me to share and do the best I can and know, hoping that you all can get closer to your goal.
My thanks for your questions, for your doubts, and your concerns. The answers, most of the time, resulted in new and exciting findings for all of us.
I hope all your Christmas and New Year wishes come true and that you get set for a great 2021.
Many cities in Brazil are holding the second round of municipal elections for mayor and vice-mayor, this Sunday. Councilors were already elected in the first round.
We have already learned vocabulary and phrases to talk about the United States presidential election. Now, let’s talk about our municipal elections.
Did you vote in the first round?
Are you going to vote in the second round?
Which party are you voting for?*
Who are you going to vote for?*
Who got the most votes?
Useful Vocabulary
campaign (n) in an election a campaign is a political and organized effort which seeks to win the vote of the electorate. Often called a ‘political campaign’ or an ‘election campaign.’
campaign (v) the things a candidate does to be elected (kissing babies, shaking hands, giving speeches, etc)
candidate (n) the person who is running in an election
debate (n) a formal discussion of the merits of something
debate (v) to argue for and against something
elect (v) the act of voting to select the winner of a political office
election (n) the formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office
electorate (n) the people who are eligible to vote in an election
government (n) the political body with the power to make and/or enforce laws for a country
local election (n) city or town elections
opposition (n) the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected
party (n) an organization formed to gain political power
political (adj) related to politics
politician (n) a person active in politics
politics (n) the process by which governments make decisions
run (v) to campaign to stand for a political position
*Be careful about asking this. For many people, voting is a personal matter.
A student was describing his weekend, and he said: “We went to downtown to visit.”
Can we say that? So, I decided to research American and British English. They seem to use “downtown” not quite the same way. It might be that Americans favor the use of the word “downtown” as an adjective and an adverb, while the British use it mainly as a noun.
downtown, adverb
in or to the central part of a city:
I’m going downtown now.
I work downtown, but I live in the suburbs.
You have to be downtown in a hurry.
downtownadjective
of the main business section of a city or town (only before noun):
downtown Los Angeles
downtown store
a downtown address
Downtown business interests say that restoration would be too costly.
He works in an office tower in downtown San Francisco.
downtown, noun
the centre of a city or town, especially its main business area:
There is a good hotel in the heart of downtown.
The hotel is situated two miles north of downtown.
The two chains were frequent neighbors at many malls and in many downtowns.
Here is a video that shows you how to pronounce downtown in British English. The speaker has an accent from Glasgow, Scotland.
So, how do we say that we went to visit a new city and that we wanted to get to know the downtown of the city?
There are a couple of possibilities:
“We went downtown to visit.” (adverb)
“We drove downtown to visit.” (adverb)
“We went to downtown Luiz Alves to visit.” (adjective)
“We went to visit the downtown of the city.” (noun)
