Got it? That’s a piece of good advice! 😉
We’ve watched a German comedy in which a wife kept whining because she didn’t want her husband to relax and sit around doing nothing. At some point, she tells him to stop whining at her, although she was the one who was actually whining. Anyway, I think there’s a good message below, for this kind of whining attitude. Hehe… What do you think?
Do you know what worth means?
Worth as a noun, means how good or useful something is or how important it is to people [= value]:
The new computer system has already proved its worth.
And how much money something is worth [= value]:
It is difficult to estimate the current worth of the company.
Worth as a preposition, is only used after verbs such as be, seem, look. It means having a particular value, especially in money:
A: I wonder how much the house is worth?
B: About half a million, probably.
To be worth doing something is a common expression. It means that something is useful or important enough to do:
A: I haven’t had a reply to my email to Jane. Is it worth phoning her, do you think? (Would it be useful to phone her?)
B: You could try, I suppose.
We decided it wasn’t worth going all the way to London to buy books we could get on the Internet.
To be worth it means ‘to be of reasonable or good value for the price:
A business class ticket cost £2,000, but it was worth it for such a long flight. It was very comfortable
Check tomorrow’s blog post for the words travel and trip. 😉
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/worth-or-worthwhile
New week, new month, new and ongoing challenges. We have already learned the difference between hill and mountain. Now let’s enjoy what we’ve learned.
A few days before a decisive moment for Brazil, in which two candidates will contest a run-off vote, let’s pay tribute to those who fought with non-violence for the rights of others, the brave men who came before us…
Read the speech here.
We quite often see Present Perfect! It’s everywhere! That’s why it’s so important to understand how this verb tense is used. Here it is one more example for you! Enjoy this beautiful message and carefully observe its usage within the context. You can recycle what we’ve learned so far, here, here, here and here.