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This gives you a chance to gain experience. start learning
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If you gain something, you gradually get it.
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She earns two hundred pounds a week. start learning
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Don't say that someone gains money for their work. The word you use is earn.
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Wool and cotton blankets are generally cheapest. start learning
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Generally means usually or in most cases.
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The African people living here are mainly from Mali. start learning
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Don't use generally to say that something is true about most of something, or about most of the people or things in a group. The word you use is mainly.
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I shook her gently and she opened her eyes. shake: abanar, sacudir. gently: delicadamente, suavemente start learning
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If you do something gently, you do it carefully and softly, in order to avoid hurting someone or damaging something.
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Don't use gently to say that someone behaves with good manners. The word you use is politely.
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She gave Minnie the keys. He gave the letter to Mary. start learning
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If you give someone something, you offer it to them and they take it. You can give someone something, or give something to someone.
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He gave it to his father. start learning
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If you use it for the thing given, it must go before the person it is given to
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The pilot gave us no information about what was happening. She gives career advice to young people. start learning
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You also say that you give someone information, advice, etc., or that you give information, advice, etc. to someone.
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He gave her a smile. As he passed me, he gave me a wink. start learning
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When give is used t describe expressions and gestures, the expression or gesture goes in front of the person it is directed. give expressions and gestures. Don't use to in sentences like these.
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I'm so glad that she won the prize. start learning
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If you are glad about something, you are pleased about it. Don't use glad in front of a noun. Use it after a linking verb such as be, seem or feel.
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She was happy that his sister was coming. start learning
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You can also say that you are happy about something when you are pleased about it.
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She always seemed such a happy woman. start learning
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Happy can also be used to describe someone who is contented and enjoying life, either most of the time, or on a particular occasion. Glad cannot be used with this meaning.
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Our postman is always cheerful and polite. cheerful: alegre, sorridente start learning
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If someone shows that they are happy by smiling and laughing a lot, you say that they are cheerful.
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A person's glasses are two pieces of glass in a frame which they wear to help them to see better. Glasses is a plural noun and must be followed by a plural verb.
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Gretchen took a pair of glasses off the desk. start learning
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You can also say a pair of glasses.
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I went to Stockholm. Celia had gone to school. start learning
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When you talk about moving or travelling somewhere, you often use the verb go.
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Go is used to say that someone or something leaves a place.
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You can use go with an -ing form to talk about activities. go: talking about activities
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You can also use go with for and a noun phrase to talk about activities.
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I'll go and see him in the morning. start learning
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To go and do something means to move somewhere in order to do it.
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She told him she was going to leave her job. The weather is going to get worse. start learning
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You use be going to to talk about what someone will do or what will happen in the future.
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They just ignored me and went on talking. start learning
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If you go on doing something, you continue to do it.
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He later went on to form a successful computer company. start learning
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If you go on to do something, you do it after doing something else.
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When children or young animals grow, they become bigger or taller.
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When someone grows up, they gradually change from a child into an adult.
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I go to the gym twice a week. start learning
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A gymnasium is a building or large room with equipment for doing physical exercise. In conversation, people usually call it a gym.
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Don't use gymnasium to talk about a school for older pupils. start learning
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In Britain, this kind of school is called a secondary school. In America, it is called a high school.
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