Sowmya Shetty : Online Spoken English Trainer

Found this poem, thought it was so funny.  Of loving beauty you float with grace If only you could hide your face Kind, intelligent, loving...

Note that the particular verb you choose helps orient your listener  toward your opinion of the statement. "Praveen says" is neu...

Word Day in the sentence gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. Over the last few  day s he had...

Has is used with He, She and It in the present, to give present perfect meaning. Let's read some examples. She has not come yet. She...

Yellow journalism Meaning:  Journalism in which sensational stories are used to boost sales, or biased reporting is used to change the...

From Dante's  Divine Comedy . The 1814 translation into English by the Reverend H. F. Cary is the origin for this phrase in English, ...

“Cats and dogs” come from the Greek expression  cata doxa , which means “contrary to experience or belief.” If it is raining cats and dogs,...

Achromatic adj.  Meaning : Free of colour, weak in colourful. not colourful, Colourless, Relating to, employing,  or  denoting lenses t...

check  someone/something  out look at carefully, investigate The security guard  checks out  all new employees. check out  someone/someth...

not  care for  someone/something not like (formal) I don't  care for  his behaviour. catch up get to the same point as someone else Y...

Unbeknownst Meaning occurring or existing without the knowledge of Usage: 1. Our cousin had been ill for years,unbeknownst to the fami...

Inherently Meaning: In an essential manner. The adverb  inherently  means in a natural or innate manner. Some people enjoy your  inhe...

call   something   off cancel Pruthvi  called  the wedding  off  because he wasn't in love with his fiancé. call on   someone ask for...

Ethnocentric: Meaning: Cantered on  a specific ethnic group, usually one's own.               1.  Belief in the superiority of one...

call around phone many different places/people We  called around  but we weren't able to find the book we needed. call   someone   ba...

Be on the tip of tongue: Meaning:  if something we want to say is on the tip of our  tongue, we think we know it and that we will be able ...

Dwell: Meaning: Thing moodily or anxiously about something.               : To live. Usage : 1.Keep dwelling on what went wrong.       ...

back   something   up reverse You'll have to  back up  your car so that I can get out. back   someone   up support My wife  backed  m...

Verb Meaning Example ask   someone   out invite on a date Gagan  asked  Mallika  out  to dinner and a movie. ask around ask many people ...

Word for the day: Concern: Something that interests because it is  impotent  or affects you. There is a growing concern with pollution. ...

Would  is the past tense of  will  in indirect speech. He said, ‘I  will  come.’ He said that he  would  come. Should  is the past ...

Phrase for the day: A bunch of fives:  meaning: A fist. the fives are the five fingers. Word for the day: Intend: Meaning: have in mi...

                                              Chapter 1 Greeting In the morning: 1. Good morning  grand pa 2. Good mor...

Phrase for the day: A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush:  Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk fo...

Word for the day: Ancient: Meaning: very old EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Verona's  ancient  citizens Cast by their grave beseeming ornam...

                                 Word for the day Petulant: Pronunciation: pe-chə-lənt Meaning: easily irritated or annoyed Synonym...

Word for the day Antagonism: Pronunciation:\an-ˈta-gə-ˌni-zəm\: noun Usage: 1.  an actively expressed feeling of dislike and ho...

Fiancé  vs  Fiancée Word  origin  :  The origin of the word fiancé is mid 19th  century, from French, past participle of  fiancer  ...

Do you know the difference between the verbs TO LISTEN and TO HEAR? TO LISTEN is active. TO HEAR is passive. Sometimes you can LISTEN too ...

babbling gossip bacchanalian desires bachelor freedom bad omen baffled sagacity [sagacity = farsighted; wise] balanced capaci...

abandoned hope abated pride abbreviated visit abhorred thraldom [thraldom = enslaved or in bondage] abiding romance abject subm...