Five Elements: PTE Academic & IELTS Preparation

12/03/2014

Which logically is the odd one out?

Comment below.

12/03/2014

Idiom of the Day

Fools' Gold: Iron pyrites, a worthless rock that resembles real gold.

EXAMPLES:

* "Oh man, I was pretty sure a bj was in the cards with Jenny but it ended up being Fool's Gold."

* "I put in my time but all I got was Fool's Gold."

12/03/2014

Word of the Day

Exigent: Urgent

EXAMPLES:

* I became more exigent over his pronunciation.

* It is a subsidiary fund, always at hand, to be mortgaged in aid of any other doubtful fund, upon which money is proposed to be raised in any exigency of the state.

* If, upon any public exigency, it should become necessary to export the coin, the greater part of it would soon return again, of its own accord.

07/03/2014

no English dictionary has been able to explain the difference between two words " COMPLETE " & " FINISHED " .
Some people say there is no difference btwn " COMPLETE " & " FINISHED " , but there is .
when you marry the right woman , you are COMPLETE and when you marry the wrong woman you are FINISHED !
when your wife catches you with another woman you are COMPLETELY FINISHED and when your wife likes shopping so much you are FINISHED COMPLETELY !!!

07/03/2014

VOCABULARY QUIZ:

Which word means the opposite of 'belittle'?

a. arrange
b. compliment
c. criticize
d. presume

07/03/2014

The human mind spends over 70% of it's time daydreaming, creating scenarios of perfect moments that will never happen

07/03/2014

Word of the Day

Altercate: To contend angrily or zealously in words.



EXAMPLES: Having a family friend keeps me enlighten how I am going to altercate life beyond this complex world.

06/03/2014

Did you know?
A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".

06/03/2014

Word of the Day

Archangel: An angel of high rank.

EXAMPLES:

* I have become aware in quite a new way of what is going on among other archangels.

* After the fall God sent the archangel Raziel to teach it to Adam and Eve, so that mankind might find redemption.

* To do the same for disagreements about a delusional world inhabited by archangels, demons and imaginary friends is ludicrously tragic.

06/03/2014

05/03/2014

Spot the odd one out.
Observe, origanate, obituary, ordinary

05/03/2014

All her money was stolen when she was out.

HAD

She ______________ when she was out. (Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given)