Chrometics

“Weigh your options” means “to think carefully about your possibilities or choices”.

Example: I’ve been weighing my options for the last year, as I am really not sure what kind of career I want to have in the future.

“Prepay” means “to pay beforehand or before due”.

Example: Steven got a big year-end bonus and prepaid his loan in full.

“Flunk” means to fail an exam or a course of study.

Example: If you don’t study hard, you’ll probably flunk your test.

The most Common Idioms to Boost Your IELTS Score – Topic : Help and encouragement

Help and encouragement

bend over backwards or bend over backward

If you bend over backwards or bend over backward, you try very hard to help or please someone, even though it causes you trouble.

We bent over backwards to make them feel welcome and they didn’t thank us once.

be there for someone

If you are there for someone, you are ready to listen to their problems and to help and support them.…

verb

To give up some demands and agree on something less than what was originally wanted.

An example of compromise is a very clean person deciding they don’t need to mop everyday in order to have some quality family time.

I before E, Except after C Or when sounded as A As in neighbor or weigh.

Word of the Day: 03/15/17

The word of the day is: PREVALENT

prevalent [prev(ə)lənt] (adj) widespread

Love is prevalently unique.

“Jerk” means mean or unlikeable person.

Usage in a movie (“Groundhog Day”):

- The worst part is that tomorrow you’ll have forgotten all about this and you’ll treat me like a jerk again. - No! - Sure. I am a jerk. - No, you’re not. - It doesn’t make any difference.