adjective or adverb in between:Basketball is as popular as football here.He can’t sing as well as his brother.•Asis also used afterbe the same (age/size etc):He is the same age as me.•Do not useason its own before a noun or pronoun in comparisons. Uselike:A movie is not ...
He finally talked her into going on a date with him.get somebody to do somethingto make someone do something by persuading or asking themIf we can’t get a taxi I’ll get Joe to pick us up.I know how to get you to kiss me.convinceto persuade someone that they should do something,...
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A small girl was eating an ice cream. We had plenty to eat and drink. It’s important to eat healthily when you are pregnant. I exercise and eat right and get plenty of sleep. Would you like something to eat? She can eat like a horse and never put on weight. We stopped at McDona...
(=strangely)Strange to say, I was just thinking that myself.2someone or something that isstrangeis notfamiliarbecause you have not seen ormetthem beforeAs a child, she’d been taught never to speak to strange men.I was just 20, a young girl in a strange city.strange toIt was all ...
3no delayhappening very soon, without anydelaySYNspeedyI had to make aquick decision.We’ve put the house on the market and we’re hoping for aquick sale.We need aquick responsefrom the government.Robertson’squick thinkinghad saved the little girl’s life. ...