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** Todays Tip ** If: First conditional If + present simple +
** Todays Tip ** If: First conditional If + present simple + will + infinitive We use the first conditional to talk about events in the future that ...

** Todays Tip * get into To get into something is to become
** Todays Tip * get into To get into something is to become interested and involved with it. I got into computers when I was about ten years old. ...

** Todays Tip ** can or could? You use ‘can’ to say what
** Todays Tip ** can or could? You use ‘can’ to say what you or other people are able to do. I can speak English. If you are talking about what...

** Todays Tip ** make out or make up? You use ‘make out’
** Todays Tip ** make out or make up? You use ‘make out’ to mean that you just manage to understand, hear or see something. I could only make ou...

** Todays Tip ** although or though? Both ‘although’ and
** Todays Tip ** although or though? Both ‘although’ and ‘though’ can be used to mean ‘in spite of the fact that’. Though the dog is on...

** Todays Tip ** To ‘tighten your belt’ is to spend less
** Todays Tip ** To ‘tighten your belt’ is to spend less money. We’ll have to tighten our belts now that the rent has increased. Something tha...

** Todays Tip ** cut off To cut something off is to remove
** Todays Tip ** cut off To cut something off is to remove it with a cutting tool such as a knife or saw. He accidentally cut off his finger. If yo...

** Todays Tip ** wind up or wind down? gradually slowing and
** Todays Tip ** wind up or wind down? gradually slowing and coming to an end The party is starting to wind down. relax I like to wind down after w...

** Todays Tip ** by ‘By’ is used as a preposition of place
** Todays Tip ** by ‘By’ is used as a preposition of place to say that something is next to or beside something else. The knife is by the sink....