The word “trump” has many meanings. In Webster’s New International Dictionary, second edition, unabridged, 1958, one can find it as a noun: (1) A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a ...

This video explains ten common phrasal verbs that carry multiple meanings. Each example shows how they work in everyday English. A ‘Trump class’ folly on the high seas 'Robbing them': Treasury slams ...

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, tiger has two verb senses—you can use it to mean “To act, behave, or walk to and fro, like a tiger,” or, for obvious reasons, “To mark like a tiger with ...

For fans of The New York Times’ popular Connections puzzle, October 2, 2025, brings puzzle #791, offering a new set of sixteen words to sort. This well-liked word game asks players to find the hidden ...

WHEN we were children and just beginning to learn English grammar, many of us were taken aback by the strange failure of some verbs to work in certain sentence constructions. For instance, perhaps ...

Learning German and unsure when to use ‘haben’ or ‘sein’? Here’s the quick pattern that helps you pick the right helper verb most of the time. Please sign ...

Learning the most frequently used verbs can be facilitated by concentrating on them. Verbs are widely used to convey feelings, explain activities, and encourage direct communication in all languages.

Focuses on understanding verbs, explaining their two main categories: action verbs and state of being verbs. It distinguishes between transitive and intransitive verbs based on whether they have a ...

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. Do you have a question you want us to answer? You can send us your questions to learningenglish@bbc.co.uk A passive is where we take the object on an ...

Trump administration officials say that the term refers to assassination, but lexicologists say it emerged from diner slang. By Karoun Demirjian and Pete Wells In promising to investigate James B.