Anyone with a phone and network access should know these abbreviations so they don't feel stress and confusion. 1. TFX The abbreviation comes from That feel / feeling when translates as "this feeling / feeling when" and is most often used in combination with ...

You probably know what IMHO, LOL or OMG means. But how to respond to BYOB at the end of a party invitation or a confident AMA is a good time to find out. Lifahacker has compiled a list of useful English abbreviations. 1. BYOB stands for ...

The author of the LinguaZen channel on Yandex.Zen suggests familiarizing yourself with the hit parade of English words that everyone uses too often. If you want to surprise native speakers with your vocabulary and make your speech more expressive, learn alternative vocabulary from this article. Amazing, awesome, great - amazing, cool,...

Proverbs in English will help you better understand the people who invented them, and also make your speech livelier and richer. Lifehacker has collected 30 of the most interesting. 1. The squeaky wheel gets the grease Translation: grease a wheel that squeaks. Meaning: you won't get help if ...

What does the English word "set" mean? According to the Oxford Dictionary, this word has a whopping 464 definitions! TryEng has compiled the most popular ones. 1. To mean "to install." It's used both to describe the installation of material objects and...

In English, many idioms have a very interesting history of origin. Fox News reveals where three popular expressions come from. Popular catchphrases are often metaphorical interpretations of real meaning. But where did they come from? Who came up with these or those expressions and...

When learning English, everyone is faced with the fact that it is sometimes difficult to understand in which situations one word should be used and in which another. This happens especially often with prepositions. The author of the blog “Easy Speak - English School” on Yandex.Zen said in…

The US population is known for its politeness, as well as its many variations of the words "thank you", "please" and "sorry". The author of the “Elena in America” channel on Yandex.Zen suggests learning popular forms of politeness in America. Formal “thank you”: Thank you! - Thank you! Thank you very/so much! - Very…

Many Russian speakers borrow English words from movies, songs, memes, school textbooks, and social media. Some of these borrowings work fine, but others sound strange, outdated, or simply incorrect to native speakers. Meduza has compiled a list of common mistakes of this kind. Accurate and…

To speak English, stop panicking at every mistake. The Lifehacker edition has collected 10 mistakes in English that you should pay attention to and worry about. 1. To use Past Simple instead of Past Perfect Past Perfect is when something happened like this ...