English Vocabulary, Grammar, and Writing Guide
Vocabulary
Certainty and Doubt
- Certainly: sin duda
- Definitely: definitivamente
- Maybe: quizá
- Perhaps: quizá
- Possibly: posiblemente
- Probably: probablemente
- Surely: seguramente
Authenticity
- Authentic: auténtico
- Fake: falso
- Genuine: genuino
- Made-up: inventado
- Real: real
- True: verdadero
Common Prefixes
- Ex-boyfriend: ex-novio
- Ex-president: ex-presidente
- International: internacional
- Internet: internet
- Microgram: microgramo
- Microwave: microondas
- Non-fiction: que no es ficción
- Non-smoking: no fumadores
- Over-cook: cocinar demasiado
- Overreact:
Comprehensive English Verb Thesaurus
A
Accept
accept
Ache
pain
Add
add, adding
Admire
admire
Admit
admit
Advertise
notices
Advise
advise
Agree
agree, specify
Allow
allow, consent
Amuse
to entertain, distract
Answer
answer, reply
Apologize
apologize
Appear
to appear, resemble
Arrange
fix, order
Arrive
arrive, get
Ask
ask, inquire
Attack
attack
Attend
attend, participate
B
Bake
cook (oven)
Bath
bathing, washing
Believe
believe, understand
Belong
belong
Boil
boil
Breathe
breathe
Brush
brushing
C
Call
call, visit
Carry
carry
Change
change
Chat
chat
Clean
clean
Clear
clarify, clear
Climb
climbing, ascending
Complain
complain,
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