ADVANCED ENGLISH

[jeffli]

P
parsimonious: සකසුරුවම් ලෙස

Eg: I use my sheets parsimonous..

හරිද මන්ද..

parsimonious = very unwilling to spend money or use resources. ; excessively frugal (ලෝබ, ඕනෙවට වඩා සැකසුරුවම්)

Even the parsimonious Joe paid for our drinks.

I use my sheet parsimoniously. [I think it should be turned to adverb here. If I'm wrong someone might correct me.]

What about other words start with 'P' ?

 

[jeffli]

nice thread machan.

Ta! Share your knowledge with us bro!!!

 

[Pink panther]

parsimonious = very unwilling to spend money or use resources. ; excessively frugal (ලෝබ, ඕනෙවට වඩා සැකසුරුවම්)

Even the parsimonious Joe paid for our drinks.

I use my sheet parsimoniously. [I think it should be turned to adverb here. If I'm wrong someone might correct me.]

What about other words start with 'P' ?

U told me to selecta a letter, so I selected "P"

 

[jeffli]

U told me to selecta a letter, so I selected "P"

yea. Try other words too

 

[jeffli]

Don't you guys like to practise the words in vocabulary list?

 

[NUWAN BUWA]

NICE WORK.................

 

[jeffli]

Special grammar

Special grammar
Usually 'rather' is immediately followed by a verb.
Ex: "I'd rather drink coffee than tea."    (Here, I'd = I would)

But in this special case we are going to discuss, we use 'rather' without being followed by a verb.
Ex :
I'd rather he went.
I'd rather he didn't.
He'd rather you called the police.
I'd rather you didn't hunt elephants.

Though we use past tense in the second clause We are not talking about a
past time in these sentences. It is named as unreal past. When we want to
talk about a course of action we would prefer someone else to take, we
use,
I'd rather + someone + past tense

As English language is always changing and evolving over time, nowadays
it is very common to use present tense also in the second clause without
affecting its meaning. In everyday English you can use either present
tense or past tense, because this sentence pattern is more suitable to
speech than prose. But I don't justify that use for that reason. See the
below sentences.
I'd rather he go.
I'd rather he don't.
I'd rather you call the police.
I'd rather you don't hunt elephants.

Also some people say first two examples as below,
I'd rather he goes.
I'd rather he doesn't.
This second form is not heard as often as first form and lot of people say
both of these forms are incorrect. Many people still prefer to use past
tense than present tense because it is the original and accurate form.

NOTE: The stress or tone can be important in these sentences, to show what
our preference is:
Ex :
I'd rather you went = not me,
I'd rather you went = don't stay
He'd rather you called the police = he doesn't want to
He'd rather you called the police = not the ambulance service

When we want to talk about the past, we use past perfect tense as
shown in the below structure.
would rather + somebody + Past Perfect.
Ex :
I'd rather you had asked me about buying that car. (you didn't ask)

 

[jeffli]

Special grammar

Special grammar
It's time + past tense
It's about time + past tense
It's high time + past tense
Even though we use past tense here we are not talking about a past time.
We are using past tense because it is the subjunctive form of the verb.
Ex :
You are chating with someone at midnight and it's getting late. So you want
to go to bed. So you can say,
It's time I went to bed. (This suggests that you should already have gone to
bed some time earlier.)
To emaphasize the meaning you can say, "It's high time I went to bed."
If we say, "It's about time I went to bed." we mean it's the approximately
right time(to go to sleep).

 

[jeffli]

Special grammar

Special grammar
"You had better sleep now."
But at speech we simply drop 'had' most of the time and only say "You better
sleep now" or "You best sleep now"
Here we are saying this as giving an advice about present or future, like "You
should sleep now".

Other ex:
"You'd better tell her everything." (Here, You'd = You had)
"You'd better not say anything."
"I'd better get back to work."
"We'd better meet early."
"I'd better not come."

But we don't usually use 'had better + bare infinitive' to give a general advice.
When we give a general advice, we always use 'should', for ex. "You should
brush your teeth before you go to bed". But we can use 'should' to give both
general and specific advice.

 

[jeffli]

NICE WORK.................

Ta!

 

[jeffli]

Say, that's right!

Say, that's right!

 

[jeffli]

Idiom

Idiom:
It's not all it's cracked up to be. = It is not as good as people say it is.
Ex:
1. Her latest book isn't all it's cracked up to be.
2. It's a good restaurant, but it's not all it's cracked up to be.

 

[C h o p p e]

Wow Great work buddy.KIT

 

[jeffli]

Wow Great work buddy.KIT

Ta!

 

[rukey184]

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[sameerasadaru]

elakiri english

 

[◄KASUN►]

Here is my favorite/favourite word

Fuck
verb /fək/ 
fucked, past participle; fucked, past tense; fucking, present participle; fucks, 3rd person singular present

1.vulgar. Have sexual intercourse with (someone)

2.vulgar. (of two people) Have sexual intercourse

3.vulgar. Ruin or damage (something)

noun /fək/ 
fucks, plural

1.vulgar. An act of sexual intercourse

2.vulgar. A sexual partner

exclamation /fək/ 

1.vulgar. Used alone or as a noun (the fuck) or a verb in various phrases to express anger, annoyance, contempt, impatience, or surprise, or simply for emphasis

 

[Pink panther]

panther in action

 

[tigooo]

Sri Lanka lost Commonwealth Games 2018

Sri Lankans are dealing with the disappointment of losing the vote to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. This special vote held on the Caribbean island of St.Kits, delegates from seventy one commonwealth members participated in the vote. According to the vote the commonwealth games president Michael Fennel announced the winner. 43 votes for Gold Coast Australia, 27 votes received for Sri Lanka.

dealing : as stated by

disappointment : sadness or displeasure caused by the non-fulfilment of one’s hopes or expectations

delegates : a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference

participate : be involved, take part

According : as stated by or in

 

[jeffli]

elakiri english

panther in action

keep it up otherwise thread is gonna die soon