English Grammar - Read Mode
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The word 'bestowed' means usually something given as a gift or honor. 'Bestowed on' or 'bestowed upon' is the correct prepositional phrase usage here.
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This sentence refers to the moral of Aesop's fable 'The Lion and the Mouse'. The active voice version emphasizes that even small creatures can be of help to powerful ones.
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The idiom 'scared out of one's wits' means to be extremely frightened. 'Wits' refers to intelligence or mental capacity, implying they were so scared they couldn't think.
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Pallbearers are the people who help carry or officially escort a coffin at a funeral. The word comes from 'pall', the cloth spread over a coffin.
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'Very' is an intensifier used with adjectives. 'Too much' modifies nouns or verbs, and 'much too' implies a negative excess, which generally doesn't apply to the natural sweetness of honey.
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Collocations are words that naturally go together. In English, we typically describe a severe headache as a 'bad' headache, 'splitting' headache, or 'severe' headache, but 'bad' is the most common common option here.
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The phrase 'appear at' or 'appear for' is used when a student takes an examination. 'Sit' is also used but usually as 'sit for'. 'Appear at' is the standard phrasing in this context.
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This is an analogy based on habitat or medium of movement. Birds fly in the sky, and fish swim in the water. The relationship is [Medium] : [Animal].
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This is an analogy based on antonyms (opposites). The opposite of good is bad. Similarly, the opposite of white is black.
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Botany is the scientific study of plants. Zoology is the scientific study of animals. The relationship is [Field of Study] : [Subject].