“Hold your tongue” means stay quiet or stop speaking. Its older image of physically restraining the tongue helps explain the idiom.
Anaphora in Rhetoric Exercise
CEFR C2; focus: rhetorical anaphora, especially repetition at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences, contrasted with related but distinct forms of repetition and reference.
Purposely vs. purposefully: what is the difference?
Purposely and purposefully both suggest intention, but purposefully can add a sense of resolve. Learn the clearest distinction.
Hogwash: from pig feed to nonsense
“Hogwash” first meant food for pigs, then cheap liquor, and later nonsense. Here is how the word changed over time.
Clause-to-Noun Phrase Paraphrase Exercise
CEFR C1; focus: converting finite clauses into noun phrases or gerund-based noun phrases after linking expressions.
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