B1 ESL multiple-choice gap-fill exercise on partly agreeing.
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Broach vs. brooch: what is the difference?
Broach is usually a verb meaning to raise a topic. Brooch is a noun for a decorative pin. Learn the difference with clear examples.
Pandemonium: a Milton coinage that became an everyday word
John Milton coined pandemonium in Paradise Lost as the capital of Hell. Later, English broadened it to mean chaos and noisy uproar.
Register Shifts Exercise
CEFR B2; focus: register shifts between formal, neutral, and informal English.
How “hard and fast” got its meaning
“Hard and fast” began as a sailing expression for something firmly secured. Later, it came to mean strict, fixed, or absolute.