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Amid all the confusion surrounding how to use the word “news”, “notice”, etc., there’s something else Spanish speakers need to be aware of regarding the tenses we use when talking about news.
– When we first introduce news, we tend to use the present perfect tense.
– However, after that, we switch immediately to the past tense.
– Keep in mind, this type of tense usage is limited to news giving, and is not really used in other contexts.

We use this fun expression to mean that someone knows what they need to know; to be informed. Examples: I have to go now, but keep me in the loop regarding any progress you all make. No one on my team keeps me in the loop, and then I look like an idiot in front […]

  The word dejar is quite useful in Spanish, but for English learners, it’s a bit more difficult, because there are various translations for it. Let’s look at two of them: to leave and to let. So, what’s the difference between these verbs? How do we tell them apart? Leave has two main meanings: 1) […]

I think we all need a pep talk.

The world needs you to stop being boring. Yeah, you. Boring is easy, everybody can be boring. But you’re “gooder” _____ that. Life is not a game people. Life isn’t a cereal either. Well, it is a cereal. And if life is a game, aren’t we all on the same team. I mean, really, right? I’m on your team, be _____ my team.

Correct the mistake in each sentence: I admit that I am a bit of eccentric person. For example, right now, I’m having five pens in my coat pocket. All of them don’t work. Most of people would simply throw them away, but I keep them. They are all souvenirs and have special memory for me. […]

This refrain is used to describe a situation where the total of all the individual parts is less than the total of all of those parts working together.

One of these machines can pull 1000 pounds; individually, three of them can pull a total of 3000 pounds. But if you put the three of them together, they can pull 5000 pounds! So, the whole is 5000 pounds even though the sum of the parts is only 3000!

Each of these verbs is used to describe when someone takes something that doesn’t belong to them.  But, as is usually the case, they’re used slightly differently. Basically, we use steal when we want to focus on what was stolen, and rob when we want to focus on who the victim was. I have been […]

Verbs: Choose the correct option “Excuse me! Has the train left / Did the train leave the station already?” “I’m sorry ma’am, what train are you referring to / do you refer to?” “I mean / am meaning the 5:15 to Birmingham.” “Yes, I’m sorry.  It has left / left ten minutes ago.” “Oh no! […]

Put the following sentences in the correct order: Last night, desert dreamed I on I island in South Pacific was a the. arrived before day had I just the, and at beach I lying on sunset the was. a and daiquiri drinking I listening the to was waves. feeling I was wonderful, a but distance […]

Oftentimes, when we have problems on our minds, we may find it hard to fall asleep at night, as our brains process and think and generally worry. When this happens, we say that we’re losing sleep over something.

However, if someone mentions a problem and you are not at all worried about it, you can express that idea saying, “I’m not losing any sleep over it.”

A: I’m worried about our situation in the company.