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Learning English is important and people all over the world decide to study it as a second language. Many countries include English as a second language in their school syllabus and children start learning English at a young age.

However, do you know why learning English is so important? Here are ten good reasons to take an English language course.

1. English is the most commonly spoken language in the world. One out of five people can speak or at least understand English!

2. English is the language of science, of aviation, computers, diplomacy, and tourism. Knowing English increases your chances of getting a good job in a multinational company within your home country or of finding work abroad.

3. English is the official language of 53 countries. That is a lot of people to meet and speak to.

4. English is spoken as a first language by around 400 million people around the world.

5. English is the language of the media industry. If you speak English, you won't need to rely on translations and subtitles anymore to enjoy your favourite books, songs, films and TV shows.

6. English is also the language of the Internet. Many websites are written in English – you will be able to understand them and to take part in forums and discussions.

7. English is based on a simple alphabet and it is fairly quick and easy to learn compared to other languages.

8. English is not only useful – it gives you a lot of satisfaction. Making progress feels great. You will enjoy learning English, if you remember that every hour you spend gets you closer to perfection.

9. Since English is spoken in so many different countries there are thousands of schools around the world that offer programmes in English. If you speak English, there're lots of opportunities for you to find an appropriate school and course to suit your academic needs.

10. Because it's fun! By learning English, you will also learn about other cultures. Few experiences will make you grow as a person more than learning the values, habits and way of life in a culture that is different from yours.

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An idiom (also called idiomatic expression) is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers. This meaning is different from the literal meaning of the idiom's individual elements. In other words, idioms don't mean exactly what the words say. They have, however, hidden meaning.

Examples

"Kick the bucket"

"Spill the beans"

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Idiomatic expressions are groups of words with an established meaning unrelated to the meanings of the individual words. Sometimes called an expression, an idiom can be very colorful and make a 'picture' in our minds.

Some common idiomatic expressions:

He let the cat out of the bag (accidentally told a secret).

She got off Scott-free (escaped without punishment).

He flew off the handle (went crazy).

We love idiomatic expressions and idiomatic phrases in English, don't we? From an English language-learner's point of view, they are the 'icing on the cake' much like phrasal verbs. But how do we remember what they mean and how to use them?

We can memorize a few, and try to use them as often as we can (probably too often!), but how do we manage an idiom that we are meeting for the first time?
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I'm going to show you how you can easily understand more than 100 English idioms, used in both American English and British English, even the first time you hear them.

Firstly, you need to know that idioms and phrases are everywhere in English: anything that doesn't have a literal, physical meaning is an idiom. Let's look at some idiom examples:

I find his excuses hard to swallow, he's lying.

The police have been digging around in his accounts looking for evidence of fraud.

He's a really bright spark, so I think he'll do well at school.

These sentences all contain idioms, because you can't swallow words or dig in a bank account in any literal or physical way - and how can a 'spark' do well at school? You'll also notice that a literal translation into most languages won't make sense.

These kinds of idioms are far more common, and therefore far more important, than the more colorful expressions like 'He's kicked the bucket' (died), 'She's hitting the books' (studying), or 'Break a leg!' (Good luck!), and without them students often sound too formal - saying things like:

I don't believe his excuses.

The police have been investigating his accounts looking for evidence of fraud.

He is a very intelligent student, so I think he'll succeed at university.

So how can you learn idioms without memorizing huge lists of English expressions? Many of my students in my online English classes ask me this. I'll show you how.

List of Common English Idioms:

Hard to swallow

Difficult to believe

Digging around

Looking for

He's a really bright spark

He's an intelligent person

He's kicked the bucket

He's died

She's hitting the books

She's studying hard

Set out on a new career

Start a new career

Saunter through life

Live in a relaxed way

Follow in someone's footsteps

Do something the way another person did it before

One step at a time

Do something slowly and carefully

Career path

The sequence of jobs someone takes that create their career

Milestones

Important events in a person's life or career

Dead end job

A job that offers no opportunity for advancement

To be at a crossroads

When someone is at a point in life where their decisions will have long term consequences

He's on the straight and narrow

He's living in a morally proper way

To walk someone through something

To show someone how to do something

We need to come up with a road map

We need to make a plan

I wouldn't go down that road if I were you!

I wouldn't do that if I were you!

Don't run before you can walk

Don't try to do something difficult before mastering the basics

Inching forward

When progress on something is being made in small increments

To move at a snail's pace

To move slowly

To get good mileage out of something

To get a lot of benefits from something

To have your whole life in front of you

To be young and have a lot of years to live

To get on with your life

To make progress in life goals after a difficulty

To tread carefully

To behave or speak carefully to avoid offending or causing problems with someone or something

To be a minefield

When something presents many possible dangers

We'll cross that bridge when we come to it

To wait to worry about one problem at a time

Information superhighway

The internet

Time is money

Time is a valuable resource

A tasty (or juicy) bit of gossip

Very interesting or sensational gossip

To devour someone or something

To consume something very quickly

To add a pinch of salt to something

To acknowledge that someone exaggerates

To chew something over

To think about something before making a decision

To not swallow something

To not accept something as fact

To bite off more than you can chew

When someone makes a commitment that they cannot keep

To eat your wods

When someone has to admit they were wrong

A warm welcome

A friendly welcome

The cold shoulder

An unfriendly welcome

When things heat up between people

When a relationship becomes romantic

To be cold-hearted

To be dispassionate or uncaring

A 24-hour hotline

A phone line that is always active

A very frosty reception

To receive a greeting that makes someone feel unwelcome

The Cold War

War without active fighting between nations

A warm smile and the warm handshake

A welcoming smile and handshake

Cold callers

People who call phones, usually for sales, who don't have previous contact with the person they're calling

We took the temperature of the group

Checked the overall opinion of a person or group of people about something

Most people were quite warm about the idea

People have a positive reaction to the idea

You'll reap the rewards later

To collect the benefits of your work

To prune out

To clear, clean or groom something

Separate the wheat from the chaff

Separate what is useful or valuable from what is worthless

Rooted in

Based on something or connected to a source/cause

To cutback something

To reduce something, usually related to the amount of money spent

To dig deep

To use a lot of your physical, mental or financial resources to achieve something

Great growth

A positive change in the production of goods or services

Root and branch

Completely/utter

Seed money

Money that is used to start a small business or other activity

Bright shoot

Start something new, a new chapter

Plough its own furrow

To follow a plan or course of action independently

Green fingers

Have an ability to make plants grow, to be good at gardening

Build/make a good case

To argue that something is the best thing to do, to explain and give reasons why something should be done

A fabrication

To tell lies about something, completely made-up/invented

To be on solid ground

To be confident about the topic you are dealing with, or because you are in a safe situation

Build on

To use something as a base or foundation to develop something else

Shattered

To break something into a smaller form or into many pieces

Undermine your position

Behave in a way that makes you less likely to succeed

Demolish your arguments

To break down someone's argument to an extent that it is no longer accurate or correct

Constructive criticism

Criticism that is useful because they can help improve something

Grounds for dismissal

A reason for you to be dismissed from your job, often due to your (negative) behavior

Completely groundless

Not based on any good reason

Grounded in fact

Something that is based on facts

Come to light

To be revealed

Unearthed

To find something that was lost or forgotten

A mine of information/gossip/data

Someone or something that can provide you with a lot of information etc.

Get to the bottom of

Find an explanation, often to a mystery

Digging into

To methodically reveal information

To bury the memory

To try to hide something, such as a memory, the truth etc.

Emerge

Something that is brought to attention

Out in the open

In public view or knowledge, everybody knows

Underground scene

An alternative culture, different from the mainstream of society and culture

Transparency

Something that can be seen by everyone/the public

Crystal clear

Perfectly easy to understand

Put your head in the sand

To ignore or hide from the obvious signs of danger

Bright spark

Someone that is highly intelligent

Enlightenment

To understand something completely

Throw light on something

To reveal something about someone/something, to clarify something

Dull

Something that lacks imagination, boring

Brilliant

Shining brightly, stands out, illustrious

In the dark

A state of ignorance, to not have knowledge about something

Dim-witted

Something/someone that thinks slowly, lacks intelligence

Dark ages

When something was not understood, a time when knowledge was limited

Illuminating

To make something more understandable

Right-wing

A part of a political group that consists of people who support conservative or traditional ideas

Look down upon

To view someone or something as unworthy

Side of the fence

Refers to either side of opposing views or ideas

Political landscape

The current state of things and how they are looking in the future

Look at life

How you observe things that happen, your opinion on daily matters

Behind you all the way

To fully support someone's actions

Point of view

An opinion on something

Better perspective

A clearer view of something, a more thorough understanding of a situation

Take someone's side

To support one person's side of an argument

Where I stand

Your opinion, point of view

Look up to

To respect someone as a role model

Moral high ground

The status of being respected, a position of being 'more' moral than others

Sitting on the fence

Undecided on a decision, avoid making a decision on something

A typical ESL student is both fascinated and frustrated by idioms; they give you fluency but are very hard to use accurately because:

They may change meaning if you forget or change a single word.

You must use them in the right context - don't say 'he's kicked the bucket' (died) at a funeral!

You can't translate them into, or from, another language. There is no literal translation.

7 Ways to Make English Idioms and Phrases Easier to Understand:

1. Listen to context.

Idioms are unusual expressions. So ask yourself 'Why is that person using an unusual expression?' The reasons are likely to be connected with emphasis, exaggeration, or a high state of emotion! So check the context - and the facial expression!

2. Check to see if you understood.

Use expressions like; 'so you're pretty angry about that right?' or 'OK, you mean that you're too busy at the moment.'

3. Be honest when you don't understand.

Try using; 'I'm sorry, but I don't know what you mean.'

4. Never translate idioms.

Idioms from your own language may use the same imagery or concepts (and it is always interesting to notice these similarities) but they are unlikely to translate word-for-word into English expressions.

5. Listen to how native speakers use idioms.

A native English speaker NEVER says ' it's raining cats and dogs ' - so why should an ESL student? Listen to what native speakers actually say in a given situation, and copy.

6. Take notes.

Keep a notebook of your favorite expressions in English and add anything new that you hear. Try to use new expressions soon after you learn them, this is called 'use it or lose it.'

7. Tolerate your mistakes.

You will definitely make mistakes and create confusion when you use idiomatic expressions, so be brave and allow yourself the space to try, fail, and try again.

Learn English Idiomatic Expressions without Memorizing

Most lists of common English idiomatic expressions I see have 2 things wrong with them. They include a lot of out-dated expressions that no one actually uses anymore (it's raining cats and dogs), and they're really hard to memorize.

Rather than force you to memorize a list of expressions, we're going to teach you some tricks that will make it easy to understand English expressions, even if you've never heard them before.

Most idiomatic expressions can be divided into a few groups, and these groups have things in common that make them easier to understand. Below you'll find these groups, with the English expressions in bold.

English Expressions About Life:

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" - so said Lao Tzu, the founder of Chinese Taoism.

When he said these wise words, he wasn't just offering encouragement to people who had to walk long distances in Zhou Dynasty China during the 6 th BC, but was talking about every kind of journey in life.

The quotation is generally taken to mean that any undertaking in life - even really big ones - must start with small steps, and that we must not become discouraged by the size of the tasks in front of us. The idea that our tasks, and indeed our lives, can be seen as physical journeys that can be broken down into steps is common in many languages; English is no exception.

So we might set out on a new career, saunter through life without a care, follow in someone's footsteps or take a difficult task one step at a time.

And just as the physical hikes, strolls or walks that we go on require paths or roads, which can be straight or winding, and sometimes lead to dead ends - so it is with our projects, careers and lives.

This means that some of us want to follow a clear career path, are proud of the milestones we achieve and don't want to work in a dead end job. When deciding on a course of action we might find ourselves at a crossroads in life, wondering which way to turn, hoping we don't take the road to ruin!

Examples of idiomatic expressions about life:

He's put his criminal past behind him - He's on the straight and narrow now!

It's a difficult system to get used to, so let me just walk you through the first few steps.

We need to come up with a road map to go forward with these negotiations.

Being selected for the national team was the first major milestone in my career.

So you want to invest in his business? I wouldn't go down that road if I were you!

I feel like I'm at a crossroads in my career and I'm not sure which way to turn.

I have tried to follow in Dad's footsteps and to do the right things.

I suppose I've gone down quite a winding career path - I've never done things the easy way!

Holmes had crossed paths with Moriarty several times before and it had never gone well.

I know I said you should read a bit more, but War and Peace? Don't run before you can walk!

Please note that we use the imperial system, rather than the modern metric system, to refer to distances in idioms:

We are just inching forward with this project at a snail's pace.

I think I can get good mileage out of this idea.

Notice the way that prepositions are used to imply movement or direction in life:

Also, if we are traveling along a road or pathway, we might expect to find obstacles to our progress and have to handle them in some way:

We need to tread carefully here because ethnic tensions in the area can be a minefield.

I don't know yet what we'll do if they reject our offer - but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

And please note that idioms involving roads can refer to other things:

The information superhighway has changed the way we think about the world.

English Expressions About Money:

When Benjamin Franklyn wrote that ' time is money' in his Advice to a Young Tradesman in 1746, he meant that time was a commodity which can be treated the same way that we treat money or any other resource. He was right too, from a linguistic perspective anyway, as we have long had this attitude towards time within the English language.

Like money, time is something that we save, waste or spend. We praise good time management, we complain that we don't have enough time, and we wonder how long our time will last. Let's look at the way the English language treats the concepts of time and money.

Examples of English Expressions About Money:

Look at these sentences and decide if you can substitute the word 'time' for the word 'money' (you may have to make a few extra changes):

In most of the sentences above you can substitute 'time' for 'money' without a problem. The context may change, but the sentences themselves still look fine.

Please note that we can replace the actual word 'time' with an amount of time - and we can do this with 'money' too:

English Expressions About Knowledge:

What is the basic unit of knowledge - a fact, a truth, a maxim or a law? Well, from a computing point of view it is called a 'byte'. In 1956 Werner Buchholz, a computer scientist working at IBM, wanted a term he could use to describe the eight binary digits (bits) needed to encode a single letter, number or symbol on a computer.

He chose the word 'byte' - a deliberate misspelling of the word 'bite' - and this term now refers to the basic unit of all the information held on all computers, everywhere. When he chose this word, Buchholz was (perhaps unknowingly) using a very common, basic and important idiom in the English language; knowledge (or information) is food.

If you think about it, this idiom is quite easy to understand; information exists in the outside world and must somehow comes inside us so that we can learn and understand it.

This process of bringing information into ourselves can be thought of as eating. So we might hear a tasty bit of gossip or devour a newspaper, we may need to add a pinch of salt to unlikely stories, chew over a difficult subject, or digest information - we may even need to spit information out if required!

Examples of English Expressions about Knowledge:

Please note that idiomatic expressions involving food or eating can express other meanings in English, for example if you bite off more than you can chew, you try to do too much or more than you are able to do; or if you eat your own words, you retract what you said earlier:

Don't try making a literal translation of those! And choices, for example, have taste:

English Expressions About Relationships:

Here is a party game that I used to play with friends and family when I was young (a long time ago!) It involves somebody hiding something, and somebody else searching for it.

Firstly, I would close my eyes or leave the room. Then someone would hide something, some keys perhaps, in some part of the room. After this I would be allowed to look for them and the rest of the players could offer encouragement by saying; 'You're getting warmer,' when I approached the hidden object, or; 'You're getting colder,' when I went in the wrong direction.

When I got really close to the hidden keys, some of the younger children would be shouting 'You're really hot now - boiling!' And finally I would find the keys under a magazine on the coffee table!

The idea that you get warmer when you are closer to something is quite common in English and is particularly strong when applied to our relationships with each other. Heat is a metaphor for how close we feel to someone else, and how well we think they are treating us.

Close relationships are 'warm', and unfriendly relationships are 'cold'. This means that if I say that the receptionist at the hotel greeted me very warmly, you can be sure that she was very friendly and welcoming. Equally, if I tell you that the audience gave me a frosty reception, you will know that my lecture was not a great success!

So we can say that our relationships and feelings have some sort of 'linguistic temperature!'

Examples of English Idioms about relationships:

Notice that heat can also describe our relationship to ideas:

We took the temperature of the group as to whether John would be a suitable replacement for Mark and found that most people were quite warm to the idea.

English Expressions About Economics

In Hal Ashby's excellent 1979 comedy 'Being There', Peter Sellers plays the part of a simple-minded gardener who accidentally becomes a top financial adviser in Washington DC.

One of the running jokes in the film is the way that Sellers' character misunderstands questions about the economy to be questions about his garden - and how businessmen and television presenters mistake his answers and comments about gardening to be sound financial advice!

How can this be? Well, in the English language there are many words and expressions that we use in agriculture and gardening that can also be used to describe the world of economics and business. After all, if a gardener and an economist meet at a party, we can be sure they'll agree with each other that encouraging growth is a good idea!

Examples of English Expressions About Economics:

Please note that many of the above phrases can be used in other contexts; for example, ' dig deep ' simply means 'try harder' and can be used in any situation where more effort is required;

Liverpool are going to have to dig deep here if they are going to win this match.

Also, some agricultural idioms can be used in non-business contexts:

The entire university should act as one on this issue, rather than each department trying to plough its own furrow.

And some gardening idioms don't seem to transfer to other contexts:

I've killed every plant I've ever owned. But she has got really green fingers, you should see her garden - it's beautiful!

Ok, that should really help you with business English.

English Expressions About Opinions

'The wise man builds his house on the rock,' - so goes the traditional saying (it's loosely based on Matthew 7:24-27 in the Bible), but while it is certainly wise to build a house on solid ground, and with the proper materials, this saying is generally taken to be about the foundations of our beliefs.

In fact there has always been a close link between buildings and beliefs; for example, the word 'church' originally referred to a group of people who worshipped together (now more commonly called a 'congregation'), the teachings and philosophy they followed, and the physical building that they used.

Keeping this mind (and checking your dictionary for details) it won't be surprising for you to find that the word 'edifice' refers to an important or imposing building (like a church), 'edification' means 'moral improvement' and 'edified' means 'educated' or 'informed'.

This idiom now has a wider use in the English language so that an idiomatic phrase mentioning construction or foundation can refer to knowledge and ideas generally. So ideas and theories should be grounded in fact or based on truth, an argument should have a clear structure; we can deconstruct a complex idea in order to explain it, or even demolish ideas which we strongly disagree with.

English Expressions About Knowledge:

'Ground' is the most commonly used word in this context:

Being rude to customers is grounds for dismissal.

These allegations are completely groundless and are just intended to disrupt our preparations for the Games.

Is any of this grounded in fact?

English Expressions About Truth:

In Steven Spielberg's excellent 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones must find the Ark of the Covenant.

This was a kind of box which was supposed to contain the 10 commandments that were given to Moses. There's something symbolic in this - if you consider that the commandments represent some kind of universal truth or wisdom, then perhaps you can see the search for the covenant as a search for truth.

I used to work as an archaeologist and watching this excellent movie was more or less compulsory for us 'diggers' at the time - we used to joke that Indy was searching for truth itself and that an archaeologist was the ideal person to choose for a search for truth and wisdom!

But you don't need to get your hands dirty to unearth interesting information, because in the English language, any kind of discovery can be made under the ground.

It often seems that an investigation is an excavation: information may be hidden from us, perhaps buried deep somewhere; it needs to be dug around for, and finally brought to light.

English Expressions About Truth:

When a meaning is obvious and easy to understand we use a reversal of the idiom:

Interestingly, if we have an exam to prepare for or a bill to pay, many of us adopt a very interesting strategy - often called the 'Ostrich method!'

This is no way to run a company - whenever there's a problem you just put your head in the sand and hope it will go away!

English Expressions About Intelligence

Imagine that you are in a college lecture and that your teacher is trying to explain something that the class have been having difficulty with. Maybe a tough equation, a difficult moral problem or a poem that nobody understands.

Finally the teacher shows, proves or says something that finally makes everybody understand; everything now makes sense! Around the room, people nod in agreement; some raise their eyebrows and smile; the mood in the room lifts - as if some new bright light is now shining.

This is called a ' light-bulb moment ' and it's the moment when we conceive or understand a (usually good) idea for the first time. It's quite a common idiomatic expression; The Oxford Dictionary defines it as 'A moment of sudden realization, enlightenment, or inspiration' and it is a powerful image.

For example, we often see cartoon characters with light-bulbs above their heads when they have a new idea, or come to understand something.

The idea that understanding (and, as we will see, intelligence) can be expressed as light is very common in English; people have bright, ideas, become brilliant scholars, shine a light on things when they explain them, and achieve enlightenment.

This idiom also works in reverse; in English, darkness often refers to different types of ignorance. We get kept in the dark when people don't tell us a secret; we make dim-witted mistakes, and we walk out of dull movies.

Examples of English Expressions about Intelligence:

English Expressions About Opinions

What is a political map and why might we need one? In some countries there seem to be so many different political parties and points of view that things can become rather confusing for voters at election time - so maybe some kind of map would be useful.

But why a map - why not a list, or a diagram?

Perhaps the reason is that we imagine a political landscape where people stand in particular places that indicate their opinions on particular issues. For example, in most democratic parliaments the political parties sit together in particular parts of the room that they meet in.

The prime minister sits in a seat at the front of his grouping with his supporters behind him and with the opposition politicians sitting opposite. The minor parties usually sit according to whether they support the government or not - which side they are on. This is why we can talk about right - or left-wing politics, and how we can take a position on an issue, stand behind someone we agree with, or change sides in an argument.

Interestingly, if I express my opinion by standing in a particular location then this will effect what I can see, what my view of the world is. So I can see things differently from other people, have a positive outlook, look up to - or down on people, or describe my point of view of a situation or issue.

Examples of English Expressions About Opinions:

I don't want him to come to dinner - he has very right-wing views.

I think the royal family look down on us all.

How are things on your side of the political fence?

There has always been a complex political landscape in the country.

Artists and musicians often look at life in new and interesting ways.

We'll give you all the support you need - we're behind you all the way.

From my point of view, I think that it's a very good deal.

We need more information to give us a better perspective of this situation.

It's not fair - whenever there's an argument you always take his side!

Notice that 'stand' can be used in both senses:

Perhaps it's not surprising to note that altitude affects morals:

Also, the two sides of an argument are often separated by some kind of barrier:

He's always sitting on the fence whenever there's an argument.

Whether your an ESL student, teacher or just someone curious about the language, we hope you found that helpful! If you keep these concepts in mind, English idiomatic expressions should be easy for you.

If you've got any questions, feel free to add them in comments and we'll respond. If you want to take your English further, try a live, online English class with LOI.

About the Author: Peter Ball has been teaching English for 15 years and has taught in Poland, Thailand, Malaysia, Egypt, Pakistan, Britain and Ireland, he still really enjoys the challenge - each student is unique. Peter has a Cambridge certificate in teaching (CELTA) and a Cambridge diploma (DELTA).
He's also an FCE and Cambridge examiner. He works with students of all levels from beginner to advanced and has taught professionals from all walks of life. Peter loves teaching pronunciation, explaining grammar, learner-training and better conversation. In his free time he has his own radio show in Connemara, Ireland and he swims, juggles and plays guitar - but not all at the same time!
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There means the opposite of here; “at that place.”

Their means “belongs to them.”

They’re is a contraction of “they are” or “they were.”

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Their vs There vs They're - Confused when to use Their, There, or They're?

Want to learn the difference Their, There, and They're? TheirvsTherevsThey're is an interesting comparison and you should most certainly learn the difference among these three words.
We teach you when to use Their, There and They're.

Word 1: Their (THAIR)
Meaning 1: Belonging to or relating to, them.
Example Sentence:My friends have probably left their wallets at my place.

Word 2: There(THAIR)
Meaning 1: To indicate the position of a person in a space.
Example Sentence: My mum told me," Please keep the table there by the window."

Meaning 2: An expression of accomplishment for something which once made you feel frustrated.
Example Sentence: There, the internship work is finally done within two hours.

Meaning 3: At a juncture in a process or activity.
Example Sentence: My sister told me," Stop right there with the food, before you gain those pounds again."

Meaning 4: To introduce a sentence where subject comes after the verb.
Example Sentence: There is nothing I can do about the exam once I am done with it.

Meaning 5: To show approval or satisfaction.
Example Sentence: There, the homework is finally finished and you helped with the content.

Word 3: They're(THAIR)
Meaning 1: Used as a short form of they are.
Example Sentence: I bought new clothes for friends today. I hope they're happy to receive that.

Example Sentence using all the words:
They're taking their shoes off over there.

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TheirvsTherevsThey're - Confused when to use Their, There, or They're? What's the difference among Their, There, They're?

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Want to learn the difference Their, There, and They're? TheirvsTherevsThey're is an interesting comparison and you should most certainly learn the difference among these three words. We teach you when to use Their, There and They're. Word 1: Their (THAIR) Meaning 1: Belonging to or relating to, them.