Bassim - English NEVER Stops

Hi, I’m Bassim ! I am from Morocco and I am very interested in improving my English as part of a growing community of English Language Learners from around the world. We are all dedicated to the lifelong process of mastering the English language. #englishneverstops Skype: Thi3foo7

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A spoken english question

Do we say time to bed or time for bed in spoken english? I thought both of them work, but my friend insisted that I was wrong.

[bassigaz]

I think we say "Go to bed" and "Time for bed",

i don't think you can say "Time to bed", the correct form would be "Time to go to bed"

[lameeskqabil]

Chime in: to break into a conversation or discussion especially to express an opinion

example: “I don’t like that show at all,” my friend chimed in

The other day (night, weeks): A Few days, weeks or nights ago

example: I saw her in the museum the

[bassigaz]

Thanks! Much obliged.

[bassigaz]

Vocabulary Test 3-23-2014

Vocabulary Test 3-23-2014

Question 1 :

I remember seeing you in college and being aghast at how caustic you were to audience members.

In this sentence, caustic means:

- unlikeable

- ungrateful

- unpleasant

- uncouth

Question 2 :

unassisted means :

- idyllically rustic

- lacking help

- exhibiting self-importance

- having the capacity to retain something

Question 3 :

supremacy means :

- friendship

- pressure

- mastery

- fellowship

Question 4 :

submission means :

- the condition of ceding control by someone or something else

- freedom to act or judge on one's own

- the state of being combined into one body

- a state of commotion and noise and confusion

Question 5 :

sterilize means to:

- disassociate

- underlay

- streamline

- decontaminate

Answer 1 : 

Unpleasant

Use the adjective caustic to describe any chemical that is able to burn living tissue or other substances, or, figuratively, a statement that has a similarly burning effect. Caustic in this sense means harshly critical.

In the chemical sense, a near synonym is corrosive. In the figurative sense, near synonyms are biting, scathing, and sarcastic. The source of the word caustic is Latin causticus, from Greek kaustikos, from kaiein "to burn."

Answer 2 :

Lacking help

Answer 3 : 

Mastery

Answer 4 :

the condition of ceding control by someone or something else

Answer 5 :

decontaminate

When you sterilize something, you make it completely clean and free from any contaminant. It's important to sterilize tools, hands, and furniture in hospitals so germs don't get spread between patients.

[bassigaz]

Reflection Recording For conversation with @Nataly From Moldova

Talking to Nataly, i've learnt so much, she corrected my mistakes, she taught me the difference between "in" and "at", and other things,, it was great talking to you nataly.. Thanks!

[bassigaz]

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First Reflection Recording for my conversation with @Jeff From Canada. 

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Here's my first post in this community, my profile recording