Forum: Advertise Your Services 
Oct 29th, 2020, 11:19 am
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Views: 2,194  Are you a Non-Native English Speaking Teacher?
If you're a non-native English speaking teacher, you may want to improve your own competence in one or more aspects of the language. Join in with one of our on-line courses - or, if there's a group...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Oct 3rd, 2020, 05:50 am
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Views: 1,867 Retaking Delta Mod 1?
The summer Delta Module One results are finally out - really late this year because of the exam being delayed due to COVID.
If you took the exam, I hope you got a pass or higher grade - but if you...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Aug 28th, 2020, 03:21 am
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Views: 2,163 Taking delta Module One this December?
Are you taking Delta Module One this December? If you've been self preparing or have done a course in the last few months but need a "refresher" before the exam, join us for our Online Revision and...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Aug 24th, 2020, 04:47 am
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Views: 1,924 Want some "tasters" of our courses?
Just a "heads up" that on our blog The Delta Course (http://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/) we publish a weekly extract from one of our courses - it usually changes on Wednesday or Thursday.
The...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 17th, 2020, 04:03 am
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Views: 3,113 Re: Present perfect or present perfect continuous
Sorry but it's just not true that the present perfect simple is confined to state verbs with for/since. It can be used with any verb. here are some more examples.
I've written her three emails since...
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 6th, 2020, 10:22 am
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Views: 4,448 Re: sorry for vs sorry about
Well, first of all I'm sorry for (!) taking so long to reply to this but it's my busiest period of the year at work.
Be sorry has two meanings : a) empathise and b) apologise
1. When it means...
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Forum: English Questions
Apr 23rd, 2020, 02:06 am
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Views: 4,644 Re: to close in on
In the video, yes it's the same.
You can "zero in on" someone or something, meaning to focus/concentrate on, or investigate closely. So eg
1. In the Africa bombings manhunt both magazines ZERO IN...
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Forum: English Questions
Apr 11th, 2020, 04:39 am
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Views: 4,644 Re: to close in on
I'm not completely sure what you mean here. It doesn't "refer to" anything. Was your question really "What does it mean?" ? If so, it means to adopt an attitude of potential suspicion or doubt...
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Forum: General Chat
Apr 10th, 2020, 01:23 am
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Views: 13,973 Re: A question for susan53
By all means PM me. I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to reply, but I'm rushed off my feet at the moment.
Sue
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Forum: English Questions
Apr 7th, 2020, 04:40 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,644 Re: to close in on
"to interview" can be used for any question/answer conversation - eg a job interview; a TV news interview with a politician, an actor, someone involved in a news event; police questioning a witness...
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Forum: English Questions
Apr 1st, 2020, 11:41 am
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Views: 4,644 Re: to close in on
OK - I've seen it and I'm afraid you gave confusing information about the text . The text ...based on the information we received from this informant. They had robbed Kelly, killed her that they had...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 31st, 2020, 07:22 am
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Views: 4,644 Re: to close in on
No idea if you can post the video - probably not if it's copyright, though if it's on the web you could link to it (please give the exact minutes/seconds of the extract) but
a) the meaning of "close...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 30th, 2020, 04:46 am
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Views: 2,899 Re: Meaning
Yes. If you think about it "make X from Y" is a standard expression - eg :
- you make a cake from flour, eggs, butter and sugar
- bees make honey from nectar.
So here it's really just the same. In...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 29th, 2020, 03:53 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,644 Re: to close in on
The extract you've given isn't fully logical but I've interpreted it as best I can.
It could mean "getting closer to proving that they were the criminals" or "getting closer to finding them" In the...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 28th, 2020, 04:06 am
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Views: 2,899 Re: Meaning
The meanings of these two phrases are fairly transparent. Here are some examples that might clarify them.
1. Make more from your money
a) The expression "to make money" = "to earn money", eg He...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 26th, 2020, 03:29 am
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Views: 2,942 Re: Banning cigarette ads
This isn't a forum for correcting work - apart from anything else if someone got their work corrected here and then submitted it, it would be cheating. Look at what is in the text, and if you have a...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 24th, 2020, 06:16 am
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Views: 3,080 Re: seek her own path in life
Think about the literal meaning first :
seek = look for, search for, find
path = a route that leads from A to B and can be followed in order to arrive at B - ie a destination
So what Mary is saying...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 20th, 2020, 08:23 am
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Views: 3,581 Re: Conjunctions
All fine. In speech, once something has been said and is "shared" between the speaker and listener, there's no need to repeat it - in fact the conversation would be very unnatural and boring if it...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 18th, 2020, 06:36 am
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Views: 3,051 Re: Synonym & grammar problem
OK - here are my answers to your grammar questions :
1. The following are possible:
a) The story ends sadly when the canary dies - Fine. The story is always the same - a "permanent" event - so...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 17th, 2020, 06:24 am
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Views: 3,051 Re: Synonym & grammar problem
Vocabulary
I'm going to have to use a few technical terms in answering this, but if any aren't clear you'll find a complete explanation and examples in the ELT Glossary...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Mar 16th, 2020, 02:10 am
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Views: 7,722 An Easter Activity for Primary Learners
If you're in a country that celebrates Easter, (and if your schools haven't been shut down by COVID-19) you may be looking for an Easter themed end of term activity for young learners which is fun...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 14th, 2020, 06:09 am
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Views: 3,091 Re: Making sentences shorter
First of all, a slight correction. You need to decide if you want to present this as an actual situation/possibility or a hypothetical one.
If an actual situation : How can the police avoid mistakes...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Mar 9th, 2020, 05:26 am
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Feb 15th, 2020, 10:31 am
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Views: 2,401 Delta Module One Online Exam Preparation
If you're taking Delta Module One this summer, you may feel in need of some help and guidance before the exam. Our online Revision and Exam Preparation Course ...
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 7th, 2020, 11:49 am
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Views: 3,349 Re: Since, for and how long
The problem with these examples is that you haven't provided a context, so it's difficult to evaluate them. But I'd suggest that all contextualised examples can be explained by the distinction...
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