I agree that they are useful to know as long as steps are made to understand the principles of their usage --when they should and shouldn’t be used, and why.
Hello Bez,
Then we agree in this.
I say to you even a story. When I used to learn French here in the French Institute, every of my teachers were native. I had a teacher who was the wife a Hungarian man. She was an elder person and her husband wasn’t alive when I met her. She had to remain here in Hungary despite she would have gone back to France.( I don’t know why she had to stay here.)
She told us that every day she had been listening to a French radio minimum for two hours, because the language is a living things. Every day new words are born and old words dies. And she told us that she wanted to be up-to-date. It was very moving for me. Then she could be in the age than I am now and I thought she is old.Then I was about 30. Today I understand her. She could express love of her country only this way.
I cherish the memory of her. She taught to us French literature very well.
Regards:
Kati Svaby
Hello Alan,
My excuse for writing letters on this thread. There is no excuse for that, but believe me that I believed I answered on another thread.
Dea was right. Why don’t we speak about the rhymes:
LOOSE-JUICE
LOSE-WHOSE
I did write once but it was full of blunders so I asked the Forum to delete it.
Now I try to fill in the gaps.
LOOSE-(adj)=
- not firmly fixed where it should be; able to become separated from sth.
- a loose button/tooth
-the top of the taps has come loose
2.not tied together
-She usually wears her hair loose.
-The potatoes were sold loose, not in bags.
3.free to move around
-The sheep were loose in the road.
-The horse has broken loose.(=escaped)
LOSE(v)
not find
1.(T) lose sb/sth=to be unable to find
syn: mislay
-I’ve lost my keys.
to have sb/sth taken away
2.to lose sth/sb= to have sth/sb taken away from you as a result of an accident, getting old, dying
-She has lost a leg in a car crash.
-to lose your hair, teeth (=as a result of getting old)
-He’s lost his job.
-Some families lost everything.
-The ship was lost at sea.(=it sank the the Titanic)
-Many people lost their lives(=were killed)
3.(T)=lose sth(to sb/sth); to have sth taken away by sb/ sth
-The company has lost a lot of business to its competitors.
4.(T) lose sth = to have to give up sth; to fail to keep sth.
-You will lose your deposit if you cancel the order.
have less
5.(T) lose sth= to have less of sth
-He lost his nerve at the last minute.
-He seemed to have lost interest in food.
-At the moment he lost his balanceand fell.
-The train losing speed.
not win
6.(T/I)= to be defeated
to lose the game/a race/ an election/ a battle/ a war
not keep
(T/I) to fail to keep sth you want or need, especially money;
-The business is losing money.
-Poetry always loses something in translation. (me: IT is very true!!!)
-You have nothing to lose by telling the truth.
not understand/hear
8.(T) lose sth= to fail to get, hear or understand sth
-His words were lost(=could not be heard) in the applause.
9.(T) lose sb. (infm) to be no longer understood by sb.
-I’m afraid you’ve lost me there.
escape
10.(T) lose sb/sth = to escape from sb/sth
syn:evade/shake off
-We managed to lozeour pursuers in the darkness.
time
11.(T) lose sth= to waste time and opportunity
-We lost twenty minutes changing the tyre.
-Hurry- there is not time to lose.
12.(T/I)lose sth = if a watch or clock loses or loses time it goes slowly or becomes a particular amount of time behind the correct time.
-This clock loses two minutes a day. opp: gain
idiom: lose it = to be unable to stop yourself from crying, laughing, etc. to become crazy
-Then she just lost it and started screaming.
Best regards:
Kati Svaby
Hello,
Many thanks.
Practice makes perfect.
Experience is the best teacher.
It was a good idea to repeat these things. Many thanks for it.
‘Loose’ can rhyme with ‘juice’ and ‘lose’ can rhyme with ‘whose’.
and
Examples:
-loose answer
[UK: luːs ˈɑːnsə]
[US: ˈluːs ˈænsər]
-loose ball
[UK: luːs bɔːl]
[US: ˈluːs ˈbɒl]
-loose card
[UK: luːs kɑːd]
[US: ˈluːs ˈkɑːrd]
-loose change
[UK: luːs tʃeɪndʒ]
[US: ˈluːs ˈtʃeɪndʒ]
-loose cough
[UK: luːs kɒf]
[US: ˈluːs ˈkɑːf]
…
juice of the grape
[UK: dʒuːs əv ðə ɡreɪp]
[US: ˈdʒuːs əv ðə ˈɡreɪp]
juice of sg
[UK: dʒuːs əv --]
[US: ˈdʒuːs əv --]
be on the juice
[UK: bi ɒn ðə dʒuːs]
[US: ˈbiː ˈɑːn ðə ˈdʒuːs]
dry juice
[UK: draɪ dʒuːs]
[US: ˈdraɪ ˈdʒuːs]
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lose a fortune in play
[UK: luːz ə ˈfɔːtʃuːn ɪn pleɪ]
[US: ˈluːz ə ˈfɔːrtʃən ɪn ˈpleɪ]
lose all sense of proportion
[UK: luːz ɔːl sens əv prəˈpɔːʃən]
[US: ˈluːz ˈɒl ˈsens əv prəˈpɔːrʃən]
lose count
[UK: luːz kaʊnt]
[US: ˈluːz ˈkaʊnt]
lose count of time
[UK: luːz kaʊnt əv taɪm]
[US: ˈluːz ˈkaʊnt əv ˈtaɪm]
lose courage
[UK: luːz ˈkʌrɪdʒ]
[US: ˈluːz ˈkɜːrədʒ]
…
whose cut is it?
[UK: huːz kʌt s ɪt?]
[US: ˈhuːz ˈkət s ˈɪt?]
whose deal is it?
[UK: huːz diːl z ɪt?]
[US: ˈhuːz ˈdiːl z ˈɪt?]
whose fault is it?
[UK: huːz fɔːlt s ɪt?]
[US: ˈhuːz ˈfɒlt s ˈɪt?]
whose service is it?
[UK: huːz ˈsɜːvɪs ɪz ɪt?]
[US: ˈhuːz ˈsɜːrvəs ɪz ˈɪt?]
Regards.
Will there it be an explanation about using of ‘last’ and ‘latter’?
kati I’ve seen these videos, they’re quite nice
Hello Fernando,
I am happy that you liked the videos.
How are you? I hope you are better than me because lately I am very busy.
Bye:
kati
hello Marcos,
How are you? How are the little twins? I see that you also find the difficulty. Don’t think that I know the difference between ‘last’ and ‘latter’ but I like browsing in the dictionaries.
My favourit is the Oxford. Let’s look them up.
last-can be 1. adjective 2.adverb 3.noun
1.a. happening or coming after all other similar things or people.
-the last bus
-the last house
I was last to arrive.
1b only before noun;meaning: most recent
-last night/Tuesday/month/summer/year
-his last book
-This last point is crucial.
-The last time I saw him it was in May.
c.only remaining syn: final
-This is our last bottle of water.
-He knew this was his last hope of winning.
-I wouldn’t marry you if you were last person on the earth!
d. Used to emphasize that sb/sth is the least likely or suitable
-The last thing she needed was more work.
-His last person I’tried with a secret.
Noun: the last ; the last (pl)
1.the person or thing that comes or happens after all other similar people or things.
-Sorry , i am late -Am I the last?
They were the last who arrived.
2.last of sth= the only remaining part or items of sth
-These are the last of the apples.
latter can be adjective and noun.
1.So they common that both of them can be ADJECTIVE and NOUN. So I try to find out what is the difference between them.
latter (adj)= the second of two things, people or groups that have been just mentioned, or the last in a list.
- The latter point is most important.
2.nearer to the end of a period of time than the beginning.
-the latter half of the year.
-during the latter stages of the tournament.
the latter (NOUN)
the second of two things, people or groups That have been just have mentioned, or last in a list.
-He presented two solutions. The latter seemed much better.
-The towns has two theatres and a concert hall. The latter was built in the 1950s.
I think we use LATTER if we enumerate only 2 or 3 things and last when we mention the last thing.
What do you think?
Bye:
Kati
Excellent explanation, Kati. I did understand it well. My doubt was caused by using of both of them as noun, preceeded of article “the”. But your samples did bring light. Thank you very much!
The little twins are doing very well. They are growing and getting weight. As doting grandma my wife says they’re very beautiful!
See you later.
Marcos
Lose - To fail to win; To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of;
Loose - Not fastened, restrained, or contained, Not taut, fixed, or rigid:
Thank you all for the explanations about loose vs lose.
Hello Torsten,
After a half an hour attempt I couldn’t write any thread.
I got to the page
*Speaking English for 20 seconds a day?
after to the page:
*www.english-test.net
after I had to write to the Webmaster but it couldn’t be sent.
Please tell me how we can use the threads?
Many thanks.
Regards:
kati Svaby
I get always on this page
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You have tried to access a file or directory which does not exist.
What to do?
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Hi Kati,
I believe all is well now - I had the same experience.
Alan
It should be all right now, Kati.
Many thanks Alan.
It works again.
regards:
Kati svaby
It should be all right now, Kati.
Hi Alan and Kati,
Same here, I’ve had the same experience, I couldn’t access the forum at all.
Now it works.
The same mistake came back. I couldn’t reach the 'Speaking 20 seconds…" thread. I get the page below.
This is a blind alley.
Hi
The voice messages have not been recorded proplerly, previously it was difficult
in posting letters to the forum. So our forum has become loose we have become lose.
Thank you
S.Shanthi