I have learnt a new idiom with a word 'colour'. It is 'see the COLOUR of sb's money' (побачити колір чиїхось грошей) and it means to ask a person who is going to buy something to show you whether he/she is payable, e.i. has enough money to pay. For example, 'If you want to buy my car, firstly, I would like to see the COLOUR of your money'.
I have visited the site bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit1-1/tab/vocabulary and learnt a realy useful stuff about hyphens. It turns out we MUST USE a hyphen in compound adjectives if they, adjectives, include:
I have visited the site bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit1-1/tab/vocabulary and learnt a realy useful stuff about hyphens. It turns out we MUST USE a hyphen in compound adjectives if they, adjectives, include:
- adjective/adverb + present participle: 'an easy-going person'
- ages and numbers before a noun: 'a twenty-three-year-old dude', 'a three-window room'
- adjective/adverb + noun BEFORE A NOUN: 'a last-moment change', 'a one-way ticket'
- noun + adjective BEFORE A NOUN: 'a world-famous musician'
- adverb/noun + past participle BEFORE A NOUN: 'a well-bred child'
- three-word compound adjectives BEFORE A NOUN: 'an up-to-date technology'
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