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Hello friends,

 many of you have asked about the difference between SEE LOOK and WATCH in this lesson i will try and explain a little bit what the differences are.

SEE: We use this to talk about the ability. When your eyes are open you can see. There is nothing special. 

Examples: 

    I can see your house from here.

    I saw your car outside.

    I have seen this picture. 

 LOOK: We use look to suggest a direction for your eyes ... to look at something. Usually we use this when the thing we look at doesn't move (like a picture but not movies).

Examples

    Look at this picture.

    We were looking at the paintings in a museum yesterday.

    I like to look at the sky at night and see lots of stars. 

Watch: We use watch when we talk about concentrating on something. Like a movie or sports.  Using watch means there is a movement so you can use that for TV or movies.

Examples

    I watch Friends everyday on TV.

    I watched the football game last night.

    I like to sit on a patio and watch people walk by. 

i hope this short lesson helps you understand the difference between the verbs SEE, LOOK, and WATCH.

Please write a comment to let me know if this was a good lesson or not :)

Happy learning and have a great day.

Sam

Hi all,

 Today we will look at a few idioms.  I will start by giving you some meanings and then a text where you can see the idioms used in context.

Make money hand over fist: To make a lot of money

work one's butt (ass) off: work very hard and long hours

Get the sac: to be fired from a job

Rat race: intense competition for success in business

pay someone peanuts: give the person a small salary for a big job

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John was 35 years old and for the past 8 years he had worked at an insurance company.  Yesterday he got the sac because his boss was no longer happy with him.

For 8 years he had worked his butt off in a small office while his boss and superiors made money hand over fist while paying John peanuts.  

John was tired of the rat race and wasn't working as hard the last week he was there.  His Boss didn't like the fact that John wasn't working as hard as before and gave him the sac.  

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Now your turn ... what does the last idiom in the story mean.

Let's see who gets it first ... have fun learning and as always, never be afraid to ask questions. 

Sam 

 Ok we have a winner ... please read the comments for the second part of the lesson :)

Thanks Sam !

Plz tell me about the difference between "hope" and "wish". I asked u before but maybe U forgot it.

Thank in advance.

Ok here we go,

The difference between Wish and Hope .... Usually in English we use hope for something that is or can be real, like the following example:

I hope my football team wins this game (they are playing right now so it's possible that they can win the game).

Wish is used for things that are almost or completely impossible.  Here is an example:

I wish I still had all my hair (I am losing my hair as I get older and there is no way to get it back, it is an impossible situation) 

 Ok Now it's up to you ... send me example sentences and we will see if they are good or not.

Have a great day and always try to learn something new everyday.

Silent Sam