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Hello everyone,

In Number 56, we looked at prepositions. Remember? Those small words – on, in, with, at, for etc.

Have a look at this example:

Matt is in charge for sales and marketing. This sentence is incorrect! We can’t be in charge for something, we can only be in charge of something.

Matt is in charge of sales and marketing.

Test your knowledge of verbs and prepositions in this quiz.

All the best,

Derek

Hello everybody!

I hope you’ve had a good start to 2016!

So, how did you feel on your first day back at work? Were you down in the dumps or jumping for joy?

What do those expressions mean?

One means feeling very sad or depressed and the other means feeling extremely happy. Can you figure out which one is which?

Maybe some more example sentences will help you:

When he lost the winning lottery ticket, he was down in the dumps for weeks.

He jumped for joy when he found out that he had won a new car.

Hope you find these expressions useful and that you have plenty of reasons to jump for joy this year!

All the best,

Derek

Hello everybody!

Have you already had your work Christmas party? If so, did you enjoy yourself?

Have a look at the following expressions for having fun:

to have a ball (to enjoy yourself immensely)

A: How was the party last night?

B: Absolutely brilliant! We had a ball!

to have the time of your life (to enjoy yourself very much)

We spent 4 weeks in Australia and had the time of our lives!

to have a whale of a time (to enjoy yourself a lot)

A: Did you go to Tom’s birthday party on Saturday?

B: Yeah, we had a whale of a time!

So, I hope you had a ball at your Christmas party, and that you have a whale of a time with your family and friends over the Christmas holidays!

All the best and have a great start to 2016!

Derek

Hello and welcome to my newly revamped website! I hope you like the design - there are still one or two things which need to be fixed, but otherwise I'm ready to go!

So, let's start off the new-look site with the following verb:

to revamp

Definition:

to make (something) better or like new again

Examples:

The restaurant was quite old so the new owners decided to revamp it.

They have revamped the design of their packaging.

Revamp can also be used as a noun:

Derek has given his website a revamp.

Do you have anything that needs revamping? If so, I wish you the best of luck with it!

All the best for now,

Derek

Hello everybody!

Isn’t it great when things go well?

Have a look at these nice phrases:

is/are falling into place

Definition: When something is at the point of starting to work well

Example:

A: How’s the recruitment process going?
B: It was difficult at the beginning, but now everything is falling into place nicely.

ran like clockwork

Definition: It went smoothly and without difficulties

Example:

A: How did the new software installation go?
B: Great! Everything ran like clockwork.

I hope everything is going well for you, and that you’ll have the chance to try these phrases soon.

All the best,
Derek

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Number 67: More verbs and prepositions

Number 66: Jumping for joy or down in the dumps?

Number 65: Have a ball!

Number 64: Revamp

to revamp

Number 63: When things are going well

is/are falling into place

ran like clockwork