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Task 1

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Intermediate: B1

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Momocompanyman's picture Momocompanyman replied on Algeria

Dear Sir Kirk ,

I need to know what is the meaning of the word works: The Works is this course ?

Best Wishes

Peter M's picture Peter M replied on Poland

Hello medmomo,

'Works' can refer to pieces of writing by authors. For example, you might see a book entitled 'The Complete Works of Shakespeare' which would contain everything Shakespeare ever wrote. That may be the meaning here but without knowing the context I cannot say for sure. Unless 'The Works' is a title (of a play, a film or a book, for example) then it would not have a capital letter but would be 'The works...'

 

Best wishes,

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

rreza's picture rreza replied on Iran

I haven't see you for a long time= haven't see you for ages

GAGAN JEET SINGH WALIA's picture GAGAN JEET SING... replied on India

Haven’t seen you in ages!
sir pls explain this sentence.

Peter M's picture Peter M replied on Poland

Hello GAGAN JEET SINGH WALIA,

The meaning of the sentence is

I haven't seen you for a long time.

 

Best wishes,

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

dlis's picture dlis replied on Sri Lanka

Hi sir,
Could you please explain what are the meaning of these phrases.
"mustn't grumble"( still I don't understand this)
"what have you been up to" my feeling is "what is your present situation"

Kirk's picture Kirk replied on Spain

Hello dlis,

'grumble' is a common verb (follow the link) and 'mustn't' is the negative form of 'must' - you can see more about it on our Modals 1 page. You are right about 'what have you been up to?' - it basically asks what a person has been doing recently, which is often another way of asking how they are.

All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team

Scholar12's picture Scholar12 replied on India

"Must not" can be written as "Musn't". Can we call it a "Contraction" of "must not"?

Kirk's picture Kirk replied on Spain

Hello Scholar12,

Almost! 'musn't' is not spelt correctly -- instead, write 'mustn't'. Yes, this is a contracted form of 'must not'. You can read more about 'must' and other modal verbs in our modal verbs section.

All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team

BaSabeena's picture BaSabeena replied on Yemen

Hi brothers i am Ahmed basabeen i am new one here also .
please i have a question . when i read in in this site in (( How can i improve my speaking ))
i found speaking with your self is one of the answers but can i know how much time i should speak with my self in a day to improve my speaking??

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