Words and Phrases

lend; borrow; loan

loan n. 借款

I can lend some money to you.

I can lend you some money.

I can loan you some money.

Can I borrow some money from you?

flatter

praise someone dishonestly

Flattering will never get you anywhere.

greet; greeting

“hi” is polite greeting.

Don’t forget to greet him.

preside; president

The chairman presided over the meeting.

We vote for our president election.

We vote to elect our president.

polity; politics; politician

The politician asked us for our support.

halfway; compromise

I’ll meet you halfway.

I will compromise with you.

I will reach a compromise with you.

frightened; scared; afraid

Most girls are frighented/scared/afraid of cockroaches.

support; raise

side with; back one up; take side with

I will take side with you.

I will support you.

I will back you up.

I will side with you.

Supporing/raising a family is becoming more and more difficult these days.

dump

dump an old friend

I have sat up my mind to dump you.

be friends with sb; make friends with sb

Everyone likes to make friends with him.

Everyone likes to be friends with him.

meet ends

I can hardly meet ends myself.

Today many city couples both have to work or they can’t make ends with themselves.

Grammar

can’t; couldn’t

What you say can’t be more true.

I can’t care less.

I couldn’t agree with more.

more and more; increasingly

I find that people are becoming more and more materialistic.

I find that people are becoming increasingly materialistic.