The YUNiversityさんのイラストまとめ

“Poisonous” vs. “venomous” 🐍

https://t.co/GCO3HtX7RM via @enzocomics

“Data” 📈 is technically the plural of “datum,” but “data” is now used as a singular or plural noun.

So,

The data IS → ✔

The data ARE → ✔

[Comic by @PHDcomics]

#grammar

Kid = (n.) human child 👦🏻

Kid = (n.) baby goat 🐐

Kid = (v.) deceive (someone) in a playful or teasing way

[Comic source: https://t.co/XhQ3hhdlqk]

#vocabulary

A lot = (pronoun) many, much

Allot = (v.) give, grant

Henry is *allotted* $1 a day for coffee. It’s not *a lot*. ☕😢

Alot → @AllieBrosh

#grammar #vocabulary #spelling

Timber = wood prepared for building

Timbre [TAM-ber] = character of a sound

In a low-pitched *timbre*, Nan yelled, “Timber!”

👷🏻‍♀️🗯 🌲

#vocabulary #spelling

“Be in a pickle” = be in a difficult situation

Henry is *in a pickle*: he has a job interview at the same time as his flight to Rome. 🛫

#idiom

👦🏼🙏👦🏻 “Friendly” / “friendship” words:

• cordial
• congenial
• amicable
• gregarious
• affable
• camaraderie
• amity

#vocabulary

“Talk to the hand” = I don’t want to hear what you’re saying

Nan: I hate when you …
Me: *Talk to the hand*. ✋

#idiom

“Dearth” = a scarcity of something. It rhymes with “earth.”

“Dearth” Vader → ❌

Darth Vader → ✔

#vocabulary #spelling

😋 Here are some words that mean “tasty”:

• delectable
• scrumptious
• savory
• delicious
• ambrosial
• saporous

#vocabulary #FoodWars