Phrases & Expressions

To undergo surgery.

• He had an operation on his knee last month.
• She's nervous about having an operation next week.

To find it hard to do something.

• Many international students have difficulty following lectures during their first few weeks at university.
• Older people sometimes have great difficulty using online banking apps without help.

To be so annoyed by something that you are no longer willing to accept it.

• The residents have had enough of the noise from the new nightclub and have started a petition to close it.
• After three years of unpaid overtime, Selin had had enough of her job and handed in her notice.

A person who smokes a large number of cigarettes regularly.

• He was a heavy smoker for twenty years before quitting.
• Being a heavy smoker damaged her lungs.

To say or do something that upsets a person emotionally.

• He didn't mean to hurt her feelings.
• That joke really hurt his feelings.

Printed in thick, dark letters so that the words stand out.

• Key terms are printed in bold so that students can find them quickly when they revise.
• The most important warning on the label is written in bold.

Between the punctuation marks that show that words are someone else's exact words or a title.

• If you use a writer's exact words, you must put them in quotation marks and give the source.
• The word 'free' was in quotation marks, which suggested that the offer was not really free at all.

In a cool area protected from direct sunlight by something such as a tree or building.

• Parking in the shade of a building helps to stop your car becoming unbearably hot in summer.
• Planting trees along city streets lets pedestrians walk in the shade of their branches on hot days.

Living freely in nature, not kept by people as pets, on farms or in zoos.

• We were lucky enough to see dolphins in the wild during our boat trip along the coast.
• Animals raised in zoos rarely learn the hunting skills they would need to survive in the wild.

To fit panels on a roof or wall so that a building makes its own power from the sun.

• Homeowners who install solar panels can sell the extra electricity they produce back to the grid.
• We're saving up to install solar panels, but first we need to check whether our roof gets enough sun.