Phrases & Expressions

For each person; an amount or cost that applies individually to every person in a group.

• The ticket price is twenty dollars per head.
• We charged fifty pounds per head for the meal.

Activities that help you improve your skills and knowledge.

• Personal development is a lifelong process.
• He is investing in his personal development.

A weak connection for a mobile phone or internet, making it hard to use.

• There's poor signal here.
• Sorry, poor signal — I couldn't hear you.

A description of an item for sale, usually online, including its features, images, and price.

• We need to improve our product listing with better photos.
• The product listing clearly showed all the item's specifications.

To bring up a child.

• Raising a child is hard work.
• They raised four children together.

To bring up children.

• They raised a family in this town.
• It's hard to raise a family these days.

To take care of children as they grow up and teach them how to live.

• It is hard to raise children in a big city.
• They raised three children together.

To make a vehicle or aircraft go more slowly.

• Drivers must reduce speed when they approach a school.
• Approach control told us to reduce speed to 180 knots.

To replace a password with a new one, usually because you have forgotten it.

• I had to reset my password.
• Click this link to reset your password.

To have a body temperature higher than normal, often because of illness.

• The child is running a fever — call the doctor.
• He has been running a fever since yesterday.