Essential English Idioms, Vocabulary, and Prefixes
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Essential English Idioms
- Too good to be true: So good that it's hard to believe.
- As good as gold: Extremely well-behaved.
- Put in a good word: To say something in support of someone else.
- Do more harm than good: To have more negative effects than positive ones.
- To be good for nothing: To be extremely lazy and useless.
- To be up to no good: Behaving very badly.
Key Vocabulary
- Fairness: Justicia
- Self-reliance: Autosuficiencia
- Compassion: Compasión
- Loyally: Lealmente
- Let me down: Decepcionar
- Bravery: Valentía
- Generosity: Generosidad
- Honesty: Honestidad
Common Phrasal Verbs
- Turn up: Aparecer, venir
- Put up: Ponerse
- Rip off: Arrancar
- Come across: Cruzar
- Pull over: Volcar
- Give back: Devolver
- Rely on: Depender de
- Gets on: Se pone
- Give up: Rendirse
- Carried out: Llevado a cabo
- Breaks into: Irrumpir
- Take out: Eliminar
- Run over: Atropellar
Negative Prefixes
- UN: Unsurprising, unethical, unreliable, untrustworthy, unpredictable
- IM: Immature, improbable
- IR: Irrational, irresponsible
- IN: Incapable
- IL: Illegal
- DIS: Disobedient, dishonest, disloyal
English Prefixes List
- ANTI (against/opposed to): Anti-government, anti-racist, anti-war
- AUTO (self): Autobiography, automobile
- DE (reverse or change): Declassify, decontaminate, demotivate
- DIS (reverse or remove): Disagree, displeasure, disqualify
- DOWN (reduce or lower): Downgrade, downhearted
- EXTRA (beyond): Extraordinary, extraterrestrial
- HYPER (extreme): Hyperactive, hypertension
- IL-, IM-, IN-, IR- (not): Illegal, impossible, insecure, irregular
- INTER (between): Interactive, international
- MEGA (very big, important): Megabyte, mega-deal, megaton
- MID (middle): Midday, midnight, mid-October
- MIS (incorrectly, badly): Misaligned, mislead, misspelt
- NON (not): Non-payment, non-smoking
- OVER (too much): Overcook, overcharge, overrate
- OUT (go beyond): Outdo, outperform, outturn
- POST (after): Post-election, post-war
- PRE (before): Pre-existing
- PRO (in favor of): Pro-communist, pro-democracy
- RE (again): Rewrite
- SEMI (half): Semicircle
- SUB (under, below): Submarine
- SUPER (above, beyond): Superhero
- TELE (at a distance): Television
- TRANS (across): Transport
- ULTRA (extremely): Ultrasound
- UN (remove, reverse, not): Undo, unpack
- UNDER (less than): Undercook
- UP (make or move higher): Upgrade, uphill