Frasa "Up to Your Neck"

Jika anda dikatakan ‘up to your neck’ terhadap sesuatu, maka ini artinya anda sangat sibuk melakukan hal tersebut atau anda terlibat dengan sesuatu hal terlalu jauh.

Frasa "to Steal Someone's Thunder"

Jika anda dikatakan 'steal someone’s thunder', maka anda berarti telah mencuri perhatian orang-orang dari seseorang, biasanya ini digunakan untuk kepentingan anda sendiri.

Frasa "to Carry a Torch for Someone"

Jika anda dikatakan “to carry a torch for someone” maka ini artinya anda jatuh cinta padanya.

Frasa “Shoo-in”

Ketika sesuatu dikatakan “a shoo-in” maka ini artinya hal tersebut akan menang atau sukses.

Frasa "Hair-Raising"

Jika seseorang/sesuatu hal dikatakan 'hair-raising' maka artinya seseorang/sesuatu hal tersebut sangat menakutkan atau amat membuat gugup.

Reading IELTS: Fabulous Actions in Matching Headings and Paragraphs

In this kind of question, test taker has to match five until seven paragraphs with the headings. The number of headings is always more than the paragraphs. In above picture for example, test taker is able to see that there are ten headings listed as the answers for five paragraphs written under it.

Improving Reading Skill then Achieve a Better Reading Score in IELTS

When we talk about reading IELTS, we talk about the use of some techniques used in answering questions. However, it seems that these techniques are just not enough for upgrading test taker score. So, is there any other actions that test taker can do to improve his or her score? Well, test taker could also take some other actions to support his or her effort to up grade reading score through improving his or her reading skill.

IELTS: General Training versus Academic

If we talk about IELTS, there are two kinds of test appear as the choices. They are general training and academic. So, what makes these two test different each other?

Before Test Day of IELTS

Taking IELTS means knowing the consequence that test taker might not be successful to achieve the target score that he or she expects to get. “Be ready” is not easily translated by test taker. Well, it can be fully understood because this kind of test is not so easy to master. In order to cope this kind of situation, there are some activities that can be some great options for test taker.

IELTS Writing Tips: Be Tricky to Pick a Word and Relax

It is better to write in regular, not very sophisticated English, than to use phrases or structures you don’t fully understand. If you need Band 6 – no need for complex sentence structure. If your goal is Band 7 – then show advanced sentence structure, language and vocabulary. Don’t write more than 260-265 words in IELTS Writing 2 task. Why? Not because you will get a lower mark, but because of these 2 reasons: