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Vocabulary: describe and explain - English lesson
In this lesson, I won't review the very technical vocabulary which is used to describe images, for instance, yet we'll concentrate on words and expressions which will enable you to describe and explain a phenomenon...
To describe=> a description | To elucidate=> elucidation | |
To shed light on (to shed, I shed, shed) | To clarify=> clarification | |
To demonstrate=> A demonstration | Inexplicable Unaccountable |
To explain stg to sb | To explain oneself | |
An explanation | To demand an explanation | |
To seek an explanation for stg | To give an account of stg | |
To interpret stg as stg | An interpretation | |
To misinterpret | To describe/ a description |
IMPORTANT LINK WORDS
Because of/ On account of Owing to | from fear/ despair out of fear/ despair | |
Considering | since | |
Due to | therefore | |
In view of | seeing that | |
Thanks to | for lack of/ for want of | |
For fear of/ lest | by means of | |
According to | on (the) grounds of | |
On financial grounds | on family grounds |
- That's why it happened...
- It all arises from the fact that...
- It's all a question of...
- It has to do with...
- The thing is...
- It depends on...
- I reasoned that...
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