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How are you? We can’t leave this one out. It’s one of the most basic phrases in the English language and you can use it in any context. With friends, colleagues, your boss, your teacher… it’s always good. The usual response, certainly in the English-speaking world is ‘Fine, thanks’, or ‘Good, thanks’. We would answer in this way even if the sky is falling around us. So ‘How are you?’ isn’t always a question that invites a truthful answer. How’s it going? How’s it going? is a bit more informal than How are you?. But, it’s still a very good general phrase you can use with most people. In English speaking countries, it would be fine to use this phrase with someone more senior than you (like your boss), provided you have a bit of a relationship with them. But, again, the answer is likely to be, ‘Good, thanks’, even if it’s not true. How’s everything?/How are things? This is a question you would ask someone you know. It implies that you know a bit about their life and that you don’t mind h...

If and whether: indirect questions We can use if or whether to report indirect yes-no questions and questions with or. If is more common than whether: Ex Call the bakeries around town and find out if any of them sell raspberry pies. I rang Peter from the station and asked if I could drop in to see him before going back or if he’d meet me. I don’t know if I can drive. My foot really hurts. I’m not sure whether we’ll be able to learn very much from them. We often prefer whether in more formal contexts: The teachers will be asked whether they would recommend the book to their classes. Whether not if We use whether and  not if after prepositions: Ex Later I argued with the doctor about whether I had hit my head, The police seemed mainly interested in whether there were any locks on the windows. We use whether, not if, before to-infinitives: Ex I don’t know  whether to  buy the blue one or the red one. Not:  I don’t know if to buy the blue one … We use whether, not if, di...

1. Quantity or number 2. Quality or opinion 3. Size 4. Age 5. Shape 6. Color 7. Proper adjective (often nationality, other place of origin, or material) 8. Purpose or qualifier ที่ ประเภท คำศัพท์ 1 opinion beautiful, ugly, bad, good, delicious, funny, boring, great, smart 2 size big, small, tall, short, little, huge, tiny 3 shape round, square, triangle, oval 4 age young, old, new 5 colour white, black, green, red, pink, yellow 6 origin Thai, English, Chinese, American, Japanese 7 material metal, wooden, gold, stone, silver, diamond, cotton, wool, silk 8 purpose cleaning,walking, running, sleeping, whitening A good big round new pink Thai metal frying pan Example 1. I love that really big old green antique car that always parked at the end of the street. 2. My sister adopted a beautiful big white bulldog.

item 1 - 13 try on  something [IDM] ลองสวม,  See also:   ลอง (เสื้อผ้า เครื่องประดับ) liar [N] ผู้โกหก,  See also:   คนที่พูดปด ,  Syn.   deceiver lie [N] การหลอกลวง,  See also:   การพูดโกหก ,  Syn.   imposture lie [VI] โกหก,  See also:   พูดเท็จ ,  พูดไม่จริง ,  พูดโกหก ,  Syn.   tell a lie ,  misspeak lie [N] คำโกหก,  See also:   คำกล่าวเท็จ ,  คำเท็จ ,  Syn.   falsification ,  prevarication ,  Ant.   truth lie [VT] ได้รับผลโดยการโกหก lie [VI] หลอกหลวง,  See also:   หลอก ,  Syn.   deceive lie [VI] ตั้งอยู่,  See also:   จอดอยู่ ,  อยู่กับที่ ,  อยู่ ,  Syn.   be located lie [N] ตำแหน่งที่ตั้งอยู่,  See also:   การตั้งอยู่ ,  การวางอยู่ ,  การวาง ,  Syn.   place ,  location ,  site lie [N] ตำแหน่งที่วางลูกกอลฟ์ lie [VI] ถูกฝังอยู่,  Syn.   be buried ,  en...