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maths/math = mathematics. The American usage is „math‟, and the British use
“maths”, as a noun and as an adjective. Both are correct, but use either the American
or British form consistently.
from.....onwards..... = starting from a particular time and continuing after that. In
this case, starting in elementary school and continuing during all the time of my
education in school.
guide....through... = to explain a problem or a process so that we are able to
complete it. Here, the elementary teacher did not explain how to do maths problems
clearly, so I never understood them.
step by step = each one of a series of things which you have to do to solve a problem.
The teacher did not take us through each one of these steps to arrive at the solution.
logic = a way of thinking about something, in this case I did not understand the
method of thinking about maths problems in order to solve them.
come up with = to find, usually referring to an answer to something [like finding
the solution to a maths problem].
assign = to give a task to somebody, such as the homework which the teacher gave
me.
not a single = this is a strong way to say „no‟ or „not any‟, when used in front of
a noun. I was not able to solve any problems when I did my homework.
discouraged = not confident or enthusiastic. This is how I felt when I had to study
maths at that time.
algebra = the type of maths in which letters and symbols are used to represent
quantities.
geometry = this is another type of maths. It deals with the shapes of objects and
measuring lines, angles and their relationships.
22. Describe a time when (you think) someone (you know) did not tell you the complete
truth.
You should say:
what the situation was
who did not tell you the whole truth, in what way did they not tell you the whole
truth (= what they said or did not say that was a lie)
who did not tell you the whole truth, in what way did they not tell you the whole
truth (= what they said or did not say that was a lie)
