☝️A piece of advice

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In English, we love saying ‘a piece’ of something.

Would you like a piece of cake?

In this example, ‘piece’ is trozo.

In other cases it could be translated as fragmento or pedazo.

There’s a piece of glass in this piece of bread.

But if you’re translating from Spanish you will often need to add the word ‘piece’.

  • Una tostada is a piece of toast

  • Un mueble is a piece of furniture

You may also hear:

  • A piece of fruit

  • A piece of clothing

Mi consejo - My piece of advice, is make sure you know these above.

If these are easy, then write to us and put one of the following in a context:

  • Piece of the action

  • Piece of the pie

We will publish the best answer.

Anyway, I thought you might find this piece of information useful 😉.

This week’s 3 tips:

Something to avoid 🫣

🤦🏻‍♀️ ‘When I get to home’

The word ‘get’ can mean ‘arrive’.

This is when it is used with a location after the word.

I will call you when I get to the office.

‘When I get home’

However, when we say home, back, here, or there we don’t use ‘to’.

What time will you get back tonight?

I’ll call you when I get there

Something to sound confident 🧐

👔 Business jargon explained

‘Raise the bar’

To set high standards and raise expectations.

Our competitors have really raised the bar. We need to innovate and improve!

Something to watch 👀

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The Crystal Clear English Team

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