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Ill (= sick) is usually used after a verb: ‘I told the doctor that I felt ill.’ ‘His father is seriously ill.’

Before a noun, use sick: ‘Your father is a very sick man.’

Seriously ill (NOT badly): ‘So far three people have died and five[...]

Imaginary = not based on fact; unreal; not existing in real life but only in someone’s mind: ‘This new novel takes the reader to an imaginary world of fairies.’ ‘The little boy kept firing an imaginary gun at me.’

Imaginative = having or[...]

Imitate = do something in exactly the same way that someone else does it: ‘Have you heard him trying to imitate an Englishman speaking French?’ ‘He walks as if he is trying to imitate Donald Duck.’

Copy = do the same thing as someone else:[...]

Your horizons (WITH - s) = the range of things that you are involved or interested in; the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated: ‘As a politician, his horizons extend no further than the next election.’

On the horizon (the line[...]

Hope = (1) expect and wish: ‘I hope she can understand my problems.’ (2) be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes: ‘I am still hoping that everything will turn out well.’

You hope that someone will do something or that something will happen[...]

Hopeless= without hope, because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success: ‘In an agony of hopeless grief’

Hopeless is usually used to describe a situation, not a person: ‘The firemen tried to get the blaze under control, but it[...]

Holiday= Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure: ‘We took a short holiday in Goa.’

Speakers of British English use (be/go) on holiday, (return/get back) from holiday (WITHOUT -s): ‘I met her while I was on holiday in Switzerland.’[...]

Use ‘honestly’ when you want someone to believe that what you are saying is really true (used as an intensifier reflecting the speaker’s attitude): ‘Honestly, I don’t believe it.’ ‘I was going to give it back to you, honestly.’

To show[...]

Homework is an uncountable noun: ‘We’re given a lot of homework at the weekend.’ Homework = (1) preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home); work that a teacher gives a pupil to do at home: ‘What was your score on your[...]

Health is an uncountable noun: ‘Worry can affect your health.’ ‘Nothing in life is more important than good health.’