/mes/
Translation
A place or a thing that is dirty or untidy, with everything in the wrong place.
Word origin
From Old French mes, a dish of food; the sense of an untidy mixture came later.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- mes
Grammar
Examples
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"Be a mess" says that a place is very untidy.
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You "make a mess" when you leave things everywhere.
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"Clean up a mess" means to put everything back in order.
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Grammar articles
(4)Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
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