Comments on: Building blocks https://plainenglish.com/expressions/building-blocks/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:11:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/building-blocks/#comment-4673 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 19:16:53 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=17182#comment-4673 In reply to Cemre.

Great – you can probably just say, “building blocks of a healthy life” but this is a good example

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By: Cemre https://plainenglish.com/expressions/building-blocks/#comment-4669 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 15:47:19 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=17182#comment-4669 Having good friends and relatives and of course, a true partner are building blocks of a healty future life.

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/building-blocks/#comment-4606 Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:42:24 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=17182#comment-4606 In reply to Anikó.

I had to look up the word “lithosphere” but it seems like what you are saying is true. You can double up “building blocks” like you did.

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By: Anikó https://plainenglish.com/expressions/building-blocks/#comment-4602 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:08:18 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=17182#comment-4602 Is that correct? “Minerals are the building blocks of rocks and rocks are the building blocks of lithosphere.”

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/building-blocks/#comment-4579 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:44:37 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=17182#comment-4579 In reply to Claudio.

Great example!

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/building-blocks/#comment-4576 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:43:13 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=17182#comment-4576 In reply to Gustavo.

For keystone…not exactly. Keystone is not a common word. But it’s usually the one piece that fits perfectly or the one (specific) piece that’s most important.

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By: Claudio https://plainenglish.com/expressions/building-blocks/#comment-4573 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 19:59:55 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=17182#comment-4573 To have good mental health we need to use our brain with useful things like reading books, studying another language, having a social life, etc. In my opinion these are the building blocks of good mental health.

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By: Gustavo https://plainenglish.com/expressions/building-blocks/#comment-4571 Wed, 31 May 2023 17:12:43 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=17182#comment-4571 Sorry for posting two times in sequence, but can I use “building block” as a synonym for “keystone”? Tks

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By: Gustavo https://plainenglish.com/expressions/building-blocks/#comment-4570 Wed, 31 May 2023 17:07:03 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=17182#comment-4570 Although “plaintiffs” is literally “queixosos” in Portuguese, from a juridic perspective, the best translation would be “Autores” or “querelantes”.

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