Despite introduces a contrast between what might normally be expected and what actually happens. It is especially useful when one fact seems as though it should prevent, change, or weaken…

Something is difficult when it requires considerable effort, skill, thought, endurance, or persistence to do, understand, solve, or manage. A difficult examination may require advanced knowledge. A difficult climb may…

To encourage someone is to give them confidence, hope, support, or motivation so that they feel more able or willing to continue, improve, or take action. The word can describe…

Someone is eager when they strongly want something to happen or strongly want to do something. The word usually looks forward. An eager student wants to begin learning, an eager…

Something is effective when it produces the result it is intended to produce. An effective treatment improves the condition it is designed to treat. An effective advertising campaign changes the…

Important describes something that matters enough to deserve attention, consideration, or action. A decision can be important because it has serious consequences, a tool because it is necessary for a…

Because is one of the main words English uses to answer the question why? It introduces the cause, reason, or explanation for something, as in The match was canceled because…