The best way to learn proper English is to read news report, and watch news on TV. Watching TV shows is a great way to learn casual English, slang words, understand culture reference and humor. If you have already watched these shows then you may recall the words used in the following dialogs.

And you made it
all the way to me
with barely a SCRATCH.
Westworld Season 2, Episode 6

I went to the Asian market,
got the ingredients, made it from SCRATCH.
The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 19

- ...where the tow truck SCRATCHed my car.
- The tow truck didn't SCRATCH your car.
The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 9

Returned from all of them
without a SCRATCH on me.
Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 8

"Yeah, man, I can do better,"
so I started from SCRATCH.
Breaking Bad Season 3, Episode 9