вторник, 10 декабря 2013 г.
понедельник, 9 декабря 2013 г.
Idiomatic Expressions with GO
http://www.espressoenglish.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/10-expressions-go.mp3
#1 – go into overdrive
= start working very hard (more intensely than normal).
“Every year around Christmas, my department goes into overdrive – there’s so much work to do.”
#2 – go off on a tangent
воскресенье, 8 декабря 2013 г.
Holidays collocations!
The end of December in the U.S. is known as "the Holidays".
The word "holiday" can mean any holiday, from religious holidays
to national holidays like (in the U.S.) Independence Day and Memorial Day.
However, "The Holidays" means the time around the end of the
year. One reason that English speakers call this time of year "The
Holidays" is to avoid simply calling it "Christmas".
пятница, 6 декабря 2013 г.
Learn word combinations
Year Of English
Words that have similar meanings are called "synonyms".
In the past, you may have tried learning lists of synonyms at the same time. For example, you might look at this list of words that are synonyms for "good":вторник, 3 декабря 2013 г.
I can't stand...
You're talking about men with a group of girlfriends.
Everyone is talking about what kind of men they don't like. You tell them about
a quality that you don't like in men.
I can't stand it when a man doesn't trim his nails.
Ways To Use 'OF'
This apple pie was made of the freshest ingredients
A lot of students say that the preposition of gives them a lot of trouble. I agree that of can be tricky to use and I’ve been thinking about how we use it. For this English lesson, I am going to show you how we use of in an English sentence. Are you ready?
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