Gift or present?
The words
"gift" and "present" mean the same thing, but which one to
use depends on the occasion. These are the most common collocations (word
combinations) for each holiday:
a
Christmas present
воскресенье, 15 декабря 2013 г.
суббота, 14 декабря 2013 г.
Listen & Repeat
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
She sells seashells on the seashore.
The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure.
So if she sells seashells on the seashore,
Then, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.
Pronunciation Practice
Finding English pronunciation tricky?
Having problems with English pronunciation? Well, don't be too hard on yourself
- blame the language! Is it any surprise people have problems speaking English
clearly when we pronounce words like 'once' with a /w/, but then ignore the /w/
completely in 'answer'. Why on earth are words like 'Wednesday' pronounced as
'wensday'? And what about 'creature' with 2 syllables but 'creation' pronounced
with 3?
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
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