суббота, 21 февраля 2015 г.

пятница, 20 февраля 2015 г.

суббота, 14 февраля 2015 г.

Romantic idioms

EVERYONE KNEW THEY WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER!
Happy Valentine’s Day! For today’s English lesson, let’s have a look at some romantic idioms that you can use in everyday English.
Here are the example sentences. 
 Jack and Diane…

пятница, 13 февраля 2015 г.

четверг, 12 февраля 2015 г.

"As" for comparisons

Listen, Read along & Memorize
Paris was just as exciting as I had expected!
We can use as to make a comparison. As can be used to show that things are the same, or not the same. For today’s English Lesson, let’s have a look at how to use asto make comparisons in English.
Here are the example sentences. 

понедельник, 9 февраля 2015 г.

It’s no & there’s no

It’s no secret
= something is obvious; everyone knows it; everyone can see it.
It’s no secret that he’s in love with her. He constantly talks about how beautiful she is.
It’s no surprise
= something is logical/expected
He was always playing sports as a child, so it’s no surprise that he’s now a professional athlete.

воскресенье, 8 февраля 2015 г.

Let me get straight to the point

You're leading a meeting at work to discuss an important change in your department. You want to immediately start talking about the main topic, without much introduction or small talk. You say this to get the meeting started.
Let me get straight to the point.

"The point" of a conversation is the main idea that a person wants to talk about. In many kinds of conversations, including requests, stories, and discussions, people expect a "point", which is the main idea: