суббота, 30 июня 2012 г.

Top 10 Particular Kinds of Lovers


#1: Pyrophile

Definition:  one enthusiastic over fire or fireworks

About the Word:

The prefix pyro- has an ancestor in the Greek pyr meaning "fire". Pyro-appears in dozens of terms, ranging from pyrotechnics (fireworks) to pyromania (an irresistible impulse to start fires).

четверг, 28 июня 2012 г.

Present Perfect Continuous или Present Perfect?

English - Phrases - Listen and Enjoy

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Communication breakdown





ELIZABETH:
Communication with Stuart and I has completely broken down. But if he 
doesn't start cooperating with me, I'm going to be forced to make a decision, a decision that I don't want to have to make. But he's become obsessed 
with this Linderman project and he's falling behind in our other ongoing 
negotiations. I understand he wants to stand out, but he's starting to fall behind, and, if it doesn't get fixed I'm going to have to solve thisproblem.

Kaiser Chiefs "Ruby"

воскресенье, 24 июня 2012 г.

Architecture Terms


#1: Balustrade

Definition:

a kind of low wall that is placed at the sides of staircases, bridges, etc., and that is made of a row of short posts topped by a long rail

About the Word:

Both balustrade and baluster (which refers to the one of the vertical supports of a balustrade) come from the Italian word for the flower of the wild pomegranate, whose vaselike shape perhaps resembles that of some balusters.