President Obama

A Mother's Promise: Barack's Biography

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• NAME: Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.
• OCCUPATION: Lawyer, U.S. President, U.S. Representative
• BIRTH DATE: August 04, 1961 (Age: 51)
• EDUCATION: Punahou Academy, Occidental College, Columbia University, Harvard Law School
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Honolulu, Hawaii

• AKA: Barack Obama
• ZODIAC SIGN: Leo

Biography of Barak Obama

Madonna-Masterpiece Lyric

If you were the Mona Lisa

You'd be hanging in the Louvre
Everyone would come to see you
You'd be impossible to move
It seems to me is what you are
A rare and priceless work of art

A linguistic view of the world

PROFESSOR:

People possess the same physical organs for sensing the world: we have eyes for seeing, ears for hearing, noses for smelling. But does everyone really sense the world in exactly the same way? Two linguists, Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf, didn't think so. Sapir and Whorf believed that people's perception of the world depends very much on the language they speak. It's called the Sapir Whorf hypothesis.

The art of communication

NEW AGER:

The art of effective communication doesn't begin with talking, it begins with listening. How often, during a conversation, have you realized that the person you're talking to isn't really listening to what you say, but instead just waiting for you to stop talking, so that they can start talking? Do you know what I'm talking about? They don't make much eye contact, they fidget, their body language is cold and uninterested in fact it seems they've got something else on their mind. You see, listening isn't just something you do with your ears it's something you do with your mind, your body and your soul.

Bounce Back

Bounce Back   If someone is able to “bounce back” from a situation it means that they overcame  or recovered from some kind of negative situation.

L - slang words

Twitter Slang

CU tomorrow.
Meaning:

cu is short for “see you”. It roughly means

“I will meet you again”.

My sister just called, brb.

Communication and gender

NEW AGER:

Have you ever seen one of those nature shows where you see males fighting in order to gain the upper hand or more simply gain a mate? , and where the female of the species is looking after the young? While many would acknowledge that every person is different, some suggest that this basic pattern seems to carry over into the human species. Men would compete against each other to win the women, and compete against nature to win their dinner. For men, winning meant staying alive.

Do the translation & answer the question

Young Guys Dating Older Chicks

I was just looking at some pictures of Demi Moore on Google images.  She just turned 50!   When she was  young, she was arguably one of the hottest or best looking actresses in Hollywood.  

What's your opinion?

According to Britain, this 18-year-old girl named Florence Colgate has the UK's most beautiful face as she won a "Britain's Most Naturally Beautiful Face" contest recently. What do you think?

Tough Call

In English, if something is a “tough call” it means it’s difficult or impossible to know what is the correct answer or opinion.
Some examples will help make this more clear: “I’m really not sure who is the better tennis player between Federer and Nadal.  It’s a tough call“.

“He still loves his wife but they have a lot of problems.  He’s not sure if they should stay together or get a divorce. It’s a really tough call.”

“Those two girls are both really hot.  I’m not sure who I think is better looking. It’s a tough call“.   I hope that helps!

Oxymoron

«Оксюморон»  - с древнегреческого - «умная глупость».
Разумеется, такие словосочетания, есть и в русском языке.
Например, «звенящая тишина». Вообще-то тишина предполагает полное отсутствие каких-либо звуков.  Как тогда она может звенеть? :)
Или вот ещё:  «страшно красивая»,  «красноречивое молчание»…
Теперь давайте посмотрим, как выглядят «противоречивые» словосочетания в английском:

1. Found missing - найден недостающим, отсутствующим, пропавшим