Look forward to...

the stork brings the baby

- And this is my office.
- What do you do?

Bored, boring, etc.

It, this, that

We use it to refer back to something that was just mentioned, talked about, or written. It is a pronoun, and it replaces a noun used in the previous sentence. When you use it, there is no special nuance or emphasis: I went to Jack’s party last night. It was so much fun. It replaces “Jack’s party.”

Wait

useful expressions

У нас что-то ломается или выходит из строя.
1. Представьте, что во время путешествия вы возвращаетесь в свой номер в отеле и обнаруживаете залитый водой пол в ванной. Как объяснить администратору отеля суть проблемы?
Например, так:
«The bathroom’s flooded in my room» – «У меня в номере затопило ванную»
Или вот так:
«The pipes are leaking in my room» - У меня в номере трубы протекают
2. А если вдруг в номере нет света?

"free" idioms

Free and clear - без денег, без затрат

" I could never believe that Fred got his car free and clear." «Я не мог поверить, что Фред получил свою машину без денег.»

Free and easy - непринужденный, без формальностей

" Allan’s behavior in public places is free and easy." Поведение Алана на публике было непринужденным.

Free-for-all

Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water

This is an awesome “cultural” slang phrase here. Imagine you have a little lovely baby and your baby is taking a bath. The bath water will be dirty and you need to throw away the water. Of course it would be crazy to throw away your baby as well. You need to take you baby out of the bath, and only throw away the dirty water. This is very obvious and total common sense, but

Animal Idioms

Some More Animal Idioms

Cat and Dog Idioms “Look what the cat dragged in” - something you say when somebody arrives looking dirty or as if they have been in a fight. “She’s going to have kittens when she finds out” - another way of saying that someone will be very angry. The “underdog” – The team or player that nobody expects to win “Working like a dog” – To work very hard or very long   hours

English Idioms: Animals

English speakers like to use idioms to make their language more colorful.
Have a look at fun Animal Idioms illustration. Discover how to go wild with your English learning!

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Adjective Clauses (Relative Clauses)

Happy is a dog who loves to sleep!

As you know, an adjective describes a noun and comes before the noun. For example:

• I met a nice man. Nice is an adjective and man is a noun.

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs – Infographic

Verbs can be attached to other words, like prepositions, that assist them to create phrases. Groups of words consisting of a verb and its friends are called “verb phrases”.

This helpful infographic explains how this works and gives you a few examples.

Wrap Up

Phrasal verbs (two words that work together to have one meaning) come up in many English conversations – and there are even some that can be used for different things!

Do you know the different meanings of the phrasal verb, “wrap up”?

1. wrap up: to cover in paper to protect or hide something

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