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Xmas or Christmas
Here’s a holiday surprise that only the dictionary can provide. Do you find the word “Xmas,” as an abbreviation for Christmas, offensive? Many people do. You won’t find Xmas in church songbooks or even on many greeting cards. Xmas is popularly associated with a trend towards materialism, and sometimes the target of people who decry the emergence of general “holiday” observance instead of particular cultural and religious ritual. But the history of the word “Xmas”
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Santa Clause Quiz
Santa Claus is a jolly old man who brings toys
and joy to a lot of boys and girls on Christmas. The legend of Santa claus has
a long history, and there are some slight differences across various cultures.
For today’s English lesson, we’re going to have a quiz about Santa Claus.
Here are the questions:
1. Where does Santa Claus live?
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Enjoy the weekend
Idioms:
- A day
off – выходной день
- The
daily round – круг ежедневных занятий
- Take a
rest - отдыхать
- A well-earned rest – заслуженный отдых
- Leisure
time – свободное время
- Lady\gentleman of leisure – тот, кто не должен работать (юмор.)
- Have
one’s sleep out - выспаться
- Beauty sleep – сон днем; ранний сон (до полуночи)
понедельник, 15 декабря 2014 г.
English "Christmas" Collocations
‘Tis the season! With Christmas quickly
approaching, everyone is setting up their trees, wrapping presents, listening to carols, and getting ready
to spend the holiday with friends and family. Here are some
common English collocations that contain the word “Christmas”:
суббота, 13 декабря 2014 г.
Cold weather idioms
It’s freezing out there!
Do you like cold weather? Are you a fan of the winter? For today’s English
lesson, let’s look at some idioms and vocabulary related to the cold.
четверг, 11 декабря 2014 г.
at the doctor
Important words with examples:
pain
- Suddenly she felt a
sharp pain in her
neck / shoulder / waist / arm / leg / stomach.
- Take an aspirin to relieve the pain.
- Take an aspirin to relieve the pain.
ache
continuous pain; feel a continuous pain
continuous pain; feel a continuous pain
- I can’t sleep
because my head aches too bad.
- I have a terrible headache / backache / stomach-ache.
- I have a terrible headache / backache / stomach-ache.
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Rules You Need to Communicate Effectively
1) Simplicity: Use
Small Words
“Avoid words
that might force someone to reach for the dictionary… because most Americans
won’t. They’ll just placidly let your real meaning sail over their heads or,
even worse, misunderstand you. You can argue all you want about the dumbing
down of America, but unless you speak the language of your intended audience,
you won’t be heard by the people you want to reach.”
irregular plurals
Spaghetti [spuh-get-ee]
Next
time you dive into a hot plate of spaghetti, take a moment to appreciate
each individual spaghetto. The word spaghetti is from the Italian spago meaning "thin rope,
twine." It's amazing to think that this beloved, stringy pasta has been a
plural all along. Early on in its time in English, spaghetti was spelled
"sparghetti," as in Eliza Acton's pivotal 1845 cookbook Modern Cookery, but by 1885 the plural pasta
assumed its currently accepted form.
пятница, 5 декабря 2014 г.
Collocations with «make»
http://www.myhappyenglish.com/?powerpress_pinw=9526-podcast
Make is an interesting verb in English because it collocates with a number
of different words. For today’s English lesson, let’s look at how to use these
phrases with make in English conversation and writing.
She’s not interested in his excuses…
She’s not interested in his excuses…
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Englishman In New York
I don't take coffee I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on one side
And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
I'm an Englishman in New York
A story about confidence
Read and listen
to Jane’s story of confidence vs. insecurity. Try to guess what the bolded vocabulary
words mean from the context – then read the vocabulary section at the end of
the story to find the answers.
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Exposure Is 2014 Word of the Year
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"Make" with prepositions
Make is an interesting verb which collocates with a variety of
prepositions – in, of, with, from, and by. For today’s English lesson, let’s
have a look at how to use make with several prepositions in
English conversation and writing.
Here are the example
sentences:
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Pusillanimous
Today’s Word of the Day was chosen by 3 people this month! Mark H. from Union, OH said he chose this word because “it sounds like a
bad word but actually it’s a good descriptive word.”I Couldn't Care Less
четверг, 6 ноября 2014 г.
A blast from the past & remind
Remind is an interesting verb in English and has a few different uses. For
today’s English lesson, let’s have a look at two different uses for this verb.
I am also going to teach you the idiom, a blast from the past.
понедельник, 3 ноября 2014 г.
Be sick vs. Catch a cold vs. Have a cold
UH OH! SHE’S NOT FEELING WELL!
You can be sick, have a cold, or catch a cold.
суббота, 1 ноября 2014 г.
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