Popular Russian Idioms in English

-У чёрта на куличках. - In the middle of nowhere. 

Intensifying Adverbs

Intensifying Adverbs: Common Collocations

It was a bitterly cold winter morning.

Adverbs

Commencement address by Bill and Melinda Gates

Congratulations, Class of 2014!

Steve Job's Speech at Standford University

'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says

Myriad

I like myriad 10,000 Maniacs songs—"These Are Days," "Candy Everybody Wants," "Few and Far Between," and probably more that I can't think of right now. But do a few make a myriad?

The word myriad is derived from the Greek word for ten thousand and has long since come to mean “a whole bunch” or

Informal Business English

Informal Expressions

Here are some common informal English expressions and their meanings – with examples in short conversations!

1. stay in touch = to continue having contact with someone even though they are at a distance

“I really enjoyed meeting you, Mark.  It’s too bad you can’t stay in Brazil for a few more days.”

Synonyms

Idiom

The icing on the cake – Idiom meaning

First, before we look at the meaning of this idiom, what is icing?

Icing = a sugary substance used as coating on cakes or cookies (biscuits) to make them look better or to enhance its flavour.

The meaning of Icing on the cake

Idioms

Meaning of Couch Potato

A couch potato is a person who spends a lot of time watching television with little or no physical activity. They can do this either sitting or lying down on a couch (or sofa) or even sitting in an armchair. The idea is that they don’t move very much and a couch potato can sometimes be considered lazy or inactive.