There's a small, cheap pizza shop across the street from your apartment. A friend is visiting you and asks if their food is good. The food is not fancy, but it tastes OK. You answer like this.
It's not bad... for what it is.
четверг, 2 мая 2013 г.
It's not bad... for what it is.
There's a small, cheap pizza shop across the street from your apartment. A friend is visiting you and asks if their food is good. The food is not fancy, but it tastes OK. You answer like this.среда, 1 мая 2013 г.
The pen is mightier than the sword
Examples: 1. If you force people to do something, they will always resist. Persuasion is much more powerful. The pen is mightier than the sword!
7 Useful Idioms
I have a cup of joeevery morning.
IDIOM #1: a cup of joe
- How to use it: You can buy, drink, make, etc a cup of joe.
- Explanation: Joe is a slang word for coffee and so a cup of joe means a cup of coffee.
понедельник, 29 апреля 2013 г.
Taking Things Out of Context
“Taking something out of context” is a great phrase and it’s a bit of a “high level” phrase. The “context” in which you say something is the situation in which you say it. Context is things like where, when, to whom, what were the other factors going on when you said it. When you take what someone said “out of context“, you are just saying a part of the story, usually to make the person look bad. It doesn’t give the full story.
суббота, 27 апреля 2013 г.
How to talk about the Weather
The weather is a practical topic of English language conversation. Not only does the weather influence our fashion choices, but it’s a common topic of “small talk”. The weather can be used as a good ice breaker to start a conversation with someone you don’t know well.Not all of America experiences the four seasons:
15 Grammar Goofs That Make You Look Silly
Grammar is one of the most debated subjects on the Internet. Trolls, know-it-alls and helpful grammar gurus all bring it up if they should stumble upon a comment, post or article that doesn’t really measure up to the English grammar rules. For someone who is not born or raised in a country where English is the native language, it can be hard to get the message across when you have to stumble along with grammar that doesn’t really make sense. However,
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