#1 – “Jeff wants to sing in the church choir, but he can’t carry a
tune.”
Someone who can’t carry a tune has
no musical ability; they can’t sing a simple melody correctly.
понедельник, 13 октября 2014 г.
воскресенье, 12 октября 2014 г.
13 Essential Literary Terms
Metaphor [met-uh-fawr, -fer]
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Aristotle wrote that mastery over the art of
metaphor is a sign of genius, but what does this ubiquitous literary term mean
in its most basic form? A metaphor is a figure of speech in
which a term is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in
order to suggest a resemblance, as in “She is a rose.” Excluding the
possibility that the subject of this sentence is literally a flower, this
example suggests that the subject possesses figurative extensions of qualities
or attributes of a rose, such as exquisite beauty or perhaps a prickly
disposition.
суббота, 11 октября 2014 г.
Jokes, anecdotes...
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I’m sick of being sick!
BEAR HUNTING
A: I say, I say, I say. What’s the best way to hunt bear?
B: I don’t know. What is the best way to hunt bear?
A: With no clothes on.
Conversational Phrase
You're cleaning the kitchen. Your
wife isn't helping you. You want to ask her to help, but you'd like to ask
politely so that you don't start a fight. You ask this.
среда, 8 октября 2014 г.
A Funny Story...
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A blonde goes for a job interview...
A blonde goes for a job interview in an office. The
interviewer decides to start with the basics. 'So, Miss, can you tell us your
age, please?'
Conversational Phrase
«You can tell by the way she carries herself and her tone of voice that she
comes from a well-to-do family.»
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