Weather Words You Need To Know

Amazing Weather Words People talk about the weather all the time. It's a constant in our lives. That said, we present this list of 10 weather words we think you need to know. We tried to focus on winter weather, but then we'd have to leave out haboob, and that just can't happen. We won't include the swear words you mutter under your breath as you shovel off the driveway for the fifth time this month, either. Remember the first day of spring is March 20.

Common Mistakes with Prepositions

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"I'm from a different planet"

Today on English @ the Movies we talk about the saying "I'm from a different planet." It is from the movie "The Space Between Us." It is about a boy who grows up on Mars, but falls for a girl on Earth. What do you think "I'm from a different planet" means? Watch the video and find out!

Food Idioms

Nutshell [nuht-shel]

The term in a nutshell refers to a short description, or a story told in no more words than can physically fit in the shell of a nut. But the origin of the term tests those limits with the most longwinded of tales. The ancient Roman encyclopaedist Pliny the Elder claimed that a copy of Homer's The Iliad existed that was small enough to fit inside a walnut shell. Almost 2000 years later in the early 1700s the Bishop of Avranches tested Pliny's theory by writing out the epic in tiny handwriting on a walnut-sized piece of paper and lo and behold, he did it!