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There was a boy who was always losing his temper.
His father gave him a bag full of nails and said to him,
“My son, I want you to hammer a nail into our garden
fence every time you need to direct your anger 
against something and you lose your temper.” 
So the son started to follow his father’s advice. 
On the first day he hammered in 37 nails,
but getting the nails into the fence was not easy,
so he started trying to control himself when he got .
As the days went by, he was hammering in less nails,
and w

My dear friends! As my previous test turned out to be TOOOOO easy for you, I have decided to come up with more complicated task. This time you should choose the right homonym.

Homonyms are words that are pronounced almost exactly alike but that differ considerably in meanings. So, your task is to choose the homonym that makes sense in each of the following sentences.

1. Why does moden music have such a strange /(a) affect, (b) effect/ on you?
2. Most buildings have /(a) stationery, (b) stationary/ walls

there is lots of fun in learning new languages , Specially English has a lot of fun and experience for me , I have learned my English not from any school nor language institute , I have learned it just through interacting with other English learner by Skype and other Stuff , During my learning journey i met very nice people from different country and culture who has same aim like me , in my opinion there is no specific path and method to learn new language except your own style therefore i deci

I noticed many my.EC members are using their real name. They write it fully, half of it, nick name only and maybe using abbreviation of their name. That’s no fancy for me, but when it comes to such a philosophy's name, I wonder why did that person choose that name. I hope I am not alone here so I post this to know if some people here feel the same with me. Long time ago I’ve got an experience relate to this, here is it.

Don’t judge a book by its cover, I think i should apply this idiom more often

Yesterday I was sorting out my papers and came across a sheet of paper with those notes that I had copied  from somewhere I don't remember. I even forgot that I had that list. I thought it was worth sharing . I wonder if you'd object to any of those rules:

1 Forgive
2 Always do your share and a little more.
3 A person never looks so tall as when he stoops to help another.
4 Smile when introducing yourself.
5 Have a firm handshake.
6 Be the first person to say "hello".
7 Always buy whan little kid

We all know that studying isn't that fun, well, unless you are a nerd. But you can always make it fun. And when you enjoy studying, there is a higher chance of learning more information then when you are just forcing yourself to learn something. But how can you make it fun? Easily. Check out these tips. I bet you will find them fascinating.

• LISTEN TO MUSIC

Well, you shouldn't play hard rock at full volume. But, still, if it isn't going to be a hindrance, why not listen tot he music you love?

• TRY US

My dear friends! I see you have some problems with using English prepositions. Tomorrow I will post the correct answers to the first test. And now, I'd like to propose you one more test on prepositions. Your task is the same: just fill in blanks with the prepositions only. Don't try to fill them with some other words like nouns, verbs, etc. Besides, you can't change the text.

So, here is your new task.

____ the summer, we went___ vacation ___ Miami. We stayed ____ a lovely motel there. ____ the mo

Homework is the part and parcel of every students’ life. This academic exercise begins at a very early age and continues till the student studies. Thus, one cannot escape from this work. This practice started in order to ensure students studying at home and indulging in self-study. Many times, the students do not pay attention to their studies apart from what is done in the classes and in today’s highly competitive times, it is not enough. Thus, the teachers assign work that needs to be done at

From the history most of the sensitive people have spent their lives sad. If you want to be happy Have the courage or just be insensitive. (Jon Elia)

I went to the sea

to ask about you

Climbed  steep mountains

to find you

Wondering into the woods

Asked neighbors

made several phone calls

Silence was there

Many days passed by

 Pretending to forget

Then the Summer breeze told me

 yesterday you went to the brook

to hear  my voice.

Aichi prefecture recruited six persons as ninja. When they advertised for ninja on the internet, 235 persons applied for the post and 85% of them were foreigners. Their jobs are to do publicity activities about Aichi prefecture like having photos taken with tourists and showing their performance as ninjas.

Also, one of employed ninja is a person in the U.S. He was recruited by reason of great performance, high ability in talking in front of people, and ambition for publicity activities.
You can go

It has been seen that the students pursuing higher education have to show and prove their mettle through a variety of academic tasks. They not only need to clear class tests and examinations but also carry out research work to show their in-depth knowledge on a given topic that is chosen from the subject that they are pursuing. Although, research is also a form of academic task but it is quite complicated and tough when compared with other assignments. The students need to have a lot of patience

One day 2 baby girl with an age of around 2-3 years old was lost from the ship. They were both carried by their fat mom. They came from Canada. That tragedy was a very bad experience since angel is the only one left from the middle of seashore with her mom, but someone told her that her mom was already dead. She was looking for her twin sister around 11 noon after she came to see a fat woman whom she thinks it was her mom.

It was around lunch time she was crying believing that her real mom was de

Navajo Hearing System Review

Heard a noise that can be heard for a long time and I talk on the phone and personally good are easy to contact friends and family the embarrassment of hearing range to improve your listening in noisy situations. New Year's resolution and ask you to consider the trial successful best results! We think it would be cool if you earmuffs, think again. If you work in an environment where there is constant loud noise, without realizing it, you may even harm your ear drum.

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Translating "biding document" to Chinese words its pronunciation sounds like "Biao Shu", funny thing is in Chinese words, "Biao Shu" can also refer to another meaning, a very different meaning, that word is "Uncle Biao" in English. Apparently, people call it like that just for fun.

The story behind:

Recently, Shanghai gov has announced a new traffic control policy. According to the policy, the cars(vehicles) which have not Shanghai local car plate are not allowed to drive through several main road

First off, I want to make a simile in order to clarify and highlight the importance of this blog’s topic. Motivation for humans is like petrol in the fuel tank of a car. It inspires the will power, instills hope into the souls, and keeps everybody encouraged to achieve their wants. Motivation is a pivotal necessity in our lives, and without motivation, we look like walking ghosts who are wandering aimlessly.
We have different goals in our lives and different motivational factors to reach these g

Accounting is an art of classifying, recording, summarizing, analyzing, interpreting the transactions and presenting the results thereof. The accounting involves keeping track of the transactions, which are monetary in nature. The financial transactions include the transactions, which are recorded in the terms of money. Accounting is the process, which needs to be performed in every business institutions or organization. It is of huge importance in the life of every businessman. Accounting is te