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(The phrases on the left are incorrect, the ones on the right are correct)
1: Nip it in the butt vs. Nip it in the bud
2: I could care less vs. I couldn’t care less
3: One in the same vs.One and the same
4: You’ve got another thing coming vs. You’ve got another think coming
5: Each one worse than the next vs. Each one worse than the last
6: On accident vs. By accident
7: Statue of limitations vs. Statute of limitations
8: For all intensive purposes vs. For all intents and purposes
9: He did good vs. He d
Sri lanka celebrated-her 66th Anniversary from the colonial British Empire today 4th February 2014
We got our independence and sovereignty on February 4th 1948, with no blood shed, the transaction was peaceful and the Island was handed to the first Prime Minister of Ceylon(as It was known formerly) Mr D.S,Senenayake amidst much pomp and splendor.
Up to this day the celebrations are held as grandeur and with religious blessings from all communities over the soverignity of our country.
We b
Interesting Facts in Easy English: The Army That Saved The Olympics
Discussion Question: Though snow machines are more reliable than Mother Nature, cold temperatures are still required to keep artificial snow from melting. Do you think global warming will put an end to the Winter Olympics in your lifetime?
It goes without saying we're living the hardest times for Mother Nature keep its auto-ability of adaptation in a world increasingly hot. So, if humankind really wants to carry on walking towar
Writing Challenge: Story By Numbers
Here's my story for this month's Writing Challenge. Thank you to Marisa for introducing us to The Giant Storymaker and Tara for presenting such a nice activity proposal . This story uses words and phrases found with #93.
My Story: The Mistake's Suitcase
Character: a Polish immigrant;
Place: greenhouse
Situation: a bomb threat
Objects: the wrong suitcase
Once upon a time , there was a Polish immigrant called Matias who was passionate about gardening. He lived i
Three things in life that can destroy a man/woman:
ALCOHL
PRIDE
ANGER
Three things in life that are most valuable:
- LOVE
- SELF CONFIDENT
- FRIENDS
This is another continuation of My Perth Diary.
Day Four : 1st Jan 2014
Happy new year, everyone. After a late night celebrating the new year in Mandurah, we decided to take it easy today. Everyone woke up late. We had not decide where to go, what to do. We will just go with the flow.
We agreed to meet up at the hotel lobby at about 9.30 am. After contemplating a few places and browsing through the map, we decided to go to the N
The recent turmoil in the heart of India i.e. Delhi has left no person unbaffled. No one can deny that there is a churn in politics and power equations are changing faster than ever before. There is a paradigm shift in perception about politics in almost every stratum of the society. The fervor of new politics is hovering over India and rules of games are re-written.
History is testimony that when ever some maiden came into politics, anticipations about its course of actions were hard to
Okay life sucks many times, I think we agree about that. But you've got also lot of reasons to feel happy, such as:
1. Eat chocolate. Or cookies. Or even better: chocolate cookies!
2. Take a picture of your feet. Why? I don't know, but it seems that's very popular. And it's just something silly to do! so you'll smile thinking: "omg why am i doing this silly stuff??".
3. Dance! That's the best way to cheer up yourself (and you can also work out, so win win) But yeah, I know what are you gonna say: '
Do you know about Bitcoin? This is virtual money which is circulated on the internet. This money isn't emitted by most central banks. I don't know the detail, but this money is made by mathmatics on some computers. I didn't know about this money until recently, when I heard a news story about its jump in worth. One Bitcoin was worth of one dollar in the beginning of 2013, but it was worth twelve hundreds dollars at the end of 2013. Its worth increased twelve hundreds times.
This money has some m
Here is my another attempt. This time I chose number 17:
Character: A pilot.
Place: a funfair
Situation: driving a car without knowing how:
Object: a Horse saddle
25 SECONDS – THE EXTRACT OF LIFE.
Razi a cadet pilot was on a training flight. He was normally following the instructions of his trainer in the control room, diving, flying higher then getting low altitude. Suddenly he detected that something was wrong with his plane, because it started jerking. He felt that as he was sitting on a horse
In spite of my fervor of travelling escort to many fold when I found same fanaticism in my hubby too. Every year we plan to visit a new place. He wants me to explore all the places which I never had seen before in my life. This time, we had designed our sabbatical in Nainital. Apart from Travelling, Driving is the second great obsession about my husband.
Reaching a place through own car was far beyond a fantastic adventure we had together. Left home by 4 in evening as we had downloaded a route ma
A Game to Play # Jumbled Words by Darius
Hello Friends :)
Can you guess what is the correct sentence?
"THING, NO, IS, IS, INTEGRITY, RIGHT, WHEN, THE, WATCHING, DOING, ONE"
Note: The winner is one who can find the correct sentence before the other players.
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Answer:
Answered by Ensieh
Well done Ensieh!
You are the winner :)
I think, Corruption is a term that refers the unethical utilization of the things (it can be anything like: Money, Power, Natural resources, authority, technical resources etc.). But here, The main question is that why people do this? Generally, We blame to Politicians,Bureaucrats or Businessman for the corruption, while reality is something different.
Do you people think we are not corrupt? Do you people think we do't use the things beyond its limit. Of course! We do,but we think that, that's no
My ten-year-old daughter was excited to take this month's writing challenge, too! She wrote this story tonight. She surprised me when she said: "It's a love story."
A Love Story by JP
a length of rope
a strange light shining in the dark
a full restaurant
a divorced couple
About a week ago, a young man named Bob brought his wife, Lindsey, to a restaurant. He wanted to do something special with her because that night was the night when he was going to announce that he loved somebody else. Yes, it ha
Click here http://thedoghousediaries.com/large/5414.png to see a larger picture (so you can check it out better)
Did you know your country leads the stuff this picture shows? What do you think about it?
By the way, if you're travelling to US, beware of lawnmowers!!
Why do people like gossiping?
People sometimes like to talk about personal or private affairs of others. Perhaps because they themselves feel insecure or unsatisfied towards a particular person and his or her behaviour.
There's no doubt that words can hurt. You need to be careful to what you say. If you haven't heard it from a reliable source , you could be spreading lies.
So when it comes to use harmful gossip think it over a
"Writing Challenge: Story by Numbers".
The number I chose is 21
Character: A man on the run (‘me’)
Place: A hall of mirror
Situation: Falling in love with an stranger
Object: An empty fridge
THERE IS NO LOVE WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY:
This is the story of ‘me’ (‘me’ can be everyone or anyone, ‘me’ just a representation).
I saw her on the road. I found myself staring at her. May be because of the warmth of my sight, I felt a jerk in her slim flexible body, (she might be a belly dancer). Sh
A boy never does homework in class to get punishment of bending..on his knees,in front of her bench just to see her for whole period.
Get scolding from his parents bcoz her reaches last everyday,just to ensure that she has reached home safely or not..
Skips his lunch and parents to be studying in the interval;just to see her eating the food..
Walk by foot to the home instead of taking a bus;just to save money to buy chocolates for her..
