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Has something ever made your hair stand on end? I explain. This expression is the idiom make someone's hair stand on end which means "to cause  someone to be very frightened".

So, now, you already know what this expression really is, probably you'll agree that at least one time in your life, you felt like something made your hair stand on end.

It's not difficult really! Maybe a sci-fi film that you watched very late on telly or a friend or cousin that played a trick on you, made your hair stand on

Yes, it's an idiom, which means 'there is no limit to something'. 

You can use the idiom to say there is no limit to someone's success or achievement, for example, you can say 'The sky's the limit for anyone who really wants to excel at English'. 

The idiom can be so useful - it depends on how well you get it. You can also use it to say you can write whatever you want or talk about anything you like. 

However, that's not what I'm trying to say. What I mean is how much hard work we need to master En

Yes, 'gave you away' means 'showed something about you that was a secret'. 

Some members here on MyEC keep copying other's writing from the Internet instead of writing their own. They might have wanted to share what they thought was worth sharing, or they might have tried to fool us into believing the blog was written by themselves. 

But we're not allowed to do that -  not to copy a piece of writing from the Internet without the permission from the author. Don't plagiarize! 

I know it may be so har

Yes, Josef Essberger, the founder of both EC and MyEC,  just liked my blog post. That really made my day! What an honour - I do appreciate it!

I still remember it was Josef who invited me to MyEC -  I used to be active in the forums of EC.  Now, I've been so actively involved in MyEC, and really enjoyed being the blog mod(moderator). I'd also like to thank Tara, the former admin of MyEC, who thought I was such a keen learner of English, and recommended me for the blog mod. 

My English wouldn't hav

How ‘HE’  ‘turns tables’ on……:

Once a very rich but arrogant man was having lunch with his beautiful and gentle wife.  They heard the voice of a beggar at the door who was begging to give him the food.  The wife asked the permission from her husband whether she could give the meal to the beggar.  The husband very unwillingly allowed her.  When she came back after giving the meal to the beggar she found her husband not in good mood.  He was murmuring and cursing the beggar who disturbed him during

I was getting restless after waiting for Shiv for more than an hour. 

"I don't think he will come, Shoba. Just give up on him," my brother said to me.

"He might have got caught in the traffic," I told him without meeting his eyes.

"Then why didn't he call you and say so?" he inquired like a policeman.

"He may have called me. My phone is not working," I lied to him.

"Come on, face the truth, Shoba! If he is really interested in you why hasn't he come yet?" he wanted to know. 

I really had no answer f

Blog challenge: may/might/could have + a past particle (By Expector)

Where could he be?

"He might have been on line by now. I am waiting for him for an hour. Where could he be? He might have had some bad connection. Damn internet………..! I am missing him so much………..why?

We have met just for few hours if counts in total. There may have been some connection……..some unseen connection between us. He used to come online exact at 2200 hours……..very punctilious……this always surprised me, but now, something

Yes, this structure can be used to talk about the possibility that something happened in the past. 

For example, you can say 'Expector may/might/could have missed my blog.' (You're not certain whether it was actually the case, though.)

'Could have' can also be used to say there was a possibility of something happening in the past, but it didn't happen. For example, 'I could have been killed.' (But in fact you weren't killed.)

It's such a useful structure - let's try to create a blog to practice it.

Question: If someone offered to give you a free vacation trip anywhere in world, where would you go? Why do you want to go to this place? What would you do when you got there?

Source:http://www.enchantedlearning.com/essay/freetrip.shtml

I love to answer these kind of questions, because makes you imagine how uplifting is to travel. You know, it's like you've already had been there, that is, in your imagination you do have been to the places you wish before. We can even visualize the trip tour we co

Hello my friends,

what about to take another Writing Challenge? Let's make ourself smarter in kind of an interesting way because I am coming up with my this awesome idea :-) You might know, where your friends, you met here come from and where the country is situated in the map.. but what about to get to know something more about their country?

I think, it would be great to share, what your country is famous for. Be it something traditional or something you would surprise others with, just try to w

Hello little EC birds!

Have you ever felt like a stranger?
I guess the answer is: "yeah, sure!", because we all have been newcomers on any occasion: The 1st day at primary/secondary school, college, work… Do you remember now the feeling of not knowing anybody around you, and how nice and important was any small gesture of kindness, any friendly greeting or any nice smile towards you?

Sometimes a nice gesture that for you means nothing can be very important and appreciated by others who you don't e

Yes, it's an English idiom, which means 'manage to deal with responsibilities'. 

That's not what I'm trying to say, though. People here (where I live) use 'underwater' or 'dive' for those who keep reading or watching but don't bother to leave a comment or say something to show they're here/online.

They'll try to hide. Sometimes they failed to show up for weeks or longer. The thing is you can tell they are still online - you know they're watching. They must have had a good reason to do so - maybe t

"Cheese", or "say cheese" is what UK and US people usually say when someone is taking a picture, because it makes your mouth to show a 'smile-like' shape.

In the late 19th century, it was more nice to keep the mouth small, which led to photographers to use the phrase "say prunes" (so the 'duck face' is old like that!)

I've also heard another instructions like:
"Smile" / "Smile for the camera", "Look at the birdie" or "Act serious!"

But the interesting thing is to find out the common words said in

I forget

How to writing blogs,

How to make comments,

Nothing feel good to me.

ooh

I forget the taste of everything,

I lost interst in Writing blogs,

Now I fail to write proper comment,

what happened to me,

I don't know

Always I open site and check the page and logout..

I miss that Interest+fun+happiness which I was always found in writing blogs, reading comments, sharing views....

Feeling like I lost my talent+my Value in this site...:(

I thought always that i will write alot of nice/awesome blogs in this si

Did you ever wonder why someone failed to leave a comment on your blog? If your answer is yes, you're not alone. 

The majority of us here would enjoy the comments left by other members on our blogs. Sometimes you may have hoped to know a certain person's opinion about what you just wrote - you even thought the person was supposed to add a comment on it. You just kept waiting, but failed to see any comments by that person. Then you may have asked yourself, 'How could he/she have failed to leave a

R E F L E C T I O N

It is the bird that whistles the lovely voices
It is the forest that provides much oxygen for us
It is the sea that is rich in various kinds of marine lifes
It is the earth that we should protect from corruptness ...

It was jealousy that separated brothers
It was hatred that made two people hostile
It was grudge that brought on all the things possible
It was greed that caused the world war happen ...

It is for a peacefulness that we should respect each others
It is to get health

To put it simply, should we be creative or careful when we're learning or using a language? 

I assume 'be creative' means you don't need to abide by all the rules of a language completely. If it's right, do we need to learn all the rules? I wonder if it's possible for a learner to be creative when they're trying to learn or use a language. Or rather, do we need to learn how to walk before trying to run?

I may have failed to understand it 'be creative', jus as I failed to get it 'think in English'.

Did you ever wonder why some of the blogs were featured while others not? If so, you have a lot of company. 

When the blog is thought to be worth recommending

When the admin or blog mod thinks a blog is worth recommending or reading, the blog will be featured. Featured blogs are usually well written, interesting/fun, useful or helpful. 

Featured blogs don't have to be flawless or perfect

You may have found there were even mistakes (grammar, spelling, or other) in the featured blogs. It's quite possi

This blog is in response to Barbare's (the Way to the Moon) blog on the same topic. She said she would love to read my answers to these questions. So, here are my answers. Some of the answers may sound like cliche.

1. What do you like most in this club?  Why?

There are many things I like about this club. But what I like the most is the freedom it gives its members to be anonymous and yet at the same time being able true to oneself.

2. If you have the chance to speak to Josef Essberger about the sta

It was such a lovely day that I wanted to remember for the rest of my life. There was he with all his charms. And it was I who kept watching him.

The day we first met all he wanted to buy me was a  pink rose. But during that time it was not available. So It was a white jesmin that he handed me with a nice and innocent smile.

And then there was a ritzy restaurant  where he wanted to take me for supper. It was he who enchanted me by his talkativeness. Though later he told, it was I who spelled him o