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Ish? What the :P is that? If you’re not familiar with this term yet, don’t worry. You’re not alone. Don’t be fooled by it either because you may know ‘-ish’ as a suffix (a group of letters found at end of a word and used to change or modify its meaning), but this word is actually a form of a very short reply.

Ish is an adverb used in informal conversational English which means ‘slightly’ and regarded as a reply to a question. And if you’re into English TV shows like I do, you’ve probably heard th

Following is my another blog became alive from my thoughts on the motivation of Eva's Writing Challenge)

I phoned her whether she would be able to come to see me.  I was wondering if I might be turned down, but instead my request was wonderfully accorded to.  I was surprised how could it happen, in spite I was hoping it to be happened that way.  She never responded to me like she did that day.  I was afraid she might not feel the pleading in my request.  I was thinking, trying to understand her i

I heard this story from one of my uncles who was a brave man instead of a  chicken like me!

The story is....

One late evening my uncle was getting back from his elder sister's house. His sister lived in a  village and he (my uncle) lived and did a job as a school teacher in a big city. But, during that time he was spending his winter vacation in their village farm house.

That day the weather was good, my uncle's farm house was situated 5 km far away from his sister's house. and, he decided to get b

Juggernaut

In the middle of the night I woke up lying on the path in the dark forest. Suddenly I heard the steps coming - almost running to me. But I could not see him clear. Just two X-ray eyes on the background of the dark silhouette. Somebody was approaching me. My heart beat increased and fear took control of me. In a while it all stopped and I could finally see, who was in front of me.

Two legs were sticking out of the ground. And before I asked myself "What the -_-?", one eye on the each of

Between Night and Day.

When the sun goes down for sleeping,
says "Goodbye, Day" with colorful light.
The sky looks as if it is bleeding,
before it kisses the dark of the night.

When fast the shadows will be growing,
and darkness is wrapping the land,
then all of the stars starting glowing,
and walk with the moon hand in hand.

And the lights turn on in the buildings,
like the eyes of the cats in the dark.
Can you see the lights in the windows,
lovers walk hand in hand through the park?

The trees will be washi

Being a professional translator in the 21^st century has become a double-edged sword. On one side, you have a profession that you know and love, offering you a secure income when everything else failed to do it for you. On the other however, you have translation technology tools, automated applications and algorithm based systems that can sometimes do it much faster than you, taking your job away in the process.

With that said, what does the future hold for translators and translation productivity

This blog is dedicated to Luci because of her question about the McDoos. It's about a national Syrian food that I mentioned in my previous blog. 

McDoos is some national stuff of food we do in Syria. We do it one time per year in the season of eggplant flourishing (almost in September), and then we store and pickle it as a provision for the whole year :D

I will give you the real ingredients which we usually do for a year provision of Mcdoos. And this will be sufficient for consuming of an average

Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world with a population of 38 million of which nearly half live in Buenos Aires.  It can be characterized as an urban population that has managed to coexist with the well-to-do and the working class in a state of “live and let live.”

The majority of the population remember the economic collapse prior to the 2001 Peronist era of the Kirchner Presidency and do not trust the banking institution.  They would prefer to keep their money under a mattress or

This is a true story and I have witnesses who will assure you that this really happened at the house. It happened with my younger sister. We were in our teen years and summer vacations were going. During those days our state was struggling with power crisis and almost every night power was cut for 8-12 hours, yes that is almost all night. 

As I said it happened with my sister, she was quite a tom boy and always tried to prove she never fears with anything. So we have a big 2 story house in villag

Wearing a witch’s costume and high-heeled knee-long boots these days has reminded me of my favorite comfortable clothing I prefer to all others. This style won most of young hearts long ago but now it is about to become one of the most popular among people of any age.

I mean sportswear style. Such clothing was already known when I was a kid but it was worn only by sportsmen at the stadiums or in the gyms. Little by little, it came out onto the streets and we started calling it street wear. Now, i

Yes, a blog mod or the admin may try to feature some of the blogs posted here every day.

You may have wondered why your blogs failed to be featured or why some of the blogs are featured!

A blog mod may tend to feature the blogs that are readable, interesting, with few or no grammar mistakes. Yes, you bet the blogs must be written by MyEC members themselves, not copied from the Internet or plagiarized. Featured blogs may not be related to English learning or teaching but there are some taboos (sex,

This is a real story that happened to me when I was teen. And it was something very horrible and terrifying that I am still carrying it on my memory and body. So, you can see here that it's a real horror and not just a game or a fictional story.. I hope it would not cause you any real problems in life, if you would have to pass by it in future... 

Story began in one of awesome autumn nights, everything was going awesomely.. it was quiet... sometimes it was busy to the extent that you could never

If only you have a thousand words, and if the words are over you die what to do

Trick or treat! Halloween is coming and what an appropriate time to share with you an English expression that something related to the dead.

The expression ‘as dead as a doornail’ simply means something is very dead or totally dead. It’s obvious that it’s not moving. According to BBC Learning English, this expression was commonly used during Shakespeare’s days. Other notable writers such as Charles Dickens included this expression in their books. People might have integrated doornail because it’s

Let me tell you a story I got from a friend. It just happened a few months ago. I use fake names as I also don't know the real name. :p

Let's say all kids are cute. Livia was in grade 4. She was really a fan of a little boy in grade 3, Patrick. No!! She wasn't only a fan. Ssst!!! She fell in love with Patrick. LOL... As she couldn't hide her feeling, she decided to make a letter. OMG!! In this era, a letter? A dangerous evidence! :D :D It was a 'love letter' that she wanted to send to him. Unfort

NO GOODBYE

I just realized that I did not say goodbye because I don't want to.

I continue my life and stay strong because I have to.

Life goes on and you have to let go. 

But please I don't want to say GOODBYE.

I know I am being too selfish , but please give me this moment to relish and remember You.

How I love and miss you. 

Your love, thoughtfulness and care.

I know you are in better place now :)

Still I don't want to say goodbye 

because you remain in my heart.

Love, your daughter

''Nowadays everybody wants to be different so why not a witch!, and to be honest watching  scared people and  listening to them scream every now and then  is rather boring,'' Natalia was thinking in this way last night while she was resting on a tall Palm tree after having her dinner. " But, what can I do ?, Nata asked herself.

Nata is a very wicked witch who lives on the palm tree near a school play ground and likes to scare people specially kids. And, due to her foul work kids stopped playing h

I was in a dense forest on MyEC Island, somewhere in the world. There were so many people and I didn’t know them so well. However, it is they who accompanied me there in happiness and laughter for 3 years. I was so kind and beautiful (LOL *kidding) that many people liked me. But since that day, everything has changed.

One morning, my body was transformed into something scary. Some sharp small swords grew in my both hands. I may not realize that I hurt people around me. My ears and nose were getti

Since ancient times witches have been protecting and caring of nature. One of the main ways of protection and care of nature is the Sabbath but it can't be possible without a special ritual which includes cooking the powerful magic elixir and the main ingredient of the elixir is the fern flower.

"You are late... I have almost finished my decoctition. Where is the root of mandrake?" Asked Sabrina's mother Ophelia when young witch came home. Sabrina gave it to her mother and tried to escape as fast

I had no idea, what happened. I woke up and heard some steps running to me. Me...alone...in the middle of the night lying on the path of the dark forest. I can hear my heart beating… beating so fast that I have problem to catch my breath. Suddenly weird flashbacks enlightened my mind and I was able to recall some of the sequences…

Me and my friends in the forest playing this silly game. All were blindfolded, all were trying to find one another and then... it happened. Linda started yelling so lou