I found this list on www.world-english.org  i thought that it could interest some members here. All the words aren't new for me, but I had never heard those like "alacrity, arcane, brazen, demure"... 

I was surprised to see that some French words as "avarice" and "brusque" are also used in english with the same meaning and that many other have french roots. Amazing !!!

aberration

(n.) something that differs from the norm (In 1974, Poland won the World Cup, but the success turned out to be an aberra

They are in a very desperate situation, on the other hand war is going on the other side,

What about us ? What shall we do individualistically ?

And how to be sure whether our monetary aid will go to right address or not ?

We are still living in the untrusted conditions, there are so many questions we have .

I am so sorry for children and women in Somali. I am a little point in the world but still thinking of doing help.

I hope the countries which have powerful sources do help well as so built w

MyEC Member: Jenny

Country: Syrian Arab Republic 

Motto to live by: Do not give up.

Click:"Spotlight on an EnglishClub Lover" to listen to this interview.

Rajesh: Dear Jenny thank you very much for giving me the chance to enter for the second time in Writing Challenge #34. My questions start now.

Rajesh: I see that you are very active on EC, I read many nice blogs posted by you and I was impressed by some of your blog posts. So, Would you like to tell me something about yourself ? I really

My second visit to Singapore was Jun 9.  Reason was my daughter was infanticipating and she needed me to help around the house. I was excited to go and to see again the country I admired so much for its efficiency and cleanliness.

When I stepped down from the airplane, I knew I was out of my country.   From the airport, Singapore was so different.  Since I landed an hour after lunch, so, my children headed to a fast food restaurant - Burger King.  I was famished because I woke up early due to exc

      I love basketball very much. I play basketball for two times every week and enjoy it a lot. After the NBA final finished, there were no basketball games to watch. From then on, I looked forward to the Euro, America Championship starting, and during the championship games ongoing, which team winning the gold medal will get a straight ticket to the OLYMPIC in London 2012.

      Actually, I prefer to enjoying Euro Championship games, that is because they perform well like playing team games, s

HI I AM SANJU....FROM PUNJAB IN INDIA...... PUNJAB WORD MADE FROM FIVE RIVERS...

THERE WAS FIVE RIVERS IN PUNJAB... PUNJAB IS POPULAR STATE OF INDIA.. PUNJAB ALSO CALLED BY THE CASTE OF LION... THAT IS WHY I PROUD OF PUNJAB VERY MUCH... I AM PUNJABI JATT...THERE IS NO ANY FEAR IN PUNJABI PEOPLE(JATT) OF ANYONE... ALL PUNJABI JATT AS LIKES A LION...... THEY ARE ALSO HARDWORKING PEOPLE (JATT)...THE POPULAR DANCE OF PUNJAB IS BHANGRA AND GIDDHA...

BHANGRA IS PLAY BY BOYS AND GIDDHA IS PLAY BY GIRLS..

Today is Knowledge day in my country, and in other countries. All schoolboys, schoolgirls and all students start their studies. The schools organized festive meetings on the occasion of beginning of new school year. The colleges and universities have their first lessons. I also gave the first lecture to my students today.

I want wish to achieve much success in English to all us in this Knowledge day!!!

 1. Change
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.”

2. Control.
“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

3. Forgiveness
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”

4. Action.
“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”

5.

Thank you everyone for your nice caption on this photo I like all. But I can choose only one So,

Winning caption for this photo goes to teacher Tara: "I keep texting my girlfriend to join me at the park, but she says I've gone bananas."

"Having already stolen an estimated $150 billion of Libyan government money the West is trying to pressure China to release another $5 billion."

http://mathaba.net/news/?x=628401

"The only independent journalists in Libya were besieged in Libya for a week by NATO-backed Al-Qaida terrorists who waged all-out war against the people of Tripoli."

http://mathaba.net/news/?x=628397

"The London Guardian quoted [former] State Department official Heather Hurlburt admitting what should be widely known; namely that:
'I have not seen a whole lot of effort to keep defining this in humanitarian terms.'"

Find the above quote here.

MyEC Member: Nadiyah

Country: Indonesia

Occupation: Teacher of Citizenship

Motto to live by: True friend' scolds like a dad! Cares like a mom! Teases like a sister! Irritates like a brother! And loves you more than a lover ...

Special role on MyEC: Photo Moderator

Popular Blog Post: Photo Challenge#3: Thumbs up to MyEC

I would like to welcome you as our much loved Photo moderator of MyEC.

Nadira : In reality I understand you have majored in Law. What made you become a teacher in the subject of Citizen

Please give a title for this following photo. To make it more interesting. The title should contain title and a subtitle: Separated with a colon.

^_^

There are a number of phenomena in human wold today which owe their existence to the unexpected and unprecedented advancement in science and technology; and one of them is electronic media. No doubt about the fact that media in its electronic form is one of the most incredible phenomena in this modern age in terms of providing cheaper and faster information to people. I must say that even lexicographers would flounder for words if it comes to say something in the praise of electronic media and i

NATO commits massacre at Sirte razing the city to the ground

Images Emerging From Tripoli Show Carnage And Abuses By NATO Rebels

Hi, guys!

Allow me to introduce myself. My name’s Gabriel Sowrian. I’ve joined the “EnglishClub” in the hope it will give me an opportunity to get together with like-minded people.

I'm interested in learning and sharing thoughts on how to improve one's "Spoken English". Though my prime focus is the "Pronunciation" aspect of the language, I'd also love to hear from you about other components as well; Vocabulary, Spelling, Grammar, etc.

I'm sure you'll agree with me that learning should be a lifelon

Monday, Aug.22th, 2011.
I learned a very important point in the "Problem Solving" class. According to the professor, if you can not solve a problem, it means you don't have enough information to solve it. So, he emphasized that we had to add more information instead of saying, "I am dumb."

As I thought about it, I found two examples of two scientists that had a great impact on our society. One of them was a Persian physician, Ibn-Sina. Once he could not understand a medical book. He tried to r

First of all let's Congratulate to all star of this month.

DO THU HOANG YEN, Darius, Sarah Greek, Hala J.M, Ohnie, zozo, Rajesh

☎... You are

To MyEC Admin/Moderators or MyEC old members:
Hope you'll never mind my these questions. There may be same topics on MyEc if so kindly post the links.

First of all, after congratulating stars members, they have question, what/how is this ? I don't know?

1. How this function works on MyEC ( who is a star(featured) member) ? I was star member on May and ag

My you and your families always be healthy, wealthy and happy and May Allah always 

keep you in the palms of His hands

Your friend,

Manuela.