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Hereby I d like sharing this issue about 20 common english idioms with everyone in EC. I hope you all enjoy:

20 Essential English Idioms for Sounding Like a Native

So you’re in an American bar.

It’s loud, but you can make out what people are saying.

You hear a fellow drinker talking about hitting books…

…another is talking about twisting someone’s arm…

…and it sounds like someone’s been stabbed in the back.

What the heck is going on?

You scratch your head and wonder why you’re still lost even though you

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Republic Day of India - 26 January

The Preamble of worlds longest written constitution which belongs to worlds biggest democracy goes like this -

"WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:

JUSTICE, social, economic and political;

LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;

EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all


FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity

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BELOVED

BELOVED

Come my darling hug me get me in your loving arms, let me rest my face on your soft bosom.   When I find myself in your hug it gives rest to my tired brain, restores the vigor of my body.  It is a gentle consoler having the power to drive away the sorrows of the wretched and banish the pain of torturous life.   O my beloved, though it is obvious for me to be consoled in your hug, but it is also mysterious how it happens that all sorrows and pains get vanished when you take me in your hug.

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I don't know how to call this poem.

Be the good that people want to see in you

Do the right that people want you to do

Say the things that people want to hear

And then they love and they worship you…

 

Never show when your heart is aching

And the feelings must die unseen

You are fake… and you’ve always been

Only what people wanted you to be!

 

You say it’s painful? So what… forget it!

You must feel only what’s right to feel.

 

Be the shapeless so they can shape you

Be the voice that they can speak.

 

Be not yourself, for that’s what painful

To fee

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ALMOST OVER YOU MUSIC

The Time I Said Stop

written by: MARIE LORABELLE F. REBOYA

Stop using me & imitating me,

when I decided to stop 

please do your best shot till it last.

Make up your mind 

and decide one.

It is over & stop using my name

don't make me feel lame.

Stop being a selfish,

please decide now &

start to accomplish.

I was relaxing & patiently waiting,

until you came just to ruin everything.

All of us were in chaos, 

& now were both confuse.

I said to stop,

& listen to my feelings.

I stop believing & fig

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ALLAH'S WILL

ALLAH’S WILL

Yes it was and always there prevails ALLAH’S WILL.  Call HIM with whatever  name you like, God, Bhagwan, Eshwar, Aizad, Khuda, I prefer to call HIM, ALLAH.

She was a very intelligent, bright, wise and gentle girl.  She had all the qualities which make parent proud. The only daughter in her family.  Did her Master’s and got job in a government college as lecturer of 17th grade.

She was cooperative and helpful.  Everyone in the college was happy with her.  Students as well as fellow teac

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Blog Challenge: Cleft Sentence

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

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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

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It’s been recorded in Hujjatullahi ala al-Alameen and Taarikh Ibn Asaakir that 1,000 years before the arrival of the Holy Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam, the King of Yemen (Tabaa Awwal Hamīri) assembled 12,000 of his scholars and officials, 132,000 horsemen, and 113,000 foot soldiers to accompany him on a tour of his kingdom. During this expedition, they arrived in the city of Makkah and were surprised to find none of its residents interested in coming out to salute them. When the king enqu

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All about me

Hello everyone!

This post is just for a pleasure to share with you, In this post just I've written a simple questions and answers about me, and a little anecdote with my daughter.

I hope you enjoy it!
thanks again for read my posts.
Best wishes!

♥ clic here → All about me Q&A

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Hi Everybody,

I would like to tell you about my hometown which is called Eskişehir. I grew up there until eighteen year-old. Also my parents live there since they were born with my two sisters. There are about a million people live there and lots of people work at factory. There are lots of factories which are different sectors. Also there's a big industrial zone there. If you want to visit my hometown then you can travel by high-speed train or bus. Unfortunately there is no civil airport there.

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Be creative or be careful

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'.

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I was sick that day when we were standing face to face in a risky rainy day. Though my head was dizzy as hell and there was unstoppable ringing in my ears, I forced myself to smile. His expression was stiff for knowing my smile was fake. A farewell was a pain, yet nobody smile on this occasion, if there was any, it must be a bitter smile, sourer than the sourest lemon.

I started to shiver,almost all my body got wet as if my rain cloak had no use at all. Droplets of water covered my face,  those w

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What do you think is the best section in EC that has made your English learning improved? Why?

The answer to this question depends on the learner’s purpose, interest and level of English. I joined EC in order to improve my English especially speaking skill. At first, I didn’t know much about all sections, and just visited forum section. I read discussions and comments and enjoyed. It was interesting to me.

Then I decided to start a discussion, after I started my first discussion, some EC members r

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I Was Sick That Day:

I WAS SICK THAT DAY:

“The plane took off today in the evening crashed in the mountains in North Region.”  This was the news I was watching on TV with shock.  My ears were ringing and mind swirling. 

It was last Friday, my boss was having a meeting and discussing the marketing matter. 

“MI you have to visit our North Region and help the regional manager to solve the problems he is facing with some dealers.”  

“Ok Sir, I make the arrangement and leave on Wednesday.” 

I made the booking of air ticket, a

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Be an international student!

More and more students tend to leave their homelands and travel abroad for studies and better job opportunities. In this article we will tell you some ways of planning and bringing your dreams into life.

 What is important to know? Firstly decide what your aim is. Either you want to go for studies or for work, or maybe you want to do an internship or even better you want to be a volunteer?

   Currently there are numerous programs that are looking for candidates for different work/study programs an

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THE SAD MOMENTS IN MY LIFE:

THE SAD MOMENTS IN MY LIFE:

 It is generally said that there are more miseries in human life than the moments of happiness. So as the same is with me. I also have sad moments in my life: 

I am born sick. I have so many health problems, but thanks Allah I am alive and active.

I could not get the higher education I wanted. I wanted to do master’s in engineering, but unsurpassable hurdles could not allow me to go ahead. Then I groomed myself in other fields, not very impressive, but okay. 

Because of s

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My favourite place

My favourite place is my hometown which is called Eskişehir. I grew up until four years old in my village which is called Turkmen-Tokat village in Eskişehir. After that my family moved city center because of my father's job. Every semester and summer vacation I used to go to our village with my sisters. Generally we used to stay at our grandmother's home with our uncle and cousin (mother's side). When we went to village in summer,we used to go to lake to swim and catch fish. Sometimes we used to

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Seekers Writing Prompt - A Failed Trick

To become a magician is one of my dreams. I got astonished for the first time by a warlock's performance, he was a man dressed in white, wore hat and a single eye glass on right. He just stood there on the stage, talked about something nonsense, I didn’t even think it was a joke. One by one, some pigeons came to him, he put them on his body while he was talking, first on his shoulder, head, hands and so on until all his body covered by the countless doves. Then, in a finger snapping, all the bir

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