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The idea or rather the sign came to my thoughts spontaneously when I was reading setareh’s comment on my blog “My balcony garden” before finishing the post, I found that our stories are enormously similar. In other words, she inspired me! So I told myself why not share mine here.. Really I'm sorry for your fig tree, by the way me too, I missed a tree like you do, I have the same souvenir but it concerns
a grapefruit tree.

When I was approximately 5 years old we had a grapefruit sapling in our sm

Becha you're saying, "Yeah, right. Only in a parallel universe." And you're right! But think about it: You're a beautiful vase, a nice glass of wine or just a simple egg! Hey! Hey! Don't giggle. Let me finish. That hammer, that brick or that baseball bat represents all the problems, concerns or anxieties in your life. And you have to deal with them one way or another. Are you gonna give up and shatter into a million pieces or are you gonna 'kick it in the a**'?

P.S. A "good egg" is an expression.

My dear friends! Today I am up to no good!  Ha-ha! I am going to offer you one more writing challenge with the idiom TO BE UP TO! It is not as easy as you may think because this idiom may mean different things depending on a noun following it. Of course I am not going to keep you in the dark and will explain you a few uses of this expression.

to be up to something/tricks/mischief - to plan some unexpected action we shouldn't do.

to be up to high doh - to feel nervous, to worry.

to be up to no good

Talking about the stock market, the first thing may come to minds is easy money some people get in stock markets. But this is only one side of the coin. The stock business can be risky, too; and you may lose your money all of a sudden. To be a successful investor, you should have a good knowledge of stock business or you can simply hire a stockbroker. I’ve never been to the stock market before. But as a learner of English, I’d like to learn some stock market vocabularies and share them with you,

        Teacher Expector gave this challenge..And it made me crazy…: to correct mitran..lol…I wonder…why he didn’t use these words : to correct mitran’s mistake. If he used like that then nothing happens. Now, because of him…I will understand the word “correct mitran” with another meaning.

(“to correct” is : to repair, to fix.)

        I love my face, body, skin…I love all. Although those are not perfect. But I accept it. Sometimes, I look at the mirror and find out…  I have a pretty face lol..lol

                   My first contact with English was in my middle school. I had been taught by a wonderful teacher by whom I was deeply inspired. I adored her fluency and tuneful pronunciation to the extent that the passion of being an English teacher had dribbled in me.

                   I worked hard to learn English Grammar step by step. However, a problem hindered me. Despite the fact that I had excellent marks and got involved in some internal competitions, I was still unable to speak Engli

Today many of my friends arrange an Iftar party. Its makes us join again in a place, on the other hand it intensify s our relationship again. we could share views and opinion each other. And asked question that was unknown to oneself. we took snaps , group photo and selphy then post it facebook that reached other friends who could not join us. Some of my friends with spouse, we were happy to got them as a new friend. sometimes we usually arrange such event and invite our friend over phone and fa

May it be a hotel room or your own room in your own house; you would want it to go perfectly with our taste and requirements. For you would be the one spending most of your time there.

Here’s the rules, never fall for the sweet words your renter is bringing about. He wants to coax you into his trap, like all other customers before you. Make sure you have checked very possible alternative provided in the vicinity. Note down the prices, because they should not be varying much. Make sure you use boo

Friends this is my first post on EnglishClub hope you'd like it

     Tomorrow is my birthday and also my first exam of final term. We friends have this tradition of throwing each other surprise birthday parties since last year. Today in lunch break I tried to read their faces whether they have something up their sleeves or not,but couldn’t figure out anything as they were all busy talking only about tomorrow’s paper. Either they are quite good at keeping things secret or I am going to lose this

        A successful businessman is having his  mission. He wants to eat a breakfast in his private room so he calls  a waiter and asks him to do it. The breakfast must be:

        2 eggs are burnt. One “insipid” cup of coffee, some vegetable faded, some breaks as cry as bone. And you don’t need to serve when I eat. Otherwise, you can ask me to take a sugar box or salt for you. It doesn’t matter. Got it?

        The waiter is surprised. He asks a man: “Sir, how can I do like that. It’s my obligati

Now, all muslims in the world are fasting, refrain from all things that can cancel it, refrain from eat, drink, angry, lust, including talking about people or gosip, we do this from dawn to dusk.

For me, there are some things that only met in ramadan.
the first, our environment become quiet and more friendly, because everyone trying to refrain their emotion, no angry, etc.
second, i feel happiness come from every people who fasting, especially when they are waiting for break fasting, everyone happy

You Are Not an Accident

I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born. Isaiah 44:2a (CEV)

God doesn't play dice. Albert Einstein

You are not an accident. Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it. Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God. He thought of you first. It is not fate, nor ch

Hiya, folks!

I bet these riddles are tough enough to test the resolve of the most skillful conundrum crackers. Looking at you Onee-chan! Then again, anybody who thinks these brain teasers are his bag; gather around, get comfortable, limber up those mental muscles and get ready to kill the beast! Ooh, too much drama. And hey, no cheating! 

Let's get cracking!

A)              

16         06         68          88        ?        98

Find '?'.

B)

1

11

21

1211

111221

312211

Find the next number.

Story of my life.

Yes, we encourage you to help (to) correct each other. I hope you'll agree it's worth it!

When you try to correct each other/one another, you should make sure you really know the ropes. Leave what you aren't sure about uncorrected, for example, if you're not sure about 'part of something', then don't assume the sentence 'Making mistakes is part of learning' is incorrect. 

I suggest you look it up in a dictionary if you're not sure about a collocation, a word or an idiom. Your English improves whil

My dear friends! As I have nothing to do while my wife is so busy swearing Russian at the construction workers repairing our Kiev apartment, I have decided to post a grammar test using Tanya’s materials. Please, be sure, I have consulted her and will do it any time I am not sure how to explain your mistakes. I think you already know such tests. I am posting 15 sentences.  There is at least one mistake in each sentence, but there may be more. The mistakes are not underlined. So, your task is to f

Every child loves birthday party and presents, so I always have something up my sleeves to catch my kids off guard. Once we were on a trip; it was their birthday but it seemed like they had forgotten it. So  when we came back from sightseeing  I asked my sister to take them to yard and keep them busy, then my husband and I went to a confectionery and bought some balloons, a birthday cake, candles and of course presents . I will never forget their happy face as soon as they entered the room.

Ella was worried about her Broken frame yesterday.. When Emma (her elder sis) saw her worried about her frame.. She said to her that You can make frames at home, too.. don't be sad.. She gave her many amazing ideas making frames in home. Ella hugged her happily and whispered "You always has something up your sleeve".

<My first attempt in idiom challenge>

I bet nobody is really happy to be corrected, even though they know it's helpful in improving their English. 

Sure, I'm no exception - it can be so frustrating when I know somebody has corrected me. I've been learning English since I was little, and I'm the blog moderator of MyEC, a well-known English learning and teaching website. Can you imagine how frustrated or disappointed I was when I knew I was still making mistakes?

"No, no - I'm supposed to speak fluent English and my English writing shou

             I was driving . I stopped at the red signal . There was nothing to do then I  looked at green grass along a road moving like strong waves in the sea . Trees were been shaking by the strong wind . The sky was grey . I was waiting for green traffic light . My car moved after the green light shone . Suddenly it rained . After the rain , I saw the first rainbow at 6.36 pm . It was 167 days of 2016 till the first rainbow showed up here .

             That was the perfect 180 degree rainbo