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My dear friends! Today I am going to present the task teaching the difference between British and American English. So, I will post 15 British words and your task is to find their American synonyms. Of course, if you don’t know some given word, you may look it up.
So, here is the list.
'Any' can be very tricky to use. It's not uncommon for a learner to make mistakes when using the word 'any'. First, I'd like to give you some sentences for you to get the picture:
Have you got any books to read?
I haven't got any (books).
I haven't got any help, either.
Are you feeling any better now?
Any book will do - I just want something to read.
If any of them want(s) to join in the discussion, just let me know.
Is it any good/use crying over spilt milk?
So, you can see, 'any' is usually used i
It's been a while since I posted a blog in here. I missed writing, but after some time not writing anything, I guess my brain became stagnant. Thus, I just want to share a very poignant story which I read from the net. It's a poignant reminder to some of us, especially me, to seize a moment, even if it's a trivial thing. Sometimes, we never know if that small decision alter our perspective of lives.
Maybe some of you have read the story, but I hope you don't mind me sharing it in here. The origin
As an English language learner, would you prefer to practise with a native speaker or a fellow second-language learner? A native speaker, right? To reach this end, many people take part in language exchanges, which because of the internet and global travel, have become easier and easier.
However, it isn’t all plain sailing. You can meet all sorts of people; some you may not have a lot in common with; and others who aren’t as determined to progress as you are. Another problem can be, in spite
Dear Blind Man,how are you?Is darkness still haunting you.My brightness sun always save my day and night.I see you covered by mud and snow all over your body.Did you enjoy your coffee or milk that I made for you yesterday?Black and white is not matter anymore because they just look the same.Now I have my chocolate mousse trip to my office and my boss asked me to bring him orange mousse.Mr I hope we will see at each other in real world not just via online chat room.
Hello good afternoon.Now it's 1:00 pm and I'm listening to a talk show by famous presenter Sarah Sechan in Net TV. Sarah is my cousin's cousin.
It's my husband,Hendra.He is my soul mate and he was my 6th ex boyfriend who proposed me before his father died. So we held wedding party without my father in law.But my mother in law,Mrs. Titi told us that she saw her husband ghost looking at me and my husband when we sang together on a stage.
It's my lucky day coz my native friends from London came and
There was once a king and a servant. No matter what happened in life, whether it be good or bad, the servant would say, “God is good and almighty".
One day the king and his servant went hunting. The servant was in charge of loading the guns the king would use. Something went wrong, one of the guns misfired and the king lost his thumb.
Examining the situation, the servant remarked as usual, “God is good and almighty!" The king became angry, and immediately sent the servant to prison.
A year later,
Mothers are the necessity of invention.
Bill Watterson
AAHHHH! Legos!!! Scratch that. Giving birth!!! AAHHHH!!!
Illustrator: Natalia Sabransky
She's an Argentinian freelance illustrator. Her comics are titled "Mamá ilustrada," or "Illustrated mom," and her family members are the main characters in her doodles.
*This blog entry is dedicated to my mama; the first love of my life...
Dear friends! Having been teaching English for so many years, I see that many students have true problems with adverbs. I hope you will read what I have written and ask me questions if you have some. The following are basic grammar rules. Of course, in some particular sentences they may be violated because of this or that reason. So, I would like you to ask me the particular questions with examples, OK? Well, I am starting!
The greatest problem with adverbs is where to place them in a sentence.
He took one cigarette and inhaled it very fast. Then he took another one. He coughed and coughed again. The nervousness was clear. He tried to open the window to smell the fresh air, but he was not able to. Then he thought of reaching the phone to call her. That was also a failure. Then he thought seriously of opening the window, but to his surprise, he could not and his limbs seemed to fail him too. He began to cough again and again. His body began to shiver. His doctor had, thousand times, to
‘Yin and Yang’ is a Chinese philosophy that describes "how opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected and interdependent in the natural world."
This comes to mean that the opposites need each other to exist.
How could you know how good is a God if there is not an Evil to compare?
Good and Bad are complementary, and none of them can exist without the other. There is no God without Evil or Night without Day.
I've always liked this kind of philosophies...
For instance: Thi
'Every human being has a story and that is a reality and every human being is a hero of that story'.
So here is my experience of my this research...
Since i started researching on human behavior 'Who am i?' this was the only question which disturbed me a lot. i asked to myself and that confusion got converted into a kink. Because every-time my mind and heart was identifying me with a different character. I was confused in this world to identify myself, I believe in making own decisions, I thought
Yin was sitting in the patio and was looking outside. There was still snow in some places and in other places where snow was melt, it was mud there. She likes snow very much. While she was drinking her favorite drink ‘coffee with milk’, she thought why Yang and she couldn’t stop this old quarrel that who is the superior one and important one.
She thought about those days and nights when they were head over heels in love. Everything was beautiful back then. There was no darkness just brightness. I
Don't miss this competition !!
Hello dear friends
In this blog, I am going to make a competition between you guys. Hope you will like it !
In this contest, your task is finding the word related to each picture. The picture will help and guide you to reach the answer. The point here is that the word which you will find, MUST be an English correct word and can be found in the dictionary. The other point is that the word is reconstructed with the picture's elements (such as picture's colors, number
I have a thing for perfection. Sometimes I think it may be OCD. And yes, regretfully, handwriting is no exception. What did you say? "Who cares about handwriting these days? We can type. Kaboom! Problem solved." True, but you shouldn't dismiss the impact first impressions have on forming someone's opinion of you. What if a handwritten note takes the place of a face-to-face introduction? You sure that others won't judge you, hmm? That's what I thought.
That's why I've put together this list of rem
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Brittunculi, the independent music distribution outlet of British singer/songwriter Jonathan Taylor is (for a limited period only) allowing free download of the latest album: Sharman Taylor - Phantom Shells.
Brittunculi is an ancient Roman occupation word meaning: Nasty Little Britons. A Phantom Shell is a bomb dropped by military aircraft during WW2; in the wrong place with 'accidental consequences.'
Jonathan, who has written many songs for EC learner's, has
