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A wail

I should have been taken the heed so that I would not have been taken for a ride by her who put me on public trial.  I had taken a fancy that she was honest in her love and respect the dignity of her beloved. But the stock taken by me was shattered.  I should have taken off the world and hid somewhere before the matter of her so-called love of her had taken a turn for the worst. But now I have to take the bull by the horns or take it on the chin.  At the moment, I am very dejectedly taking

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Word Play : Idioms on "take"

Take the plunge if you take a fancy on something,

 take off and  take stock in your gifts, take heed so you won’t be taken for a ride

if  things take a turn for the worst, take the bull by the horns and take it on the chin

Take heart for soon luck will take a hint and take the edge off your problems

Once in a while take a backseat and take things in stride

 and when the time is ripe...

 take the world by storm... then... take a bow!

 

Meaning:  Take the plunge: to do something decisive

                  

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Travel with a false driver

one day i decided travel from iran to iraq i didnot have enough money to buy airplane ticket so i buy bus ticket always it takes from 14-16 Hours.  when i arrived to terminal to buy my ticket i took last ticket  and Driver was beside me 

he said : come to go we didn't have enough timeز

 I wondered at this time because every time We travel  by  Bus We Proceed  at 7 pm but in this time he wanted to Proceed 11 am.

i got in Bus and saw one man and two wamen and the drivers . suddenly he start our trip

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Best

What do we need from a friend?  What kind of person could be your friend? If I can choose my friend, I want a person with good manner, kindhearted and good looking. Cheer up my days and support whatever I do –as long as it’s good off course-. What can I do? I can’t choose my friend, neither me nor my friends choose. They become my friends because they meant to be. There was a saying “show me your friend and I can tell who you are” –to be honest I got this from Mishaikh’s blog-. I’ll show you my

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Expectation

Never keep expectation from others

because expectation just teach us to be sorry on others,

we tells them bad by keeping expectation

because we expect from them, when they do not fulfill our expectation,

then we got hurt-ed and  and feel sad...

but think for a while whether we should blame them for not fulfilling our expectation or

we should blame our-self for keeping expectation from them.

Expectation always disappoint us, hurt us and make us to be feel sorry on others..

The things we get without expec

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Food .............

i introduce to everyone a special food's my nation. it calls pancako.

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It made by yellow flour. It has shrimps, cuttle-fish , bean sprout inside. First step, we soak rice in 3 hours. Then, we pick up rice outside water. And we use a machine what grind rice into flour. Mixing flour with water like next picture. 2347096165?profile=originalFrying flour , then taking shrimps, meat and bean sprout into pan. 

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then we fold it to make half circle.

We eat it with salad and dip it in fish sauce. It is delicious.

P/s: my English is not w

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WALKER'S WRITING CHALLENGE: MYSELF

Before I get started, let me begin by saying how good it is to once again have the time to chat and post with my good friends here. EC has always been a great source of personal inspiration. The chance to watch and experience new learners grow into linguistic proficiency is amazing and something I wish more of my fellow countrymen would take the time to do.

Here's ten things in no particular order that come to mind when thinking of MYSELF. The subject matter may vary from personal philosophy to m

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A WISH

A WISH

I have no faith in miracles

but this wish I do nurture

that when death carries me away from the world,

it should grant me this permission, just once

that I may return from the grave

and, knocking at your door, cry out

if you need a consoler

I am here.

And if you do not need one,

I may return again to the other world.

_______________________
Poet: Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Translated By: Shiv K Kumar

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BriLliant LiFe

My life is brilliant
My love is pure
(James blunt---your beautiful)
Nice song, but I really like that words in the song
Its sounds optimistic words
Brilliant life......
What is that mean?
Is it a life which full of nice and good things?
Oowh what a life!!
For a second I think life like that is brilliant, just for a second.....when I am re-thinking about it I found something that's not right.
brilliant life is a life with complete package...lol what kind of life is that?
A Life which full of surp

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Big Difference

One day,my friend called and told me about her bad unforgottable experience.Last month she went to another city to teach there.She told me that one night she had to cook the dinner .She cooked it and then she and her roommates ate .After the dinner ,she left.One of her roommates said "you have cooked such an awful meal ".She told me that they hurted her with their words .I remembered a story narrated by someone (I forgot his name now )about the prophet mohammad -peace be upon him-.The story is t
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Moving House

Moving or "Moving House" is something that many people do in their lifetime. I know many people are born and die in the same house, but in the modern world we may have to move for our jobs or to be near family members who moved.

I have moved many times, but it never gets easier and it never is any fun. If you have had to pack up and move to a new place you may understand why I don't enjoy moving. These are some of the steps that I don't enjoy.

1. Packing - carefully putting your things in boxes an

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Positive and negative sides

I am damn sure someone will want to strangle me after reading it, some may do agree! Well, I am going to say something about last month's writing challenge.

To begin with, I must  say  the positive sides of it.

1. This  writing challenge motivated us to write more.

2. We tried to think more, did brain storming, found various topics to write blogs.

3. After getting this challenge, we got many new bloggers who did not write before or was not more active in blogging.

4. It is unnecessary to say again th

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Whether you are a student of elementary school or deciding to enroll yourself in high school, your status remains the same! As a student your job is to increase and enhance your productivity and be constructive in all aspects. Parents hold different expectations and prospects for you and similarly you try your level best to achieve them. Some students prosper, but there are others who despite of struggling and striving every single day, Fail to achieve their target or objective. There might be v

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Tea seller

I was  born  in Karbala city this is Religious Cityو in iraq country  my childhood in Alleys old  of this town

A certain period   I was I selling pepper In the summer holidays and I had many  friends one of these friends was a tea seller  . he was a good person  but I wasn't good child . he was poor and  person. and he didnot have Scientific certificat 

my city has many Visitors  because a shrine of imam Hussain  Son of prophet Mohamed  many of these visitors were from   many countries   like Iran

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Why Blogging in a Community is Better than Blogging Alone

  For me blogging alone is barren. You have no comments, corrections, suggestions, ideas, discussing. After all, your writing production is  static. Community is like a paradise in a dry desert for who likes to make the most of all advantages of blogging.

  Community blogging makes you enlarge your idea's range or just choose what to write  by inspiring in other member's blogs. When you're in an active group, you start noticing what readers

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I love walking in cool weather rather a bit cold, when cold breeze touches my face.

I love swimming and playing badminton. I can never imagine life without music. What a dull life it would be! I enjoy listening to music. I love looking at people’s faces in crowded places. I love observing young and newly married couples and to see how much love they are sharing through looking at each other. I love seeing others happiness. I love watching babies of few months old.

I love watching movies drama, com

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