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Leo : I'm repeatedly running out of food.

Nardo : Why don't you pick up some odds and ends at the grocery?

Leo : Because I'm fed up with having to foot the bill. I don't like to throw my money down the drain.

Nardo : Have your room mates chip in?

Leo : No, just skip it.

Vocabulary 

run out of : finish the supply, use up

pick up : obtain,get

odds and ends : miscellaneous items

fed up with : disgusted with, had enough of

down the drain (tubes) :wasted,lost

chip in : contribute,give jointly

skip :

I have been watching cartoons from my childhood. There are some old stories like Cinderella, snow white, beauty and beast, sleeping beauty and etc. although they have been making so many new stories with new characters still they are producing some movies with those old characters like Cinderella and snow white and others again and again. I have been thinking about this issue that maybe animations need some new heroes and heroines, so I was wondering if I could create some new characters for ani

1- The experts predict that, Leaning Tower of Pisa will collapse during the period between 2010 and 2020.

2- The snake can’t bites into the water because that doing will drown it as a result of entering the water in his mouth.

3- The summer continues on the Uranus planet for 21 days as well as winter.

4- A woman's heart beats faster than a man's heart.

5- The adult human brain contains between 100 and 200 million neurons, but any cell die, do not grow instead, a new one.

6- All elephants walk on feet

The best among you is the one who doesn't harm others with his tongue and hands.Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H

Hi everyone :) 

I'm thinking to start a voluntary work, like visiting mothers and babies in hospitals, visiting schools' students and do with them fun activities. 

Any suggestions of how to start? 

Thank you :) 

'LOVE',  Strange Thy Name

“What do you think if someone very far away from you, says that she loves you in the very first conversation of her with you like I’m doing now?”

“I guess I shouldn’t believe her, I’d think that she is pulling my leg, I have firm belief that I should not pay any attention to such nonsense.”

“But believe me MI that I am the one who have been chasing you through all your writings, and has reached to the belief that you are the one whom I have been waiting for, you are the on

This is the RESULT of your quiz based on Lesson 9 (Prepositions of Place).  Percentage is computed by the following formula:  

                      Raw Score/Total Number of Items x 100 = %

CONGRATULATIONS to NIDA, ONEE-CHAN, I AM VIETNAMESE, MALKEET and SAMUEL who got the PERFECT score.  For those who were'nt able to make it, you still have your chance to shine in the next quiz.  Answer key is given to recheck your work.

ANSWER KEY

Dear Learners, 

Welcome to QUIZ 9.  If you think you are not ready 

Hi everyone,

I am a student from Morocco and I currently study English at University. It is my second year and I can tell that my experiences at university vary daily from the original to the most boring. Sometimes professors come to classes, sometimes they don't. Sometimes students attend classes and other times they don't. Then, when we get to finally have a class, it is most of the time boring either because we student don't come prepared enough for the course or because the professor is tired

This writing challenge reminds me of my mother who lives far from where I live. While I was trying to write something about my mother, this question came to my mind: Do all mothers deserve a hug? Don't get me wrong - I love my mother, and in fact, I just phoned her to see if she's happy about the May Day celebration. I'm not crazy or insane, either. While everybody seems to love their mother, there are people who don't think much of their mother. If the son/daughter is:

one of the multiple childr

last week we were witness when earth quake came, but nepal suffered maximum. their people came down on the road and was helpless,many of them lost their relatives by this disaster, it took them away. in india i felt this when i was in my cabin. i was sit on one chair. when i was shaking in sitting position, i thought that i had headache but suddenly i heard peoples cried out and left the building. so i was running and left my cabin and came outside on the road, after few minutes again i entered

Wishes For My Mother

I wish you to have 20/20 vision.   It has been 30 years since you lost the sight on your left eye, it just died the doctors said, even after a cornea transplant it didn’t last long for it had exhausted itself from the nights you sit under the dull yellow light of the lamp sewing native slippers which you sell to help with our family’s expenses because dad’s salary was just not enough to feed seven children. Your world became bleak and almost formless because you always insist

When I first opened my eyes I saw you. There was something special in your eyes that I later found out it was pure love. The first scent that I smelled was yours which I could recognize it easily and it gave me calmness. I felt safe and secure in your arms.

The first song which I heard was your lullaby that you sang with your sweet voice.  It was the most beautiful song.  You fed me with every drop which came from inside of you and was filled with love.

The first word that I called was your name “

Life is like an adventure or journey by the train. There are a lot of train stations, then directions change or sometimes there is an accident.

We catch this train when we were born, our parents gave us the tickets. We do believe they would go with us for long lasting but it’s not true because they have to get off at the one station and leave us alone.

Over time, we would see many passengers get in and get off again and again. Some of them become our beloved, attachment, relatives, friends or love

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - their Lord will guide them because of their faith. Beneath them rivers will flow in the Gardens of Pleasure
Holy Quran
Surat Yunus 10:9

Most of us lie, even if it's a white lie. Some lie to others just to avoid conflicts, and this lies are probably the most being said. Actually, there's lots of reason to lie even though each reason is way different from the other. Some people lie as they can't afford to tell the truth as sometimes being so truthful might get them into trouble. Lack of courage to handle the truth lead us to lie. And if lying is an option then it will definitely be considered the easier way out. Most lie that will

Do you know how it feels.....when a half of your soul is fly away?

Do you know how it feels......when you realize you don't have any chance to see them anymore?

I know how it feels, ....Believe me it's more than the deepest sorrow, beyond your imagination,

No words in this world are enough to describe it.
Tears drop like a river in the rain season,
Stinging,

Believe me, I know how it feels....
It is like drowning in a deep river, Dark, sinking further and further away..
I know how it feels...
It is like

1- Human hair and nails are composed of the same material, the substance known as «Keriatin».

2- Before the discovery of overall anesthesia by using drugs, surgeons were forced to hit the patient by a solid machine on the back of his head in order that to lose consciousness until they could finish the surgery.

3- When you speak, you are using between 70 and 80 different muscle.

4- Physicist Albert Einstein was finding difficulty in pronunciation until he reached the age of nine; his parents and his