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Hello friends, hope you all are doing well and in fine shape. I had been away for a while because I was on vacations. Also due to a mishap I lost my laptop, therefore I became irregular. Hopefully I will find ample time and means to be back in the main stream.

Now coming to the point, my purpose of writing this blog is to point out the falling numbers in blog entries every month. When I returned, approximately after a month or so, I have observed a sharp decline in the number of blog entries as c

My letter to Tara, about my visit to the Sahara

Dear Tara,

I am so glad you had an enjoyable trip to New York City. I can imagine how it was wonderful with your kids. I’m going to be a mother, and I know how it feels to be happy with your family in any place you put your feet in.

My husband Josef is interested in making Discovery Tours, for the first time he suggested visiting the Sahara last year in March, I thought he was joking, “What! A trip to the desert?!”… He insisted and I hesitated, howeve

We have many idioms in English including life and death.

Like:

frightened the life out of me

a new lease of life

for the life of me

a fate worse than death not on your life

not on your life

dicing with death

bored to death

like death warmed over

to save his life

*Can you complete this one by life or death please?

Sick to -----------

**Now please use those expressions in the following sentences:

1- All Mark talked about the whole evening was football! I was --------------.

2- Please be quiet. I'm ------------

1. What odd number become even when beheaded?JJJJJJJJJJ

2. What is the difference between an elephant and a flea?JJJJJJ

3. What kind of umberella do most people carry on a rainy day?JJJ

4. What is it that everyone overlooks?JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

5. What is full of holes and yet holds water?JJJJJJJJJJJJ

6. What is broken when you name it?JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

7. What time is it when the clock strikes thirteen? JJJJJJJJJ

8. What does everyone have that they can always count on?JJJJJJ

9. What is the difference betwee

       Please match the following idioms with the emotions they typically express.

Idioms:

1- raise one's eyebrows

2- shrug one's sholders

3- wrinkle (up) one's nose

4- lick one's lips

5- stamp one's foot

6- drum one's fingers

7- bite one's nails

8- clap one's hands

9- nod one's head

10- cross one's legs

Emotions:

a-distaste or disgust

b- nervousness or anxiety

c- surprise or disapproval

d- annoyance

e- being relaxed

f- impatience

g- doubt or indifference

h- eager anticipation for something enjoyable

i- approval

       We can find friends in different places. For example, in the Internet, in our work's place or even at the gym.

What do you think?

*Do you think these are good ways to meet potential friends? Why(not)?

**What are good ways to make friends?

***How and where did you meet your friends?

****What advice would you give someone who wanted to make more friends?

*****What do you see as your responsibilities and obligations to your friends?

******What, in your opinion, are the limits of friendship? Are t

     Hello dear friends

I have a question. Please consider these words/expressions:

1- Intimidated

2-Prickly

3- Ethic

4- Accrue

5- Concrete

6- Be into

7- Be all for

8- Peal

9- Spring from

10- Call somebody on something

Now, can you fill the blanks with the correct form of the words/phrases from the list above (1-10), please?

A: Do you have any ----------- evidence to support these allegations?

B: He's given up photography, and now he's ------------- computers.

C: It's impossible to deny the advantages that

       Hello dear friends

   It is for you:

1. Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.

2. True friends didn't drift apart even after many years of separation.

And also we have some other statments like these (can you explain what they mean in your idea, please):

1. A friend is someone you look up to in some way and yet you can be critical of.

2. A friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

What other statments can you add to the list? I'd

    Today is Chinese traditional Dragon Boat Festival, For thousands of years, the Festival has been marked by eating zong zi(glutinous rice wrapped by the leaves) and racing dragon boats.

zong zi

racing dragon boats

    The festival has many legends, but the most famous one is to commemorate a famous Chinese poet Qu yuan, Qu yuan was a loyal, upright man, but the emperor in his country believed other's rumor and dismissed his position and he was send into exil. During his exil, he create a mas

what do you think of money ?

I think money is not everything in our life. some people consider it as the most important thing in our life. they look for the rich man not the poor . they think that money makes the man.I'm disagree with them as I think money can buy lots of things but not every thing .

and you what do you thing of money?

Today is the Day of Memory and Mourning in Russia. 71 years ago on June 22,1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union without declaring a war. It was a peaceful Sunday morning.... 4 am..............Thousands of innocent people died during the first hours of massive attacks. The Great Patriotic War broke out. In the world it's known as World War II, but in Russia it's known as the Great Patriotic War, because all people of Russia ( including women and children) defended their country. This war is

capitalize (verb): to write the first letter of a word with a capital letter

This month I'd like to challenge you to review the rules about capitalization. We don't use capitals very often. The 3 most common reasons for using a capital letter are:

1) at the beginning of a new sentence

2) for the pronoun "I"

3) the first letter of a proper noun

When I read the blog posts and comments on MyEC, I often notice people using capital letters incorrectly.

The 4 most common errors I see English learners making

          "We can do no great things, only small things with great love."  ~Mother Teresa

One of my friends asked a question on MYEC forum. I would greatly appreciate if you can answer the question. To see the question, please see the following link:

http://my.englishclub.com/forum/topics/question-written-part-and-oral-part-or-writing-tasks-and-speaki-1

Thanks a lot and have a great time wherever you are,

With love,

Your friend,

                    This blog have been written by my special friend (Ejaz) that had left me...:(

                   I hope he could come back and join with me and other friends here as soon.

Socrota Island is one of "The Lost Islands" (separated from the world six million years ago).

SOCOTRA ISLAND:  You have  to see it to believe it.  This island simply blows away any notion about what is considere

Congratulation to all of my students in Sekolah Dasar Terpadu Al-Qudwah, Kalanganyar, Lebak, Banten, Indonesia. wish you all the best. and reach the bright future!!

It was early for me to wake up on a holiday…It was 11.am.    my T.V was still working..I noticed ...I didn’t switch it off last night. The romantic movie which I was watching last night made me sleep early. As the hunger stared kicking in I gazed into kitchen.

After searching through the cupboards and refrigerator without any success I decided to go nearby shopping mall. I was running through the street. People seemed happy as it was a public holiday

As I entered into the store I walked towards t

DAD......

I MISS YOU VERY MUCH

EVEN YOU ARE NOT AROUND ME

I WILL NOT FORGET YOUR LOVE FOREVER

I'M STILL REMEMBER YOU ALWAY'S THERE WHEN I'M IN TROUBLE

YOU NEVER SHOWN YOUR SAD FACE 

EVEN I KNEW THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS

YOU TEACH ME NOT TO GAVE UP 

AND YOU ALSO WAN'T ME TO BE INDEPENDENT

THERE IS SO MUCH OF SACRIFICE THAT YOU DONE WITH YOUR FAMILY

EVEN WITH MY BROTHER AND SISTER WHO HAS BEEN MARRIED

JUST BECAUSE "THIS IS MY RESPONBILITY AS LONG AS I'M  STILL ALIVE'

THIS IS THE WORD T

Most of us like chocolate and many of us like learning.  But LEARNING CHOCOLATE, is that something we should like? What can it mean? Well, I will tell you and if you are a teacher you will love it. "Learning Chocolate" is a cute little website or as they call it a Vocabulary Learning Platform.

http://www.learningchocolate.com/is the URL of the website and so far everything looks very useful for teaching.  It is especially good for the younger children, but there is vocabulary that is useful for a