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* If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.* The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.* The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste od
Read more…superstitions
Life's experiences
Have you spent 10 years in this life20 years?! 30 years?! 40,50...This is not the ultimate question and what is important is what lessons .you have learned and how much you have gainedI read in one of the website a statement: those who cannot remembe
Read more…Idioms from movies
I like watching movies so much not just for fun rather for learning language.I picked you two nice idioms that we can use in our speech:Tit for tatRepayment in kind, retaliation, as in If he won't help with the beach clean-up, I won't run a booth at
Read more…Are your eyes listening?
How to be an effective listener?Your eyes are a dead giveaway if you are not listening.When your mind wanders and you begin thinking of something or someone else, your eyes show your disinterest. And the person speaking to you is well aware that you
Read more…NINE WORDS WOMEN USE
Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to wat
Read more…How can you know if you are a bad listener?
A good listener uses his/ her eyes and mind while listening.If you find yourself already formulating your next sentence in your mind while someone is speaking to you, you are doing injustice to the conversation.You will get more out of the conversati
Read more…Same Words With Different Meanings
Let us read these sentences:1-The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.Here we have the word refuse two times. the first one is a verb ,the second one is a noun. the second one here comes as the meaning of garbage.2- We must polish the
Read more…Feelings story
Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except f
Read more…If someone ask you..?
You were walking in the street ,someone stopped you to ask you about something in the city ,in English Language and you didn't know how to answer .What would you do?
Read more…What if a conversation bores you?
I believe 'interested people are interesting'.Similarly, 'boring people get bored'.You don't need to know a lot about a subject to have a conversation.You just need to have a desire to learn, understand and make things interesting.For example, if som
Read more…Do you make these common listening mistakes?
The difference between being a good listener versus a great listener is using your heart in addition to your eyes and mind while listening.Do you do this?~ If a friend tells you something is wrong, you immediately tend to give advice or criticism.~ I
Read more…How do I get others to listen to me?
. Listen more intently, question more, and speak with emotion.Build interesting conversations instead of one-way lectures.ii. Engage people while you speak. Ask questions like, "What do you think?" or "Do you agree?"Try not to speak continuously for
Read more…Nice quotations
Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” —Malcolm Forbes“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry“If you tell the truth you don’t
Read more…Great Story
Please ..... Take some time to read this short piece.....A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.A man was walking by. He took
Read more…What does your name mean?
InstructionsWhat you do is find out what each letter of your name meansThen connect all the meanings and it describes YOUDescriptionsA - You can be very quiet when you have something on your mindB - You are always cautious when it comes to meeting ne
Read more…Using Idioms (lesson 1)
Bored to deathHere are some examples about it:"I have nothing to do. I'm bored to death.""I hate it when I'm bored to death.""Would you rather be super busy or bored to death?"A: "Hey Seth, what are you doing?"B: "I'm reading book. What are you doing
Read more…The most commonly used verbs in English
acceptHe asked her to marry him, and she acceptedallowDon't allow your children to raise their voiceaskIf you don't know the answer, ask your friendbelieveI believe that most students don't like readingborrowI went to the library to borrow some books
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