Past Perfect Continuous
Example (negative): The chat room had not been working when Nadira requested member feedback about its usefulness.Learn more about past perfect continuous here.
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" The Alchemist " Chapter 2 Part 11
The caravan began to travel day and night. The hooded Bedouins reappeared more and more frequently, and the camel driver—who had become a good friend of the boy's—explained that the war between the tribes had already begun. The caravan would be very
Read more…Brazilian sts
Hi dear friends!As Brazilian students who study English just once a week, but use to listen to music, watch movies, use the Internet in English, what are your difficulties when you have to talk to other people in English, like here on MyEC for exempl
Read more…Present Continuous
Example Sentence: We are blogging about our 7 secrets.Learn more about the present continuous tense here.
Read more…Simple Present Tense
Example: Expector Smith likes idioms.Share your simple present tense example! Add a link to the member or example.Learn about the simple present tense here.
Read more…Words of Chapter 2 Part 11
hooded adjective ( CLOTHES )/ˈhʊd.ɪd/ adjhaving a hooda hooded jacketarmed and hooded intrudershooded adjective ( EYES )/ˈhʊd.ɪd/ adjdescribes eyes which are partly covered by the eyelids because the eyelids are bigHe watched her from under hooded ey
Read more…The Word of November 06, 2010
Hint:The word of the day begins with the letter “C” and has 8 letters long.• Most of the deaths were caused by the landslides and c_ _ _ _ _ _ing buildings.• It’s commonplace to see people c_ _ _ _ _ _ing from hunger in the streets.• A few days after
Read more…The Word of November 05, 2010
Hint:The word of the day begins with the letter “G” and has 4 letters long.• She keeps on g _ _ ing at herself in the mirror.• The boys stood still, g _ _ ing around the building, trying to picture life there fifty years before.• She felt increasingl
Read more…the belle of the ball
the belle of the ball : that means the most attractive or admired girl or woman at a social gatheringExamples:1.Whenever Mary appears, she is always the belle of the ball.2. After a successful makeover, Vanessa became last night's belle of the ball a
Read more…To be like a fish out of water
"To be like a fish out of water" means to not be comfortable in a situation.Examples :* "I don't like football so when I went to the football game I was like a fish out of water."* "I was like a fish out of water at the party - it was full of bank ma
Read more…"The Alchemist " Chapter2 Part 9
Part 9 Chapter 2"Why do they make things so complicated?" he asked the Englishman one night. The boy had noticed that the Englishman was irritable, and missed his books."So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand," he
Read more…Words of Chapter 2 Part 8
manifestation noun/ˌmæn.ɪ.fesˈteɪ.ʃən/ n formal•[C] a sign of something existing or happeningShe claimed that the rise in unemployment was just a further manifestation of the government's incompetence.•[U] appearanceUnlike acid rain or deforestation,
Read more…" The Alchemist " Chapter 2 Part 10
Then one day the boy returned the books to the Englishman. "Did you learn anything?" the Englishman asked, eager to hear what it might be. He needed someone to talk to so as to avoid thinking about the possibility of war."I learned that the world has
Read more…idioms those used when yelling on the celly.
Is it a good idea if we put all the idioms we've known so far with the meaning of them?
Read more…Write a review for your Smart Phone or Tablet
Do you have a smart phone or other mobile device? Would you recommend it to a friend? Is it a piece of junk that isn't worth the money? Is it useful for texting or is the keypad too small? What is your favourite feature?Use this group to review your
Read more…Get real !
Get real: be serious or realistic about what's going onExamples:1. You think you won't be fined when you drive 100 miles per hour? Get real !2. You think you're going to win $10 million in the lottery? Get real !
Read more…Words of chapter 2 Part 9
persistent adjective/pəˈsɪs.tənt/ /pɚ-/ adj•lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid ofa persistent smell/skin rashSymptoms of the illness include a high temperature and a persistent dry cough.There have been persistent rumours that the managi
Read more…The Winner of October's competition !
Hello my lovely friends. How are you? I hope you are super fine as me. In this discussion I would like to introduce our winner of the October’s competition. The winner is “Ensie”. Let’s congratulate our winner for this month. Congratulations Ensie.Go
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