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Speaking Part 2: Using Formula Structure

biloliddin wrote 3 hours ago: A student asked me whether the following formula is useful for speaking part 2: I guess I could begi … more →

Tags: Ielts Speaking, Questions & Advice, Speaking, Structures

English 101

KindaPsychoLove wrote 18 hours ago: Sorry for the MIA-ness everybody. Having recently ended a relationship and then immediately started … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, Funny, English

Listening for "all kind" of music

300annoyances wrote 1 day ago: “What kind of music do you listen to?” That´s  the question you might ask when makng con … more →

Tags: Habits, Music

No use crying over spilled milk, or is there?

Fixation Situation wrote 2 days ago: We were walking into work today, my mother and I, and we both had our hands full. I was carrying my … more →

Tags: Food for Thought, Spilled Milk, iPhone, no use crying over spilled milk, Elton John, Travel Mug

My favorite phrases

vasilraev wrote 3 days ago: “Fortune doesn’t favor fools!” – Miss Fortune “I’m not myself, I … more →

Tags: Favorite, Quotes, Thoughts

Words, words, words, kissing2 comments

vocabat wrote 3 days ago: I’ve been poring over medical vocabulary all night, looking stuff up and making orderly lists, … more →

Tags: Describing People, Emotions/feelings, Entertainment, false cognates, Informal, Interpreting, Love, Medical, Personal

Shiny, shimmering, splendid

katesitarz wrote 3 days ago: shiny, shimmering, splendid: sung to the tune of the first line of the Aladdin classic hit. Sometime … more →

Bargaining.

jemmyjagger wrote 4 days ago: Not only in shopping, but in life. You can’t always just go with whatever’s being given … more →

People Are Not Ice Cream Annoying Phrases 10112 comments

seventhvoice wrote 6 days ago: I have a friend who constantly refers to her partner as gourmet Ice Cream. At first when she began s … more →

Tags: musings, life 2, Friends, ice cream, Life, musings 2

"Run Forrest, run!"

300annoyances wrote 6 days ago: Anyone else is sick of this phrase any time some one is running away? The movie was fine and the sce … more →

Tags: Movies, forrest gump

Clouds N Cups Fashion Accessories - Beauty is not just skin deep

cncfimo wrote 1 week ago: Our fashion accessories blog is up!! (http://cncfashionaccessories.wordpress.com/)   This blog will … more →

Tags: Updates, Beauty, Fashion & Accessories

All quote books have been delivered..,1 comment

museumofexploration wrote 1 week ago: All copies of Am I Just A Quote Machine have been delivered to my teachers (history & economics, … more →

Tags: collections 2, Books, Quotes, COLLECTIONS, Quotes, am I just a quote machine?, WorDs

Say What?

Y. Hope Osborn wrote 1 week ago: Do you ever stop to wonder from where particularly common phrases come? Sometimes I do. I looked at … more →

Tags: Lessons, Little things in Life, common, WorDs, Sayings

Explaining 'fell' in one fell swoop16 comments

Stan wrote 1 week ago: For years I’ve been reading the phrase at/in one fell swoop, and even using it occasionally, w … more →

Tags: etymology, language, Metaphor, Idioms, language history, macbeth, Metaphors, One Fell Swoop, Semantics

Climate crisis : Conservatives coined "climate change" because it does not sound as alarming as global warming. George Lakoff

On the same phrase wrote 1 week ago: … more →

Tags: Politics, Progressive Politics, GOP

"I have good reaction timing"

300annoyances wrote 1 week ago: It´s so funny when guys always try to prove they have good reaction timing. If they catch something … more →

Tags: Reaction, Annoying

The Weight of a Word2 comments

cksdays wrote 1 week ago: Words are easily spoken But don’t weigh the same. Some are frivolous Others cause pain.              … more →

Tags: Serious Poems, Some LDS Poetry, spiritual stuff, i am sorry, 'I Forgive You', I Love You, Poem, Poetry, Powerful phrases

Touche

Pavel wrote 1 week ago: This word, touché, has nothing to do with the verb touch. It comes from French and it is used by the … more →

Tags: Intermediate (středně pokročilí), Advanced English (pokročilí), Funny (vtipné), Vocabulary (slovíčka), Video, slang

Game of Thrones: The Houses and Their Words4 comments

Patrick Figueroa wrote 1 week ago: These beautiful graphics each represent a powerful house in the Song of Ice and Fire Universe [ie. G … more →

Tags: television, HBO, winter is coming, Lannister, Stark, houses, Greyjoy, Targaryen, WorDs


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