Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope Pretty Go to Blog Defo, you know PRETTY as an adjective, when we say that a girl is PRETTY. Yet, PRETTY is also used as an adverb, and you’ve heard that too. It means QUITE and used a lot in informal conversations. Mind, that as it’s Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope Careless Vs. Carefree Go to Blog Do you know how to use CAREFREE and CARELESS when we talk about people? Do you know the difference between them? Which one would you pick here? I’m glad to see you’re satisfied and ___________. It means you’ve solved all Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope Adjectives NOT before nouns Go to Blog MIND THESE ADJECTIVES! What’s wrong with them? Nothing… But they never come before nouns! They never come BEFORE nouns! And all of them start with A! Mystery…. AFLOAT Max didn’t know how to swim but the armbands kept him Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope BITS AND BOBS Go to Blog What does this idiom mean? There are just BITS AND BOBS in the box = there are small things of various kinds. You can also say BITS AND PIECES. Actually, there is a song named BITS ANS BOBS by The Dave Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope DIBS Go to Blog You need to know this expression … to get what you want! Yep! DIBS ON When sb says: DIBS (on), they say that they have they right to choose or have sth before other people. How can you use it? IMAGINE: You Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope BEING + ADJECTIVE Go to Blog Why do we say “Mary is BEING rude” instead of “Mary IS rude”? Is it some kind of mistake? Of course, it’s not. Let’s find out, why we can use BE in a continuous form. TO BE + BEING + adjective Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope So Far Vs. By Far Go to Blog Guys, do you know the difference between SO FAR and BY FAR? SO FAR = until now. Often used with the present perfect tense. “Amélie” is the most interesting movie I’ve seen SO FAR. What do you think Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope The Bronte Sisters Go to Blog Image Source On the 30th of July Emily Bronte was born. Perhaps you know this writer, perhaps, you’ve just heard of the Brontës (/ˈbrɒntiz/). Let’s cover some curiosities about them! THREE WRITERS Three sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne are famous Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope Children’s Games Go to Topics Here are some names of the games we used to play in our childhood. Did you know what they’re called in English? TAG Other names: Touch and Go, Chasey, Tick, Tips, Tiggy, Tig, It. TO TAG – to touch another player Read more…
Hit Up “How do I like to spend my day off? I like to hit up the juice bar, the bookstore, tan, and then flirt with the pharmacy tech at Walmart.” Quite an offbeat way to spend a day-off, isn’t it? Let’s talk about “HIT UP”. It can be used as a slang Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope Hard vs. Hardly Go to Topics Do you study HARD or you HARDLY study? HARD can be an adjective and here we won’t have any problems. It goes before a noun and it’s always HARD. But there are TWO adverbs: HARD and HARDLY. Let’s find out Read more…
Dorothy in Real Life What do you know about this girl on the photo? It’s Judy Garland who portrayed Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Tomorrow, 10th of June, she would turn 98. Judy was born in 1922 (in two years, she would turn 100!) Here are some facts about Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope 3 ways to say YES Go to Topics Other ways to say you don’t mind something. Note them down! YOU BET! or YOU BETCHA = certainly. – Would you like to play volleyball tonight? – YOU BET! I DON’T SEE WHY NOT You can use this Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope Bad Smells Go to Topics Find out how many synonyms of BAD SMELL you already know and what B.O. stands for! SMELLY or STINKY Defo, you can say that sth is SMELLY or STINKY when it has an unpleasant smell. STINKY is stronger than SMELLY. (Every Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope Bird Sounds Go to Topics People like birds can COO, HOOT, CLUCK and CHIRP… TO CHIRP When a bird CHIRPS, it makes a short high sound. “Have a nice day” she CHIRPED. What does it mean? …… time to think…. It means that she said it Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope Bird Parts Go to Topics No point learning “parts of a bird”? On the one hand, you are right, on a rare occasion will you talk about birds (if you are not a bird watcher), but some of these words have an additional meaning which you Read more…
Facebook Twitter Google-plus Envelope HUG phrases Go to Topics Happy HUGGING day! It’s a great day to learn two good phrases. TO HUG IT OUT – to give a hug to another person to show that the argument is over or to help one or both of them get over Read more…
Weather Phrasal Verbs The majority of English Learners are afraid of Phrasal Verbs. But we come across them in all the topics. Let’s cover WEATHER PHRASAL VERBS today. We can say that SNOW or RAIN COMES DOWN meaning FALLS. SP: caer; FR: tomber; RU: падать. Suddenly the rain started to Read more…
