By Jacqueline Schaalje Pull open the champagne bottles and pop the balloons! I’ve published the story book that I told you about (two of the stories were in last week’s newsletter). You can download the book for free, starting tomorrow 30 July. But please take notice of two things: 1) The price won’t stay $0.00… Continue reading Summer Stories – Book is Ready for Free Download
pip-squeak/ pipsqueak (noun) – small or unimportant (a pip is the seed of an apple or other fruit, and squeak is the sound that mice make. I don’t know where the word pipsqueak comes from, but it sounds funny, doesn’t it?) pixydust Pipsqueak yourself Here are some examples of how you can use it: Do… Continue reading Word to the Wise: pip-squeak
By Jacqueline Schaalje So what have you done so far? Your boss can ask you this when she wants to know where you are in a project. Or you can ask yourself: What have I done so far? So far means until now, up till this point. So far implies that you are in the… Continue reading So Far… And Some Business English about Cash Flow and other boring stuff
prevail (noun) – to happen most often, to be stronger prevalent (adjective) – happening often prevalence (noun) – the quality of happening a lot prevalently (adverb) – happening often Here are some examples of how you can use it: A merry mood prevailed in the first act of the play. The home team prevails in the… Continue reading Word to the Wise: prevail
tenor (noun) – general meaning or direction (tenor can also mean a male singing voice) Andy Rennie Here are some examples of how you can use it: The tenor of his messages was that we should be more responsible. What was the tenor of the negotiations? The other side seems ready to close the agreement, but… Continue reading Word to the Wise: tenor
By Jacqueline Schaalje Aristotel This subject is on request. With table talk we usually mean the conversation that is spoken while people at the table eat their dinner, breakfast or lunch. But in this article I won’t go into that, but instead give some instructions for what you say when you’d like some more bread,… Continue reading Table Talk: English phrases to make you a good dinner guest
mien (noun) [sounds exactly like the word mean] – someone’s looks and/or their expression Nguyen Hung Vu Here are some examples of how you can use it: Does Van Gogh look mad in his self-portraits? No, in fact he has quite a noble mien. A gentleman with an impressive mien stepped onto the podium. I don’t… Continue reading Word to the Wise: mien
bankable (adjective) – can be turned into money bankability (noun) – the ability to turn into money Here are some examples of how you can use it: When Van Gogh painted his paintings, none of them were bankable. That has since changed. Some bankable ideas for new products were raised during the brainstorm session. The singer… Continue reading Word to the Wise: bankable
By Jacqueline Schaalje Dominic Alves All this parts of speech stuff is on request. Now we’ll talk about the adjective. Adjectives are words that describe a noun. Learn here what nouns are. So if nouns are things, people, feelings, animals or something else you can see, feel or touch, then adjectives say something about them.… Continue reading The Mystery of the Little Boxes – Parts of Speech: the Adjective
By Jacqueline Schaalje When are we doing something? Will Keightley This lesson is on request. Parts of speech is the name for the different functions that words can have in a sentence. For example, book can be a thing (noun) or an action (to book a room; book is a verb). But if we take… Continue reading When Are We Doing Something? – Parts of Speech: the Verb
English with a Smile 