pilgrim (noun) – someone who travels around or a traveller to a holy place pilgrimage (noun) – a trip to a holy place Nevil Zaveri Here are some examples of how you can use it: Visiting this unknown region in my country I felt like a pilgrim travelling in foreign lands. Many pilgrims come to Jerusalem to… Continue reading Word to the Wise: pilgrim
By Jacqueline Schaalje You can use have in a few different ways. Check out this infographic to read all the meanings and then you can do a quiz. Quiz Do this quiz online here. Choose the best way to complete the sentence. 1 I’m not having ______________ anymore! This espresso This terrible noise This cute… Continue reading Have (and has) in all its meanings
____________ of a joke – someone or something that is made fun of/the victim of a joke. Choose the right answer: butt bird sheep babe scroll down for the answer scroll some more The right answer is: butt. (a butt is an end or an aim)… Continue reading Instant Proverb: ____________ of a joke
No math necessary for this! By Jacqueline Schaalje In the following presentation I’ll be talking a little bit about ratios. Ratios explain what part or how many of something have a certain quality. There are different ways to say this in English. Also Check out this Song! If you’d like to check out a great… Continue reading How to Talk about Percentages & Ratios in English
Quinn Dombrowski fester (verb) – to rot or go bad fester (noun) – a sore (a wound that forms pus or doesn’t heal) Here are some examples of how you can use it: The cat gave me a rash which developed into a festering wound. The parents never asked the children to make peace, so… Continue reading Word to the Wise: Fester
By Jacqueline Schaalje As can be a confusing word as you can find it in a number of ways and meanings. Here, I will give you a small overview. Then we’ll do a quiz to test your knowledge. As can basically mean three things: like/similar to, while or because. Now we’ll look at these three… Continue reading Don’t Be Confused by As – How to Use As
AJ Guel fumble (verb) – to try to take something clumsily, to move (something) clumsily/nervously or make a mess of something fumble (noun) – the act of fumbling or a blundering mess fumblingly (adverb) – clumsily, nervously, messily, making mistakes fumbler (noun) – a person who fumbles (in any of the meanings) Here are some examples of how… Continue reading Word to the Wise: Fumble
msmornington dichotomy (noun) [pronounce: dai-ko-to-my] – a division into two things, parts or groups that don’t go together dichotomous (noun) – divided into two things, parts or groups that don’t go together dichotomously (adverb) – divided into two things, parts or groups that don’t go together dichotomousness (noun) – the quality that something is divided into two things,… Continue reading Word to the Wise: Dichotomy
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By Jacqueline Schaalje Ana Paula Vargas Maia The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a magnificent poem I’ve read many times and yet it never bores me. In my opinion, you can read this poem every few years and not only find some new things in it, but read it as if it’s completely… Continue reading Poetry Time: Easy English Explanation of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot
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