What do they mean How do we use them And where did they come from Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of each word you see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you don’t understand the culture behind it...
She suggested using things like sign posts to direct my reader through time changes, longer lines for power, shorter lines to contribute to the music of the poem. When I asked for a compass in sending work out, she told me to focus on open submissions, to publish widely, sending out 5...
Funny Rap Videos to Learn English Even if you don’t listen to rap music, you can enjoy some of the funny rap videos found online. Rap is a great learning tool because it uses lots of vocabulary and phrases that might be used in everyday life. There are also many cultural and pop re...
To close out 2022, participants were asked to “write a sentence discarding what you don’t need to make room for what you do.” Their contribution could take any form they wanted. Responses were edited very slightly, occasionally removing punctuation and opening phrases like “I”m saying go...
OK, we have finished this story, let’s have a look at the new words and phrases. 好,故事读完了,让我们一起来读一读故事中出现的一些新单词和词组吧。 Now, let’s finish some tasks.让我们一起来完成一些任务吧! Task...
Beware of Your Doctor Uttering These Phrases During Surgery Damn! Page 47 of the manual is missing! Better save that. We’ll need it for the autopsy. Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what’s that? Oh no! I just lost my Rolex. …and could you stop that thing from beatin...
Eyebrows speak louder than phrases. The girl is not hot, unlike the temperature. Without a candy crush, I am a kid with no candy. 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is stupid. Went home at 2 with a 10 and woke up today at 10 with 2. ...
In fact, though hard to believe, many would-be writers try to fool other people’s people by copying or altering phrases from the Holy Bible — their work becoming known as “Bibe-zies” or even “Holy Bibleoni, hold the macaroni.” ...
People who wanted to be part of the circus found this the best entry point. As in any job, the new hires are the greenest. The least experienced. The “dumbest” when it comes to the ways of the circus, which has many specific customs, methods, dangers, vernacular phrases, and other ...
The show features two teams of tweens/teens, similar to Nick’s Paradise run, in which the teams mug it up for the cameras using phrases like “You’re going down,”“Let’s do it,” and “Which way to the gym (with accompanying arm flex).” The odd thing about the show is there...