English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Have you ever wondered why? Here we go on a journey over five continents to look at countries where English is used in daily life: from the top of Mount Everest in the Himalayan Mountains to the beaches of the Caribbean,...
the English used the word “closet” to mean a water closet or a lavatory - a seemingly possible hiding place for skeletons, hypothetically speaking. The phrase later developed into “a skeleton in the cupboard” for the people of England, while “skeleton in the closet” refers to a hidden...
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And she had a daughter who grew up speaking only English and swallowing more Coca-Cola than sorrow. For a long time now the woman had wanted to give her daughter the single swan feather and tell her, "This feather may look worthless, but it comes from afar and carries with it all my ...
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From the beginning of the film the ‘legend’ is set up by revealing to us, flashbacks, slides, a grand portrait, and vocal recordings of Lylah’s speaking style, wardrobe archived, fashion sense, body language and attitude. The dangerously iconographic staircase, that tells the death of Lylah...
the 1930s prince and future George VI afflicted with a terrible speech impediment that cripples his efforts at public speaking;Helena Bonham Carteris his endlessly supportive wife andGeoffrey Rushhis eccentric speech therapist. It's talky, it's largely set in a London basement with peeling walls...
She sat and watched them and she felt herself an alien among them, as alien and lonely as if she had come from another world, speaking a language they did not understand and she not understanding theirs.Then she knew that this feeling was the same one she felt with Ashley.With him and...