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Hair Idioms – Introduction Hair idioms are quite common in English and, as is often the case with idioms, they usually have nothing to do with actual hair. As we shall see, the idiom meaning refers to a situation or emotion, expressed using hair metaphors. Please be aware of the pitfalls of using idioms incorrectly. […]
Introduction The weather is getting hot now I thought this would be a good time to talk about some suitable summer sayings and idioms. Strangely enough, although they involve summery terms, they don’t have very much to do with the weather. Don’t think that all summer sayings and idioms are all sunshine and positivity. Scroll
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What are Heteronyms? – Introduction This post answers the question, “What are heteronyms?” and gives some everyday examples. In a previous post, we looked at some fun English intonation examples, in which the sentence meaning changed, based on which word was emphasised. Heteronyms are individual words can have different meanings, based on which syllable is
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Introduction The weather has taken a turn for the worse and I thought this would be a good time to talk about some suitable winter sayings and idioms. Strangely enough, although most of these involve wintery terms, very few are actually to do with the weather. For a more uplifting set of idioms, please check
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Introduction This post looks at tag questions and how to use them correctly. For those who prefer to watch a video, this is for you: This is one of those tag questions, isn’t it? See what I did there? As you can see, the question above is an example of a tag question. Tag questions
Using English idioms – introduction English idioms are entertaining but can be somewhat difficult to use. Rather than go through specific idioms and explain their meaning and/or origin, this article will look at the ways of using English idioms and the potential dangers of incorrect usage. For those of you who prefer your content in
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A Familiar Situation? Hangovers are horrible. No matter how much fun you had the night before, it never seems quite worth it in the morning (or whenever you wake up). They say that laughter is the best medicine, so maybe these funny hangover sayings and expressions might help cure your headache. For some strange reason,
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What Does Fingers Crossed Mean? – Introduction This article answers the question “What does fingers crossed mean?” You might think you know the answer, but as well will see, there is more than one correct answer. The meaning depends on your location and/or language. Here is a video based on this post, for those of
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English intonation examples – introduction This article take a light-hearted look at some fun English intonation examples. This English intonation examples video is based on this post and is here for those who prefer to see a video. What is intonation? As in music, intonation is the melody, the way in which the tone varies
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This short post takes a funny look at 40 grammar rules. You might have already seen some of these, but have you seen them all? The sentence that explains the rule manages to break the same rule. Clever? Here are the 40 grammar rules Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects. Prepositions are not to
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