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Eavesdropping - Tuesday

Head to the Beach

When someone asks you if you want to head somewhere, they are asking you if you want to go somewhere. It...
Slang - Monday

soak up the sun
Real Life - Friday

Picnics

Last weekend was the Fourth of July, and what better way is there to celebrate the birth of the U.S.A. than...
Movies - Thursday

Into the Wild

Most people have a slight desire to get rid of all of their possessions and hit the road. Christopher McCan...
Real Life - Wednesday

Adventure Travel

A relaxing beach vacation may sound perfect to some, but for the more adventurous, it just isn’t exci...

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What does "get to know" mean?

speak publicly about an important cause
1. glammed: beautiful, dressed in nice clothes and wearing makeup, like a movie star 2. the whole nine yards: everything, all that is possible The phrase comes from soldiers who fired machine guns in the military. Bullets came in connected strips that were nine yards (a yard is 3 feet) long. If they fired all of their bullets at the enemy, they were giving the whole nine yards.
become familiar with; learn about; start to know

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Romance

Eavesdropping - Tuesday

Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

Before 1928, if you wanted to use bread for a sandwich, you had to cut it yourself. But that year, a machin...
Work

Slang - Monday

try one's hand
Friend

Eavesdropping - Friday

Keeping in Touch

These days, many of us have friends all over the world, not to mention in different cities and parts of the...
Music

Real Life - Thursday

Music Business English with Rumblefish CEO Paul Anthony

Music is everywhere. You hear it in businesses, movies, TV shows, and all over the Internet. How did it get...
Hobbies

Real Life - Wednesday

Haunted Houses

Today is a very popular holiday in the United States. It’s Halloween! On Halloween, people wear costumes. T...

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Comparatives and Superlatives

Portmanteaus

Have you ever been glamping? Were you forced into a staycation during snowmageddon? Have you ever heard of ...
Gerunds vs. Infinitives

Foo Fighters

It’s rare enough to be such a good drummer that you end up in a band as famous as Nirvana. But when K...
First Conditional

Fans

Being a fan is an emotional roller coaster. When your team wins, it’s a big rush. But when they lose,...
Simple Future Tense

Logan

Superheroes are a huge part of U.S. popular culture. They were very popular during World War II and other t...
Zero Conditional

The Best Movie Endings

Sometimes it just feels great to cry at a movie. Watching movies with sad endings like Titanic can help you...

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Idioms and Slang

East or West, home is best

"The grass isn`s always greener on the other side", they say. What do they mean? Is the saying about a ...
Writing

HOW TO WRITE A COMMENTORY OF A POEM

HOW TO WRITE A COMMENTORY OF A POEM (in the form of the essay) &nb...
Idioms and Slang

how much some one could bee puzzled

when some one wants to explain about the knoWledge of someone about somthing that is too little would use this: "(someone) + dont(doesnt) know , a...
Speaking

English Skills - Fluency - Reciting

What I like most about the English language is its size and subtlety. However these qualities are also why many find it difficult to achieve flue...
Idioms and Slang

make a fool out of...

I know the image has nothing to do with it... but I still like it :D have you ever heard the phrase "to make a fool out of sbdy"?e.g: -st...