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Eavesdropping - Wednesday

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 - Tuesday

soak up the sun
Real Life - Monday

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 - Friday

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 - Thursday

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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be very lucky; be fortunate
when the body has a bad reaction to something
to encounter, to meet unexpectedly

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Movies - Wednesday

Sherlock Holmes

Classic stories often get a face lift for modern audiences. The latest film to put a new twist on an old ta...
Work

Eavesdropping - Tuesday

Workaholic

When most people are done with work, they clock out, go home, and don’t think about work until the ne...
Music

Music - Monday

"Jazz It Up" with Ethan Iverson of the Bad Plus

Ethan Iverson, pianist for acoustic jazz trio the Bad Plus, admits that the band “rocks out” on...
Hobbies

Real Life - Friday

Global Language Contest: Meet the Winners

Last week, we told you about the Many Languages, One World (MLOW) essay contest. ELS Educational Services c...
Romance

Eavesdropping - Thursday

Move On

You don’t often choose the way you feel about something. You just feel it. Feelings are hard to contr...

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Adverbs

Overbooked Flights

Have you ever been on a flight that was overbooked? Usually, it is not a big problem. Airlines offer a vouc...
Modal Verbs

Hoaxes

Recently, all of America held its breath as a little six-year-old boy went floating through the sky over Co...
Used to Do vs Be Used to

The Best of All Worlds

Do you like the city? Maybe you really love the buildings, and all the hustle and bustle. You really enjoy ...
Present Perfect Progressive

Brainstorm

How things can change. It wasn’t too long ago that Devan’s friends were holding meetings becaus...
First Conditional

"Bun in the Oven" With Newscaster, Stephanie Stricklen

There are some personal things that you just can’t hide. Especially if you host the evening news ever...

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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...