typical idioms (ANGER and HAPPINESS)
TO GO BANANAS - (to get very angry) MAKE THE AIR TURN BLUE - (to get furious) TO GO UP IN THE AIR (to get furious) DRIVE SOMEONE UP THE WALL (make someone to get very angry) TO BE ON CLOUD NINE - (to be very happy)
The prince of peace. Stories from Africa
I look at him carefully as he gets on.
Olympic Games_Track and Field Sports
It is a collection of phrases and words about the world of Olympics and track and field sports.
Philosophical lexicon
The conpepts of Philosophy
Demonstration and explanation
Useful collocations while trying to describe or highlight issues or problems, explaining app functionality, giving tutorials etc. For example: "Common sense will tell you what...", "This one should be pretty self explanatory" or "Nice idea, if only there was..."
- Common sense will tell you what this word is
- This one should be pretty self explanatory
- For example, when sharing a link to a Buzzfeed recipe with a friend
- So, I'm going to show you a demo of a virtual reality film: a full-screen version of all the information that we capture when we shoot virtual reality
- And that’s about it — it’s basically a
Michael Shellenberger: How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment
Set phrases and collocations from a TED Talk
Industry 4.0
This time it will be different. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is different. It is marked by new technologies that are uniting the physical, digital and biological worlds, affecting all disciplines, economies and industries.
- Utility companies in New Jersey are reporting that roughly 6,500 customers are still without electricity
- When I first started doing these fashion things a couple of years ago, I didn’t feel like a lot of my friends and family were around. Now, everyone kind of is.
- I wanted it to be sort of tropical-esque
- Truly useful ideas don't arise from out of the ether or through fancy techniques
- Obama was acutely aware that a one-off strike, could possibly have served as a convincing brush-back pitch
- The company navigates largely uncharted waters for traditional economic strictures
- Shervin, the youngest of three, would read for hours in the bathroom, a quiet oasis in his home.
- the difference between an intrepid moon shot and a misguided fantasy project often hinges entirely on the daredevil behind it