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)
- 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
Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives
A grammar-oriented phrasebook focused on correctly using adjectives. Do you know that each adjective can be graded with using only proper combinations? For example: "extremely risky, utterly terrifying, super busy, quite tasty, incredibly elitist, relatively steady, deeply inacurate" etc.
- I’m 69 later this year — and I’ve had a pretty good run.
- But as utterly terrifying as Jaws has been made out to be, it’s also one of the most visually stimulating spectacles one could ever witness
- It’s hard. I am super busy the entire time
- The term ‘animal rights’ has become largely meaningless.
- And a bland, plastic, synthetic, universal can’t-tell-one-brand-of-coffee-from-another-brand-of-coffee by contrast makes life flat, uninteresting, and essentially uncreative.
- university’s imperative is teaching creativity and problem-solving. She laid out their belief that in a world of constant change, those who are best equipped are those who generate new ideas when the path is unclear.
- Nature is not trying to get somewhere. It simply is. Neither does your life have to be. There is no "getting there". The point of life is living.
- This course outlines how I and other teachers have done this step-by-step. But before I go on, I want to make sure that we’re on the right page. So let’s start with some questions:Let’s See if You’re in the Right Place
- university’s imperative is teaching creativity and problem-solving. She laid out their belief that in a world of constant change, those who are best equipped are those who generate new ideas when the path is unclear.
- Nature is not trying to get somewhere. It simply is. Neither does your life have to be. There is no "getting there". The point of life is living.
- This course outlines how I and other teachers have done this step-by-step. But before I go on, I want to make sure that we’re on the right page. So let’s start with some questions:Let’s See if You’re in the Right Place
- On this day 25 years ago, August 6, 1991, the world's first website went live to the public from a lab in the Swiss Alps
Phrasal verbs in business
You can’t get by without hundreds of phrasal verbs in English. Phrasal verbs are as natural and comonly used as suit and briefcase in business. This phrasebook is a collection of phrasal verbs you can use in your professional life.
- It´s normal to get cold feet before your wedding day
- Don’t pour cold water on the idea if you can’t cook because you can find recipes and TV shows anywhere for ideas
- Blanket of snow
- The only thing I want to do in the dead of winter is stay indoors and drink some tea.
- The problems that you see here now are just the tip of the iceberg. There are numerous disasters waiting to happen.
Online chat language
Simplified English used in online discussions and chats. The grammar? Don't sweat it!
- Love this tool - it's potentially going to save me a massive headache!
- The best sharing buttons i've ever witnessed. The sheer simplicity is mind blowing.
- Hey buddy, stop marketing your Giphy clone everywhere. It's kinda annoying
- These days Telegram has taken over instead
- Google chat time has been dwindling and it took a nosedive when third-party support was crippled
Tech issues
A few phrases about dealing with tech issues - in English.
- Over the past few weeks, our teams have been working around the clock to make important changes to make sure ads show up in the right place.
- I'll pass it on to the development team and it should be fixed in the next couple of days
- I've looked into this and it does appear to be a problem on our side
- Google chat time has been dwindling and it took a nosedive when third-party support was crippled
- We are aware of performance issues related to ...
- size and thickness of either of these eReaders
- Neither the Jones nor the Smiths are coming to the party.
- Neither wind, nor rain, nor polar vortex can stop selfies
- Killing and destruction are gathering pace, but neither side is winning
- Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.
- Knowing that your website is in beta testing mode, I am hesitant to present this tool to my boss
- size and thickness of either of these eReaders
- Neither the Jones nor the Smiths are coming to the party.
- Neither wind, nor rain, nor polar vortex can stop selfies
- Killing and destruction are gathering pace, but neither side is winning