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Eavesdropping - Friday

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 - Thursday

soak up the sun
Real Life - Wednesday

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 - Tuesday

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 - Monday

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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Music

Music - Friday

Adele

In those long, long ago days before MTV, a singer’s voice was what would make or break her. But now t...
Hobbies

Slang - Thursday

practice makes perfect
Friend

Eavesdropping - Wednesday

Lottery Ticket

What’s the quickest way to get a million dollars? The lottery, of course. When people want to talk ab...
Romance

Eavesdropping - Tuesday

Get the Short End of the Stick

Sometimes, life just isn’t fair. You might work very hard, and do your best, and then still fail. This can ...
Work

Real Life - Monday

Mondays

Each day of the week has its own attitude. Friday is fun, Saturday is busy and Sunday is relaxing. For many...

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Past Progressive Tense

Win Someone Over

Mason likes Ella. They flirt sometimes, but he hasn’t been able to take it to the next level and actu...
Modal Verbs

Ghostbusters

People who grew up in the 1980s have fond memories of the film Ghostbusters. Who could forget the fat, gree...
Contractions and Abbreviations

Astrology

Do you know what your sign is? Do you and your friends talk about astrology? In the United States, astrolog...
Comparatives and Superlatives

Black Cats

Most people are a little superstitious about something. Maybe, you have a lucky number or believe that a ce...
Passive Voice

Playing Favorites

A good leader treats everyone equally. But it can be hard to be a good leader when one of the people 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...