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⇐ There are many ways of laughing… ←
…many kinds of laughter ⇐
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¤→Shiny shiny⇐(a challenge for translators)⇒
Φ ‘Una lección para guiris’:
⇒ attitudinal idiomatic expressions ⇐
* […]
Most misunderstanding in real life stem from our own misconceptions / misrepresentations of language: things we think/believe we know (Do we?)
Cognates may be a trap, but not for you!
¤ Deceptive cognates: → VERBS ← → NOUNS ← → ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS ← Φ Spanish/English deceptive cognates ⇒
As many books and […]
¤ Markéta Guňková: Why teach delexical verbs?
(1) frequency: Delexical verbs are common structure in English, either in everyday conversations (have a drink, give a call, take a break) or in academic English (make a contribution, give a speech, do research).
(2) fluency: delexical structures contribute to the impression of fluency […]
⇔[Listen & Read]⇐
⇐ British Life & Culture ⇒[01]⇔[02]⇔[03]⇐
What Made The Crocodile Cry? – 101 questions about the English language.
Susie Dent draws on her popular television coverage of curious questions about English […]
Film Words with Definitions: ⇒[01] ⇔ [02] ⇔ [03] ⇔ [quiz 01] ⇔ [quiz 02]⇐
•→http://photographicdictionary.com/stage-screen⇐
φ → Types of films ⇐
• Movie QUIZZES . . . ⇒[01] ⇔ [02] ⇔ [03] ⇔ [04] ⇔ [05] ⇔ [dominoes]⇐
English with […]
•→ http://photographicdictionary.com/body-parts ⇐
• Idioms related to the body . . . →[01] ⇔ [02] ⇔ [03] ⇔ [04]←
· · · click the parts for idioms . . . →[01]← / →[02]← / →[03]←
→[quiz 01]← / →[quiz 02]← [body idioms]
[…]
♣ Can you feel the pain? ↔aches & pains. •→PAIN collocations⇐
•→Physically painful ⇐[MacMillan Dictionary]
¤ English words and phrases connected with injury.
Boil = infected swelling with liquid inside it:
«You’ll need to go to the doctor to have that boil lanced.» (lance – puncture and clean)
Lump […]
•→Adjectives … lists ⇒[01] ⇔ [02]⇐ // •→Top 500 Adjectives⇐
⇒ QUIZ #1 ⇔ QUIZ #2 ⇐
∞ Collocations… Click on ⇒facilities⇐ Find the odd one out.
Φ Opposites … ⇒ [01] ⇔ [02] ⇔ [03] ⇔ [04]⇐
•→Softening ⇐[quizzes]
If you use a negative adjective, […]
•→ Frequently used Phrasal Verbs ⇐
Many words evoke spontaneous images in the minds of native speakers. This is particularly true of words which refer to physical, spacial events or relationships, e.g. go, jump, up, round. We are in direct contact with the physical world through our senses : seeing, feeling, hearing, tasting, […]
• Idioms galore in alphabetical order…⇒[01] ⇔ [02] ⇔[03] ⇔ [04] ⇔[05]⇐
⇓ •→ 10 Common English Idioms: Explained←
♦ Ten more ⇓
♦ Six expressions that bother ↓ Apparently Ashley
‘easy as pie’ / ‘expect the unexpected’ / ‘The customer is always right’ […]
• Vocabulary . . . →[01]← / →[02]← / →[03]← // ⇒[quiz]⇐
Picture dictionaries . . . ⇒[01] ⇔ [02]⇐
¤ Patterns & structures ↓ «What’s the weather like?»
When we talk about the weather, at a very basic level, we can follow any of these patterns:
• It is […]
• Vocabulary … [01] ⇔ [02] ⇔ [vid] ⇔ [vidquiz]⇐
•→Body movements←
A-K ⇐… Sports illustrated …⇒ L-Z
• Quizzes: →[01]← / →[02]←
∞ Guessing Game⇐[pairwork sports worksheet]
¤ Extreme sports⇐
Sports classified as […]
⊕ Telling the Time ⇐ / ⊗ Asking for the time ⇐
⇒words-about-time⇐ [www.english-at-home.com] ⇒time-expressions-in-english⇐
¤ Expressions of Time … ⇑ TASK (advanced)
•→Time markers associated to tenses⇐
Φ Time collocations ⇔ [quiz] ⇔ Time expressions⇐ Φ IT’S (HIGH) TIME + PAST SUBJUNCTIVE […]
•→ Safety at Work ⇐
10 ‘WORK’ Expressions in English ↓
‘overworked’ / ‘dirty work’ / ‘get worked up’ / ‘work out’ / ‘ work on’ / ‘ work up an appetite’ / ‘workaholic’ / ‘work it’ / ‘work … in’ / ‘work something out’
• Employment & Jobs vocabulary … […]
¤ Pictionaries . . . ⇒[01]⇐ / ⇒[02]⇐
• Money Idioms . . . ⇒[01] ⇔ [02] ⇔ [03]⇐ Be closed-fisted : To be very stingy. Be pressed for money : To be very rich. Be rolling in money : When you have a lot of money. Live on a shoe string : […]
• Ways of eating …→[01] ⇔ [02]←
∴
•→www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionary/food.shtml ⇐
•→ http://photographicdictionary.com/food ⇐
•→Food Quantifiers ⇐
•→ In the kitchen ⇐
¤ Cooking terms Vocabulary . . . →[01]← / →[02]← / •→ QUIZ ⇐
♦ […]
•→ http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/plants/⇐
⇑ Root, Stem & Leaf / Flower, Fruit & Seed ⇓
ψ → TREES ⇓
•→ Idioms [Plants – Flowers – Trees]← ¤ Grass ··· Pot … Ganja ··· Hemp … Weed
Mammals [⇒crosswords⇐]
•→ http://photographicdictionary.com/animals⇐
•→ Reptiles & amphibians ⇐
←⇐ ←⇐ ←⇐ ←⇐ ←⇐ ←⇐ birds
∞ insects & bugs …⇒[01] ⇔ [02]⇐
⇓ Creepy-Crawlies
¤ IDIOMS ⇓
• Animal idioms … →[01]← / →[02]← […]
•→ Twitter Explained // •→ Wikileaks⇐[doc]
• Computer glossary … →[01]← / →[02]←
• Computer vocabulary … →[01]← / →[02]←
• Computers illustrated … →[01]← / →[02]←
•→http://www.eslflow.com/Computers—internet-vocabulary-worksheet.html⇐
∇ Screen frozen … ⇓ …Computer crashed
‘…not responding’ / ‘…blank’ / ‘…flickering’ / ‘…beeping’ / ‘…buzzing’
♦ English Vocabulary ↓ […]
•→ Crime words … →[elementary] ⇔ [intermediate] ⇔ [advanced]←
¤ Quizzes . . . ⇒[01] ⇔ [02]⇐
♣ ‘ROB’ – ‘STEAL’ – ‘BURGLE’ ↓
•→www.usingenglish/crime-&-punishment←
•→www.esldiscussions.com/juvenile_crime.pdf←
•→www2.ku.edu/~topeka/THEMATIC_UNITS/Crime.pdf←
•→www.umich.edu/student_projects/trial/executions.html←
⇐Methods of Execution
•→ The vocabulary […]
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