Either or Neither nor Just because they sound the same, doesn’t mean that they are the same. I was in a lesson with Max (Betro) and we came across the two. Either / or is a choice: you can either have orange juice or apple juice. Neither / nor is a double statement with two …
Hi everyone 🙂 (I still haven’t managed to find out how to make a subscribe function, none of the WordPress ones seem to want to work). Well, today was quite a busy “quiet day”. I was up at about 09:30, dropped my top and punched myself in the balls when I tried to catch it: …
Hi everyone. (Anyone?) I’ve just been in a lesson with Andrew, my student who lives in Moscow. (A very talented young guy). We’re reading: “The Hobbit” (The Hobbit) And we found: “the Gandalf who was responsible for so many lads and lasses going off into the blue for mad adventures?”. “into the blue”. What does …
What have you been doing recently? “Oh, this and that”. This means “general things”, nothing specific; no important news to tell. Someone could be purposefully evasive by saying it, or they could legitimately have no interesting news to tell.
“Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty” means: “let’s talk about the most important things”.
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Hello lovely people all over the world! How are you? I’m all right, the weather has turned for the worse over the last few days; it’s gone from being lovely, bright and sunny, to being grey, rainy and miserable. I went out today to get some shopping for my mam and to have a coffee …
Manners Excuse me Please Thank you. “Manners cost nothing” “Manners maketh the man” Manners are a very important part of learning not only the English language, but also of understanding British culture. A person who uses (or “has”) manners, will be considered to be polite; a person who doesn’t have or doesn’t use manners, will be considered …