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Use the correct grammar

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Are you on the verge of cracking up? Are you i n love with someone? Are people taking you for granted? Are y ou at odds with  everyone?

Morning rush hour on Westminster Bridge

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I wonder how many people have seen and took a photograph of this famous landmark in London?

Are you Under the Weather?

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How many of these phrasal verbs can you use?  Do you know some more interesting expressions? For Example: I am stressed out. I feel over the moon. Has the cat got your tongue?

Learning a new language

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Which language is easier to learn Japanese, Mandarin or Arabic? According to the  Foreign Service Institute , Japanese is the most difficult language for a native English speaker to learn. This ranking takes into account not only the language itself but also the cultural aspect that comes with learning any language, so it is perhaps no surprise the most difficult language would come from a culture that is also notoriously difficult for Westerners to adjust to. Grammatically speaking, Japanese couldn’t be more different from English; it belongs to its own language family, Japonic or Japanese-Ryukyuan, so the vocabulary wouldn’t be familiar except for the occasional loan-word here and there; and instead of an alphabet, the Japanese writing system consists of characters adopted from Chinese plus two different syllabaries. If you meet a native English speaker who learned Japanese to any degree of proficiency, give him or her a pat on the back. 私立英語教師、イーリングの有資格者 تع

Dohar Delights To Be Continued..

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1 Dohar Delights  “I`ve done it, I booked my flight, I am flying to Qatar next week. I can`t wait! Do you think you and your fella will get a chance to come out and visit once I am settled?” “I dunno Frankie. I will try and speak to Phill soon. We could do with a holiday, he works too hard nowadays.” Mo replied. I often asked the advice of my big sister Mo. She knows me better than I know myself. “You and Phill will love it there fantastic weather, a private pool, 5-star hotel. No pubs mind you but your other half could do with a few weeks off the beer anyway.” “I `ll run it by him but I can't promise anything. I must admit I fancy a few weeks in the sun away from London.” I didn't stay chatting to my sister long on the phone. I still had so much to sort out. She would only try and talk me out of it anyway. She has always been the sensible one in our family. Here I am now sitting by the pool in Dohar, Qatar, with a cold fruit juice in my hand and the sound of

Great Short Story Writers

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Ernest Hemmingway wrote a short story with just six words, after he agreed to a bet. He wrote For Sale.  Baby shoes never used. This story leaves so much to the readers imagination. It is still a very powerful effective short story.

Spanish Chicas and Japanese Writers

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Costa Conversations It started in the baking hot streets of Zaragoza, Spain nearly 20 years ago. Who would have thought that Dann would still be teaching English! It all got more serious in 2010 when he returned to study at Harrow college and was awarded the Cambridge CELTA. Now it is official he can teach English for a living. Who was that young girl in one of his first lessons who fell off her chair and hurt her head? It nearly ended then before it even got started. So many Spanish names all of them forgotten now. What about the gorgeous housewife in her black leather pants? Dann and his two flatmates fancied her and she cheered up Monday afternoons for sure. There was Pilar, and the Inter-Cambio girls.  Fat Susie was always on their minds too. The most memorable girl Dann met was Dove! What a name! How could you ever forget it? Paloma that was her name, or was it? Still today we can't be sure. Today Dann was in Costa with the 3 writers, Taibgh, Jali and Yohan. “

What makes a good photo?

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Which of the 3 photos is your favourite and why?  I took the photo of the stranger on the beach fishing, very early in the morning on my first day of my holiday to the Algarve in Portugal. The solitude and the peace and quite was what I was trying to capture.  The second photo is of a harbour and mountain view in Lanzarote Spain. I love this view as it is so relaxing but also interesting. It suggests to me possibilities of travel to far of places. It is also a memory of an enjoyable holiday a few years ago. The third photo is a collection of random photos. They have no real connection. I am the person sitting on the little wooden bridge on the left. This was taken in the Pyrenees in Spain the views all around were amazing. The bird photo is not mine but it shows incredible photographic skills and I love the colour too! Add caption

Indoor Pond at Kew Gardens

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Inside a Bee Hive at Kew Gardens

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Humanity

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