Ladies and gentlemen!
Today is the First Day of School in many countries. We wish you good luck and hope that this year will be marvellous for you.
It doesn't matter if you are a student or not - we guess that studying is a life-long process. We are here to make this process a bit more entertaining.
...by the way, what's the funniest thing that's happened to you at school? Don't hesitate to share in @violachat.
Here, sit down and relax so that you can regain your composure and share our new posts with friends.
Читать полностью…Probably the most impressing video of the day is here for you:
https://youtu.be/MBRqu0YOH14?utm_content=kuku.io&utm_medium=social&utm_source=telegram&utm_campaign=kuku.io
It's a bit sad till the middle but has quite a motivating ending.
"to have green fingers" is from British & Australian language, while "to have a green thumb" is for the Americans.
Читать полностью…bed of roses = a comfortable or luxurious position, as in "Taking care of these older patients is no bed of roses. This metaphor, first recorded in 1635, is often used in a negative context, as in the example.
Читать полностью…"I know it's September, but don't get out your winter clothes just yet — this area often has an Indian summer. I hate the cold weather, so I'm hoping for an Indian summer."
Читать полностью…...Oh yes, I will summer and winter him during this probationary period, to determine if we should hire him full-time.
*probation = a process or period in which a person's fitness, as for work or membership in a social group, is tested
...sharing the most useful idioms with you!
You never know what you will have to do in the future. Maybe it will be corn growing.
OK, now it's a right time to share the new Game of Thrones trailer with you.
The trailer itself is here: https://goo.gl/a8VZGe
Here are the official subtitles:
0:01 ♪ (PIANO PLAYING) ♪
0:04 PETYR BAELISH: Don't fight in the north,
0:06 or the south.
0:09 Fight every battle everywhere.
0:13 Always...
0:16 in your mind.
0:17♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
0:26♪ (WOMAN VOCALIZING) ♪
0:43 JON SNOW: For centuries, our families fought together
0:47 against their common enemy.
0:50 Despite their differences. Together.
0:54 We need to do the same if we're gonna survive.
0:58 'Cause the enemy is real.
1:00♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
1:05JON SNOW: It's always been real.
1:10(MEN SHOUTING)
1:15(DRAGON GROWLING)
1:24♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES, STOPS) ♪
1:28(WIND WHISTLING)
1:30 SANSA STARK: When the snows fall
1:33 and the white winds blow,
1:37 the lone wolf dies,
1:39 but the pack survives.
1:42♪ (PIANO PLAYS) ♪
hit the books and pound the books = to study hard. I spent the weekend pounding the books. I gotta go home and hit the books. I have finals next week.
Читать полностью…* to resign = to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving
Читать полностью…By the way:
Spot Burn
1. When someone ruins your secret fishing spot.
2. When someone is doing something that is annoying you (spot burning you)
"I can't believe they found out where my fishing spot was from my Instagram pic and those nasty guys spot burned me".
"We're through the worst of the recession - we're out of the woods now."
"That pneumonia was serious, but Charles is finally out of the woods."
That's the new topic for the week.
"You should see Bob's living room. It's as big as all outdoors! The new movie theater is as big as all outdoors.
vicious circle = a negative situation that is constantly maintained or worsened, rather than resolved.
The fatter I get, the unhappier I am, so I eat to cheer myself up, which makes me fatter yet - it's a vicious circle .
One post a day keeps laziness away!
Everything will fall right into place starting this Monday. Good luck :)
(yep, the idiom refers to the fact that the weather is usually very hot in July)
you don't get me = you don't understand me
what is the matter with you = is there something wrong with you?