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Word 8: wink

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Jonathan replied to Jonathan's discussion 'Conversation tennis: Topic 1 - Can you ... ?'

I can't ride a bike with no hands because it always felt too unstable to be comfortable. Can you wink? (some people can't)

11 minutes ago

Linda replied to Jonathan's discussion 'Conversation tennis: Topic 10: Do you prefer ... ?'

It is very difficult quesіtion. I have never been neither in heaven neither in hell. What to do if to serve in heaven looks like hell? I think, I prefer to serve in heaven becouse I hate hot. Do you prefer to live with person who you love or to be…

28 minutes ago

Jonathan Try the new vocabulary builder speaking activity http://bit.ly/b9lDFT

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Jonathan Practise the new word of the day 'wink' in your blog http://bit.ly/dvm21v

31 minutes ago

Jonathan New member of the week: Mekid Mohamed from Algeria http://bit.ly/9audjG

34 minutes ago

Jonathan commented on Jonathan's photo 'Grammar through pictures: Intermediate: should have / shouldn't have'

Find the sentence to make Eva's sentence more idiomatic: driver / got / should / have / driving / before / the / enough / sleep

37 minutes ago

Omar replied to Jonathan's discussion 'Conversation tennis: Topic 1 - Can you ... ?'

You've got me on my dead spot! I can't crawl swim or even pretend to be. I can't swim at all, and I've never learned to; though I've been trying hard in the few moments I've been close to the shore. Can you use your bike without catching the handle…

56 minutes ago

Omar replied to Jonathan's discussion 'Conversation tennis: Topic 10: Do you prefer ... ?'

I'd rather watch on TV with my friends, unless it's a very important match. In that case I'd prefer to be alone, fearing to break somebody's bones or jump on them either because of extreme happiness cheering out or overwhelming melancholy and sadnes…

58 minutes ago

Omar replied to Jonathan's discussion 'Conversation tennis: Topic 7 - Have you ever ... ?'

hm, lemme think! I certainly have done so, especially as a kid. I used to hide my stuff from my sisters & even theirs, & at times it was ever so hard to get back to them, especially if they were deeply & carefully buried into the ground. Have you e…

1 hour ago

Jonathan Try the latest pronunciation activity with the word 'twentieth' http://bit.ly/6xT15R

1 hour ago

Omar replied to Jonathan's discussion 'Words of wisdom'

Hi everyone! Well that's absolutely true. But at times we realize how bad our deeds were, only after we see them done to us. I think there's another way to saying it similar to Jonathan's "Do as you would be done by". It's a great shame on any one w…

1 hour ago

Omar replied to Jonathan's discussion 'Conversation tennis: Topic 9 - What's the best way to ...?'

Well, I guess it's similar to a sunny, hot day when there are few cars passing by and you need to stop one to get to a far place. As a fellow teacher did -there was definitely no other way- to stop into the middle of the road and block the traffic..…

1 hour ago

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Conversation tennis: Topic 1 - Can you ... ? 5 Replies

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Conversation tennis: Topic 10: Do you prefer ... ? 31 Replies

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Conversation tennis: Topic 7 - Have you ever ... ? 39 Replies

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Words of wisdom 4 Replies

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Conversation tennis: Topic 9 - What's the best way to ...? 14 Replies

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Conversation tennis: Topic 3 - Would you ... ? 4 Replies

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Conversation tennis: Topic 2 - Music 31 Replies

Started by Jonathan in Conversation tennis. Last reply by Tharim Sanchez 14 hours ago.

Member of the week: Mekid Mohamed from Algeria 1 Reply

Started by Jonathan in Member of the week. Last reply by Omar 19 hours ago.

Member of the week: Tharim from Colombia 33 Replies

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Featured country: Mexico 2 Replies

Started by Jonathan in Featured country. Last reply by Rafael Augusto Suarez Cetina Feb 5.

The word train 36 Replies

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Conversation tennis: Topic 5 - Your name 21 Replies

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The bigger picture: Topic 1: Immigration 7 Replies

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So how was your day? 24 Replies

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Conversation tennis: Topic 6 - Your favourite ... ? 31 Replies

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Conversation tennis: Topic 8 - What would you do if ... ? 62 Replies

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Yes but ... game 26 Replies

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What's my word? 14 Replies

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Member of the week: Eva from Slovakia 28 Replies

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Featured country: Russia 24 Replies

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February 27, 2010 at 6pm to February 28, 2010 at 7pm – Skype

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Blog Posts

A film I watched: Bright Star

Last night I watched a wonderful film: "Bright Star" which tells the
life of John Keats, the greatest British Poet. His life was short and
full of sorrows and trouble, mainly financial and health ones. John
Keats literary works only got their due importance & became highly
appreciated and well received after his life. What a pity! he died
thinking his works were not worth reading...Here is one of his poems:

" Bright Star "

Bright star, would I were steadfas… Continue

Posted by Omar on February 5, 2010 at 1:28pm

Something I read today: Bono's 10 rules

I read very inconsistent article about the 10 Bono´s rules or opinions to global warning and global problems today (Bono, the singer, from the band U2). The most edifying part was about global warning, how we should to start to buy the ecological cars, dont produce too much garbage, how to spare electricity and energy, etc. and I have to confess, I didnt understand what this guy spoke about.

How somebody, who has Maserati with more than 85L fuel tank capacity, who has an own helicopter

… Continue

Posted by eva on February 5, 2010 at 12:41pm — 1 Comment

Word of the day: crawl

Crawling is the action of moving on the floor on your hands and knees. The crawl is also a kind of swimming stroke: the one that is the fastest way to move in the water. Look at this guy doing the crawl. Perhaps he's late for work at the sea park.

… Continue

Posted by Jonathan on February 5, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Word of the day: hug

A hug can express more things than you can say with words. There aren't bad hugs, everyone are good. They don't need energy or batteries you just need love. To give and receive bear hugs is an healthy habit that you have to practice every days in your life.

Posted by SONIA on February 4, 2010 at 9:47pm — 1 Comment

Word of the day: hug

When someone gives you a very big and powerful hug with both arms around you, it's called a bear hug.

What sentences can you make using this word of the day? Practise this word by writing about it in your blog. Click here to add your blog post on this topic.

Posted by Jonathan on February 4, 2010 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

Word of the day: yawn

The word yawn has the same sound as the first part of the word in morning. This is a good way to remember the pronunciation: yawning in the morning.

Some scientists believe that we don't just yawn when we are tired. They believe that we also yawn when our brains know that we need energy to do something else. The extra intake of oxygen helps us to be prepared and ready to do another thing. In other words, yawning can also be a sign that our… Continue

Posted by Jonathan on February 3, 2010 at 11:30am

Word of the day: frown

If someone is frowning and looking sad, people sometimes say in English "Why the sad/long face?" as a different way of saying "What's the matter?" or "What's wrong with you?"

There's a quite famous joke in English based on this expression.

A horse walks into a bar. (Many jokes start like this)
The barman says: "Why the long face?"

Of course, you could frown for many different reasons. You might be concentrating hard on something or perhaps you are just… Continue

Posted by Jonathan on February 2, 2010 at 9:00am

What I did last night: Pub

Last night, I went to the pub to see my friend John. We chatted for a few hours and had a meal in the pub. He had chilli beef and I had chicken korma.

It was a nice evening but John was extremely tired because he'd been doing martial arts for three hours earlier in the day.

Still, it was a nice night out.

Posted by Jonathan on February 1, 2010 at 3:00pm

Something I read today: Constance Brown: Fish and Chips legend

I read one very interesting article today called Constance Brown "Fish and chips legend", who died recently in the age 102 in Wales and inspite of she didnt work on it to be famous, she was success. She opened together with her husband a small Brown´s cafe in Pembroke when she was 21, and she worked there for her whole life. After death of her husband together with her son and his wife.
She did the same rituals every day: each morning she starts with a cleaning of fishes and cuting of chips then… Continue

Posted by eva on February 1, 2010 at 2:22pm — 1 Comment

Word of the day: sneeze

When people want to write the sound of a sneeze in a book they often write "A-Tishoo!" which is ironic because a tissue is what people often need when they sneeze.

There are many things that make me sneeze: of course pepper but also chemical substances like air freshener or furniture polish. For some reason, they really irritate my nose.

When I sneeze, I tend to sneeze very loudly and very often:… Continue

Posted by Jonathan on February 1, 2010 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments