В связи с тем, что Ютуб все-таки собираются заблокировать, интересуюсь, каких носителей можно будет смотреть в ВК. Учителей (некоторые ролики, как минимум) - можно. А вот к Рику Стивзу я зря прониклась симпатией - он заблокировал свои ролики для показа в ВК. Только Ютуб. Ах, как же глупо. Ну какой вред россияне могут ему причинить? Тем более, на ( Read more... )

26 KEY words (from A to Z) to take you from INTERMEDIATE to ADVANCED level English

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(Albeit 3:24 Budge 4:20 Comeuppance 5:02 Dodgy 5:33 Egg on 6:05 Flustered 7:02 Galore 7:27 Hullabaloo 8:36 Inkling 9:02 Jaunt 9:45 Knack 10:13 Leeway 10:45 Maverick 11:38 Nitpick 12:18 Ooze 12:54 Pussyfoot 13:27 Qualms 14:25 Readily 15:00 Spark 15:30 Thrice 16:30 ( Read more... )

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As I’ve never been to London, I like watching such videos. Everytime I see it, I find the city beautiful. A must-see, certainly, if I ever go to Great Britain, but not such a must as Paris! :) ( read more )

1.5 Hour English Conversation Lesson (An American couple, Vanessa and Dan)

The questions they asked, answered and proposed us to answer, which I am doing here:

1. Who do you think you are most like (from your family)? - Both my mom and dad, but I also think I have much of my own, the colour of my hair, eyelashes and eyebrows, for example.
2. When ( Read more... )

Here’s an interesting exercise from the same textbook
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Formality is all about your relationship with the person you are speaking or writing to. If you use formal language, it may be because you wish to show respect, politeness, or to put yourself at a distance (for example, ‘official’ language). Informal language can show friendliness, equality or a feeling of closeness and solidarity with someone. You ( Read more... )

So, I don’t know if the whole humanity is really interested in my attitude to its entity. Let me keep it secret for a while. But I certainly know that some day, they will ask me some stupid questions, such as: “Why did you start to learn Italian?” and “How did you do to speak (and/or write) it better than Italians themselves?!” You see, I can ( Read more... )

Вопрос по английскому и французскому одновременно. Он адресован франкофонам, англофонам, а также ко всем, кто уверенно может на него ответить ;)

Как часто в разговорной речи (или письменной сокращенной: к примеру, записках, оставленных домашним) в предложениях опускается подлежащее? И вообще - можно ли его опускать-то? Если да, в каких временах и ( Read more... )

A human organism, on the whole, is organized intelligently (thanks, the Creator) and is well adapted to many things. Yet, there are some particularities that seem to be absurd. For example: why is the increased production of adrenaline accompanied with pleasure? Since it is this very pleasure that makes some people aimlessly risk their lives going ( Read more... )

Started to read this novel (Penguin Popular Classics). I don’t know if it will be fascinating yet, but the first thing I want to point out is a very good English of the writer. The English I like and would certainly love, if it were not for this blasted francomania!
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