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Posts: 190 25/03/08 9:29 AM Loyal Member |
Hi,
Everyone can learn" How to be English" by Charlie This is a Funny clip from Youtube. How they can make so weird and at the same time hillarius videos? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpWqCzru5zk&feature=related |
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Posts: 28447 25/03/08 11:56 AM Your Teacher |
Thanks Jarp,
I've heard of this, but hadn't actually watched it. The ending is very funny (I've featured it on the Have fun with English blog now).
Your Teacher
http://www.learn-english-network.org
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hermine |
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Posts: 6454 26/03/08 10:31 AM Moderator |
Does anyone have a clue, how is called the nearest airport in Cornwall. And if you have been there please give me some information.
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Lynne Hand |
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Posts: 28447 26/03/08 10:25 PM Your Teacher |
I think the nearest international airport is Bristol, but there are regional airports.
This link should help:- http://www.cornwall-devon.com/public/140_Air+Links.html
Your Teacher
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Posts: 6454 27/03/08 8:52 AM Moderator |
Lynne thanks a lot.
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jarp81 |
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Posts: 190 31/03/08 4:23 PM Loyal Member |
Hello!
Today at school some girl told me that when she was visited in England a few year ago. She was some pub where some bloke had been kicked off from bar because this guy had ordered two beers showing his two finger wrong way. Is that really so that you are kicked off from bar if you ordered beer that way. |
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Lynne Hand |
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Posts: 28447 07/04/08 11:31 AM Your Teacher |
It's possible, some people take great offence at this gesture. It always amuses me when my German friends do this to me though, because I know they
don't mean it.
Your Teacher
http://www.learn-english-network.org
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poetria1 |
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Posts: 2992 07/04/08 4:11 PM Moderator |
hm it is advisable to be careful
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Lynne Hand |
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Posts: 28447 07/04/08 10:16 PM Your Teacher |
Generally hand gestures are safest if you have the palm facing outwards, but yes, best to avoid them altogether.
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hermine |
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Posts: 6454 08/04/08 8:26 AM Moderator |
I know: Curiosity killed the cat!
What does it means in Brit? It might be I`m silly but I know in German it`s means "peace" or "pieces". Did I got it right/wrong? |
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Lynne Hand |
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Posts: 28447 08/04/08 4:58 PM Your Teacher |
It's very rude and I can't write what it means because the filter would block the word. Have a look at Wiki:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign
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Posts: 1 09/05/08 5:37 PM |
Hi Hermine
when i speak to phone and I would like to ask for some one in his office or not; what is the best word I can use it |
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Posts: 6454 09/05/08 7:02 PM Moderator |
I`ll give this question further to Lynne.
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Lynne Hand |
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Posts: 28447 11/05/08 1:56 PM Your Teacher |
Hi Almqati,
Welcome to the forum. You might find these pages on the website helpful:- Making a phone call in English. Taking a phone call in English. Preparing to make a phone call in English.
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Posts: 350 16/05/08 4:16 PM Moderator |
That's helpful. I've noticed that English people tend to spell words, when in Italy this practice is quite unusual. That depends upon the
pronounciation of written words, that is often uncertain for us....a big obstacle for foreigners. Even so, I like English pronounciation, especially when Lynne
is speaking.
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poetria1 |
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Posts: 2992 16/05/08 4:46 PM Moderator |
Lynne speaks very clearly
God bless Americans 
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Lynne Hand |
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Posts: 28447 16/05/08 4:52 PM Your Teacher |
That's the spirit Poetria.
All that talk of fish and chips today inspired my latest recipe:- Mushy peas
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Posts: 2992 16/05/08 8:12 PM Moderator |
It looks tasty
I had to check however, what your idiom means
that's the spirit good work, good attitude, way to go "That's the spirit," the Captain shouted as we scrubbed the deck |
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giovanni2111 |
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Posts: 350 17/05/08 6:57 PM Moderator |
I would like to cook something, some simple dish, of course, maybe spaghetti "aglio e olio" (Garlic and Oil) , but they (my girlfriend) say I'm
not able to cook, because I'm too "intellectual". She doesn't trust me as a cooker, so, I can't begin my "experiments" and I do
not improve. Mushy Peas ? Looks tasty...but I'm also on a diet, (diet will help me cycling, just bought a new bike for this Summer), even if tomorrow
evening we're going out to eat with friends. If you go to a restaurant with another couple you must eat something, of course, you can't bother other
people with your diet, so tomorrow morning I have to run and do exercises before eating, to "allow" me to go out.
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Posts: 28447 18/05/08 2:55 PM Your Teacher |
Hi Giovanni,
Cook.
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