What are the essential English phrases for conversations? Here are some
"survival phrases" that will help you if you visit an English-speaking
country.
Saying I’m sorry is certainly preferable to not apologizing at all, but it’s better if you use instead one of the many alternative expressions in English that you’ll discover in this post. In England, people apologise a lot. They say sorry when they do something wrong, when they have upset someone, when they want to sympathise with someone, when they are about to disturb someone and even when someone else disturbs them! Have you ever stepped on someone’s foot and the other person says sorry before you?! I suppose they feel sorry that their foot was in your way!
Chronas is a history project linking Wikipedia and Wikidata with a chronological and cartographical view.
The goal was to get a better understanding of how the world's history is interconnected. What
happened in Asia when Rome dominated Europe? What happened in Arabia
when Kublai Khan proclaimed himself the emperor of China?
Christmas carols were mostly a Victorian tradition along with trees, crackers and cards. Eugene Byrne explains the why the popularity of Silent Night has never faded, why there’s always a place for Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, and why the British fondness of Good King Wenceslas has not yet subsided
Here are 10 idioms with the verb eat in English. Read the definition and example sentences for each of the 10 idioms. Next, take the idioms with eat quiz
to check your knowledge. Finally, find a friend and have a discussion
using these idioms. To learn more idioms, you can also use short stories providing idioms in context.
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UK. If you want to keep up to date with the latest fashions, music or
trends, this is the place to be.
Here’s a collection of holiday and winter sites for kids and teachers that should help make your last week of school festive and productive, and give kids some fun places to go on those cold, wintry days.
Christmas Worksheets - Have Fun Teaching:has lots of free Christmas Worksheets for teachers! These Christmas worksheets are perfect for the classroom or at home. Use each Christmas worksheet for a fun and meaningful holiday with your kids!
During World War I, on and around Christmas Day 1914, the sounds of rifles firing and shells exploding faded in a number of places along the Western Front in favor of holiday celebrations in the trenches and gestures of goodwill between enemies.
Have
you ever read any plays by Shakespeare? Or watched a play or film of
his work? If not, don't worry! You can find out what happens in them all
with these great web comics! They're a lot of fun!
...or you can find out more in our fantastic free online course, Exploring English: Shakespeare! http://bit.ly/LEShakespeare