Τρίτη 29 Ιουλίου 2014
Κυριακή 27 Ιουλίου 2014
IDIOMS
Idiom. "To wear your heart on your sleeve"
Meaning: People who wear their heart on their sleeve
express their emotions freely and openly (they do not hide them), for
all to see. Their emotions and affections are clear for all to see.
Origin: When knights fought each other during the Middle Ages, they would dedicate their performance to a woman of the court --usually someone they were in love with. To let their feelings be known to all, the knights pinned a handkerchief or a scarf belonging to the woman onto their sleeves, or the colours of the lady they were supporting, in cloths or ribbons tied to their arms.
Example:
Origin: When knights fought each other during the Middle Ages, they would dedicate their performance to a woman of the court --usually someone they were in love with. To let their feelings be known to all, the knights pinned a handkerchief or a scarf belonging to the woman onto their sleeves, or the colours of the lady they were supporting, in cloths or ribbons tied to their arms.
Example:
"You are just wearing your heart on your sleeve."
"to call the tune"
"To call the tune"
means to have the most power and authority in a situation. The person
who calls the tune makes the important decisions about something and
controls the situation.
Examples:
be in charge, be in control, be the boss, be at the helm/wheel, be in the driver's seat, pull the strings, run the show.
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Examples:
- "In this part of the mortgage market, the banks call the tune."
- "Nancy said that it's her turn to call the tune."
- "Who would then be calling the tune in Parliament?"
be in charge, be in control, be the boss, be at the helm/wheel, be in the driver's seat, pull the strings, run the show.
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Σάββατο 26 Ιουλίου 2014
Τρίτη 8 Ιουλίου 2014
Shakespeare's Sonnets. SONNET 5
Shakespeare's Sonnets.
SONNET 5
Those Hours, that with gentle work did frame
The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell,
Will play the tyrants to the very same
And that unfair which fairly doth excel:
For never-resting Time leads Summer on
To hideous Winter and confounds him there;
Sap check'd with frost and lusty leaves quite gone,
Beauty o'ersnow'd and bareness every where:
Then, were not summer's distillation left,
A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass,
Beauty's effect with beauty were bereft,
Nor it, nor no remembrance what it was.
But flowers distill'd though they with winter meet,
Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.
SONNET 5
Those Hours, that with gentle work did frame
The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell,
Will play the tyrants to the very same
And that unfair which fairly doth excel:
For never-resting Time leads Summer on
To hideous Winter and confounds him there;
Sap check'd with frost and lusty leaves quite gone,
Beauty o'ersnow'd and bareness every where:
Then, were not summer's distillation left,
A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass,
Beauty's effect with beauty were bereft,
Nor it, nor no remembrance what it was.
But flowers distill'd though they with winter meet,
Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.
Summary:
Sonnet 5 compares nature's four seasons with the stages of the young man's life. Although the seasons are cyclical, his life is linear, and hours become tyrants that oppress him because he cannot escape time's grasp. Time might "frame / The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell," meaning that everyone notices the youth's beauty, but time's "never-resting" progress ensures that this beauty will eventually fade.In an extended metaphor, the poet argues that because flowers provide perfume to console people during the winter, it is natural for the youth to have a child to console him during his old age. Without perfume from summer's flowers, people would not remember previous summers during the long, hard winters; childless, the young man will grow old alone and have nothing to remind him of his younger days.Winter, an image of old age, is regarded with horror: "Sap checked with frost and lusty leaves quite gone, / Beauty o'ersnowed and bareness everywhere." The "lusty leaves" imagery recalls the "lusty days" from Sonnet 2 and reemphasizes the barrenness of the youth's old age, in which he will look back longingly on his younger days but have nothing to remember them by. However, in the final couplet, the poet evokes a comforting tone, suggesting that immortality is attainable for the young man, just as it is for summer's flowers when they are transformed into perfume, if only the young man would father a child.
Sonnet 5 compares nature's four seasons with the stages of the young man's life. Although the seasons are cyclical, his life is linear, and hours become tyrants that oppress him because he cannot escape time's grasp. Time might "frame / The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell," meaning that everyone notices the youth's beauty, but time's "never-resting" progress ensures that this beauty will eventually fade.In an extended metaphor, the poet argues that because flowers provide perfume to console people during the winter, it is natural for the youth to have a child to console him during his old age. Without perfume from summer's flowers, people would not remember previous summers during the long, hard winters; childless, the young man will grow old alone and have nothing to remind him of his younger days.Winter, an image of old age, is regarded with horror: "Sap checked with frost and lusty leaves quite gone, / Beauty o'ersnowed and bareness everywhere." The "lusty leaves" imagery recalls the "lusty days" from Sonnet 2 and reemphasizes the barrenness of the youth's old age, in which he will look back longingly on his younger days but have nothing to remember them by. However, in the final couplet, the poet evokes a comforting tone, suggesting that immortality is attainable for the young man, just as it is for summer's flowers when they are transformed into perfume, if only the young man would father a child.
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This Conversation Starters section of the Everyday English in Conversation is developed to engage you in meaningful situations as happens in our daily conversation. It is recommended that you first attempt to develop a response and then compare your answers with the sample responses. We believe by paying attention to the native-speakers' oral responses, you'll learn how to express your feelings and ideas properly and idiomatically.
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Δευτέρα 7 Ιουλίου 2014
Κυριακή 6 Ιουλίου 2014
Σάββατο 5 Ιουλίου 2014
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