02-09-2011
BTS training
Video practice for the BTS. Watch the videos on this website. (click!), or on that website. Choose the clips you want to watch. Enjoy!
10-10-2010
Watching the news on a regular basis. Tales /BTS
If you want to keep up to date with the latest news,this podcast is made for you! Try to watch it as often as you can.
05-15-2010
Idioms 2009 (56 - 60) = 3
- You haven't finished your chores, by a long shot ! (= far from it !)
- I have to draw a line in the sand ! (= to set my limits !)
- This exercise is duck soup !(= very easy !)
- You should walk a mile in my shoes ! (try to understand my problems ...)
- Don't make a mountain out of a molehill ! (Do not exaggerate things !
05-01-2010
Idioms ( 51 to 55 ) 2009 : 3
- Better late than never ! (Even if you're late, there are some things you must do !)
- The more, the merrier ! (At a party, you welcome friends because the more friends you have, the happier you feel !)
- That's off limits ! (That's unbearable! )
- She's out of my league ! (She's too beautiful, or too nice for me to hope to go out with her ...)
- He expected her for an hour, but she stood him up ! (she didn't show up ! in French, she "put a rabbit for him" ! )
04-15-2010
Idioms (46 to 50 ) 2009 = 3
- He has a bat in the belfry ! ( He's quite mad !)
- "it's water under the bridge ! " (I have forgotten and forgiven what you did to me !)
- He drinks like a fish ! ( very much !)
- Give him an inch and he'll take a mile ! ( You always want more than what you're given ...)
- He's on his last legs ! ( he's ready to die - in the concrete and the abstract !).
04-01-2010
Idioms 2009 ( 41 - 45) : 3
- This story doesn't hold water ...(It's unbelievable !)
- You won't really be/get over Tom unless you have another boyfriend to go out with ...(You won't forget Tom if you don't go out with another boy ! )
- Stop trying to lead us up the garden path ! (Stop trying to make us make mistakes.)
- What is done, is done ! (and can seldom (or never) be undone !)
- It's more easily said than done ! (saying something is more difficult than doing it!)
03-11-2010
1LV2 : suffixes
An easy exercise to help you with suffixes ...and other examples !
words
Staycation , a new word ... Sure you'll like it ! and here is a new series of vocabulary to keep your English up to date ...