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Wednesday, 13 January 2016

IDIOMS & PHRASAL VERBS WITH DO


Two charts today with idioms with DO (above) and phrasal verbs with DO, too (below).


Monday, 11 January 2016

BYE TO BOWIE

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Gif by Helen Green


Sad news to start off this day, this morning, this week, this year... a legend dies, David Bowie has died. He dies just after becoming 69 (last January 8th), just having releases his new album "BLACKSTAR" (published also on January 8th)... after 18 months fighting against the cancer he suffered. The second-half of XXth century legendary rock star and style and artistic icon. RIP, Bowie.

Videos: 
"BLACKSTAR", Bowie (2015):


"LAZARUS", Bowie (2015):



Hit videos:
"LET'S DANCE":

"MODERN LOVE":


"CHINA GIRL":


"LIFE ON MARS?"


"HEROES":
"ASHES TO ASHES":


"CHANGES":


"ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS":

Sunday, 10 January 2016

Saturday, 9 January 2016

A GUIDE TO BRITISH CULTURE BY STEPHEN FRY


British actor Stephen Fry  stars in a three minute video explaining the essence of British culture to visitors arriving to the UK via London's Heathrow airport. The film shot inside a pub features the actor talking about British cultural features and mentions important British attractions. You can watch it here with subtitles. The video was released last Thursday on Heathrow's free Wi-Fi page.
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Friday, 8 January 2016

Thursday, 7 January 2016

MAKING & ANSWERING INVITATIONS





Bringing an infographic and some charts so that you can see different expressions and structures to make invitations and also to anser them either accepting or refusing.



Wednesday, 6 January 2016

INSTEAD OF SAYING 'VERY', SAY...


Try to avoid overusing very all the time, here are some one-word-synonyms to use instead.

Monday, 4 January 2016

DIFFERENT SPELLINGS BETWEEN BrE & AmE

Another post about differences between British and American English. This time devoted entirely to spelling differences. As we've already explained in a previous general post on differences between BrE & AmE, in spelling we could say in general that AmE has a more logical & simpler spelling, from a Spanish point of view. Below there's enclosed a video explaining.


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Saturday, 2 January 2016

FORMAL & INFORMAL GREETINGS



On today's infographic you can see the different ways you have to greet in English in both formal & informal ways.

Thursday, 31 December 2015

WISHING


As these days we make a lot of wishes, we devote this post to explain how to express wishes in English depending on if they are wishes/regrets about a present, past situation or wishes for the future. 

Tuesday, 29 December 2015

PERSONALITY ACCORDING TO HOROSCOPES



Do you believe in horoscopes? Can someone's personality depend on the time of the year they were born in? Link to see what your horoscope sign says about your personality. Do you agree?





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Monday, 28 December 2015

CURRENCY SYMBOLS: DOLLAR, POUNDS & YENS

Do you know the origin of the names and symbols of the different currency, here's a video that explains the origin of American dollar, British pound and Japanese yen.














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