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Amazing Christmas decorations It is December. It makes me feel nostalgic, happy and enthusiastic in the same time. December is month full of expectations, plans for the new Year, decorations. I am planning to decorate Christmas Tree in next few days, and we are making some new hand- made decorations, and we are alsi searching for new ideas. Kids are especially happy and even it is corona time, we are trying to forget about it just for a while and to concentrate in making…
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Konstantin Simonov a great Russian poet and his amazing poem 'Wait for me' Konstantin Simonov If you are poetry lovers you will probably like this text because I am going to share some information about a poet who wrote one of the best love poems **'Wait for me'** or originally **'** **Жди меня'**. The famous Russian writer Konstantin Simonov (real name Kiril Mihajlović), was born on November 28, 1915. in Petrovgrad. Not so long after revolution 1917, his father,who was a…
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Famous people also suffer from stammer Have you ever had a problem with stammer (also known as stutter)? Probably you know at least one person suffering from it. But there is a fact that many famous people all around the world have or had in the past problem with stammer. A person suffering from a stammer has trouble speaking without saying the same sounds in words repeatedly. It can also prevent the person from speaking at all in some cases. Words beginning with “w”, “m” or…
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Words with more meanings We are often confused by words with more than one meaning. There are lot of different words in English language that can make a real mess in our brains. For example, the word **date** can be brown sweet fruit . “I ate some lovely dates.” Or if you have **a date** with someone you have an appointment to meet this person. “I’ve got a date with Mark next Friday". Here are more examples- **BEAR** 1.It can be a large mammal that lives in a forest: “There…
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Sapporo Snow Festival In many countries artists make wonders from snow, "Ice Moscow" at Victory Park is popular in Russia in December, also in Japan, there is a festival in Sapporo, during February and it is something that cannot be described by simple words. Winter in Japan is pretty cold, especially in northern areas like Hokkaido, Tohoku region and Northern Kanto region, and if you want to enjoy the snowy and icy winter in Japan you have to visit snow festivals. Winter…
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Extreme ironing - silly sport Have you ever heard about some weird sports such as extreme ironing or competitive Eating?Believe or not these sports do exist and every year have more contestants . It is believed that sports must combine physical activity and competition. If we use this definition, then ***extreme ironing*** is a sport. For now it is popular in Japan, Australia and Germany .. https://youtu.be/njHE4S-HD3I **Extreme ironing** is pressing clothes in very…
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Examples of how to say things in different situations-Slang Many foreigners can't understand some phrases in spoken English, there are many reasons, because of idioms maybe,or phrasal verbs not common in their own language ,but the main reason is usually slang. **Slang** is a type of language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.It is…
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Kids art-Christmas decoration I have promised to share some photos and ideas for Christmas decorations. My kids are very enthysiastic about holidays, so they try to make some decorations every day. There are Christmas cards, paper figures, ornaments, snowflakes... They do it in the kindergarten and, the oldest daughter makes it at school too, and of course I enjoy helping them at home. My three kids are very young, (they are at the age of seven, four and two) , but I find…
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Can you bear low temperatures? It is winter but there isn't snow, at least at this moment. It is usually around - 1 and ±8 degrees and it is cold but I can stand it. I have to admit that I really cannot bear very low temperatures during winter. Few days ago I watched a story about one of the coldest cities in the world. It is a city located in Russia, called Yokutsk. It is located about 450 kilometres kilometers south of the Artic Circle. It is said that the lowest…
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IDIOMS expressing happiness Idioms are words or phrases that have some cultural meaning behind them and foreigners cannot sometimes understand them because ,they will be lost in translation if they translate every single word separately..Idioms are very often used in English written and spoken language. You have probably heard some of them in movies, or song lyrics... When you learn English idioms and phrases you will be more confident when you want to impress some native…
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Useful expressions for describing negative emotions Let's learn some new vocabulary that can help us understand other people. Fear,disappointment,rage,regret,disgust,despair,,spite,bitterness,nervousness, remorse,guilt and many others are words that describe negative feelings. Here are some explanations and examples of some of these words. “***Resentment***” is anger that someone feels about something. Example: “The reduction in holidays cause a lot of resentment among the…
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Idioms that can be seen in popular song titles Music makes us happy and in the same time we can learn a lot through songs and music. If we translate and analyze our favorite songs we can find many useful things,learn new vocabulary and learn how to pronounce some words. Songs and poems are a great way to learn English. They can help with our pronunciation and show us how word sounds join together; but they can also help you learn lots of useful words and expressions –…
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Swimming styles and words Do you enjoy swimming?I really do. Swimming is the only sport that relaxes my the whole body. I enjoy swimming in the sea. There are many swimming styles.Do you have a favorite one? Here are some swimming styles; **The crawl** – swimming with your legs kicking and your arms moving over your head. **Backstroke** – swimming on your back with your legs kicking. **Breast stroke** – swimming by pushing your arms out to the sides. **he butterfly** –…
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Anatidaephobia-fear of duck A friend of mine suffer from a very strange kind of phobia so called - Anatidaephobia. Are you kidding? I asked her when she told me about her fears and anxiety. I have never thought that someone can have such a weird fear of something. Maybe it looks funny but it exists, real or not, but the person have a ridiculous fear that there is a duck or goose that is watching her. The person is not so afraid that the duck will attack or touch the person…
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'Keep Light' shining decoration that caused shock in Serbia Modern art has the big freedom in expressing ideas. We could see that kind of freedom in New Year's decoration in the center of Belgrade, capital of Serbia. Two days ago, the artist Andrej Josifovski, known as the Pianist, placed a big shining penis near the city Assembly. The figure was called 'Keep Light. ' That event caused great attention of casual passers-by, but also there were millions of comments on social…
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My kids new earrings Ellie and Dorothy, my oldest daughters, decided to pierce their ears. I was postponing that decision for a long time because I was afraid of it. They have told me that they have a big wish to wear earrings, so I have promised to fulfill their wish as soon as possible. They didn't forget my promise and every day they were reminding me of that. Few days ago, their grandfather visited us and gave them some money, in order to buy something they really like…
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A letter to Santa My daughter this year started her first grade at school. Now it is holiday and the pupils will be free about three weeks. She didn't know how to read and write at the beginning. It made her disappointed because there were children who already knew how to read. Dictation was her nightmare. She has promised that she will learn to read and write till the end of December and she really succeed. I am so proud mother. There is a radio competition, for kids who…
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What kind of person is capable for this? Is it possible that someone can do such a monstuous deed? Branka P. (61) was arrested yesterday, because of a suspicion of putting her grandchild, new born baby of her daughter in a garbage bag and throwing it the garbage. Fortunatelly the baby is alive and saved in the last moment. The drama started on Wednesday, when Milja, the mother of a baby, called the ambulance due to heavy bleeding. She was transferred to GAK Visegradska,…
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Surprise box for Christmas Few days ago we received a call from a bus driver who came from Germany and he told us that there was a big bag for us, sent from Germany. We didn't expect anything, so we were thinkong it is some kind of mistake or a joke. My husband went to see what it was about and he was so surprised when he saw a note, 'Merry Christmas dear godson, greetings from your godmother'. Actually it was a big present for our family from my husband's godmother, 74…