The babies are having fun while we are scared
I have an nine months old baby.She Is my forrh child,and I have a lot of experience with her sisters,but no matter the experienceI have, there is always some new things I can learn from those little cute creatures. The common characteristic of babies Is that they like to do forbidden things ,to explore the world ,and saying NO to them Is very often funny to them do they repeat their wrong actions.
Babies like to crawl and explore the world around them.They often touch cables,the electricity,remote control,mobile phone and they everything put in their month enjoying it.Sometimes it looks so delicious to them.We Are scared and try to protect everything but sometimes it Is useless.The most surprising thing Is that saying NO to them entertain them a lot and they are laughing repeating the forbidden actions...Nine to 12 month old babies are so curious and active.
Here are some common characteristics for babies from 9 to 12 months old..
While sitting,the baby can turn in a circle.
-pick up objects.
Stand by flexing his knees and pushing off from a squat.
Walk while holding on to furniture ,usually using toes...
Walk when supported by both hands
Crawl very well.
The baby Can use the tip of the index finger and thumb to pick up small items.
Put objects in and take them out of containers.
Point, poke, touch, and pry with the index finger.
She also can place one block on top of another.
Give objects to another person, if asked.
The baby can hold the spoon trying to use it
The baby can chew small pieces of food.
Don't be afraid,just let them be the babies and they will be fine.Of course,we have to watch out every Step they make and protect some dangerous places if it Is possible.They will grow up so fast,take pictures of their interesting moments.One day it will be a precious gift for the family members.
I hope you find this article interesting.Thanks for reading.
Authority over children
Being a mother of four kids is very hard .You don’t have time for yourself,even to have a bath without some voices,callings,asking where I am...It is hard and we ask ourselves where the problem lies, what I do wrong...It is difficult to answer these questions. I have a lot of experience with children and I always want to hear other parents ’s experiences, I read a lot about parenting as well .
The question that parents often face is how to gain and maintain authority over the child. Every parent should be the educator of their child, and in order to achieve that, he must, have authority ,and it is extremely hard. Authority is a mixture of respect and trust that a child feels. It implies an optimal measure of parental boundaries and consistency. The authority of the parents is destroyed when the child feels that there are quarrels, misunderstandings, quarrels and other negative emotions between them. All this destroys the peaceful family atmosphere, creates insecurity and depression in the child.
When authority is mentioned, many parents misunderstand the word and exchange it with "being strict." That is the first and big mistake. You should treat the child as a future person. Insults, humiliation and tutoring are forbidden because you are suffocating children's feelings, independence and will. It is also very important that you treat the child in accordance with his developmental stages and age.
How is authority gained?
You will have it if you are patient, tactful, but first consistent. Parental consistency means a peaceful and predictable and safe life for a child. A child will respect his parents if he feels that the relations in the family are consistent with everyone.
Do you have authority?
Yes, if you take care of a child in every way. A child gains trust in his parents if he feels that he always has support in them, even when he makes mistakes, when it is difficult for him. Parental authority is directly related to the child's trust. Only if the child feels that the parental orders make sense and are in his interest, he will accept their authority. Children will respect their parents if they see in them people who treat themselves, family, work and the social community correctly.You can admit that it is well said but not so true sometimes in reality.
How does authority collapse?
In some families, authority is destroyed due to different attitudes towards the child, father works differently, mother, grandfather, grandmother, aunt work differently… Parents' authority is destroyed when the child feels that there are quarrels, misunderstandings, quarrels and other negative phenomena between them. All this destroys the peaceful family atmosphere, creates insecurity and depression in the child.
Some parents set their attitude towards their child from a "height". Their task is to command, and the child to listen. Nothing worse than that! Such parents quickly lose authority in the eyes of their child. Ordering and forbidding a child is very simple. But no one raises a child with that, they just "train" him. The so-called good child, who listens to his parents in everything and satisfies all their demands, does not mean that he is well brought up. The child only has to understand what is allowed and what is forbidden, what is good and what is bad.
Even those parents who react immediately, sharply, often and unfairly to the child's mistakes are not authorized. If the parents react directly to the mistake, the child does not cope, feels lonely, defends himself and resistance appears. The child did not understand his mistake, so he will not get rid of such mistakes or he will be careful not to make them in front of his parents. Parents should give the child some time to have the opportunity to think about it, to feel the need to trust the parents. In this way, the child gains confidence in his own strength.
It is crucial that parents have a unified attitude when disciplining children. If one parent starts enforcing the sentence and the other says it is not necessary, you are undermining the authority. And in the end, it will not be clear to the children what is expected of them. Although they will probably be glad that they escaped punishment, they will be confused. The absolute best thing for children is to see their parents as a strong team that agrees, even in punishment.
I would like to have more authority over my kids but it depends on many factors. I hope I am a good parent,and the most important is to recognize our mistakes.
Play games and earn money on PayPal
Majority of us have smarphones,android phones and they are very useful in our everyday life.You can also use your phones to install some applications and earn some money
.Earn money while spending time while playing favourite games.There are many different games such as Pet Master, Travel time,Dig Put,Travel Town and many others.You just have to install applications such as App Flame and follow the instructions.There are welcome points-usually 1800 and you need only 2000 points to withdraw your money Via PayPal,today you ask tomorrow the money will be on your Paypal account..
Firs registre,verify your account ,face verification and refren points you already earned there. You can refren 0.20$, or 0.40$ ,1$, 2$,4$ and 8$ if you have enough points.
.Here Is a proof of payment from yesterday I used points of 1$ value and received 0.89$..
The previous proof Is from another similar application on android phone called Money Well.It Is almost the same as Flame app,you earn points while play games and exchange points for PayPal money.I wanted to try if it works ,so I used 2000 points for 0.20$ and I received 0.17$.So the sites are legit and fairly pays.If you have Smart phone,install it and enjoy while playing games and earning.
Thanks for your time.I hope you find this article useful.If you need some help just let me know in your comments.
Superheroes exhibition
When I was a kid I used to watch movies and cartoons with superheroes.I enjoyed watching Batman and Super Man. I believed I can also fly and save the world.My sister was supergirl and I was catwoman ,we used to make costumes out of paper and enjoyed in our world. It was really funny.
Today I wisited a shoping moll in our city called Big Fashion. Very often there are many exhibitions with sharks,dinosauruses, unusual animals and superheroes.There Is exhibition at the moment representing superheroes .Their huge figures can be seen in a hall of the moll.They look amazing and visitors enjoy observing them.
Here Is an advert about the exhibition.
Deat visitors, you are all invited to enjoy the adventure and visit the fantastic exhibition - SUPERHEROES from 30.10. to 15.11. and remind yourself of beloved heroes such as: Superman, Batman, Catwoman, Spider-Man, Joker and many others.
If you love them I recommend to visit the exhibition.
I took a photo of Batman.His figure Is huge and stunning
.**Batman** is a superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger
*He is not like other superheroes we know from books and movies. the only guy who is not inherited with any special powers, but develops his Mix Martial Arts abilities*
Do you like Batman too?Who Is your superhero from your childhood?
If you can have some superpowers whose powers you want to possess?
Thanks for reading.Photos are mine.
Halloween vs st.Luke
I live in a small country in Europe called Serbia.In my country we don't celebrate Haloween,majority of people do not understand what it Is about,they see it as a Dark holiday full of morbid and scary costumes,evoking negative feelings. There are also people in my country who want to have some fun so they follow and celebrate Halloween in some small group parties.Molls and shops are full of clothes and different items with Haloween motives,so in some manner young people are exploring and try to find out more about the mentioned holiday.
***Halloween*** takes place every year on 31 October, and in Serbia that day Is an ortodox holiday and saint patron saint Luke.The Serbian Ortodox Church and its believers celebrate 31st October as the day of **Saint Luka (Luke the Evangelist)**. He was actually protector of doctors and the **first** icon painter,it Is believed that he was the first painter who painted Jesus .
Even thought the Halloween Is not celebrated like in other countries,many schools,kindergartens and young people do some paintings, making costumes, have some activities connected to Haloween.
In October are usually organized costume parties,but not scary Ines,there are cartoon characters,animal costumes,fairy takes,Disney characters...My Kids like costume parties and often change their roles being someone else.We all enjoy doing it.
Ellie as a Minie Mouse.She adores to change dresses and costumes so we can find Ellie being some princess or someone else.Her favourite one Is Tinkerbell.
Dora as Elsa From Frozen.
Ana as a little Bee.She enjoys her costume too.
We really enjoy every day.We make costumes out of paper,buy some interesting costumes,sometimes exchange with friends or inherit from relatives.
Photos belong to me,except st.Luke photo taken from internet.
Thanks for reading.
Reductions make feel you sound like native
Do you want to sounds like a native American,so use some reduced words while talking..It is one of the ways to imitate native speakers.Some native speakers do not think about writing words, speed of talking,intonation, the foreigners who learn English try to talk in grammatically right manner,trying to do their best,but sometimes you need to use as many reduced words and phrases...
Reductions are reduced forms of English words.
Reductions, such as gonna, it Is contractuon meaning 'going to.' are not real words in English.
You need to use reductions in order to sound more natural.
You need to know reductions in order to understand conversations between native English speakers.There are so many reductions and I will show you few of them..
I am sure that many of you have a problem to understand some actors in American movies while speak naturally.
I will also show some phrases that are known as common mistakes among students and foreigners.Have you ever said 'I am waiting you', which Is connected to translation From your native language into English. The correct phrase Is 'I am waiting for you..'
How to make curly hair easy
I have curly hair the whole my life, and I always want to make it straight so I do my best to succeed . People with straight hair do opposite,they are trying to find the best way and solution to make the hair curly.
I will show you how my kids make their hairs curly. From time to time they try some new ways and do experiments what is the best solution.
Believe or not they use drinking straws. This method Is the best. The straws are easy to use,we can bend them easily,and we can buy for cheap price the box of one hundred different straws.
The hair has to be wet and clean.
Prepare your hair by combing .
Pick one small section of your hair and gently twist .
Do a time by rolling the twisted hair section on the straw and . ...
Do this until you run out of hair to twist.
Keep the straws in overnight or for at least 8 hours.
Maybe it Is easier to do it in the morning when you plan to stay at home and it will be perfect.
My kids usually do it in the evening and go to sleep with the straws so it Is difficult for sleeping.
The result Is great,the curly hair Is here.
Learn how to draw a nose
Noses are really quite simple to draw once you understand the structure of what you are looking at.There is difference between male and female, especially in width. The nose shape is created from two rounded shapes: the ball and the column. The nose is not cre- ated from lines.
The site of the nose is contained with- in a rectangle that begins in the forehead. It is as wide as the inside corner of the eyes on the female face and the start of the white of the eye on the male face.
The wings of the nose are about one- third the height of the nose, if you meas- ure from nose tip to the top of the eyebrow, as shown in this drawing.
1.Begin with the bottom
Create the bottom of the nose with lines.
Blend away the Lines
Shade this area, all the while remembering to blend in the lines of the nose. Resist the temptation to leave them in!
Create the top and sides of the nose withshading only. This will show the distinctionbetween the cheek and nose without usingany of those pesky lines.
This was the tip how to draw anose in a professional way but if you want to find simpler way just follow this photo..
Sources
A book by Carrie Stuart Parks 'tips how to draw noses and lips', internet..
Road assistance was helpful to save our money and lives on the trip abroad
My family visited Greece at the end of June this year. It was an awersome trip and our holiday was really amusing. We relaxed and enjoyed swimming every day. The kids were so happy there. They spent beautiful time both during day at the beach and walking, enjoying local food by night.
We travelled there by car. Since we have four kids, we recently bought a car with seven seats. But there is always a problem with lack of space for our baggage.
One day, we decided to visit the closest city Thesalloniki, which was abot 35 kilometrrs far away from the place we were during ten days.
It was very hot day, and with air condition in the car we could bear it. But suddenly, our car stopped working and we stayed on road with four small kids on plus 50 degrees more than an hour, trying to solve the problem. But we couldn't do anything and we were under stress because of the nervousness of children, and unbearable heat...
Fortunatelly we had a road insurrance, and we call a service in our country, and they sent us help in a short period of time. They had good relationship with services in Greece. We went by taxi to our accommodation and after three days, when we planned to go home another car came to pick us to drive us safelly to Serbia and our car too.
We were really satisfied by their service, they saved us more than 1500 euros and the most important we were at home and our car was fixed too. I can really recommend their international packet.
I became a mother today for forth time. A lovely feeling once again.... So happy
VK is very popular and useful social media
VK is a social media platform famous worldwide but it was created for Russian people. After some time they spread over the world and there are users from all over the world. It was made in Sankt Petersbourg. It can be said that they are as popular as facebook.
Founders of VK are: Pavel Durov, Nikolai Durov, Lev Binzumovich Leviev, Yitzchak Mirilashvilim
Vk has many possibilities, it allows users to message each other publicly or privately; create groups the same as on facebook, public pages, and events; share and tag images, audio, and video; and play browser-based games.
I really enjoy using vk because you can find books and learning material for foreign languages free to download in pdf or audio format, you can find friends and many other useful things.
If you need a book or some useful material just search for it and download it. You will be asto ished what other people share there.
I hope you find my article useful.
Source:google
How to make your students memorize words they have to learn
The easiest way to explain my students some English phrases or words, is with short video clips I make for them. They really enjoy it so I follow their desires and always make some video clips that can make easier their learning. It is funny for me to record and for them to learn with understanding.
My kids sometimes help me to record a small video clip for my pupils, so I find it interesting for them, in the same way they play and learn new things.
Here is a short video I made for some of my online students a year ago and my daughters helped me. It is an explanation of a verb burst into,in real situation..you can **burst** into tears..or **burst** into laughter..
https://libre.video/videos/watch/b7379d13-6799-441c-b06a-9cd8287773fc
Here is another example of my explanation of a verb **postpone**, it has a synonym in phrasal verb put off. So through real situation and example your student will better understand their meaning and also they will memorize it fast in their brain. There are examples of usuage of words proficiency, dictation and others.
https://libre.video/videos/watch/f7b80f5a-5601-47c4-a60f-bbec0c0b23c7
If you are a teacher you can try this way of teaching in order to help understanding the topic you are talking about.
Dorothy and Ellie helped me to record my next video. Following example shows us how to understand verb **take care of.**
https://libre.video/videos/watch/83dedfec-28df-4fc0-b3c6-e3205ae0220e
I hope you enjoyed my article and that you can learn something new.
Love between Aleksa Santic and Anka
Aleksa Santic is one of the most famous Serbian poets. He had very unstable love life, he fell in love with beautiful but unreachable women. Emina and Anka were his two greatest loves.
Anka Tomlinovic (daughter of photographer Stjepan Tomlinovic) was the greatest love of the poet Aleksa Santic. He dedicated the largest number of love songs to her. Anka, a woman whom Aleksa loved and whom he could not marry because of his mother's conflicting views and disagreements and therefore asked Anka for forgiveness. She married an elderly man from Zagreb and left Mostar forever. On that day, the wedding procession passed by Santic's house in Brankovac, and he watched it from the window with teary eyes. It was an unhappy and unfulfilled love.
Here is a part of the movie where love between Ankaand Aleksa is shown.
https://youtu.be/c8XZnjZDb30
My list of top ten movies about Christmas and holidays
Holiday days are great for watching movies with our family members. I used to love New Year and Christmas as a kid, just because there were so many adventurous and family movies about Christmas and holidays, and they lasted about at least two weeks, so I was looking forward to New Year because of TV programme.
It is easy now to watch movies, not only on tv, but also on internet, dvd players, netflix etc...
Here is my recommendation for movies you can watch while you are on hiliday and during New Year days..
**1.The dog that saved Christmas (2009)**
**2.Home alone(all parts)**
**3.The Elf**
**4.How the Grinch Stole Christmas**
**5.Daddy'home 2**
**Jingle All the Way (1996)**
**I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus**
**Love the Coopers**
**National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989 )**
**A Wish for Christmas**
The list is huge but I have choosen just top ten. If you have your favourite Christmas or holiday movies please write them down, so we can find them and watch them in the future.
Thanks for reading my article.
Double celebration - my birthday and New Year
New Year...
Every new year I make a cake, and there was always one candle more, just like one year more, and there is double wish, one for upcoming year and one for my birthday. Double celebration every year, because I was born on January first.
I don't know how to explain this but I used to be sad as a child and teenager because I couldn't celebrate my birthday with my friends. Yes, they were always somewhere else, celebrating new year, or at granny's because of winter holiday, and I was only with my family which is not bad but as a child you think you were unhappy because there weren't other guests to celebrate with. The only good thing was that I used the fact that I am a year younger tban my friends who are actually only few days older if born in December previous year.
Today is my birthday. I am not sorry because I don't have friends with me, I am really happy that I am with my angels who were singing me a song for my birthday, wishing me the best with their sweet voices and giving me presents of hugs, kisses and drawings made by their small hands.
One cannot be unhappy with such a beautiful family and the best present ever-a happy family. I am really proud and beloved.
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 years old lady, who lives in Germany and I have never met her. She found out we have a big family and she wanted to surprise all of us with presents for Christmas. We were so happy and surprised, especially kids. There were jackets and boots for kids, clothes and cosmetics for me and my husband, a lot of sweet things, kinder eggs, toys... It was a huge parcel from Santa godmother, a really big present for the end of the year.
The children started writing cards and letters for her, making some presents to send her back something, just to thank her.
It is the real treasure when you can give something to people you respect, and energy and love will be given back to you.
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, where doctors discovered that she had given birth. When asked where the baby was, she said she was at home, but it turned out that was not true.The baby was in the garbage bag. The baby was saved by the ambulance driver Dušan Marjanović.
I took the bleeding woman to Visegradska, and when I returned, it turned out that we had an emergency room in Rajkovac, so we started looking for the baby with the police. Soon the patrol went to the apartment, and I stayed and it was as if something was forcing me to search. I found bloody things in one of the black bags, so I started taking out the garbage. I heard crying, so I overturned another container and saw a black bag with three smaller ones in it. I grabbed a bloody bag and punctured it to give the baby air. 'the policeman said. He is a hero of the year.
It is not clear yet what happened exactly and who commited that terrible crime, mother or daughter. Grandmother claims that her daughter did it and the daughter claims that her mother did it....
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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 want to receive a present from Santa. They have to write a letter and explain why they deserve to receive a present from Santa Claus.
I was very surprised when I saw and read a letter Dorothy wrote for Santa. I took a photo and here it is. I am also proud how she draw Santa, brilliant for 7years old girl.
Here is the translation.
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Dorotea and I am at the age of seven. I started the first grade at school on Septembsr this year. Just a month ago, I didn't know how to read and write,but now I can praise myself that I can do it. It makes me really happy because I have promised to my mum that I will learn it till the New Year, and I really did it. That is why I deserve to receive a present from you. I have one more, special wish. My mother is pregnant with forth baby, so I would like that both of them are healthy and that baby come alive in next year.
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 for New Year. It was obvious what they wanted. We went the nearest moll and did it.
They were brave and so happy. Ellie chose earrings with ladybag and Dora with flamingo bird.
They are really happy now. The earrings are temporary, for medical purpose, and after two months they can change them for real golden or silver ones.
When I was baby my mother pierced my ears. What about your kids? When is the right time for that?
'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 networks.
When the setting was in the shape of a pointed finger, as its author said, that is, in the shape of a male sexual organ, as the gathered commented, the Pianist finally lit up and said:
**- This decoration shows us that our course is very solid, as well as that this government, like its predecessors, is holding an uncompromising direction in these dark times. That is why this sculpture shows "how well we are doing". We saw that there are no hungry people here, because the containers are full, the services do not have to work because everything works flawlessly. There is no more stealing, and we know that because they tell us so, there are no unemployed, because everyone has left the country. Here, the mind weakens, and strength rules' -** said the Pianist.
The artist was approached by a policeman after the "publication" of the work and a short speech with questions - **"what is he doing there, what are his intentions and how much longer will it take"** , the pianist replied that he was on his way to the gallery and stopped by to take a break ", which did not cause him any problems.
People were curious, took pictures, smiled at him and made many positive and negative comments,and just forty minutes after posing next to the shining figure Josifovski turned off the lights.
An artist then decided to remove the work four meters high, from the plateau in front of the City Assembl. After that he drove it to a private gallery. It will be offered for sale, and earned money will go to charity for the treatment of children.
I saw the photo first on facebook, and after some google search I found information on daily newspapers and social networks .
Source, facebook, google...
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 just he is afraid of their watching.
This kind of fear is an irrational fear, those with anatidaephobia cannot stop themselves from feeling enormous fear at the sight of a duck or goose.
This can lead to even more phobias, such as agoraphobia, or the fear of leaving the house.It also causes nausea, anxiety and tremor.
When I asked my friend how she found out about her fear, she said that she was in the village few years ago, in her grandmother's house, and once she was in the garden, when suddenly goose appeared in front of her, starring at her eyes, motionless. She said she was so afraid of that sight that she couldn't sleep next few days, geese and ducks appeared in her dreams, and she was obsessed. She tought she will forget about it, but she didn't. She always think that some goose is near, waching her the whole day.
What do you think? Is it real?Have you heard about some other strange phobia?
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** – swimming with both arms moving over your head at the same time.
Doggy paddle – swimming by making movements like a dog in the water.
Words and expressions that are connected to swimming are:
If you **“do a lap”**, you swim from one end of the pool to the other.
If someone is “**drowning”**, they are dying because they are under the water and
can't breathe, or they are in trouble because they keep going under the water.
If you **“tread water”**, you move your hands, arms and legs in the water so you can stay in one position.
Thanks for reading my article.
*Photos and some facts are from the magazine Learn Hot English.*
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 – especially idioms. We use idioms all the time in English. However, they aren’t always easy to understand.
Do you know what **let go** means?
"if you “let go”
of something, you stop holding onto it with your hands and you just have to stop thinking about it.Example: “I imagine you’re upset that she left you, but you
have to let it go and get on with your life.
So you can guess the song I am thinking about. It is very popular worldwide, It is a song ***Let it Go*** (2013) from Disney’s Frozen .
https://youtu.be/L0MK7qz13bU
Another title with idiom of popular song worldwide is the song Let's Go crazy.
***Let’s Go Crazy*** (1984) on the album Purple Rain by Prince and he Revolution
If you **go crazy** means you have a very good time by acting in an excited and very wild way. Literally it means you become mentally ill.
Example: “The audience went crazy when the Prince came on stage.
https://youtu.be/aXJhDltzYVQ
"Cry me a river," means you are complaining about something that actually isn't that bad in a sarcastic way. Have you ever heard this idiom?
In the popular song 'Cry me a river' by **Justin Timberlake t**he title is actually an idiom. The song is about a girl who cheated on him and she wants him back but unfortunately it is too late. Even she lets him know she's feeling sad. He responses Cry me a river, I don't feel sorry for you at all.
https://youtu.be/DksSPZTZES0
There are many songs with idioms in its titles. If you remember any please write it down in your comments.
Videos are from youtube.com ,photo from google.com
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 staff.”
If you are full of ***“remorse”***, you feel bad about something that you did .
“She was full of remorse for the things that she’d said.
If you have **“contempt"** for someone or something, you have no respect for
it, or you think that it’s unimportant.
“I’m going to treat that comment with all the contempt it deserves.”
Other expressions and idioms can describe someone's mood .
If you are **bent out of shape**, you are angry, insulted, annoyed or upset. Here is an example.
“I accidentally spilled tea on Tom’s book, and he got bent out of shape about it.” .
I use sometimes the following one when I am angry. It is **to see red**.
If you are **seeing red**, you are furious and extremely angry.
“These prices have customers seeing red.”
You probably often hear this expression.
**to make someone's blood boil**
If something **makes your blood boil**, it causes you to feel anger. There is an example...
” Naughty kids and noisy neighbors really make my blood boil.”
To be **fed up with** something, means you are annoyed, or tired of something that you have been experiencing too much of. Example:
I’m fed up with these school rules.
Here is a color idiom that shows sadness. If you **feel blue** you are sad and very depressed.
If you **wake up on the wrong side of the bed**, you wake up in a bad mood. In Serbian it is called' Ustati na levu nogu'.
Tell me some expressions or words that are common in your everyday speech connected to negative emotions..
*Thanks for reading my article. I hope you learn something new.*
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 English speaker.
There are dictionaries of idioms,some of them contain colors ,animals, phrasal verbs , but I choose today to write some idioms that express happiness. So let's enrich English vocabulary and make you sound like a native speaker.
Idioms to Express Happiness
The first one that is connected to happiness and joy is the idiom **'On cloud nine'.**
Meaning: you are on the top of the world, you feel wonderful and extremely happy. We have it in the different languages. In Serbian it is 'biti na sedmom nebu'
Example: *He was on cloud nine when he won the lottery.*
Similar idiom is **Over the moon**
It also means feel on top of the world and you feel great.
Example:
*Alex was over the moon when she got engaged .*
**Happy camper**
means to be really happy. We can see the idiom in the following sentence..
*Tom was a happy camper when he got to leave work early.*
**In seventh heaven** also means to be very happy. Here is an example...
*Susan was in seventh heaven when she found out she was pregnant* .
There are many more idioms and expressions ,for now I will stop here. See you soon with some other idioms..
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 temperature recorded in Yakutsk was −64.4 °C (−83.9 °F) on 5 February 1891.
It was a story about the weather and the fact that even it is - 47°C degrees below, the children still go to school, because it have to be - 60°C so that the government make decision to close the schools.
Can you imagine? It is extremely low temperature, if I stay outside on such a low temperature I would probably die frozen, but the local people there are accustomed to low temperatures and continue with their daily activities. It is so impressing for me.
What about you? Which is the lowest temperature you can bear?
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 them very creative and I am a proud mother.
Lets see what they made recently.
This is beautiful wall decoration and there is also a big snowflake. Dorothy, my the oldest daughter made it. Here is a photo we found from internet that helped us to create it.
They enjoyed decorating their Christmas tree.
Dorothy and Ellie made few Santa Claus figures too.
Here are Christmas cards made of paper by their small hands.
They are planning to send by post, as many cards as they can, especially because they made the cards by themselves, so the cousins and friends will be happy.
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 especially used by particular groups of people.
For example, there is:
youth/teen slang
internet slang
army slang
hip-hop/rap slang
slang used by different ethnic groups
other
For example if we have situation where someone does something horrible and not very nice we can hear various phrases about the same situation,said in formal,relaxed or informal way.
1.***formal***
***That is utt***erly revolting.
2.***relaxed***
That’s disgusting.
3.***informa****l*
**That’s gross; that’s sick.**
Another example can be seen is next situation;
A friend is extremely drunk. So we can say
1.***formal***
He is in a state of inebriation.
2.*relaxed* way
He’s drunk.
3.***informal***
**He’s out of his face.**
I am going to write top ten American slang words or phrases.
**broa** friend (often male),**a party anima**l is someone who loves or really enjoys parties,**a couch potato** a lazy person, someone who always stays inside ,usually in front of TV, t**o pig ou**t means to eat a lot of food in a messy way, **to dump someone** means to end a romantic relationship with someone, **to ghost someone** means you cut off communication with someone you’re no longer interested in, **pissed off** means very annoyed, **hit me up** means Contact me, **hold your horses** means Wait a minute,.**tool** is a stupid person.es too. If you know some interesting slang expression please
There are many words and expressions, you can find in dictionaries, on the internet or on the street.
If you know some interesting slang expressions please write them down.
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 difficult places. Ironists must carry their irons, ironing boards, and wrinkled laundry with them to the competition site. Some ironists take electric generators. Others heat their irons on gas stoves. The competitors get more points for the difficulty of the location. Location can be mountain, ocean,sea, top of the building...However, the quality of the ironing is important, too. Each item must be well pressed.
Extreme ironists compete in some amazing places. Contestants iron while they are climbing rocks, climbing mountains, and climbing trees. They iron in canoes, and even underwater. One team ironed while on a kayak in the Atlantic Ocean. One cannot believe that something similar exists.
This sport seems to be a joke but it is not Teams from 30 countries competed in the first world championships in Germany in 2002.
***Phil Shaw*** is the inventor and creator of extreme ironing. He says that there are about 1,500 ironists worldwide.
Some teams have corporate sponsors. The German corporation Rowenta, an iron maker, pays for Shaw's team. The goal of extreme ironists is to have their sport included in the Olympics. Maybe then they can start using their real names. At the moment, contestants use names such as Steam, Cool Silk, and Iron Man. Why? Shaw admits,
There are some simple rules .The board must be 1-meter long and 30 centimeters wide and the board must have legs. The next **rule** is you are not allowed to use a plastic iron, it must be a real one. it must take place outdoors.
https://youtu.be/7fd6NBQ8ego
Watch this video and think about it, maybe you can compete too,.By the way we always iron some clothes, maybe we can participate in the future too...
If you know some similar silly sport share information with us. Thanks for reading and watching videos.
*Video clips are taken from youtube.com, some info is from google.com, and Hot Topics 1*
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 festivals are held across the country between January to March featuring spectacular snow white, ice sculptures, illuminations and traditional Japanese winter scenery.
Sapporo snow Festival is the most famous event during winter.
Unfortunately, the Sapporo Snow Festival, scheduled in 2021, is currently under consideration to be held at a reduced scale and without large snow sculptures because of the COVID 19.
You can enjoy in some photos and videos taken in Japan in previous years. This video will impress you.
https://youtu.be/7N3hvxT7HGo
This Festival in Japan, is very popular worldwide, and tourists enjoy taking photos there.
The Sapporo Snow Festival takes place every year for a week in February across three main sites: **Odori** Park, **Tsudome** and **Susukino**. As the name implies, this festival is all about snow and ice sculptures.
In Odori Park , you’ll find most of the snow and ice sculptures, as well as plenty of warm drinks and food choices. The ice sculptures can be over 15 meters tall and 25 meters wide.
Enjoy in beautiful photos taken there.
I hope you enjoyed reading and watching video and photos from Sapporo snow festival.
*Photos and some iionformaton were taken from google.com*
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