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Study Tip – How to Improve Your English Pronunciation

michaela — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:28:42 +0000

When you learn a new word, learn how to pronounce it correctly

A simple and fast way to check how a word is pronounced is to use online pronunciation dictionaries.
www.forvo.com is the largest word pronunciation dictionary in the world. All the words in all the languages are pronounced by native speakers.
Another useful website is the free online Talking English Pronunciation Dictionary: www.howjsay.com

Idiom – Make a mountain out of a molehill

michaela — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:26:35 +0000

When you ‘make a mountain out of a molehill’ it means that you exaggerate an unimportant matter, or in other words you turn a small problem into a big problem.

Another English idiom ‘to blow something out of proportion’ can be used in this case to express the same thing.

Idiom – Bite your tongue!

michaela — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:51:39 +0000

To avoid talking. An expression said to someone who has just stated an unpleasant supposition that unfortunately might be true.

Example:
Tom: I’m afraid that we’ve missed the plane already.
Tracy: Bite your tongue! We still have time.

Proverb – The first step is always the hardest.

michaela — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:39:50 +0000

The most difficult part of accomplishing something is getting started.

“If I can just start this project, I know the rest will be easy. The first step is always the hardest.”

Idiom – You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

michaela — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:31:42 +0000

You can present someone with an opportunity, but you cannot force him or her to take advantage of it.

Example:
Jane: I told Katy about all the jobs that are available at our company, but she hasn’t applied for any of them.
Mary: You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

Proverb – Don’t cry over spillt milk. (It’s no use crying over spillt milk.)

michaela — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:54:56 +0000

When something bad happens and nothing can be done to help it people say, ‘Don’t cry over spilt milk’.

“I know you don’t like your new haircut, but you can’t change it now. Don’t cry over spilt milk.”

Idiom – Sharks are circling (Vultures are circling)

michaela — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:38:26 +0000

If the sharks/vultures are circling, then something is in danger and its enemies are getting ready for the kill.

Idiom – Dance to someone else’s tune

michaela — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:49:50 +0000

Someone who dance’s to someone else’s tune ❛does what he is told or in the same way that others have done before him❜.

“A revolutionary designer does not dance to anyone else’s tune. He dances to his own tune.”

Idiom – Give someone a run for their money

michaela — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:26:33 +0000

If you can give someone a run for the money, you are as good, or nearly as good, as they are at something.

“He was a very good actor and could have given any professional a run for his money.”

Idiom – Give somebody the cold shoulder

michaela — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:08:49 +0000

If you give somebody the cold shoulder you behave towards someone in a way that is not at all friendly, sometimes for reasons that this person does not understand.

“What have I done to him? He gave me the cold shoulder the whole evening at the party.”