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2020-06-07 08:17:01 What do you say to some phrase and words related to romance?
Okay, I hear you. Let's go.

If you check someone out, it means you look at someone because you find them attractive or interesting.
ex: There was a girl at the party sitting alone, I couldn't help checking her out.

player - this word is usually used for boys, sorry guys, a player is a boy who likes to chat up girls.
ex: He was a rich guy and a little bit of a player.

go on a date - to meet someone who you are romantically interested in. You can hear that idiom a lot in movies.
ex: I started using Tinder and going on lots of dates.

single - if you are single, you don't have a boyfriend or girlfriend. Sorry.
ex: If she's single, I am going to ask her out tonight.

chemistry - if there is a chemistry between two people, they like each other and are interested in each other
ex: It was obvious that there was a real chemistry between me and Hermiona.

to flirt - if you flirt with someone, you talk to them in a way that shows you are attracted to them and maybe want to have a relationship.
ex: I don't like flirting with girls but :))

There you go, you learned something new today, good. Advice from me, if you like someone, go talk to them. If they're not interested, leave it there. Now, close your eyes and listen to this song.
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2019-08-08 14:04:51 Hey. If you're standing, just sit down. Relax. Today it's gonna be an easy lesson. We're gonna learn three verbs with the preposition at. Let's do it!

to shout at - to yell at someone when you're angry. In my case, it's always.
ex: Don't shout at me, I'm doing my best!

to stare at - to look at someone or something directly for a long time without moving your eyes (remember the time when you see a hot girl?)
ex: Why the fuck are you staring at me?

to laugh at - to make the noise with your voice when you think something is funny. I know you know that one. Just remember to use it with at.
ex: Hey, I am not laughing at you. Lol.
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2019-07-12 14:53:16 ​​Hello, sorry for disappearing for a couple of days. I had a thing with a thing.

Today I got one interesting and useful idiom for you. As you can't guess, we're going to be talking about come off it.

come off it - you use it to tell someone to stop kidding, boasting or trying to make you believe in something. Whatever they say, you're not gonna believe them. You can also use it for telling someone that what they are saying is stupid.

For example, yesterday my friend was telling me that he met a cute, hot girl and got her phone number. I told him to come off it. Doctor English Open / Comment

2019-07-12 14:52:47 Open / Comment

2019-06-26 13:28:49 I was reading a book yesterday named "Reading power" by Linda Jeffries and came across some good advice
on choosing what kind of books to read. Anyway, I read a lot but I am not an expert to give advice, so here is some good tips by Linda Jeffries:

1. Choose a book that interests you. Your teacher and classmates may have good suggestions, but choose the book that is best for you, not for them.

2. Choose a full-length book, not a collection of articles or stories. Reading a whole book by a single author allows you to become comfortable with the writer's style and vocabulary.

3. Avoid a book whose story you are already familiar with because you have read it in another language or have seen the movie made from it. Knowing what will happen may make it less interesting for you. (Well, I don't agree with her right here, because I read Harry Potter books in spite of knowing what will happen)

4. Evaluate the book. To find out about the author and the genre (type of book), read the front and back covers. Read the first few pages, to find out about the style and subject.

5. Check the level of difficulty. If a book is too easy, it may be boring; if it is too difficult, you may become discouraged and stop reading. To find out how difficult the book is for you, count the number of unknown key words on a typical page. Five unknown key words on one page means the book is difficult for you. No unknown key words means the book is easy.

If you don't know where to find books, look on pdfdrive.com for titles that might interest you or just go to library. In the future, I am hoping to form a group with my subscribes to share each other's reading experience, for asking
questions about books etc. Well, I hope this was useful. Take care. Read.
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2019-06-15 20:00:44 Hey. Today we are having a grammar lesson. You know, present continuous can be used with a future meaning, right? Like, 'I am flying to Germany tomorrow' is a sentence with a future meaning. Good.

But now I am gonna talk about another thing. The difference between 'I am doing something' and 'I am going to do something'. Confused? Okay.

I'm doing something (tomorrow) = I've already decided and arranged to do it.
ex: She is meeting him this evening. (She's decided and arranged to meet)

I'm going to do something (tomorrow) = I’ve decided to do it. But it is not clear whether I've arranged to do it or not.
ex: - Hey, your shoes are dirty.
- Yeah, I am going to clean them.
(I’ve decided to clean them, but it is not clear when, I just decided to clean)

So, when you say 'I am doing something' with a future meaning, others think that you decided to do it and you know when you are going to do it.

And when you use 'I am going to do something', they think you've decided to do it but you don't know when exactly.

In informal conversations, native speakers doesn't give a damn which pattern you use, they will understand. But it is good to know the difference in case some goddamn teacher asks.
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2019-06-12 08:08:56 Hola! Today we're gonna learn some phrases and collocations with the word crazy. Anyway, crazy is an adjective and if something is crazy, it is very strange or not sensible.

two collocations:
crazy idea: Studying is a crazy idea!
to sound crazy: I know this may sound crazy, but it might be worth a try.

You say I am crazy about it when you like something very much or very interested in something. It could be money, car, song, game, your girlfriend, wife, maybe both. It could be anything.
ex: My friend is crazy about football.

Girls, I think you're familiar with the phrase to drive someone crazy?
You use it to say that someone or something is really annoying you and you're very angry. (shshshiiiiiiitt)
ex: Turn that damn music down. It's driving me crazy!

By the way, you can't use very with crazy. You say: "I'd be absolutely crazy to go to Paris." You don't say: "I'd be very crazy to go to Paris." I don't know why.
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2019-03-25 06:44:51 ​​Hey mates, long time no see, huh? I hope you're doing great. Okay then, back to the work. Today you're gonna learn a informal phrase. By the way, it is all the rage. If something is all the rage, it means that it is very popular. You know, like, instagrammers are now all the rage, right?

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2019-03-15 12:42:40 ​​Do you ever want to say something is good and don't know the word?
Well, here it comes))
If something is good or bad, strange etc., you can say it with the verb sound.
It sounds good! - means it is good.
You can use it in very different ways, personally I like this phrase))
It sounds like I am very fond of using this phrase.
What do you think?
How does that sound?

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2019-03-03 19:23:04 ​​Take your time.
This phrase means you can spend as much as time you need in doing something. You don't have to hurry. You want to do something carefully without hurrying.

Once Bruno Mars said:
Let's take our time tonight, girl..

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