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  • Students, what do you expect to learn from a first lesson.
  • For students: how do you choose a teacher? What are the most important teacher's qualities for you?
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  • How many idioms talking about the weather do you know?
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    There are a lot, this would actually make a good book if someone had the time/energy. My favourites are: "hot/cold as hell", "when hell freezes over", "rain on [his] parade", "throw caution to the wind", "steal [my] thunder", "[I'm] on cloud 9", "head in the clouds", "snowed under", "under the weather", "(to be) a breeze", "come rain or shine", "calm before the storm", and so on...

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  • Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions

    When was the last time you were over the moon?


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    I went to the moon the other day to record a song for my album, I called it “Luna”

  • "Connoisseur", is a judge in matter of taste, art and music etc.

    I am looking forward to enrich this word in variety of sentences and contexts.


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    For example, I heard that you're something of a wine connoisseur.

  • Do you know English has taken some words from other languages as well. Would you mention some?
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    Many German words like fish (Fisch), house (Haus), mine (mein), Doctor (Doktor), kindergarden (Kindergarten).

  • Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions

    Who is the apple of your eye?


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    My kids ofcourse

  • "They learn while they playing " May I kindly have 2 games that I can give them (6year old) .

    To keep our English learning more and more fun.


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    Hi, try to let your child play TETRIS and Match combi games it might be old but it was beneficial to the improvement of our brain. It exercises our brain and it helps to develop our cognitive skills such as memory matching and pattern recognition and in relation in real life experiences it promotes problem-solving, decision making and etc. A simple game but it makes us more complex about a certain area!

  • Restaurant or Resturant? Color or Colour?

    Which one is the correct spelling?


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    You provided two examples of commonly misspelled words: "restaurant" is the correct spelling, not "resturant" "color" is the correct spelling in American English, while "colour" is the correct spelling in British English

  • What's your best tip to learn English faster?

    Is there a way that allows learners to acquire the English language in a short amount of time?


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    One of my favourite is to try to find a pen friend to talk with. Also try to listen music and read lyrics , write down phrases that caught your attention