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25 janvier 2016

Make your day with this famous Dirty Harry's quote - B2

"Go ahead, make my day” The idiomatic expression or idiom “to make someone’s day” means, to make someone happy by doing something that he wants you to do. There, Harry Callahan wants the gangster to go ahead and to give him the opportunity to use his...

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Tags: B2, vocabulary, idiom, quote

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25 janvier 2016

A criminal arrested but a word still missing - B1

I frequently hear learners of English saying that they don’t read press articles because they can’t even understand the titles. In many cases their failure to understand is due to ELLIPSIS. Ellipsis is the omission of elements which are recoverable from...

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Tags: B1, police, GRAMMAR, ellipsis

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22 janvier 2016

Rock'n'roll grammar - David Bowie "Let's dance" - A2

The imperative is used to command, to order or to suggest something. In the song "Let's dance", David Bowie probably invites someone to dance with him. In this case "Let’s" is the short form for "let us" used to make a suggestion which includes himself....

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Tags: A2, GRAMMAR, IMPERATIVE, MUSIC

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18 janvier 2016

Duct tape - B1

You may have had the opportunity to use duct tape in many circumstances. In home improvement for example, as a magical DIY (Do It Yourself) material : to fix a pipe to restrain a dangerous person or even get a free hair removal, also known as epilation,...

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Tags: B1, funnies, DIY, shopping

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12 janvier 2016

Body and Clothes A1

If like us, you like superheroes and want to learn and practice the vocabulary related to physical appearance, create your own avatar on the Marvel website. Create Your Own Superhero

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Tags: vocabulary, A1, body, clothes

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5 janvier 2016

Voice recognition systems don't like Scottish accent - B2

Sometimes, accents can be difficult to understand. As you are better than a voice recognition system, have a look at this video and try to understand whatthose two Scotsmen say. If you want to cheat or just some help, the script of the clip is following....

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Tags: B2, video, funnies, scottish, accents

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5 janvier 2016

Tenses with cartoons - A2

Try and think about the use of tenses in the three following cartoons. Source: http://bizarro.com Use the preterit when the action is over. "I thought", but won't think so anymore. Note the construction of the passive form: subject + auxiliary be + past...

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Tags: police, GRAMMAR, cartoons, funnies, tenses

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4 janvier 2016

Swear words - A2

A 30-year-old artist from the UK has created a very relaxing coloring book to help you practice your swear words. Have a look at her e-shop: PixieRahDesigns As for me, I would use a light purple for the ''bullshit'' one. Bullshit: non-sense Dickhead:...

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Tags: A2, swear, vocabulary

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