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the slightest whiff of ...?
Good afternoon. I have a problem with understaning the following idiom: "the slightest whiff of". Could you please explain and give any example using it? Thank you in advance. Have a good week :)
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Inversion - suggestion required
Good evening! My query relates to inversion. Do we use inversion in structures with: "only in this way", "in no way" and "on no account"? I'm a little confused because I've seen different examples on the Internet. Many thanks for your help. Have a lovely evening.
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Report after Christmas
Hi there!
To begin with, I would like to wish you a very happy new year filled with joy, hapinness, health and prosperity.
My Christmas was special and exceptional this year. I was given many useful gifts which will be helpful for me on a daily basis such as: the money, my favourite perfume, sweets and new TV cable with over 200 channels!!! I am extremely elated because having the new TV cable I have access to all BBC channels, NBC and many many more! Wow! They speak so beautifully on BBC that I could listen them the entire day! The problem is that my mother hates English. Fortunately, I have my own TV in my room so I do not tease my parents.
Have a lovely evening! Goodbye.
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Christmas wishes for you :D
Warm Wishes From my house to yours - It means so much to keep in touch with special friends like you. I would like to wish you a very, merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Happy Holidays!
23 grudnia 2012
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Roar overhead - meaning
Good evening, I would like to ask you about the menaing of the following phrase: plans are roaring overhead. Thank you very much. Have a lovely week.
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Hit / reach a bank account
Hi,
I'd like to ask you if the following expression is correct:
"The payment will hit your bank account within next 3 working days"
Can I replace the word "hit" with "reach"?
Thank you in advance. Have a lovely evening.
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Christmas - part 2
Good evening.
First and foremost, I would like to inform you that I treat Christmas time as open. I heard yesterday my beloved song "Last Christmas" Wham on the radio. I fell in love with George Michael once again and with his beautufil voice which takes me to the paradise.
Regrettably, today in the late afternoon I was woken up from my dream by the cruel, British teacher. My God, I thought he was someone to rely on. Unfortunately, I was wrong. He is pretending to be understanding and easy going but his second nature is really horrible. Would you believe that he gave us a list with vocabulary of the senses. What did I see when I looked at the sheet of paper? For instance a million synonims of the word "look" or "see" (gawk, squint, ogle, goggle). I really pale at the thought of what will be next. I can imagine another list of synonims of the word "nice". Nothing will save me from tears :(
I promised last time to write only about Christmas, so let's get back to this topic. At my workplace we decorated the Christmas tree yesterday. The tree is quite tall and full of red and golden crystal balls. These colours are the most common in Poland. We usually decorate Christmas trees at homes a little later. Some of us even do this during the Christmas Eve. I prefer to do it earlier because it provides the unique and romantic atmosphere.
In spite of decorating the tree at work, I have bought recently some gifts for my family. When I go shopping I make a decision on the spur of the moment. With regard to this fact, I sometimes buy something unnecessary or useless and it has to stay in my possession :)
Have a lovely evening. Goodbye.
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Christmas - part 1
Hello there,
I trust you are well and had a great weekend!
Last entry written by me, wasn't corrected by anyone. There are three posibilities of such a situation:
Possibility 1- more plausible - my English is impeccable and you had nothing to correct.
Possibility 2 - implausible - my entries are so boring that you cannot stand reading it.
Possibility 3 - you do not like Paris Hilton and the title scared you.
On this occasion, I would like to convey thanks, from the bottom of my heart for the people who corrected my previous entries. I would like to let you know that all your advice are invaluable for me.
With regard to the fact that Christmas is comming, I decided to write only about Christmas and Polish traditions for a few weeks. I strongly believe that you will find this topic interesting and it will encourage you to read it.
I am a very lucky person, who is a member of really big family. When I organise, together with my mummy and daddy a family party, I am always responsible for helping in cooking meals, supporting my dad with all the cleaning activities and preparing the table. When the family comes, we spend the entire day eating and talking at the table. I have to confess that when I was younger I didn't enjoy spending time with the whole family but now, when I am a little older I like it and it is not boring for me any more.
Yesterday, I started all prep work for Christmas. When you have a big family, you have to dedicate much time for buying gifts for your relatives. I love buying on the Internet. I Poland we have one portal, using which you can buy literally everything, much cheaper than at the shops. I spent whole Saturday looking for gifts and other useful gadgets for Christmas such as: covers with Santa for cutlery and pillows and decorations for cakes.
I have a gut feeling that this Christmas will be outstanding :)
To be continued ...
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Paris Hilton
Hi there,
I hope you have a lovely weekend.
My favourite American star is Paris Hilton. Recently, I’ve had the possibility to see her once again in one of the greatest films ever “House of wax”. I love horrors, so Paris Hilton plus horror is the best mix for me.
I usually try to watch the films without dubbing. I treat watching films as the other chance to improve my English. Casual conversations and slang aren’t a kind language provided during courses. Thanks to Paris Hilton I discovered new phrasal verb. She said: “ I’m gonna throw up”. She didn’t look good while saying it, so I thought that something really bad would happen. I took a sheet of paper, a pencil and as always in such situations, I wrote it down. Literally, few second later the film was broken up by advertisements, so I had extra 15 minutes to prepare some tea for me, take a shower and check in the dictionary new phrasal verb. It was crucial for me to know what Paris Hilton was gonna do. As her big fun I needed to be up-to-date.
To tell the truth, when something isn't understandable for me I always analyse it very deeply. I sometimes think why such a combination of words means something else. On one hand, phrasal verbs don’t make sense for me, but on the other, the most outlandish are the easiest to remember. I have no doubt that I will remember the meaning of “throw up” forever. Paris Hilton used in this film one more interesting phrasal verb but this is not a good place to talk about it. It was something connected with “throwing up”. If you would like to know, just see the film.
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Keep you posted of or on the progress
Dears, could you please let me know which sentence is correct: I will keep you posted of the progress or I will keep you posted on the progress. On the Internet both versions work. Thank you very much in advance.
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