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Snap out of it
To suddenly improve your mood, whether you are in a bad mood or depressed sometimes you have to make a conscious effort to snap out of it. Imagine you are feeling depressed and you go to see a hypnotist, the hypnotist tells you that he’s going to put you into a trance but when he […]
Can’t stand
If you can’t stand someone or something you dislike that thing or person intensely. I can’t stand my boss, he’s so demanding and he’s always in a bad mood. I loved living in Asia but I couldn’t stand the cockroaches! I typed can’t stand someone or something into Microsoft Bing’s search bar and Bing replied… […]
Ring a bell
When something seems familiar to you but you don’t remember it clearly you can say that it rings a bell. Imagine that someone asks you if you’ve ever heard of a pirate called Pugwash, the name sounds familiar to you but you can’t remember who he is so you say, “Pugwash, that rings a bell!” […]
As Versus Like
The Spanish preposition como can be translated as like or as in English so what’s the difference? There is a lot of controversy about the correct usage of like and as in English and even natives get in wrong! In this blog I’m not going to get caught up in a discussion about whether like and as are prepositions or conjunctions, I just want to […]
The Secret of English Telephone Classes
I said that I would never write a blog… But hey… I said that I would never have an Italian boyfriend; I said that I would never work as a flight attendant; I said that I would never be a millionaire… I’m not a millionaire but I added it to the list because I always seem […]