Alright folks, as you have probably realized in this new blog, idioms are expressions used very frequently in oral language. But there are some others that are more used in written language, although they are popular in spoken language. Those are called Acronyms and Initialisms.
Acronyms and Initialisms are abbreviations of several words in such a way that the abbreviation itself forms a pronounceable word. The word may already exist or it can be a new word.
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Some of the most used are;
AIDS: acquired immune deficiency syndrome
FAQ: frequent asked questions
CD-ROM: Compact Disc read-only memory
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
To learn some more about this interesting topic we have some useful links, such as:
And in case you were wonder, here we have a link with many, many acronyms, so you can expand you vocabulary and English knowledge:
Ok guys, this is all for the day, please keep on passing by, so maybe this blog can help you learning some more interesting tips about English Language.
T.T.Y.L.
Lorena Contreras.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Are you a couch potato?
There are many idioms about food that can be quite helpful to describe people or give an opinion about someone you know very well. For instance, you can name yourself "a couch potato" if you spend a lot of time sitting and watching TV. If you have a friend who can be defined as a very honest and good person you can call him or her "the salt of the earth." "keen as mustard" could be assigned to a very enthusiastic person or the oppossite "as cool as a cucumber" to someone very calmed and relaxed. In the same way, someone that often drops things can be nicknamed as "a butterfingers." Other examples can be to use "to cut the mustard" to emphasize that somebody is very good at something and call two people "you are like chalk and cheese" to state that they are completely different.
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And I challenge you to play this game to see how much you know about food:
Share your experience making any comment and suggestions of what would you like to see in our blog.
keep on passing by and see you very soon!
Yara Muñoz
Increase you vocabulary visiting these websites:
And I challenge you to play this game to see how much you know about food:
Share your experience making any comment and suggestions of what would you like to see in our blog.
keep on passing by and see you very soon!
Yara Muñoz
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Give it your best shot!
As today is the second day of this blog, the World Cup is on its knock out matches and how our soccer national team is about to play its knock out match against Brazil, let’s make a little bit of football idiomatic expressions.
Maybe now you’re wondering, football expressions? What for? Well, now I’ll tell you that they are more useful than what you may think.
Football idiomatic expressions are more connected with the educational world than what you, may, think. For instance to score an own goal in terms of education can mean that you have done something counter productive.
Another example could be “to kick something around” means that when you are on a group activity and you have an idea, before that idea turns into the final or decisive one need to be “kicked around”.
If you interested in this topic, for further information you should visit the following websites:
Well, that’s all folks! I hope you liked it, and remember any post any comment just do it! Help us to make this blog better for all!
See you very soon!
Maybe now you’re wondering, football expressions? What for? Well, now I’ll tell you that they are more useful than what you may think.
Football idiomatic expressions are more connected with the educational world than what you, may, think. For instance to score an own goal in terms of education can mean that you have done something counter productive.
Another example could be “to kick something around” means that when you are on a group activity and you have an idea, before that idea turns into the final or decisive one need to be “kicked around”.
If you interested in this topic, for further information you should visit the following websites:
Well, that’s all folks! I hope you liked it, and remember any post any comment just do it! Help us to make this blog better for all!
See you very soon!
Camilo Palma
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Luvvly-jubbly start! (“Lovely” start)
Today, as it is the first day of this blog we will begin with an easy and interesting topic: Idioms.
What is an idiom? It is an expression or a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words. For instance, when somebody says “it’s raining cats and dogs” it means that it is raining a lot. Another example to explain this could be “love me, love my dog”, which is referring to love someone, implying that the person should love everyone and everything associated with the loved one.
As you can see, each idiom will depend on the language and the culture of each and every person who uses it, and sometimes for foreigners it becomes pretty difficult to understand their usage, because of the lack of knowledge and the complexity of the concepts behind an idiom.
Here you can find more amusing idioms:
And finally, in this link you can find some more information about idioms and their usage;
That is all for today. I really hope you enjoy it, as much as I do. Please keep on passing by,
T.T.F.N. (Short for "ta ta for now”)
Lorena Contreras
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