Variety's on this English menu : have fun practising ! ~~~ Progresse en anglais au fil des divers articles et supports :-)
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"This is no picnic for me either, buster !" < < < his mother sometimes told him during extra lessons at... 04:00 a.m. ! S ix-year-old Barack's mother left Hawaïï to work in Jakarta (Indonesia). She couldn't afford to send him to school, because it was...
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"It's the most wonderful time of the year"... and it's today ! ... though some fathers seem to enjoy it much more than their kids ! Except when otherwise mentioned any part of this blog is licensed under the / Sauf mention contraire partie ou totalité...
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Still 10 minutes to go... and it will be "Blog Day" ! Tomorrow (at midnight ;-) will be the 5th Blog Day < < < BlogDay was created as a day when bloggers should be getting to know other bloggers, from other countries and areas of interest. Thus, on that...
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Forestle is a search engine on the Internet , as Exalead, AllTheWeb, or Google Maybe you are wondering... "What's the difference ?!" Well, each time you use FORESTLE < < < to search for information, "you save 0.1 m² of rainforest for free. So far already...
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On this site : newspapers.com < < < you can find most of the US press. Reading press articles is also a smart way of practising, learning & improving :o) You needn't read long articles... and of course, you can choose topics you like : even the weather...
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Listen to IRREGULAR VERBS forms <<< with these flash cards Click their French translation first, make sure you know their infinitive, preterite & past participle forms. Then, check their spelling and finally listen to them. These flash cards were created...
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Four days ago, a "thinking ship" launching an S.O.S. showed you pronunciation is really essential to understand each another :o) Now... a little training : the BBC learningenglish site proposes many exercises & quizzes to help you learn & practise pronunciation....
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Symphony in slang" was created by Tex Avery in 1951. This 6'43" cartoon includes a great deal of idioms : you will surely recognize some of them ! At the beginning of the cartoon, a man has just arrived at Heavens' Gates. He speaks a weird language that...
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You can't imagine how important pronunciation may be... ! Some French may find the English 'th' sound difficult to pronounce, for instance. Well... the video advert below shows that some Germans find it difficult too. "We are TH inking" is a far cry from...
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The year is... 1920 : Tennessee guarantees women the right to vote : t he 19th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified by the state. On August 18, 1920 Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment. Its two sections read : "The right of citizens...
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