Foreign English
An avalanche occurs when massive slabs of snow break loose from a mountainside, shattering like broken glass as they race downhill.
INS English Vocab
The billionaire’s will included $12 million to her dog Trouble. A judge, in an amendment, changed the amount to $2 million, still ample for the dog to live an opulent life.
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english muffins
Yes! I have english muffins! Example 2
english muffins
english muffins
Yes! I have english muffins! Example 1
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follow in someone's footsteps
follow in his father’s footsteps
Preparing to follow in his father’s footsteps, Park Jae-sang studied English in the US in 1996 and majored in business at Boston University in 1997.
pick up
picked up
I picked up some new English phrases when I visited my friend in New York City.
hit something out of the park
hit it out of the park
You shouldn't worry about your English test, I'm sure you hit it out of the park.
down the drain
Dori's English language skills went down the drain because she didn't practice at all over the summer.
thoroughly
Although you may have learned English very thoroughly, it is possible that the regional accents you discover when you arrive in the UK make the language harder to understand than you thought.
last Monday
Last Monday I had English tutoring at 4 o'clock.
on Mondays
On Mondays I have English tutoring at 4 o'clock.
day by day
Day by day my English speaking skills are getting stronger!
beside
Tasha sits beside Jamal in English class
much less
There are too many oxymorons in the English language for me to understand it, much less become fluent!
call for
calls for
I aced my English test! This calls for a celebration!
keep in touch
keeping in touch
Keeping in touch with the friends you've made over the years is a great way to practice your English!
share
sharing
Sugata Mitra put a computer in a hole in the wall and let children, who didn’t know any English or what the internet was, investigate. After two months, the kids learned pretty much all by sharing knowledge with each other.
investigate
Sugata Mitra put a computer in a hole in the wall and let children, who didn’t know any English or what the internet was, investigate. After two months, the kids learned pretty much all by sharing knowledge with each other.
infrastructure
Europe is investing in its infrastructure, and the results are breathtaking. Through the English Channel tunnel, trains can speed from Big Ben to the Eiffel Tower in 2.5 hours.
celebrate
More than 18,000 revelers shouted and banged drums and tambourines at the Stonehenge circle, a group of giant stones in the middle of an English field, to celebrate the dawn of the summer solstice.
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