While I was browsing the news this weekend, this article on the Reuters website caught my eye. I know stress can be a serious problem for office workers but I think this sounds like a rather silly solution. There were some interesting English expressions in this article, too. The first I spotted was ‘hand out‘. …
While browsing the news this weekend, this article caught my eye. It’s about a man who pretended to be a pilot because he wanted to fly a passenger jet. There are two interesting pieces of vocabulary in the article. The first is where it says the man had claimed to have ‘logged‘ 10, 000 hours. …
Yesterday, I promised something a little special and here it is – the first Wil’s World of Words video! Vocabulary in the video: to fast-track Meaning: to do something faster than it would usually be done. See it in context: Barack Obama looks to fast-track health reform bill into law to fall flat Meaning: to …
If you are a fan of scary movies, how would you like the chance to win $12,000? That’s just what the filmmaker Ram Gorpal has offered to anyone able to watch his latest movie in an empty cinema, alone. There was some interesting vocabulary in the article above, too. The first interesting word is ‘Bollywood‘. …
Pizza was in the news again this weekend. It seems that the thieves in this article got a bit hungry and decided to rob a pizza delivery man! There was some vocabulary in the title, too: Balaclava bandits in pizza heist A ‘balaclava’ is a kind of hat that covers your whole head and face …
As regular readers of this blog will already know, I love tasting different kinds of food from all over the world. That’s why this article on the BBC News website caught my eye. The most delicious pizza I’ve ever had was in Italy so hopefully this trademark will help them make sure the pizza there …
There was lots happening in the news this weekend but this article in particular on the BBC News website caught my eye. I would certainly be confused if a ticket machine suddenly started speaking another language to me! There were some interesting words and phrases in the article, too. The first is ‘ticket dispenser‘. This …
Do you have a smartphone? I’d really like one but they are a bit too expensive for me! I’m interested in finding out about them, though and that’s why this article on the Reuters (U.S. Edition) website caught my attention. There’s lots of interesting English vocabulary in the article, too. The first expression I spotted …