Most guys have imagined what it would be like to be a secret agent at some point in their lives. The man in this article seems to have taken things a bit too far, though! There were some interesting driving-related expressions in the article, too. The first is ‘raced past‘. This means to move past …
A pun is a joke which relies on words which have more than one meaning or that sound like other words. Some people find them annoying or cheesy but I love them! Anyway, an article on the ABC news website attracted my attention today because of the pun in its title: Offal news for NZ …
Everyone seems to have a facebook account nowadays but I’ve noticed that twitter is becoming more and more popular, too. It even has its own new vocabulary related to it. We can call the people who have lots of followers on twitter ‘the twitterati‘ and each little message they write is called a ‘tweet‘. ‘Tweet‘ …
A few months ago, I shared some tips on how speaking more slowly can help make your English sound more fluent. Yesterday, I spotted an article on the BBC news website about some scientists who have been analysing what makes the perfect voice. I think the point they make in the article about pausing at …
I love reading so the news this weekend has been interesting for me. I saw that Borders (a famous chain of bookstores) had run into trouble. That’s a shame because hanging around in a bookshop is one of my favourite ways to spend an afternoon. I saw this article, too. I was interested in it …
A doughnut is a tasty snack, right? Yes, it is but it can also be something quite different. It’s a kind of trick people do in cars making them spin around in a very small space. In this article on the ABC news website, it seems that the police were not fooled by a man …
It’s the start of a new week. Time to face new challenges, meet new people, and see what’s been happening in the news. This story on the ABC news website caught my eye yesterday. I’ve never tried wearing high-heeled shoes but I’ve heard that walking in them can be difficult. I can only imagine how …
In English, we sometimes say that a person who likes sweet food has a ‘sweet tooth‘. In this article from the ABC News website, it seems like the boy’s ‘sweet tooth‘ got him into trouble. There are some words we have seen before in this article, like plead guilty/not guilty and bail, but there are …