Summer travelers who are planning vacations face a modern dilemma: Splurge on a traditional hotel, or potentially save a few bucks by renting someone’s home on Airbnb? Here are some tips on becoming a well-reviewed guest. Read Listings Carefully This may sound obvious, but bear with me: Read — don’t skim — an Airbnb listing.…
Language of Meetings. Tip #3: Beginning a Meeting To start the meeting, the meeting leader may use one of these phrases: Hello, everyone. Thank you for coming today. Since everyone is here, let’s get started. First, I’d like to welcome you all. If there are new people in the meeting, or people from different departments…
Past Perfect Tense. Use #2: The Duration before Something in the Past (Stative Verbs) If something has started in the past and continued up to another time or action in the past we use the past perfect to describe “how long” the action lasted. Note that we can also use the past perfect continuous here,…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “vulnerable” (adj.) Transcription: [vʌlnərəbl] Translation: уязвимый, ранимый Meaning: easy to hurt or attack physically or emotionally Example:Children are the most vulnerable members of society. – Дети являются наиболее уязвимыми членами общества. Synonyms: weak, unprotected