Past Perfect Tense. Use #3: Unreal or Imaginary Things in the Past In the same way that we use the past simple to talk about unreal or imaginary things in the present, we use the past perfect (one step back in time) to talk about unreal or imaginary things in the past. This is common…
Today’s Word of the Day is: Transcription: [ambɪvəːt] Translation: амбиверт Meaning: A person who has a balance of extrovert and introvert features in their personality. Example: Ambiverts don’t belong to the category of those who love to hear their own voices, nor do they prefer complete silence. – Амбиверты не относятся к тем, кто любят слышать…
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
A Bluffers’ Guide to Global Football-speak Nogomet (Croatia) Britain’s role in bringing football to the world means the vast majority of countries use variations of the words “football” or “soccer” as their names for it, but that’s not the case in Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia, where it’s known as nogomet — a portmanteau of noga…
Language of Meetings. Tip #2: Stay Neutral Whether people speak formally, neutrally or informally depends on where they are, what they are talking about and who they are talking to. In a formal setting, you wouldn’t ask someone you don’t know, “How’s it going?”, and you wouldn’t ask the very formal “How do you do?”…
Past Perfect Tense. Use #1: A Completed Action Before Something in the Past The past perfect is used to describe the idea that something happened before another action in the past. We can also use it to describe the idea that something happened before a specific time in the past. Example: I was late for work…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “failure” (n.) Transcription: [feɪljə] Translation: неудача, провал Meaning: a situation in which someone or something does not succeed Example: We are glad that they admitted failure. –Мы рады тому, что они признали свой провал. Synonyms: defeat