These art-inspired cakes from Russia are bringing your favourite paintings to life Get ready (приготовьтесь) to meet the latest edible masterpieces taking over your Instagram feed: these art-inspired cakes from Moscow bakery Tortik Annushka. Since opening its doors in 2009, the bakery has worked its way up from cupcakes and cookies to jaw-dropping (сногсшибательный) wedding…
Diplomatic Tone for Better Business Communication. Tip #5 Minimizers When you encounter a problem in business, you generally want to tone down its severity (seriousness) and avoid causing unnecessary alarm while you are working to find a solution. Using minimizers, or words that have a minimizing effect like “slight,” “small,” “a few” and “a little,”…
Future Continuous Tense. Use # 2: Parallel Actions in the Future When you use the future continuous with two actions in the same sentence, it expresses the idea that both actions will be happening at the same time. The actions are parallel. Example: I am going to be studying and he is going to be…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “to pacify” (v.) Transcription: [pæsɪfaɪ] Translation: успокаивать, умиротворять Meaning: to do something in order to make someone less angry or upset Example: She smiled at Jamie to pacify him – Она улыбнулась Джейми, чтобы успокоить его. Synonyms: placate, appease, calm