Language of Meetings. Tip #5: Interrupting At times, you might want to interrupt the discussion to add a point. Here are three polite ways to do that: May I have a word? Could I just say one thing? Excuse me – sorry for interrupting, but…
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…
Festival guests will enjoy quests, sports, family games and creative workshops. On August 17 and 18 , the 5th International Fireworks Festival will take place in Brateevsky Park. Eight teams from Asia, Europe and North America will present fireworks shows. The last year’s winner, a team from Slovakia, will open the festival. Then participants will…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “conscience” (n.) Transcription: [ˈkɒn.ʃəns] Russian Translation: совесть Definition: the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done or things you feel responsible for Example: My conscience would really bother me if I wore a…