Develop your Telephone Speaking Skills. Tip #5: Have Paper and a Pen This is so simple but useful! Of course, you need a piece of paper and a pen if you need to take notes or write important details from the phone call. But it’s also useful for your English. While you are listening, you…
Past Simple Tense. Use #4: Practices in the Past The simple past can also be used to describe a practice which stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as “used to.” To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I…
Today’s Word of the Day is:”to accuse” (v.) Translation: обвинять Meaning: to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind Example: How dare you accuse me of lying! – Как вы смеете обвинять меня во лжи! Synonym: blame
One of the best of Russia’s cinematic events, the Beat Film Festival, will take place in Moscow for the ninth time from May 31st to June 10th. The Festival showcases documentary films about the world of music, contemporary art, media, street culture, sports and new technology. It will screen more than a dozen full-length films…
Develop your Telephone Speaking Skills. Tip #4: Speak Clearly Have you ever spoken to someone on the phone who spoke so softly you that you could not hear them? Was it frustrating? Often, when we feel nervous or uncomfortable, we speak softly or quietly. This can be very challenging for others on the telephone. To…
Past Simple Tense. Use #3: Duration in the Past The past simple can be used with a duration, which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc. Example: They sat at the beach all day.…
Today’s Word of the Day is:”hilarious” (adj.) Translation: уморительный Meaning: Extremely funny and causing a lot of laughter Example: The movie was hilarious. We laughed our heads off. – Фильм был уморительным. Мы смеялись от души. Synonyms: extremely amusing, uroarious, riotous
Friday’s vandalism of the famous painting of Ilya Repin, “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan, 16 November 1581” was a shocking incident, but not an isolated case. That particular painting had been both banished and slashed in the past. And other works of Russian art have been destroyed or damaged for political and religious…
Develop your Telephone Skills. Tip #3: Do Prepare Ahead Do you talk about the same thing again and again when you use English on the telephone at work? For example: do you respond to the same customer complaints often? Or do you provide account information to clients? If so, take a little time now to…
Past Simple Tense. Use 2: A Series of Completed Actions We use the simple past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on. Example: I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.- Я закончил работу, пошел на пляж…