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ommon phrases : present perfect...

, 12 2008 . 19:11 +
True_Bliss (Learning_English)

They've made it! (=They've succeeded)
I've had enough (=i'm fed up. I don't want to do any more)
You've had it! (=you're in trouble)
That's torn it! (=you, we, etc. have done something that someone else will complain strongly about)
Now you've done it! (=you've done something seriously wrong)
She's arrived (=She's achieved fame, success, acceptance, etc. at last)
He's lost it (=He's lost his patience or self-control)
You've got me there! (=I have no idea what the solution is)
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/Toasts...

, 09 2008 . 22:29 +
Rucci (Learning_English)
1. / / .
Here is to our host / hostess / hero of the day.
2. .
Many happy returns of the day.
3. ! !
Your health! Here’s to you.
4..
I’m with you.
5. ( ), !
I drink to you, Anna!
6. ( ).
Here’s to you.
7. !
May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future!
8. ! , !
May the roof above us never fall in. And may friends gathered below it never fall out.
9. , !
May the Good Lord take a liking to you, .. but not too soon!
10. , : , . , , !
Here’s to a sweetheart, a bottle, and a friend. The first beautiful, the second full, the last ever faithful.
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, 09 2008 . 20:22 +
Rucci (Learning_English)
«Sorry» , - .
«Excuse me», .
«Pardon me», .
«please» .

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1. .
Excuse my omission. / Sorry. My fault.
2. .
I do apologize. I didn’t really mean what I said.
I really meant no harm. Do forget my saying so.
3. .
(I’m) sorry. Excuse me my fault.
4. , …
It’s my fault that…

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1. ().
It’s quite all right. Oh, that’s all right.
2. .
No harm done. / No need to be sorry.
3. . .
Don’t take it to heart.
4. .
Things do happen.
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, 05 2008 . 16:19 +
_ (Learning_English) .

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http://www.languageproject.co.uk/learn_english/advanced_english.php
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, 13 2008 . 13:33 +
Rucci (Learning_English)
, „” “tooth” .

TOOTH, n -

-, , tooth – teeth. th [Ө], , [ð].
-, tooth, . „” . – „”:

loose tooth –
false tooth – ,
back tooth –
foretooth – (: )
milk tooth / baby tooth –
wisdom tooth –
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""...

, 09 2008 . 23:43 +
Rucci (Learning_English)
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Don't bother about it.

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Don't worry about me.

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No problem

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May I ask you something?

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Of course

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What's the time?
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Issue #3...

, 30 2008 . 00:35 +
Rucci (Learning_English)

Word of the day:     
Euphony [‘ju:f(e)ni]
 ( )

E.g. "Oral speech euphony". ", ".
                                           
Proverb of the day:
Better be born lucky than rich.
, . , .   

Idiom of the day:     
Above ground                                 
 

E.g. "Sheriff will find him if he's above ground. — " , ."

Slang word:            
Make a play for
, , , , , .

E.g. "John always makes a play for new girls in the group"
       " ..."

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Issue #2...

, 28 2008 . 22:38 +
Rucci (Learning_English)
Word of the day:     
Bliss [blis]
, .

E.g. "She is in perfect bliss". " " ( ).
                                           
Proverb of the day:
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well   
, , .

Idiom of the day:     
A culture vulture                                 


E.g. "I loved visiting St Petersburg - I got to be a culture vulture, while my friends were all out getting pissed on vodka" =)

Slang word:            
Grand
, "" ( )

E.g. "I'm so happy! I won a grand on the lottery last night!"
" ! !"
or
"Shit, no matter how much I try, I just can't find a holiday for less than a grand."
", , , ".
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Issue #1...

, 27 2008 . 22:56 +
Rucci (Learning_English)
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Word of the day:         Contest [‘kontest]
                                                    ,

                                                            E.g. "Eurovision song contest". ""

Proverb of the day:    The greatest risk in life is doing nothing
                                                             – .

Idiom of the day:         To ride a tiger
                                                           

                                                            E.g. "Anybody who experiments with drugs is riding a tiger".
                                                            , ,

Slang word:                    To be gutted
                                                           .

                                                           E.g. "I was gutted that England lost the football match to Russia"
                                                           "I'm so gutted, I tried really hard for that exam, but I still got a really low grade"
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22 ...

, 17 2008 . 00:03 +
Rucci (Learning_English)
" , , ", ". , , .
22 crazy.
:
* Are you crazy?
* Man, you’re insane!
* You drive me nuts!
* If you say that again, I go bananas!
* He is lunatic!
* He went bonkers!
* He’s a wacko!
* Have you gone round the bend?
* He is crazy as a loon.
* He is mad as a hatter.
* Someone is not all there...
* She’s nutty as a fruitcake!
* He's really off his rocker!
* What happens if the Mental Health Court decides that the person was of unsound mind at the time of the offence?
* You are out of your mind!
* You are sick in the head.
* We have gone stark raving mad trying to do it.
* Now, he's just plain batty.
* She was gung ho about her new job.
* Her brother is dotty.
* These slovenly workmen drive me up the wall
* Your nagging is driving me to drink."
http://lingvomix.blogspot.com/2007/04/22.html
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