Feeling in the mood for something spooky? Keep reading to enhance your vocabulary with Halloween-inspired advanced words and expressions while setting the perfect atmosphere. No matter where you are or whether Halloween is celebrated in your country, we guarantee you’ll enjoy this read if you love all things thrilling. Plus, you’ll enrich your English with vocabulary that’s perfect for discussing anything scary or describing someone who’s feeling frightened.
Welcome to Whitmore Manor, wrapped in the shadows of the night…Read more ›
To all you idiom lovers, here’s a treat for you! After our previous post on hand idioms, we’re taking things one step further, or should we say, one body part further? 😄
This time, we’re turning our attention to another fascinating source of English idioms: the head!
From keeping your head to having your head in the clouds, English has plenty of colourful expressions involving this all-important body part. So, let’s see how many of these idioms you know!
Idioms From the Intro
to keep one’s head – to stay calm and think clearly in a difficult situation: There are plenty of idioms worth remembering, and one may wonder how to start using them naturally. But let’s keep our heads and not get carried away by the sheer number of expressions out there. Instead, let’s focus on memorizing and using the most practical and commonly used ones.
to have one’s head in the clouds – to be unrealistic, impractical, or lost in daydreams: Why is it that people often seem to think having their head in the clouds is a bad thing?
Welcome to our new series of posts dedicated to handy phrases. In each post, we’ll unpack one phrase at a time and teach you everything you need to know about it. And the next thing you know, you’ll be able to use it confidently and naturally in everyday speech.
The first phrase in the series is, fittingly, “the next thing you know.” It’s definitely a phrase worth knowing, so let’s dive right in!
Add the right phrases, and next thing you know, you’re telling richer stories that connect, engage, and inspire.Read more ›
World Tourism Day is celebrated every year on September 27, and what better way to mark the occasion than by inspiring a little wanderlust? 🌍✈️
Today, we’re exploring the many words we use to talk about travel – from journey and trip to tour, excursion, outing, and voyage – and discovering what makes each one unique.
To travel is to live. Hans Christian AndersenRead more ›