Archive for March, 2015
March 2015
Phrase of the day: on the way
I went to visit my parents yesterday and on the way there, I was thinking about the number of times I've done that journey up and down the motorway and imagined all the little ant trails that I have left…
Phrase of the day: It’s alright for some!
This week, a friend of mine in France sent me a message via Facebook asking if I'd got a copy of a new box set that collects together all the LPs by The Pretty Things, one of my very favourite…
Phrasal verbs: myths and realities
Last year I was lucky enough to attend the PASE conference in Warsaw, where I saw a locally based teacher, Jonathan Marks, give a thought-provoking talk on phrasal verbs. Having long believed that this is one area of the language…