CHUNK OF THE DAY Phrase of the day: Nae bother I have just come back from Scotland, where I was giving the keynote talk at the City of Glasgow College’s 13-06-2019 Chunk of the day: go through a rough patch According to some recent research I read, the number of divorces in the UK last year was highest among men 29-01-2019 Word of the day: nippy After an Indian summer - a period of warm weather in autumn, a time when it's usually pretty cold - 03-12-2018 Phrase of the day: When I win the lottery Almost everyone who has learned English in class has probably had that lesson where you study second conditionals. In a 12-11-2018 Word of the day: schlep In a recent post on the word pogrom, we looked at language connected to the dark human tendency to blame 06-11-2018 Word of the day: pogrom Recently, in a break from the norm, the Guardian newspaper here ran a whole series of features on the capital 22-10-2018 Word of the day: march A march is when a large group of people walk down the streets protesting against something – or in support 03-10-2018 Word of the day: the all-clear As anyone who has ever watched a loved one fight against it will know, cancer is a truly horrible disease. 02-10-2018 Chunk of the day: dark horse A week or so ago, I gave a talk at a conference for English language teachers in Liestal, in the 23-09-2018 Phrase of the day: not bat an eyelid One of the things that our students often comment on when they come to London is the fact that they 15-09-2018 « Previous 1 2 3 4 … 17 Next »
