Abigail & Brittany Hensel - The Twins Who Share a Body. How English sounds to non-English speakers. How to pay a compliment. Kom Ihåg, Inspirerande Citat och Klassrum. Watching the detectorists – About Words – Cambridge Dictionaries Online blog. By Colin McIntosh You could be forgiven for thinking that old-fashioned hobbies that don’t involve computers have fallen out of favour.
In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, the internet has made it easier for people with specialist hobbies from different corners of the world to come together to support one another in their enthusiasms. This has generated a crop of new words, some of which are now making their first appearance in the Cambridge dictionary. One new general word that has recently arrived in Britain from the US is hobbyist.
About Words - Cambridge Dictionaries Online blog. About Words - Cambridge Dictionaries Online blog. By Colin McIntosh Footballers have a lot to answer for when it comes to men’s hairstyles.
That’s soccer players, not American football players, who at least have the advantage of wearing a helmet. Hot under the collar: idioms to describe emotions. By Liz Walter Idioms stand out from ordinary language because of their colourful imagery, and they often express concepts in a strong way.
However, these characteristics also make them rather conspicuous and difficult to use naturally. In addition, many of them have a slightly old-fashioned feel. This post will therefore offer a selection of emotion-related idioms that are in common current use and which you can feel confident using in everyday speech. About Words - Cambridge Dictionaries Online blog. By Colin McIntosh The pressure to achieve the perfect body shape is greater than ever before, for men no less than women.
At the same time, rates of obesity are at their highest level ever. These two related facts are reflected in some new additions to the Cambridge English Dictionary. We don’t really get on. (Phrasal verbs for describing relationships) By Kate Woodford Two people who have a good relationship are often said to get on (well): I get on really well with both of my brothers.
Meanwhile, people who stop being friends after an argument are frequently said to fall out: The brothers fell out over money. Our relationships are very important to us so we talk about them a lot. Often, to describe the way we feel about a person, or something that has happened to a relationship, we use phrasal verbs such as these. This week, we are looking at the most important phrasal verbs in this area. About Words - Cambridge Dictionaries Online blog. By Liz Walter What would Gandhi have made of glitterbombing?
This form of protest – a curious mixture of the high-spirited and the serious, the comic and the aggressive – consists of throwing handfuls of glitter at whoever has caused the protester’s anger. Glitterbombing has been aimed mostly at those accused of homophobia, and most of the recent US Republican presidential candidates have now been glitterbombed at one time or another. The tactic has also been used by Occupy Wall Street protesters. Grandson shares nan's polite Google search. 10 More Moral Dilemmas. Humans Morality is fun to debate.
At the end of last December, I posted a list of another 10 dilemmas. Top 10 Moral Dilemmas. Miscellaneous Thankfully most of us do not come across dire situations that present a moral dilemma, but it is always a very interesting exercise to consider a dilemma and our reaction to it.
So, I now present you with a list of ten agonizing moral dilemmas, in no particular order. (Be sure to tell us what you would do in the comments.) 10. Concentration Camp. "BOY" - SHORT FILM. CGI 3D Animated Short Film "THE LOST THING" A Beautiful OSCAR WINNING Animation by Passion Pictures. Momondo – The DNA Journey. Lessons Worth Sharing. While high speed loop-to-loop coasters and haunted houses are commercial hits of the 20th and 21st centuries, people have been scaring themselves and each other since the birth of the species.
This has occurred through all kinds of methods such as storytelling, jumping off cliffs, and popping out to startle each other from the recesses of some dark cave. And we’ve done this for reasons other than fun: inciting fear is very effective at building group solidarity, teaching the next generation about what to fear and how to survive, and as a means of controlling behavior. For a more comprehensive history of how we’ve scared ourselves, you can check out SCREAM: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear. One of the most interesting things about studying fear is looking at the social constructions of fear and how culture and socialization influence what we’re afraid of. Ida Gratte - Fucked Up World.
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