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Learn English with Pictures and Video

This is how it works: Select a topic videoLearn new words through picturesWatch them come to life through videoTest what you've learned at the end through a video quiz Here […] EnglishClass101

English Slang

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What American English sounds like to non-English speakers

In this remarkable and fully rockin' video, an Italian singer (Adriano Celentano) performs a rock piece whose lyrics are gibberish intended to sound like English. Entitled "What English Sounds Like […] www.english-slang.com

Slang is

"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

An idiom is

an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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Jean Graman

If at first you don't succeed, you're fired!

into line

[into line] {adv. phr.} 1. Into agreement. * /The department's spending was brought into line with the budget./ 2. Under […]

ride roughshod over

[ride roughshod over] {v. phr.} To do as you wish without considering the wishes of (another person); treat with scorn or lack […]

Sean O'Casey

(1880-1964), Irish playwright The world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

Learn English Live

Learn English Live with Steve Ford. Steve is online English teacher from Vancouver, Canada. You'll find a hundred+ free […]

Idioms to Learn Today

Learn/refresh your knowledge against this set!Then check yourself by running flashcard test by definitions or by descriptions.

eagle eye

[eagle eye] {n.} Sharp vision like that of an eagle; the ability to notice even the tiniest details. * /The new boss keeps […]

walls have ears

[walls have ears] Sometimes one's most confidential conversations are overheard. * /"Be careful what you say," he whispered. […]