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Culture Lesson: Presidential Inauguration

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Obama-mania hit America as Barak Obama officially became the 44th president of the USA at his inauguration.

English Joke: Hole in One

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Today we are taking a look at an English joke. This joke is an example of a play on words - meaning that a phrase or word can can be used for more than one meaning to make a joke.

Hole in one- is used in golf when a golfer gets the ball into the hole with just one shot.

Hole in one - in this case the 'hole' means a hole in one pair of trousers.

DIFFRENCE BETWEEN "DO" AND "DOES"

Hi, AM ARCHANASHARMA.
TELL ME WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "DO" AND "DOES"
HOW CAN WE USE THIS WORDS IN SENTENCES. PLEASE TELL ME.

How are you?/How have you been?

How are you and How have you been?

Are these two identical or they should be used in different situation?

TOEFL Questions

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Read through the following ten sentences and choose the correct meaning for each key word:

1 - Excuse me, may I enquire what time your restaurant closes tonight?

2 - I'm happy to let you know that even though the top was loose it stayed on.

3 - They had to restrain the young boy from climbing into the washing machine. He could have been badly hurt.

German words used in English

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Guten tag! English and German both descended from a West Germanic language, though their relationship has been obscured by the great influence of French words to English dating from the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. In recent years, however, many English words have been borrowed directly from German. Here we take a look at some of the most common examples and what they mean:

on treadway ; pitch maker

hiii ' '

i've just got newly heard vocabs (for me at least)

pitchmaker & on treadway, what is actually the words mean (shall i use mean or meant Thinking . .

can u please suggest me with the best site where i can translate the words . .

if i say :
1. i will do presentation in the office; or
2. i will do presentation at the office; which is correct?

A-Z of descriptive adjectives

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Here's an A-Z of adjectives we can use to describe different things. Take a look at them and see if you can learn some new, useful words.

Remember - many of these words  are not used in these forms to describe how we feel. For example, we use "It's amazing" to describe something while "I am amazed" is used to show our emotion or feeling.

Amazing

Wonderful or surprising.

study & learn

hi all.. Smile got other confuse here.. how they different from each other: Thinking 1. study & learn 2. adviser & advisor 3. standing applause & standing ovation 4. take .. with & bring 5. get up & wake up 6. wrong, mistake, error & false please correct my writing if they're grammatically wrong

Star Sign - Capricorn: Personality Adjectives

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When someone asks you "What's your star-sign?", they are asking about which of the 12 signs of the zodiac you were born under. It is believed by many that your personality (character) is linked to the date you were born, furthermore, people say that you can predict your future by your star-sign.
The twelve signs of the zodiac are: