آموزش زبان انگلیسی
آموزش زبان انگلیسی ,آموزش گرامر انگلیسی , مکالمه انگلیسی, اصطلاح , لغت , تست , سرگرمی , ضرب المثل, شعر , داستان , نکته ها ی مهم , و اخبار جالب..آموزش زبان انگلیسی
آموزش زبان انگلیسی ,آموزش گرامر انگلیسی , مکالمه انگلیسی, اصطلاح , لغت , تست , سرگرمی , ضرب المثل, شعر , داستان , نکته ها ی مهم , و اخبار جالب..آموزش زبان انگلیسی A sweet joke
What would you like to
have; fruit juice, Soda, Tea, Chocolate, Milo, or coffee?"
"Tea, please."
"Ceylon tea, Herbal tea, Bush tea, Honey
bush tea, Ice tea
or green tea?"
"Ceylon tea."
"How would you like it? Black or white?"
"White."
"Milk, Whitener, or
Condensed milk?"
"With milk, please."
"Goat milk, Camel milk or cow milk?"
"With cow milk, please."
"Milk from Friesland cow or African cow?"
"Um, I'll take it black."
"Would you like it with sweetener, sugar or honey?"
"With sugar, please."
"Beet sugar or cane sugar?"
"Cane sugar, please."
"White, brown or yellow sugar?"
"Forget about tea, just give me a glass of water instead."
"Mineral water
or still water?"
"Mineral water, please."
"Flavored or non-flavored? "
"I'd rather die of thirst !"
chickenfeed
Almost every language in the world has a saying that a person can never be too rich.
Americans, like people in other countries, always want more money. One way they express this is by protesting that their jobs do not pay enough. A common expression is, "I am working for chickenfeed." It means working for very little money. The expression probably began because seeds fed to chickens made people think of small change. Small change means metal coins of not much value, like nickels which are worth five cents.
An early use of the word chickenfeed appeared in an American publication in nineteen thirty. It told about a rich man and his son. Word expert Mitford Mathews says it read, "I'll bet neither the kid nor his father ever saw a nickel or a dime. They would not have been interested in such chickenfeed."
Chickenfeed also has another interesting meaning known to history experts and World War Two spies and soldiers.
Spy expert Henry S. A. Becket writes that some German spies working in
The same person who protests that he is working for chickenfeed may also say, "I am working for peanuts." She means she is working for a small amount of money.
It is a very different meaning from the main one in the dictionary. That meaning is small nuts that grow on a plant.
No one knows for sure how a word for something to eat also came to mean something very small. But, a peanut is a very small food.
The expression is an old one. Word expert Mitford Mathews says that as early as eighteen fifty-four, an American publication used the words peanut agitators. That meant political troublemakers who did not have a lot of support.
Another reason for the saying about working for peanuts may be linked to elephants. Think of how elephants are paid for their work in the circus. They receive food, not money. One of the foods they like best is peanuts.
When you add the word gallery to the word peanut you have the name of an area in an American theater. A gallery is a high seating area or balcony above the main floor.
The peanut gallery got its name because it is the part of the theater most distant from where the show takes place. So, peanut gallery tickets usually cost less than other tickets. People pay a small amount of money for them
American slangآموزش اصطلاحات آمریکایی
American slang
Drive someone up a walk:
To annoy someone greatly. He’s starting to drive me up a wall.
Blue adj. depressed. I’m feeling sort of blue today.
Catch someone red-handed
To discover someone in the process of committing a dishonest act. I know he’s guilty. I couth him red-handed.
Break the ice
To make the first move in establishing communication. I’m going to break the ice with the new employee.
آموزش زبان انگلیسی
سلام.
این یکی از آهنگ های اجرا شده در یورووِیژن2008 است مال کشور نروژ. آهنگ بسیار زیباییه و شعرش هم فوق العاده است. میتونین از اینجا دانلود کنین.
Performer: Maria
Song title: Hold On Be Strong
Song writer(s): Mira Craig
Song composer(s): Mira Craig
Love can be hard sometimes
Yes it can catch you off guard like bad crimes
Yes it can make you depressed and angry
Make you say why me why won't anybody try me
You might be saying ooh, I don't wanna be lonely
Ooh, I don't wanna be by myself
Ooh, don't wanna be lonely
Why ain't anybody lovin´me
But there's always someone out there who'll be there for you
there is always someone out there who'll care for you
there's always someone out there who'll be true, true, true
hold on, hold on, be strong
Love can go away forever if you push it
And you have to remember don't rush it
If it ain't right it is wrong
And you'll be crying why me, why won' anybody try me
You might be saying ooh, I don't wanna be lonely
Ooh, I don't wanna be by myself
Ooh, don't wanna be lonely -no, no
Why ain't anybody lovin' me
But there's always someone out there who'll be there for you
There is always someone out there who'll care for you
There's always someone out there who'll be true, true, true
Hold on, hold on, be strong
Yes, there's aways someone out there who'll be there for you,
There is always someone out there who'll care for you
There's always someone out there who'll be true, true, true,
Hold on, hold on, be strong,
Hold on, hold on, be strong
My child hold on, hold on be strong
آموزشGet Your Act Together: Organization Is the Name of the Game
A woman from
"I studied English before I left home," she said. "But I still was not sure that people were speaking English."
Her problem is easy to understand. Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere. They have a language of their own. Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work. Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industry.
One such saying is get your act together.
When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get angry. He may shout, "Stop making mistakes. Get your act together."
Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, "Let us get our act together."
Either way, the meaning is the same. Getting your act together is getting organized. In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action.
It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began. But, it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industry. Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes. The director may have said, "Calm down, now. Get your act together."
Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late nineteen seventies. Mister Rogers says the Manchester Guardian newspaper used it in nineteen seventy-eight. The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British government get its act together.
Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meet. One company even called its yearly report, "Getting Our Act Together."
The Japanese visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people. It is cut to the chase.
She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company. One official was giving a very long report. It was not very interesting. In fact, some people at the meeting were falling asleep.
Finally, the president of the company said, "Cut to the chase."
Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material. Hurry and get to the good part.
Naturally, this saying was started by people who make movies.
Cut is the director's word for stop. The director means to stop filming, leave out some material, and get to the chase scene now.
So, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly
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Especial(ly) and special(ly)آموزش زبان انگلیسی
Especial(ly) and special(ly)
Especially and specially can often both be used with the same meaning.
It was not (e) especially cold.
Especially is used to mean ‘above all’.
I play a lot of tennis, especially on Sundays.
It rains a lot, especially in the north.
The children are very noisy, especially when we have visitors.
I like all kinds of fruits, especially apples.
Especially follows a subject.
All my family like music. My father, especially, goes to as many concerts as he can.
Specially is used to mean ‘for a particular purpose’.
These shoes were specially made for me.
The adjective especial is rare. We normally use special.
He took special trouble over his work.
Hitآموزش زبان انگلیسی
Hit is a small word but it has a lot of power. Baseball players hit the ball. Missiles hit an airplane. A car hits a tree.
Hit also joins with other words to create many colorful expressions. One is hit the road. It means to travel or to leave a place, as suggested in this song, "Hit the Road."
Another common expression is hit the spot. At first it hitting a spot at the center of a target with an arrow. Someone who did so was satisfied with his shooting. Now, hitting the spot usually means that a food or drink is especially satisfying.
Many years ago, Pepsi Cola sold its drink with a song that began, "Pepsi Cola hits the spot, twelve full ounces, that's a lot…"
Another expression involving hit is hit bottom. Something that has hit bottom can go no lower. If the price of shares of a stock hits bottom that might be the time to buy it. Its value can only go up.
A student who tells you his grades have hit bottom is saying he has not done well in school.
When a student's grades hit bottom it is time to hit the books. Hit the books is another way of saying it is time to study. A student might have to tell her friends she can not go with them to the movies because she has to hit the books.
Not hitting the books could lead to an unpleasant situation for a student. The father or mother may hit the ceiling when they see the low grades. Someone who hits the ceiling, the top of the room, is angry. A wife may hit the ceiling because her husband forgot their wedding anniversary.
To build something of wood, you usually need a hammer. That is what you use to hit nails into the pieces of wood to hold them together. When you hit the nail on the head, exactly on its top, it goes into the wood perfectly. And when someone says your words or actions hit the nail on the head, he means what you said or did was exactly right.
If you are tired after hitting all those nails on the head, then it is time to hit the hay. That expression comes from the days when people slept on beds filled with dried grass or hay. Some people slept on hay in barns where they kept their farm animals.
Hitting the hay simply means going to bed. That is a good idea. I think I will hit the haynow
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Loneliness quotesآموزش زبان انگلیسی
“When we truly realize that we are all alone is when we need others the most” Ronald Anthony
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.” Orson Welles
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.
Author: Helen Keller
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
Joseph F. Newton
To be adult is to be alone.
Jean Rostand
Be good and you will be lonely.
Mark Twain
A wonderful storyآموزش زبان انگلیسی
A farmer rears twenty-five young hens and one old cock. As he feels that the old cock could no longer handle his job efficiently, the farmer bought one young cock from the market.
Old cock to Young cock : "Welcome to join me, we will work together towards productivity.
Young cock : What you mean? As far as I know, you are old and should be retired.
Old cock : Young boy, there are twenty-five hens here, can't I help you with some?
Young cock : No! Not even one, all of them will be mine.
Old cock : In this case, I shall challenge you to a competition and if I win you shall allow me to have one hen and if I lose you will have all.
Young cock :
OK. What kind of competition?
Old cock: 50 meter run. From here to that tree. But due to my age, I hope you allow me to start off the first 10 meters.
Young cock : No problem ! We will compete tomorrow morning.
Confidently, the following morning, the Young cock allows the Old cock to start off and when the Old cock crosses the 10 meters mark the Young cock chases him with all his might.
Soon enough, he was behind the Old cock back in a matter of seconds.
Suddenly, Bang! ...... before he could overtake the old cock, he was shot dead by the farmer, who cursed, "Hell ! This is the fifth GAY chicken I've bought this week !"
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He loves meآموزش زبان انگلیسی
He loves me
If love asks a question, do not deceive
For the truth is the answer, I only believe
If my heart should open, love do not fear
Or if my eyes in happiness shed a tear
Let the wind in my soul blow you away
And the sun in my heart brighten your day
If love and life I was asked to compare
Both of these with you I wish to share
Principles of lifeآموزش زبان انگلیسی
Principles of life
Winning isn't everything. But wanting to win is.
* You would achieve more, if you don't mind who gets the credit.
* When everything else is lost, the future still remains.
* The only job you start at the top is when you dig a grave.
* If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for everything.
* If you do little things well, you'll do big ones better.
* Only thing that comes to you without effort is old age.
* You won't get a second chance to make the first impression.
* Only those who do nothing do not make mistakes.
* Never take a problem to your boss unless you have a solution.
* If you are not failing you're not taking enough risks.
* Don't try to get rid of bad temper by losing it.
* If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
* Those who don't make mistakes usually don't make anything
* There are two kinds of failures. Those who think and never do, and those who do and never think.
* Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
* All progress has resulted from unpopular decisions.
* Change your thoughts and you change your world.
* Understanding proves intelligence, not the speed of the learning.
*There are two kinds of fools in this world. Those who give advise and those who don't take it.
* The best way to kill an idea is to take it to a meeting.
* Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things.
* Friendship founded on business is always better than business founded on friendship.
The Winepressداستان انگلیسی
The Winepress
Upper-Intermediate
1500 words (British English)
"You don't have to be French to enjoy a decent red wine," Charles Jousselin de Gruse used to tell his foreign guests whenever he entertained them in Paris. "But you do have to be French to recognize one," he would add with a laugh.
After a lifetime in the French diplomatic corps, the Count de Gruse lived with his wife in an elegant townhouse on Quai Voltaire. He was a likeable man, cultivated of course, with a well deserved reputation as a generous host and an amusing raconteur.
This evening's guests were all European and all equally convinced that immigration was at the root of Europe's problems. Charles de Gruse said nothing. He had always concealed his contempt for such ideas. And, in any case, he had never much cared for these particular guests.
The first of the red Bordeaux was being served with the veal, and one of the guests turned to de Gruse.
"Come on, Charles, it's simple arithmetic. Nothing to do with race or colour. You must've had bags of experience of this sort of thing. What d'you say?"
"Yes, General. Bags!"
Without another word, de Gruse picked up his glass and introduced his bulbous, winey nose. After a moment he looked up with watery eyes.
"A truly full-bodied Bordeaux," he said warmly, "a wine among wines."
The four guests held their glasses to the light and studied their blood-red contents. They all agreed that it was the best wine they had ever tasted.
One by one the little white lights along the Seine were coming on, and from the first-floor windows you could see the brightly lit bateaux-mouches passing through the arches of the Pont du Carrousel. The party moved on to a dish of game served with a more vigorous claret.
"Can you imagine," asked de Gruse, as the claret was poured, "that there are people who actually serve wines they know nothing about?"
"Really?" said one of the guests, a German politician.
"Personally, before I uncork a bottle I like to know what's in it."
"But how? How can anyone be sure?"
"I like to hunt around the vineyards. Take this place I used to visit in Bordeaux. I got to know the winegrower there personally. That's the way to know what you're drinking."
"A matter of pedigree, Charles," said the other politician.
"This fellow," continued de Gruse as though the Dutchman had not spoken, "always gave you the story behind his wines. One of them was the most extraordinary story I ever heard. We were tasting, in his winery, and we came to a cask that made him frown. He asked if I agreed with him that red Bordeaux was the best wine in the world. Of course, I agreed. Then he made the strangest statement.
"'The wine in this cask,' he said, and there were tears in his eyes, 'is the best vintage in the world. But it started its life far from the country where it was grown.'"
De Gruse paused to check that his guests were being served.
"Well?" said the Dutchman.
De Gruse and his wife exchanged glances.
"Do tell them, mon chéri," she said.
De Gruse leaned forwards, took another sip of wine, and dabbed his lips with the corner of his napkin. This is the story he told them.
At the age of twenty-one, Pierre - that was the name he gave the winegrower - had been sent by his father to spend some time with his uncle in Madagascar. Within two weeks he had fallen for a local girl called Faniry, or "Desire" in Malagasy. You could not blame him. At seventeen she was ravishing. In the Malagasy sunlight her skin was golden. Her black, waist-length hair, which hung straight beside her cheeks, framed large, fathomless eyes. It was a genuine coup de foudre, for both of them. Within five months they were married. Faniry had no family, but Pierre's parents came out from France for the wedding, even though they did not strictly approve of it, and for three years the young couple lived very happily on the island of Madagascar. Then, one day, a telegram came from France. Pierre's parents and his only brother had been killed in a car crash. Pierre took the next flight home to attend the funeral and manage the vineyard left by his father.
Faniry followed two weeks later. Pierre was grief-stricken, but with Faniry he settled down to running the vineyard. His family, and the lazy, idyllic days under a tropical sun, were gone forever. But he was very happily married, and he was very well-off. Perhaps, he reasoned, life in Bordeaux would not be so bad.
But he was wrong. It soon became obvious that Faniry was jealous. In Madagascar she had no match. In France she was jealous of everyone. Of the maids. Of the secretary. Even of the peasant girls who picked the grapes and giggled at her funny accent. She convinced herself that Pierre made love to each of them in turn.
She started with insinuations, simple, artless ones that Pierre hardly even recognized. Then she tried blunt accusation in the privacy of their bedroom. When he denied that, she resorted to violent, humiliating denouncements in the kitchens, the winery, the plantations. The angel that Pierre had married in Madagascar had become a termagant, blinded by jealousy. Nothing he did or said could help. Often, she would refuse to speak for a week or more, and when at last she spoke it would only be to scream yet more abuse or swear again her intention to leave him. By the third vine-harvest it was obvious to everyone that they loathed each other.
One Friday evening, Pierre was down in the winery, working on a new electric winepress. He was alone. The grape-pickers had left. Suddenly the door opened and Faniry entered, excessively made up. She walked straight up to Pierre, flung her arms around his neck, and pressed herself against him. Even above the fumes from the pressed grapes he could smell that she had been drinking.
"Darling," she sighed, "what shall we do?"
He badly wanted her, but all the past insults and humiliating scenes welled up inside him. He pushed her away.
"But, darling, I'm going to have a baby."
"Don't be absurd. Go to bed! You're drunk. And take that paint off. It makes you look like a tart."
Faniry's face blackened, and she threw herself at him with new accusations. He had never cared for her. He cared only about sex. He was obsessed with it. And with white women. But the women in France, the white women, they were the tarts, and he was welcome to them. She snatched a knife from the wall and lunged at him with it. She was in tears, but it took all his strength to keep the knife from his throat. Eventually he pushed her off, and she stumbled towards the winepress. Pierre stood, breathing heavily, as the screw of the press caught at her hair and dragged her in. She screamed, struggling to free herself. The screw bit slowly into her shoulder and she screamed again. Then she fainted, though whether from the pain or the fumes he was not sure. He looked away until a sickening sound told him it was over. Then he raised his arm and switched the current off.
The guests shuddered visibly and de Gruse paused in his story.
"Well, I won't go into the details at table," he said. "Pierre fed the rest of the body into the press and tidied up. Then he went up to the house, had a bath, ate a meal, and went to bed. The next day, he told everyone Faniry had finally left him and gone back to Madagascar. No-one was surprised."
He paused again. His guests sat motionless, their eyes turned towards him.
"Of course," he continued, "Sixty-five was a bad year for red Bordeaux. Except for Pierre's. That was the extraordinary thing. It won award after award, and nobody could understand why."
The general's wife cleared her throat.
"But, surely," she said, "you didn't taste it?"
"No, I didn't taste it, though Pierre did assure me his wife had lent the wine an incomparable aroma."
"And you didn't, er, buy any?" asked the general.
"How could I refuse? It isn't every day that one finds such a pedigree."
There was a long silence. The Dutchman shifted awkwardly in his seat, his glass poised midway between the table and his open lips. The other guests looked around uneasily at each other. They did not understand.
"But look here, Gruse," said the general at last, "you don't mean to tell me we're drinking this damned woman now, d'you?"
De Gruse gazed impassively at the Englishman.
"Heaven forbid, General," he said slowly. "Everyone knows that the best vintage should always come first
The Winepress - Vocabulary
NB: the meaning given for each word is contextual meaning, that is to say it is the specific meaning of the word within the context of the story. Some of these words have other meanings not shown here.
| Word | Part of Speech | Contextual Meaning | Example Sentence | |
| arithmetic | noun | mathematics (adding, multiplying etc) | Don't ask me to add the numbers; I'm terrible at arithmetic. | |
| aroma | noun | scent | The aroma at the spa was of roses and vanilla. | |
| bulbous | adjective | large and round | Santa Claus has a bulbous nose and belly. | |
| cask | noun | wooden container | We filled the cask with wine and put it in the cellar. | |
| claret | noun | French red wine | You should always serve a nice claret with a juicy steak. | |
| concealed | verb - past | hid | Franco concealed his love notes under his pillow. | |
| contempt | noun | feeling that a person or thing is worthless | Jane's contempt for her ex-husband is unfair on her kids. | |
| cultivated | adjective | educated about art | My husband is very cultivated because his grandmother was into classical music and painting. | |
| dabbed | verb - past | touched lightly | Mary dabbed her extra lipstick off with her napkin. | |
| decent | adjective | pretty good | At least wear a decent shirt because you are going to be photographed from the waist up. | |
| denouncements | noun | accusations | The thief rejected the denouncements even though he was caught stealing on camera. | |
| elegant | adjective | attractive, graceful, simple | I need a long elegant dress to wear to my graduation ceremony. | |
| entertained | verb | hosted a party | Whenever my parents entertained their college friends we always had a BBQ and badminton tournament. | |
| excessively | adverb | with extra effort than necessary | Chrisie called me so excessively that I didn't want to be friends with her. | |
| fathomless | adjective | deep, incomprehensible | Astronomers are constantly trying to search the fathomless depths of space. | |
| flung | verb - past | threw wildly | The bride flung her bouquet of flowers behind her. | |
| fumes | noun | strong smell that makes it hard to breathe | The petrol fumes at the garage always give me a headache. | |
| game | noun | hunted birds and other animals (for food or sport) | The only game I enjoy eating is duck. | |
| gazed | verb - past | looked at intently with wide eyes | The couple sat on the beach and gazed at the sunset. | |
| genuine | adjective | real | This movie is not a genuine documentary. | |
| glances | noun | looks that last only a short moment | Before we started dating we used to exchange glances from our desks. | |
| grief-stricken | adjective | upset because of a loss | I was grief-stricken when my dog got run over by a car. | |
| harvest | noun | season when crops are ready to pick | During the harvest the whole family goes out to work in the corn fields. | |
| heaven forbid | interjection | expressing a strong wish that something does not happen | Heaven forbid that we ever get hit by one of these terrible hurricanes! | |
| humiliating | adjective | causing embarrassment | It was humiliating when they made me stand up and make a speech. | |
| idyllic | adjective | peaceful, perfect | It was an idyllic afternoon with all of the kids away at school. | |
| immigration | noun | permanent movement of someone from one country to another | The rules of immigration say that I need a permit to work in this country. | |
| impassively | adverb | without expression, not showing emotion | The young teen stood impassively while the policeman put handcuffs on him. | |
| insinuations | noun | suggestions about someone (without proof) that are not nice | I broke up with Bob because of the insinuations he made about me and my ex-boyfriend. | |
| intention | noun | aim or plan | Alice's intention was to rent a guitar, not to buy one. | |
| loathed | verb - past | hated | I loathed my grade nine French teacher because he gave us so much homework. | |
| lunged | verb - past | moved forward suddenly and quickly | The child lunged at the birthday cake before we could remove the candles. | |
| peasant | noun | poor person who usually lives off the land | My ancestors were peasants who used to beg for food when their crops wouldn't grow. | |
| pedigree | noun | record of ancestry, line of relatives | We only breed dogs of excellent pedigree. | |
| poised | verb - past | prepared to act | The fashion model was poised at the foot of the walkway. | |
| raconteur | noun | a skilful storyteller | There is always one raconteur in the family who makes everyone laugh at the dinner table. | |
| ravishing | adjective | very beautiful, entrancing | Brides always look ravishing on their wedding days. | |
| reasoned | verb - past | analyzed and formed judgement logically; tried to persuade by giving good reasons | I reasoned with my father to extend my curfew. | |
| reputation | noun | opinions or beliefs that others have about a person or thing | Mark has a reputation for dating more than one woman at a time. | |
| resorted to | verb - past | did because nothing else worked | There were no size ten skates so Marie resorted to wearing men's. | |
| root | noun | early stage, cause | Janice's mother-in-law is the root of her marital problems. | |
| shuddered | verb - past | trembled or shook because of cold or fear | Andrea shuddered when she heard the loud scream. | |
| telegram | noun | (formerly) mail sent electronically and delivered in printed form on paper | During the war she learned of her son's injuries by telegram. | |
| termagant | noun | a bad-tempered, noisy woman | The termagant was hassling her husband about forgetting to make her coffee. | |
| veal | noun | the meat of a young cow | Samantha doesn't eat veal because she's a vegetarian. | |
| vigorous | adjective | strong, energetic | The vigorous builders had the house finished in one week. | |
| vintage | noun | top wine, usually wine from a specific year | They're serving a 1975 vintage to mark their anniversary. | |
| vineyard | noun | place where grapes are grown | We worked in the vineyard until all of the grapes had been picked. | |
| visibly | adverb | easily seen | She stood visibly in front of the window, so I knew she was home. | |
| welled up | verb - past | filled up (often with liquid) | Her eyes welled up with tears when he asked her to marry him. | |
| winepress | noun | machine or equipment used to squeeze the juice out of grapes | We'll need a winepress if we want to make juice out of these grapes. | |
Moneyآموزش زبان انگلیسی
Money
| Basic Currency Unit | Code | Symbol | Fractional Unit 1:100 |
| Swiss franc | CHF | centime | |
| Euro | EUR | € | cent |
| British pound | GBP | £ | penny |
| Japanese yen | JPY | ¥ | sen (not used) |
| American dollar | USD | $ | cent |
Some Tips for Learning How to Speak Englishآموزش زبان انگلیسی
Irregardless of the language that you are trying to learn, connecting the way words sound with how they look on paper is a difficult task. Because the pronunciation rules for English are not consistent, you may often come to points where you will have a difficult time determining how to say things correctly.
It is also important to realize that the English has accents and dialects like any other language. As a result, you may feel confused when you are told to pronounce a word in a certain way, only to hear it spoken in a different way by someone else. Nevertheless, there are still a number of methods that you can use to develop your English speaking skills.
Using a Tape Recorder
In many cases, when you are concentrating on how to form sounds, you may not be aware of how they actually turn out. A tape recorder is very useful for helping you learn the results of your efforts. As you listen, you will be able to hear the difference in what you intended to sound out, and what actually occurred. You can also compare these results to tapes of native English speakers and work on specific sound groups that are difficult to manage. A tape recorder will also help you learn how to control the pace of your speech, as well as your breathing pattern.
Listen and Repeat Numerous Dialects and Accents
Once you have mastered the basic sounds, it may be helpful to listen to these words spoken by people with different accents. As an example, you might want to try and imitate everything from Texan accents to Irish ones. In the process, you may find that some letter pronunciations fit better with your own natural speech patterns.
As you listen and repeat from tapes, it is very important to experiment and find out what will make you speech clear and understandable. You can also find numerous samples of spoken English on the internet. If you visit sites like You Tube, it is possible to download videos on just about any subject. Some video producers may even have content available that shows you the proper lip and tongue positions to form specific sounds. You can also select materials that match a hobby or other personal interest, and gain the benefit of hearing a native English speaker at the same time.
Voice Chat
At some point, you will want to gain steady practice in conversational English. If your computer is equipped with a sound card and microphone, you may be able to find internet chat rooms that also support voice chat. That said, you may not find this of much help if your internet connection is too slow.
Unfortunately, learning to verbalize in English will be very difficult if you do not actually speak out loud. If you cannot find someone to practice with, you can still use a tape recorder, or practice with videos. On the other hand, if your computer has the necessary hardware, you may find that you have unlimited opportunities to carry on conversations with native English speakers from all over the world.
Stupid Questions with the Smart Answers
BOY : May I hold your hand?
GIRL : No thanks, it isn't heavy.
GIRL : Say you love me! Say you love me!
BOY : You love me...
GIRL : If we become engaged will you give me a ring??
BOY : Sure, what's your phone number??
GIRL : I think the poorest people are the happiest.
BOY : Then marry me and we'll be the happiest couple
GIRL : Darling, I want to dance like this forever.
BOY : Don't you ever want to improve??
BOY : I love you and I could die for you!
GIRL : How soon??
BOY : I would go to the end of the world for you!
GIRL : Yes, but would you stay there??
SHARON : Have you ever had a hot passionate, burning kiss??
TRACY : I did once. He'd forgotten to take the cigarette out of his mouth.
MAN : You remind me of the sea.
WOMAN : Because I'm wild, romantic and exciting?
MAN : NO, because you make me sick.
WIFE : You tell a man something, it goes in one ear and comes out of the other.
HUSBAND : You tell a woman something: It goes in both ears and comes out of the mouth.
MARY : John says I'm pretty. Andy says I'm ugly.What do u think, Peter?
PETER : A bit of both. I think you're pretty ugly.
Girlfriend : "...And are you sure you love me and no one else ?"
Boyfriend : "Dead Sure! I checked the whole list again yesterday".
Teacher : "Which is more important to us, the sun or the moon?"
Pupil : "The moon".
Teacher : "Why?"
Pupil : "The moon gives us light at night when we need it but the sun gives us light only in the day time when we don't need it"
Teacher : "What do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?"
Pupil : "A teacher".
Waiter : "Would you like your coffee black?"
Customer : "What other colors do you have?
Teacher : "Sam, you talk a lot !"
Sam : "It's a family tradition".
Teacher : "What do you mean?"
Sam : "Sir, my grandpa was a street hawker, my father is a teacher".
Teacher : "What about your mother?"
Sam : "She's a woman".
Tom : "How should I convey the news to my father that I've failed?"
David: "You just send a telegram: Result declared, past year's performance repeated".
Teacher : "Now, children, if I saw a man beating a donkey and stopped him, what virtue would I be showing?"
Student : "Brotherly love".
Teacher : "Now, Sam, tell me frankly do you say prayers before eating?"
Sam : "No sir, I don't have to, my mom is a good cook".
Patient : "What are the chances of my recovering doctor?"
Doctor : "One hundred percent. Medical records show that nine out of ten people die of the disease you have. Yours is the tenth case I've treated. The others all died".
Teacher : "Can anybody give an example of COINCIDENCE?"
One Student : "Sir, my Mother and Father got married on the same day and at the same time."
Teacher : "George Washington not only chopped down his father's Cherry tree, but also admitted doing it. Now do you know why his father didn't punish him ?"
One Student: " Because George still had the axe in is hand."
English Idiomsآموزش زبان انگلیسی
English Idioms
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> face=Arial>Idiom | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> face=Arial>Meaning |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Have an axe to | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you have an axe to grind, you have |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Have your back to | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you have your back to the wall, you |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> At someone's beck and | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If a person is at somebody's beck and |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Below the belt | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> An action or remark described as |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Birds of a | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> To say that two people are birds of |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Breathe | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If somebody is breathing down |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Build | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If a person builds bridges |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> face=Arial>Dance attendance (on | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you dance attendance on |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Let sleeping | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If someone tells you to let |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> See eye to | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> To see eye to eye with somebody |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Fair-weather | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Someone who acts as a friend when |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Get on like | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Two people who get on like a house |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Get a raw | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you say that someone has got a |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Go with the | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you go with the flow, |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Good walls | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> This expression means that respecting |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Play | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you play gooseberry, |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Help a lame dog over a | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you help a lame dog over |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Herding | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> This expression refers to the |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Know | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you know someone or something |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> It takes two to tango | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> You say this when you think that a |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Keep | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you keep someone at arm's |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> At | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you are at loggerheads |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> face=Arial>Nodding terms | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> To be at | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If one person is at odds with |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Play the | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you play the game, you |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Pull | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If somebody pulls strings, |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Send someone | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you send someone |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Rub | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you rub |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Give someone the cold | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> To give someone the cold |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Significant | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> The term |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0 align=left> Sface=Arial>peak the same language | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0 align=left> If two or more |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> face=Arial>Speed networking | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> This refers to a relatively new urban |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Starter | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> A starter marriage is a |
A | If you have a |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0 align=left> Sface=Arial>trange bedfellows | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0 align=left> This expression |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> To be as thick | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If two people are "as thick as |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Two's company ... (three's a | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> This is said of two people, |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> Walking | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> If you are given your walking |
| borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> On the same | borderColorDark=#c0c0c0> To say that two people are on the |
Ten tips to build English vocabulary
Ten tips to build English vocabulary
Feeling overwhelmed trying to memorize so many vocabulary words? It doesn't need to be a daunting task! Check out these top strategies and practical pointers that can help you build your word power!
Connect: It's easier to memorize words based on a common theme. Make your own connections between words and possibly organize them in a spider diagram
Write: Practically using vocabulary can help it stick in your mind. Write sentences with new vocabulary words or compose a story using a group of words or expressions.
Draw: Expose the artist in you by drawing pictures related to the words you study. Your drawings can help trigger your memory in the future.
Act: Get your moves on by acting out words and expressions you learn. Or, imagine and act out a situation where you would need to use them.
Create: Design flashcards in English and study them in your spare time. Each week make new ones, but continue to review all of them.
Associate: Assign different colors to different words. This association will help you recall vocabulary later.
Listen: Think about other words which sound similar to the words you're learning, especially complex words. Associate the other words with this new word to help you remember the pronunciation.
Choose: Remember that topics that interest you will be easier to learn. Therefore, carefully select words that you will find useful or interesting. Even the process of making the choice is a memory aid!
Limit: Don't try to memorize the dictionary in a day! Limit yourself to 15 words per day, and you'll gain confidence instead of feeling overwhelmed.
Observe: Keep an eye out for the words you're studying when reading or listening to English.
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آموزش زبان انگلیسی quote
Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina G. Rossetti
But I say: Dont forget and Dont forgive,because some people do NOT deserve a second chance.
Do you agree؟
History of the English Language
History of the English Language
A short history of the origins and development of English
The history of the English language really started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD. These tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, crossed the North Sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany. At that time the inhabitants of Britain spoke a Celtic language. But most of the Celtic speakers were pushed west and north by the invaders—mainly into what is now Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The Angles came from Englaland and their language was called Englisc—from which the words England and English are derived