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One more day until December!
Here’s a round-up of the blog posts we shared in November:
Is it beginning to get cold in your part of the world? Here in England, the days are getting shorter and many of us have found ourselves reaching for our hats, scarves, and gloves. In our first blog post in November, we shared 10 alternatives for the world cold. From bitter, to chilly, to nippy; you’ll never struggle to describe the cold weather again.
The fact that it gets dark early lends itself well to many of our celebrations for this time of year, many of which include sparkling lights. Our Halloween, Bonfire Night, and Diwali celebrations may have lo...
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Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers in the USA!
Today, we are sharing a 10 Words blog post with a twist. Here are ten ways to express gratitude in English:
Thanks – a shortening of ‘thank you’
Thanks for you help.
Cheers – an informal way of expressing gratitude or well wishes in British English
‘Cheers mate,’ she said when her friend lent her a book.
Ta – an informal way of saying ‘thank you’ in British English
‘Ta,’ said the shopkeeper when the woman handed over her payment.
Thank you very much – a more formal and more effusive way of expre...
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Commonly Confused Words: Waist vs. Waste
Since we didn’t fit one in in October, we started November by adding to our Commonly Confusing Words series. This month’s words were waist and waste. One of these words refers to rubbish while the other one is a a part of the body – do you know which? Click here for tips and tricks to help you tell them apart.
25 Idioms about Earth
In November, we finally finished our collection of blog posts on idioms about the four elements. In this article we look idioms about both the planet earth and the earth on the ground. Click here to learn the meanings of expressions like ‘down to earth’, ‘salt of t...
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Thanksgiving and similarly-named festivals are celebrated in various countries to give thanks for the harvest and the blessings of the previous year. The date of the celebration changes from country to country and from year to year, and tomorrow – as the fourth Thursday of November – marks the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States of America.
In America, Thanksgiving celebrations are the beginning of the festive period leading up to Christmas. Thanksgiving is usually celebrated by sharing a large turkey dinner with friends or family, with each person reflecting in turn on what they are thankful for. There are often parades in large cities.
The phrase thank y...
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