“Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.”

     Catherynne M. Valente,
In the Night Garden    

Mr Bean . At the dentist.

This blog is a PEACE ZONE.

Don't you know it ?

Queen. Love Of My Life.

The heart-brain connection.

Vocabulary : Containers.

Stevie Wonder. Isn't She Lovely ?

 

 

 

For me, learning a language is like filling a glass little by little. Every drop matters. All we need is patience and determination.

Oasis. Wonderwall.

What makes you feel alive ?

What is a collocation ? A collocation is a combination of two or more words that often go together. It's important to learn them if you want to sound natural and be easily understood.

 

 

Collocations  with some common verbs
have	do	make
have a bath have a drink have a good time have a haircut have a holiday have a problem have a relationship have a rest have lunch have sympathy	do business do nothing do someone a favour do the cooking do the housework do the shopping do the washing up do your best do your hair do your homework	make a difference make a mess make a mistake make a noise make an effort make furniture make money make progress make room make trouble
take	break	catch
take a break take a chance take a look take a rest take a seat take a taxi take an exam take notes take someone's place take someone's temperature	break a habit break a leg break a promise break a record break a window break someone's heart break the ice break the law break the news to someone break the rules	catch a ball catch a bus catch a chill catch a cold catch a thief catch fire catch sight of catch someone's attention catch someone's eye catch the flu
pay	save	keep
pay a fine pay attention pay by credit card pay cash pay interest pay someone a compliment pay someone a visit pay the bill pay the price pay your respects	save electricity save energy save money save one's strength save someone a seat save someone's life save something to a disk save space save time save yourself the trouble	keep a diary keep a promise keep a secret keep an appointment keep calm keep control keep in touch keep quiet keep someone's place keep the change
come	go	get
come close come complete with come direct come early come first come into view come last come late come on time come prepared come right back come second come to a compromise come to a decision come to an agreement come to an end come to a standstill come to terms with come to a total of come under attack	go abroad go astray go bad go bald go bankrupt go blind go crazy go dark go deaf go fishing go mad go missing go on foot go online go out of business go overseas go quiet go sailing go to war go yellow	get a job get a shock get angry get divorced get drunk get frightened get home get lost get married get nowhere get permission get pregnant get ready get started get the impression get the message get the sack get upset get wet get worried
Miscellaneous
Time	Business English	Classifiers
bang on time dead on time early 12th century free time from dawn till dusk great deal of time late 20th century make time for next few days past few weeks right on time run out of time save time spare time spend some time take your time tell someone the time time goes by time passes waste time	annual turnover bear in mind break off negotiations cease trading chair a meeting close a deal close a meeting come to the point dismiss an offer draw a conclusion draw your attention to launch a new product lay off staff go bankrupt go into partnership make a loss make a profit market forces sales figures take on staff	a ball of string a bar of chocolate a bottle of water a bunch of carrots a cube of sugar a pack of cards a pad of paper

Source: http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations-samples.htm

The Lumineers. Ho Hey.

A nice link to learn grammar. Have a look.

http://help2say.com/

English verb tenses. Have a look at the link below. Quite useful.

 

Click on http://help2say.com/questions/186/english-tenses  to learn more. Very nice charts.

Don't let your fears paralyse you.

 

 

Oxford dictionary:

Definition of paralyse in English

paralyse

Pronunciation: /ˈparəlʌɪz/

(chiefly US also paralyze)

verb

[with object]

• cause (a person or part of the body) to become partly or wholly incapable of movement:Mrs Burrows had been paralysed by a stroke
• make (someone) unable to think or act normally, especially through panic or fear:some people are paralysed by the thought of failure (as adjective paralysing)her paralysing shyness
• stop (a system, place, or organization) from operating by causing disruption:the regional capital was paralysed by a general strike

Derivatives

paralysingly

adverb

Origin:

early 19th century: from French paralyser, from paralysie 'paralysis'

Spelling help

Remember that paralyse ends with -yse (the spelling paralyze is American).

Cliffs of Moher, Ireland.

Cliffs of Moher in north Clare, west Ireland.

The Cliffs of Moher (Irish: Aillte an Mhothair) are located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. They rise 120 metres (390 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head, and reach their maximum height of 214 metres (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometres to the north. The cliffs receive almost one million visitors a year. ^(Wikipedia)

 

 

 

 

 

Pronoun Chart

Jeff Buckley. Calling you.

Every little helps.

Do you want to know how gaelic sounds like ?

Guinness storehouse, Dublin. In case you like beer ...

Icona Pop. I Love It.

Snow Patrol. Chasing cars.

O' Brian ? O' Connor ? What's in an Irish name ? Learning more about Ireland ...

 "In traditional Irish society surnames were rarely used and single names were actually more common. This changed around the eleventh century as the population grew and it became necessary to have a second name, a surname

. Often these names had one of two prefixes at the beginning - an ‘O' meaning ‘grandson of', or ‘Mac' meaning ‘son of'.

 

The importance of ancestry in Irish society is demonstrated by the fact that surnames were used as a way of identifying that you were descended from your forefathers. "

(Irish Expressions.com)

IRISH NEWSPAPERS. There are daily, evening and sunday newspapers. Some newspapers like The Irish Times have gor Irish-language columns.

Quality newspapers: Irish Independent, The Irish Times and Irish Examiner.

Tabloids: Irish Daily Star, The Irish Sun, Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Mail.

 

Oxford dictionary:

Definition of tabloid in English

Pronunciation: /ˈtablɔɪd/

• a newspaper having pages half the size of those of the average broadsheet, typically popular in style and dominated by sensational stories: [as modifier]:the tabloid press

Origin:

late 19th century: from tablet + -oid. Originally the proprietary name of a medicine sold in tablets, the term came to denote any small medicinal tablet; the current sense reflects the notion of ‘concentrated, easily assimilable’

Glendalough, Wicklow National Park.

Passenger. Let Her Go.

Famine Memorial, Dublin Docklands. These statues commemorate the Great Famine of the mid 19th century. The Great Irish Famine lasted from 1845 to 1849. More than one million men, women and children died and a further one and a half million were forced to emigrate. It's also known as the Irish Potato Famine.

 

 

Baile Átha Cliath es Dublín en gaélico. Cuando los celtas se establecieron a orillas del Liffey en los primeros siglos de nuestra era, el río podía cruzarse vadeando de ahí su nombre en gaélico "la ciudad del vado".