Senin, 29 Februari 2016

I'm not late.

In the class, the teacher asks Daniel.

Teacher: Daniel, why are you late again?
Daniel  : But you have said that it's never too late to learn.

"staunch"

staunch (adjective)

- strong and loyal in your opinion

He staunchly defended the new policy in his institution.

Jumat, 19 Februari 2016

Accepting and Refusing

Some expressions for accepting and refusing


Mathematics

While teaching about telling price, the teacher asks Simon.

Teacher: If you had one dollar and asked your father for
               one more dollar, how much money would you
               have in total?
Simon  : One dollar.
Teacher: You don't know your maths.
Simon  : You don't know my father.

"creche"

creche (noun)

- a place where babies and small children are taken care of while their parents are working, studying, shopping, etc.

The parents take extra cost to pay for the creche in the hotel.

Selasa, 16 Februari 2016

Valentine Greeting Card

Two friends talk

Daniel: Hi, what are you doing?
Simon: I'm writing a Valentine greeting card for
             my girlfriend.
Daniel: Why do you write it with your left hand?
Simon: I don't want my right hand knows. It is a surprise.

"decipher"



 decipher (verb)

- to succeed in finding the meaning of sth that is difficult to find or understand

She helped me to dicipher the menu in that restaurant.