Limba engleză
Invitaţii şi cereri
Să ne îmbunătăţim abilităţile de scriere a mesajelor
Boring
Mary: I can't believe how boring my life has become. Jill: What do you mean? Mary: The only time I hear myself say, "I'm coming" is when I'm trying to tell my cat I'm getting his food ready!
Fără băuturi alcoolice
Sunt nişte păsărele pe acolo care abia aşteaptă :)
„Arbor Vitae” de Coventry Patmore
With honeysuckle, over-sweet, festoon'd; With bitter ivy bound; Terraced with funguses unsound; Deform'd with many a boss And closed scar, o'ercushion'd deep with moss; Bunch'd all about with pagan mistletoe; And thick with nests of the hoarse bird …
Cum a inventat Noah Webster conceptul de imigraţie
Iată câteva amănunte pentru pasionaţi: Noah Webster, autorul Dicţionarului american al limbii engleze (1828), a inventat termenul "imigrate". A luat un cuvânt deja existent – de fapt, toate variantele lui "migrate", inclusiv "commigrate", "transmigrate", "emigrate" şi "remigrate" – …
Little Johnny’s Turtle
"Mommy, my turtle is dead," Little Johnny sorrowfully told his mother, holding the turtle out to her in his hand. The mother kissed him on the head, then said, "That's all right. We'll wrap him in tissue paper, …
