Thursday, August 27, 2009

My tribute to Ted Kennedy

Yesterday Ted Kennedy has passed away. I pay my utmost tribute to this legendary and inspiring Senator of Massachusetts.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Commons American Phrases in Everyday Context By Richard A Spears

Here are some useful phrases

1. Do your read me?
2. If I were you
3. Pull up a chair
4. Whats the catch?
5. Leave it to me

Cheater's guide to Speaking English like a native by De Mente

An awesome book. Here are some idioms I found very useful in day to day life.

1. Ball park figure
2. Ball is in your court
3. Across the board
4. Nail down
5. Acting fishy
6. As American as apple pie
7. Back out
8. Pay off
9. At stake
10. Cut off
11. White lie
12. Wind up
13. Living in a La La Land
14. Lip service
15. Back to the drawing board
1. Beat a dead horse
17. Bog down
18. Bottom out
19. Brain drain
20. Break through
21. Carrot and Stick
22. Bread and butter
23. A little bird told me
24. A needle in a haystack
25. After one's own heart
2 . All shook up
27. An also-ran
28. Another day another doller
29. Ante up
30. Ants in the pants
31. Apple of one's eye
32. As flat as pancake
33. As guilty as sin
34. As slow as molasses
35. As smart as whip
3. As smooth as silk
37. As stubborn as mule
38. Asleep at the wheel
39. At heart
40. Bad apple
41. Bad egg
42. Be a sweetheart
43. Behind one's back
44. Below the belt
45. Benefit of the doubt
4. Bite your tongue
47. Black sheep in the family
48. Burning the candle at both ends
49. Butter up
50. Buy off
51. Call the shots
52. Carry the day
53. Cash cow
54. Cash in on
55. Caught in the act
5. Caught short
57. Caught with his/my/your pants down
58. Cave in
59. Change of heart
0. Chew the fat
1. Chip in
2. Chip off the old block
3. Chip on his 4. Clam up
4. Clip one's wing
Clue in