ATOMIC WORD #2,025: Severe
14 inches of snow in Manhattan.
17 inches in Boston.
And the winner, Rhode Island with 38 inches! (96 centimeters)
Do Phrasal Verbs Scare You? Don’t Be A Chicken!
Sometimes you think you know a word.
But then a native speaker throws a preposition onto the end of the word and the meaning totally changes.
Isn’t English wonderful?!
Dangerous Phrasal Verbs
The question this Monday is: “Will you teach us some phrasal verbs?”
My answer: Yes.
But first, I want to give you a safety lesson.
Do You Have A Rough Idea Or No Idea?
I have a rough idea of how a car works.
There’s gas; it explodes; there’s energy; wheels turn.
I have no idea how AI works.
It Was A Rough Time For Me
Being a teenager isn’t easy for most kids.
Here’s what made my teenage years rough.
ROUGH TIMES
First, we moved to a new city.
Do You Like It Rough?
“No roughhousing!”
That’s what adults tell American boys when they play.
I never understood it.
The Word Of The Week is….
Rough.
A simple word.
But native speakers use it five different ways!
Mailbag Monday: What’s The Difference Between “Either” And “Neither”?
Who’s the best teacher in the world?
The best teacher in the world is the question “Why?”
Ask this question every day, and you will learn a lot.
Am I Normal?
I just came back from my weekly piano lesson.
I’m learning Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.”
The simple version.
Focus On What You Can Control
This week, I’ve been thinking about my stupid landlord WAY too much.
The result:
- Less time spent thinking about important things.
- “Bad energy” as one reader put it nicely
- The building is still filthy.
So why waste one more second thinking about it?
