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Favourite English Quotes
They say there is a good way to remember difficult vocabulary: simply find a funny quotation that contains your troublesome word. My list of quotes might be useful for you:
- You can do anything, but not everything. — David Allen
- When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat. -- George Carlin
- Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- You must be the change you wish to see in the world. —Gandhi
- The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. — A. A. Milne
Thursday, March 21, 2013
The Most Popular Phrasal Verb is...
- GET. Of course it's GET. And here goes the list of GET'S you need to know:
- GET ABOUT
- (intransitive) to go from place to place Mary gets about quite well without a car.
- GET ACROSS
- (separable) to communicate clearly or convincingly No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get the message across to her that I cared.
- GET ACROSS
- (intransitive) to be convincing or clear Max has trouble getting across to members of the opposite sex.
- GET AHEAD
- (intransitive) to make progress in becoming successful Max compliments his boss constantly in order to get ahead.
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