In the merry month of May
When green leaves begin to spring,
Little lambs do skip like fairies,
Birds do couple, build, and sing.
When green leaves begin to spring,
Little lambs do skip like fairies,
Birds do couple, build, and sing.
A swarm of bees in May
Is worth a load of hay;
A swarm of bees in June
Is worth a silver spoon;
A swarm of bees in July
Is not worth a fly.
Is worth a load of hay;
A swarm of bees in June
Is worth a silver spoon;
A swarm of bees in July
Is not worth a fly.
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Re: LEN Kind of Nice Idioms With Kindg Nice
Here's the 79th episode summary of what we discussed last Sunday (May 17, 2020)
609. When pigs fly-Something will never happen
Example: As long as my boss stays in office, I will have to wait for a raise till pigs fly.
610. Whole nine yards-Everything
Example: I’ll do whatever it takes to make my venture a successful one – I’ll go the whole nine yards.
611. Your guess is as good as mine-Have no idea, do not know the answer to a question
Example: We just don’t have enough information. Your guess is as good as mine.
Thank you very much for all your excellent examples!
@Contety @fatima @Georg @Med Mans @Venu @Reem
As of today, we have totally gathered 611 idioms! Well done pals!
Also, thanks for all of your wonderful and personalized/customized examples!
609. When pigs fly-Something will never happen
Example: As long as my boss stays in office, I will have to wait for a raise till pigs fly.
610. Whole nine yards-Everything
Example: I’ll do whatever it takes to make my venture a successful one – I’ll go the whole nine yards.
611. Your guess is as good as mine-Have no idea, do not know the answer to a question
Example: We just don’t have enough information. Your guess is as good as mine.
Thank you very much for all your excellent examples!
@Contety @fatima @Georg @Med Mans @Venu @Reem
As of today, we have totally gathered 611 idioms! Well done pals!
Also, thanks for all of your wonderful and personalized/customized examples!
Take 3 Words Game 129
For @Paulette @verom_gonzalez @Ezîza @Michouxe @Oleg Here goes!
Use the 3 words given in ONE sentence. It's not easy, but it is fun! And you'll get a bonus correction to boot! (One correction a day!)
carnival
sardine
creature
Use the 3 words given in ONE sentence. It's not easy, but it is fun! And you'll get a bonus correction to boot! (One correction a day!)
carnival
sardine
creature
Sentences that drew your attention
Everybody reads something daily. Rather often we meet some sentences that draw our attention. It could be humorous or sarcastic, it could carry a deep insight or evoke a feeling. It struck me that it would be interesting if we have the possibility to just drop them here so as other forum dwellers see some of the short flashes that struk our minds in the current day.
What this branch is not supposed to be is a place where to place jokes. Branches for jokes already exist.
What this branch is not supposed to be is a place where to place jokes. Branches for jokes already exist.
Re: English proverbs, sayings and quotes
“I like video games, but they're really violent. I'd like to play a video game where you help the people who were shot in all the other games. It'd be called 'Really Busy Hospital.”
Demetri Martin
Demetri Martin
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Re: How are you feeling today?
@Hermine Sorry for my late reply since I did not browse the forum yesterday.
Here are the regulations from the authority and what we, as common residents, have been doing:
1. Stay at home as long as you can, or reduce the times of exposed times unless you have to go outsides, for example, you have to purchase some essentials every a few days.
2. When the breakout reached the peak, the whole community was locked and every family was given an accreditation, by which one person from one household was able to buy items necessary for daily life.
3. All the buses had been cancelled in my city when the breakout soared to the peak around the whoe country, and people was encouraged to drive their own cars, and again to stay at home as long as they can. Can you imagine? Even the vaccines for babies were cancelled because the hospitals were the most dangerous areas, especially for young babies.
4. Please keep far away from a group of people, never stay together to talk or share some gossips. As you know, this epidemic was brokenout during the period of Chinese traditional spring festival which is the most significant festival for all Chinese, and we have been used to visit our relatives during this holiday, however, government advised us to cancel this habit in this year because it is very dangerous to stay together.
5. As you know, Wuhan. the capital of Hubei province, is the first place where this epidemic brokenout in China, therefore, people coming back from Wuhan or Hubei have compulsory responsibilities to submit their traveling routes to local police offices, and they must be self-isolation for at least 14 days, during these days, they are now allowed to be outside, and all necessities will be provided by the communities. In fact, all residents who once leave their hometowns, not matter how long the distance is, must start their own self-isolations, or they will be punished, some of them even will be sentenced or in custodies if they are not followed this principle.
As individuals, we must obey these following principles, or we will tolerate serious consequences by ourselves:
1. Every one must wear gause mask or disposable one, or he/she is forbidden to be outside or in the public place, even now if we go shopping or are outside, we must wear gause mask. All of shops, pulic places, pulic transport and taxis will not allow citizens who do not wear gause mask to be inside. One old guy was refused to be in the piazza near my community yesterday, because he did not wear the gause mask, and people kept long distance with him. Perhaps he does not care his life, but others do care about theirs. Besides the guase mask, we are encouraged to wash our hands frequently and clearn our department more frequent than before, for example, open the window every monrning to exchange the air, and do some exercises regularly.
2. All expenditures related to this epidemic are paid by our government instead by the individuals, however, people who disobey the principle 5 which I mentioned above will have to pay the bill by themselves, for example, a young guy had a travel in Italy and he did not submit his traveling route, he even did not realize he should do that, what's the worse, he did not start self-isolation at all when he finished his trip. At last, he was confirmed to be infected by novel coronavirus, the government trys her best to save his life, but he must pay the bill by himself, and he was fired by his company.
I read a news that foreigners who have Chinese visas have been forbidden to be China now, it is a pity but I do agree with this decision, since one of the predominant infected channels is personal turnover, and the most successful method ,at the moment, is to reduce the rate of personal turnover. Besides this, I do agree that this disater will be conquested by the power from all governments and all residents of this planet, freedom is important, but it is meaninglessly if there are not people in this planet.
Here are the regulations from the authority and what we, as common residents, have been doing:
1. Stay at home as long as you can, or reduce the times of exposed times unless you have to go outsides, for example, you have to purchase some essentials every a few days.
2. When the breakout reached the peak, the whole community was locked and every family was given an accreditation, by which one person from one household was able to buy items necessary for daily life.
3. All the buses had been cancelled in my city when the breakout soared to the peak around the whoe country, and people was encouraged to drive their own cars, and again to stay at home as long as they can. Can you imagine? Even the vaccines for babies were cancelled because the hospitals were the most dangerous areas, especially for young babies.
4. Please keep far away from a group of people, never stay together to talk or share some gossips. As you know, this epidemic was brokenout during the period of Chinese traditional spring festival which is the most significant festival for all Chinese, and we have been used to visit our relatives during this holiday, however, government advised us to cancel this habit in this year because it is very dangerous to stay together.
5. As you know, Wuhan. the capital of Hubei province, is the first place where this epidemic brokenout in China, therefore, people coming back from Wuhan or Hubei have compulsory responsibilities to submit their traveling routes to local police offices, and they must be self-isolation for at least 14 days, during these days, they are now allowed to be outside, and all necessities will be provided by the communities. In fact, all residents who once leave their hometowns, not matter how long the distance is, must start their own self-isolations, or they will be punished, some of them even will be sentenced or in custodies if they are not followed this principle.
As individuals, we must obey these following principles, or we will tolerate serious consequences by ourselves:
1. Every one must wear gause mask or disposable one, or he/she is forbidden to be outside or in the public place, even now if we go shopping or are outside, we must wear gause mask. All of shops, pulic places, pulic transport and taxis will not allow citizens who do not wear gause mask to be inside. One old guy was refused to be in the piazza near my community yesterday, because he did not wear the gause mask, and people kept long distance with him. Perhaps he does not care his life, but others do care about theirs. Besides the guase mask, we are encouraged to wash our hands frequently and clearn our department more frequent than before, for example, open the window every monrning to exchange the air, and do some exercises regularly.
2. All expenditures related to this epidemic are paid by our government instead by the individuals, however, people who disobey the principle 5 which I mentioned above will have to pay the bill by themselves, for example, a young guy had a travel in Italy and he did not submit his traveling route, he even did not realize he should do that, what's the worse, he did not start self-isolation at all when he finished his trip. At last, he was confirmed to be infected by novel coronavirus, the government trys her best to save his life, but he must pay the bill by himself, and he was fired by his company.
I read a news that foreigners who have Chinese visas have been forbidden to be China now, it is a pity but I do agree with this decision, since one of the predominant infected channels is personal turnover, and the most successful method ,at the moment, is to reduce the rate of personal turnover. Besides this, I do agree that this disater will be conquested by the power from all governments and all residents of this planet, freedom is important, but it is meaninglessly if there are not people in this planet.
lisa
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Re: Poem
Someone sent me this on Facebook. I thought it was worth sharing here:-
THE TIME OF PANDEMIC
by
Kitty O'Meara
And the people stayed home. And they read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And they listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.
And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.
And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live, and they healed the earth fully, as they had been healed.
THE TIME OF PANDEMIC
by
Kitty O'Meara
And the people stayed home. And they read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And they listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.
And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.
And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live, and they healed the earth fully, as they had been healed.
Teach
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