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.
There I was on a July morning,
I was looking for love.
With the strength
Of a new day dawning
And the beautiful sun.
And at the sound
Of the first bird singing
I was leaving for home.
With the storm
And the night behind me
Yeah, and a road of my own.
Uriah Heep - July Morning
I was looking for love.
With the strength
Of a new day dawning
And the beautiful sun.
And at the sound
Of the first bird singing
I was leaving for home.
With the storm
And the night behind me
Yeah, and a road of my own.
Uriah Heep - July Morning
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Re: What are you wearing?
@Yaroslav_Fadeev I'm glad to hear socks and sandals are okay as I have some sandals that rub if I don't wear socks. I'm not sure I fancy leather Bermuda shorts, though denim would be okay. I sometimes wear vest t-shirts but prefer capped sleeves. I'm not so keen on baseball caps but I wear straw sunhats. So does this make me a hipster grandma?
mheredge
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Monday Night Owls - 18 April 2022 - Why we find it easy to kill spiders
We read about why we don't have empathy for spiders, and why most people even enjoy killing them:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211004-why-so-many-of-us-are-casual-spider-murderers
Vocabulary Top 10:
wiry - very thin but strong and muscular
arachnicide - something that kills arachnids (e.g. spiders, mites)
gangling - (also gangly) tall, thin, and awkward; long and thin
lurk - to be in a hidden place; to wait in a secret or hidden place especially in order to do something wrong or harmful
glimpse - a brief or quick view or look
swat - to hit (someone or something) with a quick motion
pitter patter - a quick series of light sounds
jarring - to have a harsh or unpleasant effect on someone or something; to make (someone) feel uneasy
repulsive - causing strong dislike or disgust; of or relating to the force that pushes something away from something else
aversion - a strong feeling of not liking something
Are you scared of spiders?
If there is a spider in your house, do you normally kill it, or try and move it somewhere else?
@Paulina_A @fatimuccia @Alexa @EDUARDO
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211004-why-so-many-of-us-are-casual-spider-murderers
Vocabulary Top 10:
wiry - very thin but strong and muscular
arachnicide - something that kills arachnids (e.g. spiders, mites)
gangling - (also gangly) tall, thin, and awkward; long and thin
lurk - to be in a hidden place; to wait in a secret or hidden place especially in order to do something wrong or harmful
glimpse - a brief or quick view or look
swat - to hit (someone or something) with a quick motion
pitter patter - a quick series of light sounds
jarring - to have a harsh or unpleasant effect on someone or something; to make (someone) feel uneasy
repulsive - causing strong dislike or disgust; of or relating to the force that pushes something away from something else
aversion - a strong feeling of not liking something
Are you scared of spiders?
If there is a spider in your house, do you normally kill it, or try and move it somewhere else?
@Paulina_A @fatimuccia @Alexa @EDUARDO
NatashaT
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Re: Housework
@Hermine I am glad to have my windows all open, as this way it is less noticeable they need cleaning!
mheredge
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Re: How much sleep do I really need?
@Xanthippe, I feel sorry for your aunt and family. My granny had dementia. She was a fine person even in this state.
May I ask you a personal question? Is your aunt overweight?
Recentley I heard that people with overweight tend easily to Alzheimer.
May I ask you a personal question? Is your aunt overweight?
Recentley I heard that people with overweight tend easily to Alzheimer.
Hermine
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Re: English Book Club - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Today's readers: Paulette - Elinor - Alexandra - Hermine
Paulette - injure (not like endure) - merchant (ch not sh) - vessel (s not z) - Moorish - rowers - separately (not to separate)
dangerous - rowers - stealthily
to deal with s.o / s.t ... "In fact my master was so difficult to deal with that I dared not on
any account pay down the money at once. "
to remember to do st - "... and that she must remember to commend us to Lela Marien "
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as (not ass) - quite quietly (not like quickly) - recognised
outcry
Elinor -
"... by means of which we can all understand one another..."
"... is increased or diminished by chance causes... "
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prodigiously /prəˈdɪdʒəsli:/ - mishap
".... to attempt to speak would cost him his life...."
Alexandra - mean (not men) - worthily - heartily
"for the longing I feel to return to my country and to those I love is so great that it will not allow me to wait for another opportunity...
ransomed - to ransom so. ".something paid or demanded for the freedom of a captured person.
Hermine - treat - ready - quickwitted - fastenings (silent t) - to row (a boat) -
on the contrary
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Chapter 41 - Page 444 -
Finding herself now on board, and that we were about to give way with the
oars, Zoraida, seeing her father there, and the other Moors bound, bade the
renegade ask me to do her the favour of releasing the Moors and setting her
father at liberty, for she would rather drown herself in the sea than suffer a
father that had loved her so dearly to be carried away captive before her
eyes and on her account.
Paulette - injure (not like endure) - merchant (ch not sh) - vessel (s not z) - Moorish - rowers - separately (not to separate)
dangerous - rowers - stealthilyto deal with s.o / s.t ... "In fact my master was so difficult to deal with that I dared not on
any account pay down the money at once. "
to remember to do st - "... and that she must remember to commend us to Lela Marien "
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as (not ass) - quite quietly (not like quickly) - recognised
outcry Elinor -
"... by means of which we can all understand one another..."
"... is increased or diminished by chance causes... "
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prodigiously /prəˈdɪdʒəsli:/ - mishap
".... to attempt to speak would cost him his life...."
Alexandra - mean (not men) - worthily - heartily
"for the longing I feel to return to my country and to those I love is so great that it will not allow me to wait for another opportunity...
ransomed - to ransom so. ".something paid or demanded for the freedom of a captured person.
Hermine - treat - ready - quickwitted - fastenings (silent t) - to row (a boat) -
on the contrary---------------------------
Chapter 41 - Page 444 -
Finding herself now on board, and that we were about to give way with the
oars, Zoraida, seeing her father there, and the other Moors bound, bade the
renegade ask me to do her the favour of releasing the Moors and setting her
father at liberty, for she would rather drown herself in the sea than suffer a
father that had loved her so dearly to be carried away captive before her
eyes and on her account.
Teach
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