be my tutor!

[blouen]

At work being a tutor, my students should learn new words and expressions/sentences daily. Those should also be inline with the given topic. I, also being a learner of English here...


What words expressions are you going to teach me today, and from what topic is it from?


Example:

Topic : School
Word : all-nighter
Expression : We pulled an all-nighter for the exam tomorrow.



I hope you post here everyday, that I learn something new daily.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by blouen

At work being a tutor, my students should learn new words and expressions/sentences daily. Those should also be inline with the given topic. I, also being a learner of English here...


What words expressions are you going to teach me today, and from what topic is it from?


Example:

Topic : School
Word : all-nighter
Expression : We pulled an all-nighter for the exam tomorrow.



I hope you post here everyday, that I learn something new daily.

Say:

We pulled an all-nighter for the exam. (The word tomorrow doesn't work very well there.)

How about:

hung up on - temporarily obsessed with
Example: I am hung up on question tags right now.

~R

[RonBee]

Category: games and sports
Word: shutout
Example: I have never been shutout in Lingo Plus, but I have done it to a few other people.

~R

Lingo
GSN - The Network For Games

Lingo Plus
GSN - The Network For Games

~R

[Veron1]

there's no accounting for taste

- it's impossible to explain

individual likes and dislikes
EXAMPLE

1: Ted likes to put sugar on his spaghetti. I guess there's no

accounting for taste.
EXAMPLE

2: Tiffany has a tattoo of a squirrel on her leg. There's no

accounting for taste.

[Veron1]

(to) have a blast

[slang] - to enjoy oneself very much

EXAMPLE

1: Last summer, Nicole had a blast backpacking through

Europe with some friends.
EXAMPLE

2: Heather spent her spring break in Fort Lauderdale with millions

of other college students. She had a blast!

[englishstudent]

Originally Posted by Veron1

there's no accounting for taste

- it's impossible to explain

individual likes and dislikes

[...]

Talking about accounting and taste, I am reminded of
cooking the books

To cook the books - "fraudulent activities performed by corporations in order to falsify their financial statements. Typically, cooking the books involves augmenting financial data to yield previously non-existent earnings." -Source: Investopedia.com - Your Source For Investing Education
Category: business
Expression: Cooking the books got many CEOs into trouble with the law.

[Veron1]

(to) live from hand to mouth

- to barely have enough
money to survive
EXAMPLE 1: Jenny was earning $5 an hour working at the store. She was
really living from hand to mouth.

EXAMPLE 2: George is really poor. He lives from hand to mouth.

[Veron1]

(to) stab someone in the back

- to betray someone
EXAMPLE 1: Jill and Heather were friends, until Heather stabbed Jill in
the back by stealing her boyfriend.
EXAMPLE 2: You're firing me after all I've done for this company? You're
really stabbing me in the back!

[blouen]

Thanks guys! These are very good!

[Veron1]

Originally Posted by blouen

Thanks guys! These are very good!

Any time