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Sunday, 6 January 2019

Verbal Idioms - Break The News

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Meaning - to be the first to inform someone about a piece of bad news. His family was understandably upset when  Sam  broke the news a...
Sunday, 16 December 2018

Homonyms - Cross (As a Verb and Noun)

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1.   ( verb )   -  Go across. Turn right after crossing the bridge. This is not the best place to cross the road. We crossed f...
Sunday, 2 December 2018

Verbal Idioms - Bite Someone's Head Off

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Meaning - to speak angrily or aggressively to someone.  I'm sorry for interrupting you during the meeting.   However, you needn'...
Sunday, 11 November 2018

Homophones - Flair v Flare

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Flair ( noun )  - to be naturally good at doing sth. Sarah's flair for languages made it easy for her to master Spanish within mon...
Sunday, 21 October 2018

Homonyms - Drain (As a Noun and Verb)

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Drain  1. ( verb ) -  to remove liquid. We drained the bathtub and filled it with fresh water. Drain the rice thoroughly before coo...
Sunday, 7 October 2018

Verbal Idioms - Blow One's Own Trumpet

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Meaning - to boast about one's own abilities or achievements. Steve loves to blow his own trumpet . That's why no one takes hi...
Sunday, 16 September 2018

Confusing and Misused Words - Boring v Bored

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Boring ( adj ) - not interesting or exciting . The lecture was so boring that Sam fell asleep within minutes.  I think it's time t...
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I started my teaching career as an English tutor in Malaysia in 2003. Between 2007-2008, I was in Beijing studying Mandarin and teaching English to the Mainland Chinese. To date, I have taught children and adults from Malaysia, China, Korea and Japan. I became the director of Naik Antiques and Oriental Gifts when my family and I ventured into the antiques business in 2015.
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