Online Dictionary

Monday, July 28, 2008

Where can I find an online cool picture dictionary ?

Hi there,

For English learners particularly for the one who are developing their vocabulary, it seems that much easier to understand and to memorize the meaning of a word when they can take a look at the picture which describe it. There is a website which help learners to meet this need. It is LITTLE EXPLORERS
Picture Dictionary with Links
. Some of the contents require subscription only some, mostly don't though. If you need a picture to do either learning or teaching such us part of the body with labels, and more other topics, this is the place.

So, happy studying.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Word of the Day

Topic: Phrasal Verb/Action

Today's word/phrase is: Drive away

Drive away: Force an animal or someone to leave a place

Once bees make a nest in your home, it is hard to drive them away!

Increased crime is driving away customers.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Having a bad hair day? relax for a sec...

AN EXTREME SPORT




ACHOO !!




THE WORST JOB...

Improve your vocabulary...


Hi there,
Let's improve our vocabulary with a variety of topics and it's fun.
Just click "me". Have a good time...

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Is punctuation important?



Read this and decide for yourself!

Dear Djoko:

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you let me be yours?

Anne


Dear Djoko:

I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?

Yours,

Anne

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Grammar Gorillas



An interactive review of parts of speech for elementary students. Choose "Beginner" (nouns and verbs) or "Advanced" (all parts of speech).
Have fun with grammar ( click me )

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Aristotle:

To actualize its potential.

Buddha:

If you ask this question, you deny your own chicken-nature.

George W Bush:

We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either against us or for us. There is no middle ground regarding this chicken.

Salvador Dali:

The Fish.

Darwin:

It was the logical next step after coming down from the trees.

Albert Einstein:

Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the chicken depends upon your frame of reference.

Johann von Goethe:

The eternal hen-principle made it do it.

Ernest Hemingway:

To die. In the rain.

Hippocrates:

Because of an excess of black bile and a deficiency of choleric humour.

Saddam Hussein:

This was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were quite justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on it.

Martin Luther King Jr:

I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

Karl Marx:

It was a historical inevitability.

Jack Nicholson:

'Cause it (censored) wanted to. That's the (censored) reason.

Plato:

For the greater good.

Ronald Reagan:

I forget.

The Sphinx:

You tell me.

Joseph Stalin:

I don't care. Just catch it. I need its eggs to make my omelette.

Mark Twain:

The news of its crossing has been greatly exaggerated.

Malcolm X:

It was coming home to roost.