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burn down: like 10 legendary examples for this hot phrasal verb
music

burn down: like 10 legendary examples for this hot phrasal verb

Posted on June 4, 2015July 5, 2023 by richyrocks

burn down charts are used in the agile software development scheme. they indicate how much work is left on a project and how much time…

get over–humps, bumps, heartbreaking devastations & other situations
movies

get over–humps, bumps, heartbreaking devastations & other situations

Posted on May 19, 2015June 20, 2024 by richyrocks

get over it, a video from the , analyzes a pair of t-shirt slogans associated with ian mckellen. the expression get over it changes slightly (a little) as…

somebody that u used to know who was a pain u were used to
music

somebody that u used to know who was a pain u were used to

Posted on April 24, 2015June 2, 2021 by richyrocks

it can be difficult for esl students to distinguish between used to + simple verb form to express an activity done in the past but not anymore…

better call saul
tv

better call saul

Posted on April 20, 2015August 15, 2022 by richyrocks

last week i opened netflix to catch episode 11 of the first season of better call saul, the prequel spinoff  to breaking bad. it was disappointing to find…

shoulda, woulda, coulda in a popular fifa14 song about oral sex
video games

shoulda, woulda, coulda in a popular fifa14 song about oral sex

Posted on March 24, 2015January 17, 2024 by richyrocks

the latest video on analyzes the lyrics of the song hit it by american authors from the fifa14 soundtrack, most importantly the use of the expression shoulda,…

knockdowns & knockouts
sports

knockdowns & knockouts

Posted on March 17, 2015May 23, 2022 by richyrocks

last week in a class we had a discussion about the difference between knock down and knock out (phrasal verbs) and their noun equivalents knockdown and knockout. both words are…

pussy riot on house of cards
music

pussy riot on house of cards

Posted on March 7, 2015January 29, 2018 by richyrocks

this post contains no serious spoilers (important story info about a tv episode that will spoil/ruin your viewing experience if u haven’t seen it yet). but……if like me,…

dance your ass off, freeze your ass off, laugh your ass off etc.
cartoons

dance your ass off, freeze your ass off, laugh your ass off etc.

Posted on February 15, 2015June 14, 2023 by richyrocks

the expression ass off preceded by a verb and a possessive pronoun means to do an activity with intensity. for example, a few years ago dance your…

classy: 3 iconic examples of how it’s been used in the culture
music

classy: 3 iconic examples of how it’s been used in the culture

Posted on February 11, 2015December 26, 2023 by richyrocks

classy is an adjective that means showing high character or stylish. a famous example is the line ron burgundy closed his newscasts with in the movie the…

mick jagger & u2 use present perfect to talk about funny things they have learned
music

mick jagger & u2 use present perfect to talk about funny things they have learned

Posted on February 9, 2015February 14, 2022 by richyrocks

one application of the present perfect structure (auxiliary verb have + past participle of a verb) is to talk about experience.  these two top ten lists from the late…

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