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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…

english practice from sepp blatter’s resignation
sports

english practice from sepp blatter’s resignation

Posted on June 2, 2015November 12, 2021 by richyrocks

the resignation of sepp blatter as president of fifa has been reported using several expressions that often come up (are discussed) in my classes. this headline comes from…

ronaldinho rides bench as white cocks pass to final
mexico

ronaldinho rides bench as white cocks pass to final

Posted on May 26, 2015February 18, 2020 by richyrocks

after defeating the pachuca gophers 2-0 in the second leg of their semi-final on sunday, the queretaro white cocks have qualified for a mexican football final…

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…

living up to the hype: unforgettable examples from 2015
movies

living up to the hype: unforgettable examples from 2015

Posted on May 4, 2015August 9, 2022 by richyrocks

it was a weekend of high expectations for long anticipated entertainment events. avengers: age of ultron came out in the u.s., canada and mexico; and the…

u may be pronouncing mayweather wrong
movies

u may be pronouncing mayweather wrong

Posted on May 4, 2015April 16, 2017 by richyrocks

one important lesson u can take from the fight of the century, at least here in mexico, is the correct pronunciation of floyd mayweather‘s last name, and the…

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…

inch by inch & pound for pound
movies

inch by inch & pound for pound

Posted on March 5, 2015January 25, 2022 by richyrocks

this recent vid fromcontains three expressions based on two non-metric system measurements: the inch (distance) and the pound (weight). al pacino‘s pep talk (speech or conversation to motivate people) in…

she lost because of her period?
sports

she lost because of her period?

Posted on February 20, 2015December 15, 2019 by richyrocks

a couple weeks ago  in response to great britain’s number 1 women’s tennis player, heather watson, hinting (indirectly saying) that she might have been eliminated in the…

colin kaepernick tweeting about his grind
sports

colin kaepernick tweeting about his grind

Posted on February 19, 2015January 18, 2022 by richyrocks

last month that, san francisco 49er quarterback colin kaepernick has been working with former nfl mvp kurt warner in an effort to polish his technique…

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