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…
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last weekend at the 87th academy awards, mexican director alejandro gonzalez iñárritu won the award for best director. alejandro gonzalez iñarritu wining the oscar for…
admittedly, i was surprised to hear sean penn drop the green card joke in reference to alejandro gonzalez iñarritu during the presentation of the academy award for…
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…
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…
grind is a word that has risen to the height of fashion over the past few years, in particular in reference to professional sports. witness this commercial…
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 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…
on usa today‘s for the win blog, chris chase about a matt lauer interview on the today show with seattle seahawks head coach pete carroll.…
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…