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Happy Sunday with a good book!

I believe a lot of people experienced this feeling this summer.......again!

So you want to improve your English?
Read. Read. Read! It's the best way to increase your vocabulary .....and meet new people, visit interesting place and live great adventures.
Need advice? Let me know and I'll help!

Seems like good advice. Have a great weekend!

When you are not sure....ask! 😉

Here are some words which come from the digital age. Share with your friends.

Do you have a four-legged best friend? Ever wondered about their incredible sense of smell? Here's a great short film with some really interesting info .......
https://www.facebook.com/TEDEducation/videos/1042449652434907/

"Dicebamos hesterna die ......"

Happy Christmas to All ! Yo-ho-ho as the little tubby man would say!

Nat King Cole - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

UP
This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is 'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election; and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?

We callUP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.

At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary.

UP, for now . . . my time is UP!
In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearingUP. When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. When it does not rain for a while, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP!

Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?

U P!
Did that one crack you UP?

Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book . . . or not . . ..
it's UP to you.

Now I'll shut UP!

The traditional symbol of Halloween, the Jack-o-Lantern, comes from an Irish folktale. According to the tale, a man named Jack was a drunkard and a trickster. One night he tricked Satan into climbing a tree. To keep the devil up the tree, Jack carved the image of a cross in the tree's trunk. The devil was very unhappy and finally made a deal with Jack, agreeing that he would never tempt Jack to do anything bad again if Jack would let him come down from the tree.

According to the tale, Jack lived a happy life, free from temptation, until he died. When he died, he was denied entrance to Heaven because he had made a deal with the devil in life. He was also denied access to Hell because he had tricked the devil. Jack was cursed. The devil, perhaps feeling sorry for Jack in the cold, dark night, gave him a single burning ember to light his way. Jack put the small fire inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it burning longer.

Hollowed out turnips with small candles placed inside became known as "Jack's Lanterns." However, when the Irish came to the U.S., they discovered that not only were pumpkins larger than turnips but also there were more of them. Pumpkins were simply much more abundant than turnips in the new country. Thus, in the U.S. the traditional “Jack-o-Lantern" is made from a pumpkin.

H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N !!!!