MTR Idiomas

The Mausoleum of Halikarnassos is an elaborate, magnificent tomb built for a king 🪦

The Mausoleum, which was regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is so impressive that the word 'mausoleum' is now used for many monumental tombs.

Although built on a much grander scale, the Mausoleum drew inspiration for its design from the Nereid Monument of Xanthos, a city in ancient Lycia, Turkey. You can see the Nereid Monument in Room 17 at the British Museum.

Standing on a tall podium, the building was up to 40m (131ft) in height and was extravagantly decorated with a large amount of sculpture, carved both in the round and in relief. The sculptural themes on the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos explored life in the court of King Maussollos of Karia, south-west Turkey, and his hopes for the afterlife.

Colossal free-standing statues and marble relief slabs from the Mausoleum can be seen in Room 21, as well as fragments of the huge marble, four-horse chariot that crowned the pyramid roof.

🏛️Sculptures from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos, c. 350BC.

💖On this day in 1960, the iconic phrase, “Happiness is a warm puppy,” debuted in the Peanuts comic strip!

Of all the characters, it was Lucy who set aside her fussbudget nature to hug Snoopy and say those five special words.

📕The phrase inspired the book, “Happiness is a Warm Puppy” (1962), written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which spent 45 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list and has sold millions of copies worldwide.

⁉️ TRIVIA! The book’s release coincided with the San Francisco Giants (who would long be Schulz’s favorite baseball team) reaching the 1962 World Series. Schulz gave every player a copy of the book with the special inscription, “Happiness is winning the Series.” Unfortunately for the Giants, they fared more like Charlie Brown, losing in the seventh game by a single heartbreaking run.⁠

This Peanuts comic strip was published on April 25, 1960.

BBC Learning English

🚗 Test your car vocabulary!
Do you know the names of these parts inside a car? Which ones are new to you? What else can you see inside a car?
~ Tina😊

🎲 Ready to boost your English with some game-inspired phrasal verbs?

Whether you take turns, play along, drop out, move up, or don’t want to miss out, these expressions are perfect for everyday conversations!

Which one do you use the most? Let us know in the comments! 👇

Happy year of the horse 🐴🐾🤍

More help with learning phrasal verbs?😳
Phrasal verbs are pretty common in English, especially in more informal contexts. They are made up of a verb and a particle or, sometimes, two particles. The particle often changes the meaning of the verb. We've shared a few but can you think of any more?
More practice here👉 https://learnenglish.pub/FBGrammar
~ Tina😊

⏰ Time for some English idioms! 😊 Here are three popular English idioms with the work ‘black’. ✍️ Can you use one in a sentence – and do you know any more?

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