Belingual Education

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Word of the day: Heirloom.

An heirloom is something passed down in a family for generations.

Example: It's your first family heirloom. Pass onto your daughter, and her daughter.

Telling the t:me. ⏰

There are two common ways of telling the time.

1) Say the hour first and then the minutes. (Hour + Minutes)

6:25 - It's six twenty-five
8:05 - It's eight O-five (the O is said like the letter O)
9:11 - It's nine eleven
2:34 - It's two thirty-four

2) Say the minutes first and then the hour. (Minutes + PAST / TO + Hour)

For minutes 1-30 we use PAST after the minutes.

For minutes 31-59 we use TO after the minutes.

2:35 - It's twenty-five to three
11:20 - It's twenty past eleven
4:18 - It's eighteen past four
8:51 - It's nine to nine
2:59 - It's one to three

When it is 15 minutes past the hour we normally say: (a) quarter past

7:15 - It's (a) quarter past seven
When it is 15 minutes before the hour we normally say: a quarter to

12:45 - It's (a) quarter to one
When it is 30 minutes past the hour we normally say: half past

3:30 - It's half past three (but we can also say three-thirty)

O'clock
We use o'clock when there are NO minutes.

10:00 - It's ten o'clock
5:00 - It's five o'clock
1:00 - It's one o'clock
Sometimes it is written as 9 o'clock (the number + o'clock)

12:00
For 12:00 there are three expressions in English.

twelve o'clock
midday = noon
midnight 🕛

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8 English idioms & expressions about sleep.

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Happy Friday! QOTD:

“The more languages
you have,
the more worlds
you belong to.” 🌎

-Marta Dziurosz

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Pets are domestic animals and they can be of different species. They are lovely animals that we keep at our living environment. Pets vocabulary is the words related to some domestic animals. Some wild animals are not suitable to keep as pets because of their wild nature.

Here is a list of common pets:

dog 🐩
parrot 🦜
cat 🐈‍⬛
kitten 🐱
puppy 🐶
rabbit 🐰
goldfish 🐠
canary 🐦
budgie 🕊️
tortoise 🐢
monkey 🙉
pigeon 🐦
snake 🐍
mouse 🐭
rat 🐀
hamster 🐹
spider 🕷️
lizard 🦎

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What does “bring up" mean?

1. bring (somebody) up, raise (a child)

example: She was brought up by his aunt.

2. bring (something) up, mention (in conversation)

example: You can bring this up in the meeting.

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8 English language idioms related to food 🥘

1. Piece of Cake 🍰 : something that is easy or simple to do.

2. To Go Bananas 🍌: to go crazy; to act without self-control or restraint.

3. Bring Home the Bacon 🥓: to work and earn money, especially to support a family or household.

4. Hard Nut to Crack 🌰 : something that is difficult, and could relate to a person or a problem.

5. Like Two Peas in a Pod 🥜 : two things that are very similar, practically identical, just as two peas together in the same pod.

6. Have Bigger Fish to Fry 🐟: to have more important things to do.

7. Walk on Eggshells 🥚🐣: to be very careful so as not to upset or offend someone.

8. Eat Like a Horse 🐴 : to eat a large amount of food.

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Hurrah Hurrah! ☃️ Winter has come! Do you like snow, winter, frosty air in the morning, or do you still prefer hot summer weather?

Today we will get acquainted with English idioms for “winter” - we will replenish our vocabulary with popular phrases that are related to the winter season.

🧊To break the ice

Meaning: to make the situation less tense, more relaxed; break the ice

Example:
Sam likes to tell jokes to break the ice and to help everyone relax.

🥶Dead of winter

Meaning: coldest, harshest period, dead of winter

Example:
It was a dead of winter when Alice disappeared.

🏂Snow under

Meaning: To be loaded, overwhelmed with work, obligations

Example:
I'm so sorry, but I can't go to your party. I'm snowed under with work.

⛸To be on thin ice

Meaning: to be in a risky situation

Example:
Young man, you're on thin ice! I'm warning you one last time - know your place.

😰To break into a cold sweat

Meaning: to be in a "cold sweat", to be very frightened

Example:
I break into cold sweat every time I see a spider.

⛄️Snowball's chance in hell

Meaning: to have little chance of success, literally - "like a snowball in hell"

Example:
I knew it was a snowball's chance in hell to see her but I went to the bar.

Swipe for 5 idioms about Shopping 🛒🛍️

🟡 phrase of the day 🟡

- depend on someone / something -

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Here are 5 Apps that both students and teachers should save and use:

1. Grammarly: to test grammar
2. Cambly: practising your English over a video chat with a native speaker
3. Reverso Content: translates in context
4. Deepl: translates text, speech, images, files and more
5. Cake: real-life expressions and audio practice

Byelingual 👋

(adj.) when you speak two languages
but start losing vocabulary in both of them.