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07/07/2020

Idiom: get your feet wet 👣

= to begin doing a new job, activity, etc., in usually a slow and simple way in order to become more familiar with it

She got her feet wet at her new job by doing some simple filing tasks.

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/wet

08/02/2019

In the Democratic Presidential Primary Debates, Cory Booker said, "You're dipping into Kool-Aid and you don't even know the flavor." This means that you don't know what you're talking about; you don't know the facts of the situation.

07/13/2019

Dear Friends,

This video clearly shows how to handle this situation.

May you be safe, may you well, may you be free of fear.

‘I have no obligation to oblige by that warrant.’ — This citizen stopped ICE agents from arresting 2 undocumented immigrants because he knew his rights. » Su...

07/13/2019

Dear Friends,

This is a link to the ACLU Know Your Rights Guide in multiple languages. Please share it with your family and friends who may need the information.

May you be safe, may you be well, may you be free of fear.

https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1149490457698635779

07/09/2019

Some of my students participated in this project called Wikitongues. Many languages are in danger of being lost to the sands of time because the number of people who speak them are declining. This is a great project to help preserve the languages of the world.

I only know two or three words of Irish, but I chose to listen to this lady speak Irish because I enjoy the sound of it. I think she is a student of the language because she speaks it so slowly, but I could be wrong.

You can find speakers of languages you're interested in hearing by searching Wikitongues on YouTube. Have fun!

This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. To download a copy, please contact [email protected]...

07/07/2019

Yesterday, I heard someone say, "I have severe fomo right now." FOMO means "fear of missing out." So, if someone is attending a concert that you wish you could go to, you may have fomo.

09/14/2018

Watching the news about Hurricane Florence. I noticed that almost every reporter has used the phrase "hunker down". According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, "hunker down" means "to stay in place for a period of time." So if you hear someone say to hunker down during a storm (rain or snow!), it means "stay where you are until it's safe to come out." You may also hear someone say "I need to hunker down" when he or she needs to focus on his or her work until it is completed. To my students, it's time to hunker down and study hard for the exam next week! To my family and friends in the Carolinas, may you be safe, may you be well, may you be free of fear.

06/17/2018

https://www.facebook.com/100001899279412/posts/2207942439279044/

Help us of families.

02/19/2018

Happy Presidents’ Day.
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
—Abraham Lincoln