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Where are you getting off?
Photo credit: emirates247.com Yesterday I took the train to Leicester (I’ll leave out my impressions about the city) and was struggling to remember the phrasal verb that means ‘to leave the train’ and...
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No love is lost between…
Photo credit: guardian.co.uk On Saturday I was meeting my ex-colleague and her English husband and we spent a very nice evening together. After a meal in the pub we came back to their place for some...
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To tag along
Photo credit: projectpoint.in Yesterday I was picking up my husband from work and when I arrived he was chatting to his colleagues, seeming somewhat reluctant to go home. It turned out he was telling...
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To lock yourself out / in
Photo credit: monstermakethis.com On Sunday night we came back from Green Man music festival in Wales. My husband went to take some of the stuff to our flat while I continued unloading the car. In a...
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I’ll make my own way
Photo credit: toomanymornings.com Last week I started giving Russian lessons to a student… actually, three students (I’ve gone from zero to three in a week!), but this one turned out to be an author of...
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With a little bit of luck
Photo credit: tripadvisor.com First of all, apologies to the esteemed readers for neglecting this blog – there’s been too much going on these past few weeks (or months?), but hopefully things will...
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In any shape or form
Photo credit: starsketchers.blogspot.co.uk As you probably gathered from my previous post, I went to Paris last week, that’s why there’s not been many updates with new English phrases (I’ve just tried...
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Bob’s your uncle
Photo credit: zazzle.co.uk A few weeks ago my other half and I went to a medieval city of Wells, known for its impressive cathedral. This time we decided to go inside and explore the cathedral (not...
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To lock yourself out / in, continued
Photo credit: Getty Images I wrote about these verbs almost a year ago, but today an opportunity to use them presented itself. Yesterday I went for a run and took my keys off the keyholder. Today when...
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Linguistic Spy nominated by MacMillan Love English Awards 2014
Dear readers, First of all, Happy New Year to everyone who has been reading / following / sharing this blog. It means the world to me! Second… I never thought I’d make it, but surprisingly my blog was...
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I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it
Photo credit: http://www.tourismontheedge.com I stopped teaching when I had Alisa, but 7 months on I have a new student learning Russian and I’m really enjoying our lessons. On Saturday he asked me...
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