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Busking: Jugglers Posted by Gabriele on Apr 23, 2012
Juggling is the skill that involves moving objects by throwing them for entertainment. The most common form of juggling is “toss juggling” in which a person (a juggler) throws (or tosses) objects up in the air, catches them, and tosses them up in the air again. Another form of juggling is called “contact juggling”…
Busking Posted by Gabriele on Apr 22, 2012
I recently learned a new word in English and when I did I immediately thought of sharing it with you all here on the blog 🙂 I love it when I learn a new word for something, that I previously did not know had a word of its own. The new word I…
Goodnight or Good Evening? Posted by Gabriele on Apr 17, 2012
I was recently walking down the street around 7:00pm and a non-native English speaker said to me “Goodnight.” I replied back to him, “good evening.” This started me thinking about the important difference between the use of these two phrases “goodnight*” and “good evening” in English. It is important to know what each means…
Tax Time Posted by Gabriele on Apr 15, 2012
It is tax season in the United States! In fact April 15th is “Tax Day” every year in the United States. Since April 15th falls on a Sunday this year, US Income taxes are due on April 17th this year, but April 15th is the day that people always think of as “Tax Day” in…
Card Games: War Posted by Gabriele on Apr 12, 2012
War is a children’s card game played in many parts of the world. No strategy is involved in this game. All that is needed to play this card game is: a deck of card, the simple ability to recognize which of two cards is higher in rank, and to follow a few simple rules…
Extracurricular Activity: Color Guard Posted by heather on Apr 11, 2012
One of the extracurricular* activities that I used to take part in when I was in high school was color guard (sometimes written as one word -> colorguard). Every day we would practice as a group, train our fitness levels and then several times a week we would also practice with the marching band. History…
Card Games: Gin Rummy Posted by Gabriele on Apr 10, 2012
Gin Rummy is one of the most popular forms of Rummy. Rummy is a very popular type of card game in the United States. Gin Rummy is generally played with just two players, each receiving ten cards, but it can be played with up to four players with one deck of cards. If this…