Archive for 'English Vocabulary'
Busking: Puppeteers Posted by Gabriele on Apr 24, 2012
A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, i.e. a puppet, in order to create the illusion of life in the object. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience depending on what type of puppet show is being performed. There are many ways a puppeteer can manipulate their…
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…
Food Idioms (Part I) Posted by Gabriele on Apr 19, 2012
In a few previous posts I began covering related idioms that are grouped around specific topic areas. Today that topic area is going to be food! In fact there are so many food related idioms (that I think are important) this is going to be the theme of tomorrows post as well. You might…
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…
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…
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…