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Entries from September 2008

The image of idioms

September 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Like many teachers, I love expressions and sayings in the classroom. What I like about an idiom such as “The grass is always greener on the other side” is that it offers us such good value for money. Some possibilities:

Find out if students have an equivalent saying in their language
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Tags: Adjectives · CLIL · Comparison · Grammar · Idioms · Pronunciation · Translation · Using images from Amazon.com

Nothing is not a substance!

September 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Do you you agree with the title of this posting?
My sister tells me that a Scottish newspaper once received a large number of letters from readers claiming this very thing. They were writing in response to the following riddle that had been published:
What substance is greater than God and more evil than the devil?
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