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Friday the thirteenth - try not to set fire to your mouth

Today's learnit words: match, electric, mouth, top, fire, indicate, house, top, noun, forest

At the forest house I indicate, with an electric match, to set fire to the top noun in my mouth. (20 words).

I am still working on the phrasal verb list... we use so many of them!  It's funny to think that most people don't even know that they do it.  I think it's the most obvious aspect which sets apart non-native speakers. You can tell immediately if somebody has learnt English studying at school (for example using the interesting rules taught in the Czech education system) or learnt English more organically - utilising media such as films and music.

So... though the task is somewhat arduous, I can't wait till we have the phrasal verb widget set up as I know my students will find it really helpful. 

 

 

 

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