Facebook stalking taken to a new level
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Make Valentine’s Day a Feat of Love
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Colorado’s Legalization of Marijuana
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5 Ways to Start the New Year Right!
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Tuesday is a great day to sit back, relax and listen to some good music. It’s even better when you can learn English (albeit indirectly) while you’re at it. This Paul Simon song is great for those wanting to learn English, as he sings clearly and quite slowly. You should read the lyrics while you listen to the song, then check the glossary below for new vocab!
Learn English with music & lyrics – Paul Simon
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Love Speaking is bringing you another series of blogs every week to help you improve and build your list of idioms. In part 3, we will look at some music idioms and what they really mean before putting into use in example sentences. Then recap what you have learned by completing the quiz at the end.
And all that jazz - This idioms means everything related or similar is included
Blow your own trumpet – Boasting about your achievements and success
Change your tune – when someone suddenly changes their mind or thoughts
Face the music – when you have to accept some negative consequences
Music to my ears – when something said is exactly what you want to hear
Choose the correct idiom for each meaning
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Anna Karenina is a theatrical new vision of the epic story of love, adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s timeless novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard. The story powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart. As Anna (Ms. Knightley) questions her happiness and marriage, change comes to all around her.
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This is the first album for Justin Timberlake after his music hiatus in 2006 and with his new music label. The album features his new singles ‘Suit & Tie’ and ‘Mirrors’. Justin was heavily praised for the style and quality of his new album by critics, which led to performances around the world, notably in the United Kingdom during the BRIT Awards. You can watch the video of his performance below.
The Avengers movie was not filmed in 3-D, instead it was converted to 3-D in post-production for release in cinemas.
Arnold Schwarzeneggar received a total of $15 million for his role in The Terminator. In the whole movie he spoke around 700 words meaning he was paid $21,429 per word!
The distant shots of the submarines in The Abyss were all models filmed in smoky air instead of water.
theatrical = dramatic performances given the actors and actresses
timeless = unaffected by time
to surge = to suddenly increase or a sudden onrush
post-production = the final stage of a movie’s production where sountracks and effects are added
abyss = a large, deep and unmeasureable space or cavity
A technical failure has endangered the lives of the people on board Peninsula Flight 2549. The pilots are striving, along with their colleagues in the Control Center, to find a solution. The flight attendants and the chief steward are atypical, baroque characters who, in the face of danger, try to forget their own personal problems and devote themselves body and soul to the task of making the flight as enjoyable as possible for the passengers, while they wait for a solution.
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‘Every Kingdom’ is the debut album of British singer-songwriter Ben Howard. Ben began writing songs when he was around ten or eleven. In an interview he stated that when he was a kid he started playing guitar because he liked to put words together and make stuff up. In 2013, he won both of the categories he was nominated for at the BRIT awards: British breakthrough act and British solo male artist.
Of all the words in the English language, the word ‘set’ has the most definitions.
“Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.
“Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
More English speakers reside in the United States, with India coming in second place.
failure = an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success
striving = to make a strong effort towards achieving a certain goal
atypical = not conforming to the typical steroptype
baroque = extravagant in character
devote = to give up or concentrate on a particular purpose or cause
nominated = proposed as an option for an award, honour etc.
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When Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking-that is until he meets three witches, Theodora, Evanora and Glinda, who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late.
The Truth About Love samples rock music influences and is generally themed about relationships, breakups and the different stages and cases of love. It features guest stars Eminem, Lily Rose Cooper and Nate Ruess. To support the album, Pink began her Truth About Love Tour in February, 2013. The tour is expected to continue through 2013 and will include America, Australia and Europe. ‘Blow Me One Last Kiss’ was the name of the main single released from this album.
The only two animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are rabbits and parrots.
The price of the Titanic cost about $7 million to build and the price of the Titanic movie was about $200 million to make.
Snails can sleep for up to 3 years.
dubious = doubtful, raising doubts and uncertainty
hurled away = thrown away with great force
jackpot = a top prize or reward
reluctantly = unwilling to do or resisting against doing something
inhabitants = a person or animal that is a permanent resident of a particular place or region
influence = something that has the power to sway or affect someone’s decisions
breakups = when a relationship between two people ends
Hip talk-radio host and journalist Mingus and his French photographer girlfriend, Marion, live cozily in a New York apartment with their cat and two young children from previous relationships. But when Marion’s jolly father, her sister, and her sister’s outrageous boyfriend unceremoniously descend upon them for an overseas visit, it initiates two unforgettable days of family mayhem. The visitors push every button in the couple’s relationship, truly putting it to the test. How will the couple fare?
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Coldplay are an alternative British rock band who have had international success with songs such as ‘Fix You’, ‘Viva La Vida’ and ‘Paradise’. This album is their fifth and was the focus of their tour around Europe, North America and Australasia. The album was written by a filmmaker and thus the songs on the album each tell a different story through each of the different styles and genres. The album received generally positive reviews from most expert music magazines and critics. You can listen to the song ‘Charlie Brown’ below.
Hippos are the cause of most human deaths than any other animal in Africa.
Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world second only to oil.
The creator of The Simpsons named the characters after his own family: his mother Marge, his Father Homer and his two sisters Lisa and Maggie. He even grew up in Springfield!
cozily (adv.) = snug, comfortably, warm
jolly (adj.) = full of good humor and happiness
outrageous (adj.) = extravagant or grossly offensive
unceremoniously (adj.) = informally, abruptly
mayhem (n.) = violent destruction, disorder or confusion
fare (v.) = to get along, to manage
commodity (n.) = an item of use, advantage or profit
The Brit Awards are an annual pop music show which recognises the achievements of musicians and singers from around Great Britain and who have had international success. They have many different categories such as Best Male Solo, Best Female Solo and a new category in 2013 called Global Success.
This year saw many live performances from artists such as Emili Sandé, Muse and One Direction. In recent years, a British designer creates a new theme for each award. The award for 2013 included in this image was designed by Damien Hirst and featured polka dots. Previous years have seen the Union Jack flag being featured on the award and ared, white and blue pattern the year before that. Watch the video below to see the highlights from this year:
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achievements (n.) = something accomplished through superior ability, skill or effort
performance (n.) = a musical, dramatic or other entertainment presented in front of an audience
designer (n.) = a person who executes or designs works of art or structures
polka dots (n.) = a dot or round spot repeated to form a pattern
gigs (n.) = concerts; where musicians perform for their fans
to be stoked (v.) = to be very pleased or elated
speech (n.) = a form of communication in spoken language of a pre-written text
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their mother was murdered. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night. The day their father killed their mother, sisters Victoria and Lilly vanished near their suburban neighborhood. For five long years, their uncle and his girlfriend, have been madly searching for them.
This is Rihanna’s 8th album which critics were both positive and negative about. The negativity comes from the lyrics of her songs and the fact that the album seemed to be rushed so that it could be released quickly, whereas some critics praised the styles of the music, calling it ‘interesting’. The most known song from the album is called ‘Diamonds’ and has become a number 1 single all over the world. The album was released to coincide with a new tour around North America and Europe.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
An elephant can use its tusks to dig for ground water. An adult elephant needs to drink around 210 litres of water a day.
haunting (adj.) = impossible to forget; causing deep emotion
woods (n.) = the forest
to tuck in (v.) = to make (a child for example) secure in bed to sleep
to vanish (v.) = to disappear suddenly in a way that cannot be explained
rushed (v.) = something done very quickly or too quickly due to a lack of time
praised (v.) = something that has been approved or admired
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A funny new twist on a classic love story, Warm Bodies is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R encounters Julie, and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship R becomes increasingly more human – setting off an exciting, romantic, and often comical chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and maybe even the whole lifeless world.
Love Songs is the third compilation album by American R&B girl group Destiny’s Child. The album differs from their first two compilations in that it features mostly album-only selections as well as the newly recorded song “Nuclear”, the first original song from Destiny’s Child since the group disbanded in 2005 which you can hear below. Destiny’s Child recently performed together at the Superbowl halftime show which sparked rumours that they were recording new songs together for future albums.
More than 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are sold for Valentine’s Day each year.
Men buy most of the millions of boxes of candy and bouquets given on Valentine’s Day.
In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.
poignant (adj.) = strongly affecting or moving emotions
epidemic (n.) = a rapid spread or increase of a disease
comical (adj.) = producing laughter; amusing; funny
to disband (v.) = to break up
to spark (v.) = to stimulate interest or activity around something
Valentine’s Day (n.) = February 14, observed in honor of St. Valentine as a day for the exchange of valentines and other tokens of love.
bouquet (n.) = a bunch of flowers
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