Book quote of the week – 5th February
“Dans la profondeur de l’hiver, j’ai finalement appris qu’il y avait en moi un soleil invincible.” “In the depth of winter, I finally learned...
QUIZ – THE COLOUR OF A LIE
ANSWER That’s right! A white lie is a lie about something harmless in order to be polite or to avoid hurting someone’s feelings
Book quote of the week
“Home isn’t where you’re from. It’s where you find the light when all grows dark.” Pierce Brown, from the book Golden Son About the...
QUIZ – IF YOU ARE TOO TIRED, YOU WANT…?
ANSWER The idiomatic expression call it a day means to stop working for the day or, in a wider sense, to decide to stop doing...
Book quote of the week
“The thing I realize is, that it’s not what you take, it’s what you leave.” Jennifer Nivel, from the book All the Bright Places ...
QUIZ – DO YOU LIKE ANIMALS?
ANSWER They all live in burrows: holes or tunnels dug underground to live in.
QUIZ – CAUGHT RED-HANDED
ANSWER If somebody is caught red-handed, they are caught in the act of doing something dishonest or morally wrong. Example: I used to cheat in...
QUIZ – GET CRACKING, DARLING!
ANSWER We say Get cracking! when we want someone to hurry up and do something faster. Example: Come on! Let’s get cracking or we’ll miss...
QUIZ – DO YOU WANT A COKE?
ANSWER Squash is a fruit-flavoured syrup used to make a drink by adding water to it. Soda is used to describe coke in some US...
QUIZ – WHERE IS THE CAT?
ANSWER To let the cat out the bag means to reveal a secret, usually without intending to. Example: I was trying to keep the party...