Sometimes I binge watch something that is absolutely useless for developing English speaking skills. But how can I not watch it?

It's been a decade since we learnt the first lines at uni, I still remember them 😆
Also I remember "I wandered lonely as a cloud"

The importance of being able to spell

Профессия переводчика скоро вымрет, говорили они, вон ии все переведет, говорили они

Day 4
Decluttering


As far as I remember, I have always been fighting the chaos of things around me. There's something deeply satisfying about Pinterest-style pictures of neetly organized studues, books arranged on the shelves by colours, rooms with perfectly matching furniture. For the most part of my life my space was quite the opposite, a mess of colours and shapes, and things scattered haphazardly all around the place. A clutter as it is.

And oh I've been trying to fix it. It took me decades, literally. Just a couple of years ago my rooms turned into something decent order-wise.

I love monochromatic minimaliatic spaces, I dramatically redecorated my old flat, radically eliminating all the colours to make it completely black-and-white. Ok, vintage yellowish herringbone tiles remain, a concession to my nostalgia.

Still a long way to go till I reach my dream environment: Pinterest-looking, Japanese-style space, which is basically an empty room.

#28днейязыка
#28днейязыка_английский

Taking part in this marathon!
Highly recommend it to improve your writing ⬆️

Can you guess before reading, which sound is that?

https://www.upworthy.com/english-language-rare-er-sound-ex1

https://youtu.be/HZ73i4uuOS4

Our new vlog is out! This one is in English, and it's been a while since I vlogged in English, please, forgive my occasional slips of the tongue 😀

Your likes and comments are highly appreciated ❤️

diddly-squat = anything

1960s: probably from US slang doodle ‘excrement’ + squat in the sense ‘defecate’.

#ame_vocabulary

To have the knack of
= possess natural skill or talent

Example:
He doesn't have the knack of using words to render his experiences

#ame_vocabulary

Origin:

late Middle English (originally denoting a clever or deceitful trick): probably related to obsolete knack ‘sharp blow or sound’, of imitative origin (compare with Dutch knak ‘crack, snap’).

Mood:

Wearing a scarf and a puffer jacket on July 1st
Rewatching the Game of Thrones
Reading about Old English

Как сказать "добровольно-принудительный" 😁

If you struggle to grasp English spelling you're not alone in your suffering 😂

Потрясающий пример редукции в реальной речи.
Редукция постыми словами - жевание слов. Мы не говорим [здрааствуйте], а говорим что-то вроде [сдрасуйть], например.

Фраза на видео - очень распространенная, в каждом втором влоге можно встретить. Кто понял?)

Just felt like sharing this observation with you!

Bullshit Jobs
by David Graeber

Очень рекомендую к чтению на продвинутых уровнях. Поирясающее сочетание formal English и очень разговорного языка)