because people speak English
April Fool’s Day
Tomorrow, it’s April 1st in France. We used to joke or to play a hoax on friends, family, it is called in english April Fool’s Day. Children hang paper fish on adults, children back for example. At the end, the one playing tricks are happy to cry out « fish of April”.
I don’t know yet how to joke tomorrow. I would like to tell a big lying to my favourite cousin but she expects one because she just sent me a message on my mobile phone to remember me it is « April Fool’s…
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" money can buy everything?"
hi everyone. This is topic of my excercise. I hope that you will read it and give me some advice. I really need your corections. thank you all!
Money can buy everything???
As you know, money plays a crucial role in our life because we can not live without money. People need money maintain their lives. If we do not have money, we can not buy food, clothes and other necessary things we need for studying, entertaining and working. However, in my opinion, money can not…
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The first definition is offered by Crystal (1997) which defines pragmatics as the study of communicative action in its sociocultural context. In addition to using speech acts such as apologizing, complaining, complimenting, and requesting, communicative action includes also engaging in different kinds of discourse and participating in speech events of varying length and complexity.
In fact, this definition focused only on interactional competence of the language speakers. Such…
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Have you ever noticed that everytime we pray, it makes us feel assured, humbled and selfless? Like you could share your thoughts, plans, and things that you want to accomplish to God. I really can't describe the feeling, all I can say it is wonderful. We can't please other people to like us no matter what but if you try to talk to our God even just a couple of minutes, somehow our burden is lessen.
Through prayers, we can wish our love ones, friends, neighbors even enemies to…
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The book that struck me
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Open Your Mouth and Speaking
For our english learner,english is the second language for us,is not easy to open our mouth and speak to a foreigner,especially to a native english user.In this case,does the learning has any significance? We can use our morther language easily,why not english.There are several factors,I think, caused this abnormal phenomenon.
Shyness may be the main reason ,our face turn red at frist in front of a foreigner before our…
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To Love Somebody....
Why is it so hard to love somebody that both of you has it's own life already?
Why is it so hard to love somebody who gave you all the LOVE and CARE but you need to consider somebody's feelings?
Why is it too late to meet somebody who you thinks he/she is the one for you and you are a perfect couple?
Why is it that sometimes LOVE isn't fair enough?
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Shes standing there!!!
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Leaving my colleague
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my mother will be 60 years old next week ,and we will have 4-day holiday ,
so my son and i will go to visit my parents as well as my younger brother and his wife.
my mother is taking care for my niece and nephew ,my father is working as a guard,
they are woking-hard and very kind to all of us ,we love them too.
hope my parents to be longevity and healthy .
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Audio Challenge - At the Drive Thru
I went to the store last night with my kids, Napoleon (French poodle) and Sam.
It was a very cold evening and I was dreaming of a nice, creamy, hot chocolate.
…
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Examples of Nasreddin Hodja
NASRETTIN HODJA
IN THAT CASE IT IS DIFFERENT
During the Hodja was performing his judge duty, a man has come:
He has said Hodja Master, ı will consult you something.…
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Examples of Tales
FAIRY TALES
LAZY GIRL
Ones upon o time when the fleas were barbers, the camels were town criers, when I was racking my mother’s cradle there was a wife and…
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Examples of Wailing of Turkey
WAILING
Hadji Bey Wailing:
I have descended from Ayvalık an foot
Endure oh my feet endure
A bride has come from Ödemiş
Wake up Hadji bey wake up
In front of their house is poplar…
Examples of Lullabies of Turkey
LULLABIES
Huu huu
Dervishes
Have gone to the path of God
A spring on the path of God
Non stop flowing
Drinking from this the dervishes
Have attained their…
Examples of Rigmarole of Turkey
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Examples of Mani’s of Turkey
TURKISH FOLK MUSIC
Double moles on my face
Admired those who seen them
Don’t know haw to give up
Who fell in love…
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It was five oclock p.m in the summer of 2006 when i reached Ibb , where the family had decided to spend the holiday.i was so eager to visit this city and discover the reason of its wide fame as "the earth of beauty"...
Ibb had had an important geografical location,it had been located at the south of sanaa,the capital of yemen ,about 140…
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MUST I GO TO SCHOOL BEFORE I MAKE MONEY?
In the Community where i am, there are a lot of rich people without real education. Obviously, some will say many of them involve in rituals and other hidden/illegal money making businesses.
In Nigeria, there are many educated people with a lot of qualifications suffering, wasting their lives at the motor park conveying people from one place to…
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