Buenas, (that’s “howdy” in Spanish). Maybe you have heard the new hit sensation on the radio, maybe you haven’t. The song “What does the fox say?” has become very popular over the last couple of ...
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English Vocabulary: Interesting Idioms with Cats.
Sain baina uu! (that’s “hello” in Mongolia). English-speakers love idioms. And so do we, here at ABA English. Why? Because they are so descriptive and there is a perfect idiom for every occasion. To check ...
Read More »The Origin of “Please”
Welcome! Remember last week we spoke about saying “thank you“? Well today we will continue with the mini lesson in politeness. “Please” is short for “if you please”. For example, in the past we would ...
Read More »The Origin of “Thank you”
Well, hello! Let’s start today’s mini lesson. English people are famous for being polite. And one way of being polite is to always, always, always say “please” and “thank you”. In English, “thank you” derives ...
Read More »11 Untranslatable Words from Other Cultures
Good day! Welcome to our little corner of the Internet. This article is from the Huffington Post but we had to share it on our blog, because it’s so awesome to remember all of the ...
Read More »Sneezes of the World
Good day to you all. An onomatopoeia is the creation of words that imitate natural sounds. For example, in English the sound snakes makes is called a “hiss”. Why? Because to us, that’s what it sounds ...
Read More »Become inspired with Kaplan International
Good morning everyone! Today we are excited and proud to introduce you to Kaplan International Colleges. Like us, they are passionate about finding new methods for you to fall in love with the English language. ...
Read More »The longest words in English
In terms of languages, English has more words than any other by a long shot. Today we are going to focus on words in English which are longer and slightly more complicated than the norm ...
Read More »Learn English Vocabulary – Cooking a skewer!
Hello! Some people love cooking, some don’t. But sometimes we simply don’t have time to make a meal. Today we will learn how to make a “Minted lamb skewers with cherry tomatoes”. And, of course, ...
Read More »Vocabulary: “Idioms with vegetables”
Nǐ hǎo ABA English friends, Remember yesterday we learnt lots of idioms with fruit? Well, today we are going to learn some with vegetables! Just in case you can’t remember, an idiom is an expression that ...
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