Hi! Well, we all know how important idioms are, so today we are going to learn some new ones. In case you don’t remember, an idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the ...
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English Expressions – A piece of cake
Kumusta! (that’s “hello” in Tagalog). Yes, it’s time to learn another common English expression. This expression is used a lot by native speakers, so it’s important to know what it means! A piece of cake “A ...
Read More »English Expressions – A piece of cake
Kumusta! (that’s “hello” in Tagalog). Yes, it’s time to learn another common English expression. This expression is used a lot by native speakers, so it’s important to know what it means! A piece of cake “A ...
Read More »ABA Films – Vocabulary Game – Fill in the missing word!
Nǐmén hǎo! (that’s “hello” in Chinese to a group of people). Ready to play another “fill in the missing word” game? Perfect! So this is how it works: 1. Watch the ABA Film Unit 121 2. ...
Read More »English Vocabulary – At the hospital part II
A while back we learnt a whole lot of new words and sentences related to health, medicine and hospitals, remember? If not, you should definitely check it out HERE. Well, today we are going to ...
Read More »The ABA Street Challenge!
Hey everyone! So we are super, super, SUPER excited to show you something we have been working on secretly here at the ABA English headquarters! On our Facebook page, we ask our readers and students ...
Read More »English Vocabulary – The definition of beautiful
Khosh amadid! (that’s “Welcome” in Farsi). So, what IS the definition of beautiful? This: What other words can we use to describe something beautiful? The following words are not synonyms, but other words to describe ...
Read More »English Vocabulary – At the Hospital Part I
Today is International Nurses Day, so congratulations to all of you amazing people out there who spend your days helping save lives and making the sick feel better. You are incredible! So, in honour of ...
Read More »It’s time for a joke!
Hi all of you! Every month we like to share a joke with you. Jokes are a great way to learn other culture’s sense of humour. In English, a lot of the sense of humour ...
Read More »Popular English expression: “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”
Hello! How are you today? We are here to give you a quick lesson in another very well known expression: “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” Can you guess when we use ...
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