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One fundamental skill to have in the world of business and other environments is certainly negotiation. In our global and intercultural world, considerable adaptation skills, diplomacy, conversational skills, and a good dose of cold blood ...

Imagine someone does something you do not like. Saying “I don’t like it” or “I don’t like this” can sound a little bit childish. So today we will learn a couple of ways to say ...

Check out the list of the most common student writing fails and tell us which one you are guilty of committing the most often! Keep scrolling down and you will find 6 ways to reduce ...

Welcome ABA Friend! Let’s look at something that many students get a bit confused with. First of all, read the following passage: Do you think we will ever get used to working or studying all the ...

“We love you more than you know” Such a great, uplifting song by Awolnation. Do you know what uplifting means? If you think about it, it is made up of the word “up” and “lift”, ...

Are you currently a student? Do you have to do any revising? If you answered “yes!”, then this lesson is for you! Today we are going to learn 12 tips to make revision a time to ...

Hello! Remember we wrote a post about autumn vocabulary? Well, here is a post dedicated to the beauty of spring! Spring Vocabulary Awakening – an act or moment of becoming suddenly aware of something. Barefoot ...

“If I spoke better English I could move to England, and if I won the lottery I would move to Thailand…” It’s nice to dream isn’t it? When we want to talk about an unreal ...

Ready to learn some English and put your dancing shoes on? Excellent! Eliza Doolittle has been on the ABA Blog before, with her song Skinny Genes, remember? And today we will be learning with a different ...

160 years ago today, on the 16th of October 1854, Oscar Wilde was born. So… Happy birthday, Oscar! Wilde was a writer and poet from Ireland. He became one of London’s most popular playwrights in ...

We use our senses on a daily basis, so it’s of great importance that we know how to use the verbs to describe them correctly in English. In today’s post, we are going to look ...

This is such a bizarre expression, don’t you think? “Throwing the baby out with the bath water” is a very old idiomatic expression that is used to suggest avoiding the error of discarding everything when ...

Do you remember how to use the past perfect? If you’re not sure, don’t worry! Keep reading for a quick review with lots of examples. Sometimes, when we talk about the past, we want to ...

Welcome back! Last week, we asked our Facebook friends to tell us what their favourite songs were to put on while they studied. We got great suggestions: Dire Straits, Il Divo, Eric Clapton’s “Lonely Stranger”and ...

Hi YOU! We were looking for you today. Yes, you. We have a very important message: TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! When the seasons change, we often get sick. But to continue working and learning, it ...

привет! (that’s “Hello” in Russian). The following lesson is for intermediate students. If you are not sure of your English level, take our test! You can find all this information, plus speaking, writing, vocabulary exercises and ...