Learn about russian culture with its most popular idioms translated into english.

Learn about russian culture with its most popular idioms translated into english.

Learn how to interrupt a meeting in formal and informal English for work.

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What? Oh sorry, we were just having a cat nap.

Have you ever heard someone use this expression? It means to have a short nap during the day.

It is not hard to understand where the expression comes from: in the early 1800s, people began using this term to describe short periods of sleep during the day that were similar to those cats have. Cats are notorious for sleeping up to 12 to 16 hours a day! Sometimes they sleep for several hours, but often they just doze in the sunlight for minutes at a time.

However, do you know the origin of napping? It all started in Ancient Egypt. The cat was a sacred animal at that time so the Pharaohs began to  emulate this animal's behaviour.

At the ABA Book Club, each month we review and recommend a great book for you to practice reading in English.

Today, the ABA Book Club will be reviewing comedian Tina Fey's book Bossypants. It is, as you would expect from a comedian, very funny. Also, insightful and full of lessons learnt.

Tina Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She has received many, many awards, including seven Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

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 ...

Welcome dears, The following lesson is for intermediate English 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 more on the ABA English ...

Hi! The following lesson is for intermediate English 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 more on the ABA English Course ...

Hello fellow human! We have found a way to become happier in 30 days and want to share it with all of our students. Because a happy student gets better grades! First things first, do ...