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Read More »Idioms of the World – Denmark
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Business Grammar – How to lead, interrupt and close a meeting
Learn how to interrupt a meeting in formal and informal English for work.
Read More »ABA Street Challenge – Episode 28
Each week, ABA English challenges a contestant to a live quiz in the street. If they answer correctly, they win a 1 Year Subscription to our course. If they lose... they get the "Water Lesson": they get soaked by a bucket of water.
Read More »Learn English with Songs – Rude by Magic
Welcome to #MusicFriday!
Are you married? Single? In a relationship? Do you want to get married? We ask because the song we will learn today is all about a man asking his future father-in-law for permission to marry his daughter. It's so romantic!
But... he says no! The father-in-law says he will not give permission, so the singer (Nasri) tells him "I will marry her anyway!".
This song is the debut single of Canadian reggae fusion band Magic! Do you like it?
1. Read the lyrics
2. Understand the vocabulary
3. SING!
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Read More »Grammar for Beginners – Question Tags with the Auxiliary Verb “Do”
Learn how to use the question tags with the auxiliary verb "Do", for both positive and negative questions.
Read More »Idioms of the World – Japan
The japanese language is full of poetic idioms. Translate them into english and discover their meaning.
Read More »English expression – Cat nap
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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.
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ABA English challenges weekly a contestant. By answering correctly, they win a 1 Year Subscription to our course. Otherwise...find it out! Meet Hellen!
Read More »Learn English with Songs – XO by Beyoncé
Beyoncé, the Queen of Pop and R&B.
She has been singing since she was a child and now, after recently having her own child, released her fifth album Beyoncé which immediately went to #1.
Today, we will be using her song XO to learn some new English vocabulary. Ready? This is what you have to do:
1. Read the lyrics
2. Understand the vocabulary
3. SING!
