It´s a fact: in a real conversation I usually feel nervous. In order to avoid that I have a list of useful sentences that can be used in a lot of conversations:

– I don’t think I quite understand what you mean.

– Could you repeat that please?

– What I mean is…

– Do you know what I mean?

Since the second half of the 20th century, the label «Made in Italy» has been synonym of excellence and class all over the world. Consequently, ample Italian companies have taken advantatge of this label in order to sell their products on foreign markets.

Even in onerous situations, that is to say, when the competitive Asian market began to…

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Food: zesty, tangy, briny.

Book: evocative, page-turner, gripping.

Emotions: exasperation, contempt, relief.

Behaviour: self-assured, shrewd, debonair.

I adore Agatha Christie and I´m proud to say that I´ve read all her books. Not only I´ve read her novels but I have also read his short stories. Unsurprisingly, every time I have the chance, I go to the theater in order to enjoy plays such as And Then There Were None, The Spider´s Web, The Unexpected Guest and, last but not least, The…

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Although these types of self motivation speeches are mainly based on obvious thoughts, I really liked this one. On the one hand, not only is Matthew McConaughey a brilliant speaker but he is also a extremely persuasive speaker. On the other hand, I absolutely agree with him in relation that we are not victims. Let´s face it: life is a…

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I think that the youtube link is broken. I´m not able to access to the Matthew McConaughey speech.

I like this disturbing expression: Big Brother Society. Twenty years ago, I read George Orwell´s cult novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” and sadly, it seems that this distopy will come true in the near future. Our society depends, maybe excessively, on technology and although technology is not good or bad by itself, nowadays it is being used in…

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I have to admit it, it´s a fact: I´m not the brightest crayon in the box. As an example, I´ll explain a short story. A week ago, after an intense working day, I was knackered. Consequently, before returning at home, I made a pit stop in a coffee shop. At the moment of paying the bill I realized that I couldn´t find neither my wallet nor my…

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I think that it is relatively easy to distinguish an American accent from a British one. For instance, let´s take into account the word water. In American English the final r is pronounced but in British English (I mean one of them, RP accent) is not pronounced. The termination er is pronounced with the shwa sound. Last but not least,…

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In my particular case, I would like to master RP English accent. Mainly due to two reasons: firstly, because I love how this accent sounds and secondly, because I want to be understood by not only native English speakers but also by non-native English speakers.

On the other hand, I think that it is a good idea to learn the differences between…

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