Hi everyone!, Hi Kerin!

my suggestions were:
– Chimamanda Ngozi Amiche, Purple Hibiscus
-Elizabeth Stout, Olive Kitteridge

But honestly, I’m really curious about Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin…

<div>I’m looking forward to our next bookclub! my Italian bookclub is slightly more boring ;-)</div><div>

thanks and see…

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Q1. In my opinion ‘the rich countries hoarding vaccines and slowing to license their vaccine technology to poor countries’ is only one of examples of huge discrepancies between poor and rich countries.
Obviously there are also a lot of economic interests behind vaccines matter, we need to take into account Governments’ directives have been…

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1.One of my favourite hobbies is spending hours in the bookshop, leafing through books.
2.At the end of every exhibition, I am on the lookout for art books.
3.As/like all bookworms, when I find an interesting book, I’m able to tearing through it in one day.
4.Ive just read the Maurizio De Giovanni’s lates book. Nothing to write home about.
or…

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Thanks!

I’d rather Mystery novels that KEEP ME ON MY TOES until the end of the book.

I hate Mystery novels (like De Giovanni’s books) that start with an EXCITING HOOK, but after only a few pages you are able to guess right the felon.

In Fred Vargas’s books, the main character (the absent-minded chief of police Adamsberg) SOLVES THE CASE with a lot of…

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Thanks Kerin! I’ve a good teacher 😉

1.When I was fourteen I used to argue with my mother over outfits every time I went out.

2.I’d rather wear casual and comfortable clothes, that suit me better, than girly dresses. However for work I need prim and proper garments.

3.My friend Elena, who is really into fashion, puts together original, out-there and fashionable outfits.

4.My wardrobe…

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Emma Taggart, in “The Rollercoaster Life of an Iconic Art Deco Painter known as ‘The Baroness with a Brush ‘, focuses on a Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka, her life and her artistic work.
The article starts with a short introduction about the “Roaring Twenties”, a period full of thrilling changes, especially for woman’s conditions. Due to a…

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In “The lessons one can learn from a dog”, the Author writes about how many things humans being or human beings can/could learn from dogs.

This piece is mainly about a list of worthy, respectable and unselfish example from a dog’s behaviour in daily life from which men can/could take inspiration.

The Author suggests some example of dog’s…

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What is fake news? What makes it fake? (3min)
A fake news is a news not based on true facts/REAL or TRUE SOURCES or supported by scientific datas, but something reported by earing without any real confirmation. The main cause for fake news is THAT magazine, TV, wikis reported news red, listened to from other magazines, TV, wikis.
…

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Looking at another photograpf by Robert Doisneau “Lo sguardo di sbieco (negozio di Roma)”, an imaginary dialogue comes up…

One saleswoman and her shop assistant inside the antiques shop are speaking about a couple who is looking at shop window outside the shop.

Inside

A (saleswoman): Have you noticed the couple outside?

B (shop assistant): YEP!

A:…

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Looking at this photograpf by Robert Doisneau, an imaginary story comes up…

We’re inside a Cafè in Paris, customers are celebrating a marriage, but while four people seems really CHUFFED, one of them is GUTTED. They’ve just ordered some JARS for everybody, waiting for some NOSH/GRUB, and the best man, sitting down near the husband, is TAKING PISS…

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Para 1.

I went to my friend’s house to watch the England game the other day. I walked in and said “How are you?/ALRIGHT?” he gave me a beer/PINT and I said “thank you/TA.” England lost 4-1 to Germany. My friend and I were very disappointed/GUTTED. We decided to go for some food/NOSH/GRUB. The closest pub was selling burgers for £5/A FIVER.…

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People who use slang are lazy… I don’t think so. I believe the point is finding a proper register/style depending on the context and situations. It could be appropriate/suitable using slang in a familiar and informal context like/as with friends, family or in a casual context; whereas it should be expected not using slang in a different…

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Interval

On the parterre silence was taking place of clapping and bustle while people were standing up during the intermission of the play.

The woman stared at the man on the stage, who noticed her and he became aware that she was crying. Only her got the sense of the play.

I’ll never forget the time we spent almost the all weekend/all the weekend end driving on the Milano-Genova motorway. We had decided to set off around 2pm in order to reach our little house in France for dinner and to have all the time to relax on Saturday before the meeting with the carpenter. After 4 hours of driving due to a lot of traffic,…

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-I’VE ALSO DONE COUNTLESS try/attempt to memorize new vocabulary with miserable/louzy result.

-Some collegues criticize me with MILD reprimands for my accuracy.

-GO WITH ME ON THIS, I’m trying to explain why I’ve really MESSED UP, I made the most GORMLESS mistake not telling the true.

-I am so KNACKERED that I need a PIT STOP at the bar before…

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Unfortunately, I’ve not a lot of direct experience in speaking British and Americans English, except different vocabulary I’ve studied during my all learning English.

I’ve been studied with a Scottish teacher ever, with the exception of my first courses at the British Council in Milan. I’m really shy, as you know, and I try always to avoid…

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Scenario 1
A colleague says: “Let’s make sure we get back on track before the meeting with head office next week“. You don’t understand what ‘back on track’ means. What do you say?
Sorry, I don’t understand the expression ‘back on track’. Can you say it in a different way? // Sorry, I don’t know the expression ‘back on track?. Can you… Read more