by Basu Raj | Oct 3, 2012 | Idioms and Phrases
Ever since Mohit came back from the US, his spoken English has tremendously improved. He is much more confident and is very impressive the way he presents himself. However, I found it strange last night when he met his old school friends and was continuously fishing... by Basu Raj | Oct 2, 2012 | Idioms and Phrases
Improving your English speaking is an easy and interesting task. You don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn and do intricate yogic movements and neither do you have to read books after books of grammar rules, vocabulary lists. All you need to do is to find... by Basu Raj | Oct 2, 2012 | Idioms and Phrases
The sure shot way to possess excellent English communication skills is to keep improving daily. Learn something new everyday and very soon you would be able to surprise yourself with your own progress. In this post, we discuss a cool, rather musical phrase – be... by Basu Raj | Oct 2, 2012 | Idioms and Phrases
“You think listening to an old man on a CD will improve your English speaking? Give me a break”, he said. Give me a break – this is a fairly common conversational phrase, mostly exclamatory. It denotes a feeling of disbelief and surprise. Its like... by Basu Raj | Oct 2, 2012 | Idioms and Phrases
To improve the English communication skills of his employees, the boss designed a training program and linked it to salary raises. This policy was put in to effect last year and has yielded good results. “Put in to effect” – usually refers to a... by Basu Raj | Oct 2, 2012 | Idioms and Phrases
He is clever and a half. His dad enrolled him for an English speaking course but he manages to find an excuse to miss the class almost everyday. He doesn’t understand that this is not going to help him in anyway. Clever and a half – means someone just too...