Those devilish phrasal verbs #1
To give up; to stop doing an habitual activity, action, or… even a vice. To take up; to start doing an habitual activity, action, or… even a vice.
Matthew
Putting some prepositions in their place #1
He is at the station. She is in the station. She is at the hospital. He is in hospital. He is at the swimming pool. She is in the swimming pool.
Picasso’s lost paradise
This article describes how the young Picasso found inspiration in the hilltop village of Horta San Juan, in the Terres de L´Ebre region of Catalonia. The author follows in Picasso´s footsteps, describes what she finds, and gets a sense of the paradise that the artist found there. GO TO THE ARTICLE HUMOUR ARTICLES MINI LESSONS
Would Catalonia be better as an independent nation?
The Guardian newspaper asked three Catalonian commentators if Catalonia could be better as an independent nation. Note the frequent use of the conditionals ´could´and ´would´. The article talks about what could or would, or would not happen, if Catalonia were to become an independent nation. What do you think? GO TO THE ARTICLE HUMOUR ARTICLES … Read more
