The NOT-Thursday Song Lesson: Being Great Is Not Always the Same as Being Faultless

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The THURSDAY morning SONG Lesson: Prepositions in ABBA's "Eagle"

Here is the video with the lyrics of the song.
All the prepositions have been deleted.
Listen carefully and try to remember what preposition was used in each case, then open the test below and fill them in.



And here is the QUIZLET test in a PDF file:

Remember: the French Connection...

Well, it is not about the film this time...
Neither is it about the brand...
Rather, the connection between these beautifully sounding English words is... (just as beautifully) French!

This amazingly amusing video by mental_floss says it all!

Inverted Emphatic Structures

А lesson that will give you a chance to practice the inverted emphatic structures.
Here is a glimpse of what it is all about first ...



Now, open the video lesson and answer the questions...

The Thursday MOURNING Song

This time, unfortunately, it is a MOURNING rather than a morning song.

David Bowie - a man of many faces, an aritst with limitless means of expression, a soul constantly searchig - left earlier this week.

Here is a song of his, a song about the neverending quest for the truthful self.

No language questions this time - the question is already there, in the simplicity of language.

 Keep on, Mr Bowie!

The Man Who Sold The World" We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend Which came as some surprise I spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone, a long long time ago Oh no, not me I never lost control You're face to face With The Man Who Sold The World I laughed and shook his hand, and made my way back home I searched for form and land, for years and years I roamed I gazed a gazely stare at all the millions here We must have died alone, a long long time ago Who knows? not me We never lost control You're face to face With the Man who Sold the World

From GENIUS.com: “…When asked about the meaning of the song, Bowie commented: I guess I wrote it because there was a part of myself that I was looking for. Maybe now that I feel more comfortable with the way that I live my life and my mental state (laughs) and my spiritual state whatever, maybe I feel there’s some kind of unity now. That song for me always exemplified kind of how you feel when you’re young, when you know that there’s a piece of yourself that you haven’t really put together yet. You have this great searching, this great need to find out who you really are."

A Video Worth Watching...

Thanks (mainly) to Stephen Fry, who never fails to demonstrate what "exquisite British humour" means:

British etiquette video at Heathrow

Tourists touching down at Heathrow Airport are being introduced to British etiquette by a video starring comedian Stephen Fry. Tips include cheering when drinking glasses are accidentally smashed in a pub and navigating the awkward "after you" loop. More here http://bit.ly/1PHNBtF

Posted by ITV London on Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Lie, Lie or Lay?

Have you ever doubted whether you are using the correct form of these three verbs?
Just for the sake of reminding... here is the list of forms:

LAY 

(as in "lay an egg" or "lay the table)"

Present	Past	Past participle	Present participle
Lay	Laid	Laid	Laying

LIE

Present	Past	Past participle	Present participle
Lie	Lay	Lain	Lying

LIE

Present	Past	Past participle	Present participle
Lie	Lied	Lied	Lying

Here is a story that might shed some light on the subject...