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Test your English: food idioms

Food idioms are much more common than most people seem to think. Here’s a quick test: 1. It was easy to find your house. With the detailed map you gave me, it was a piece of ___. 2. Talking about racism is a real hot ___ for many Americans. 3. You’re telling me you want to …

Second conditional songs

  Here’s a 10-minute video containing eight song excerpts filled with second conditional examples. If you want to use them, just Google the song title + lyrics and have fun. YouTube will have all the original clips, of course. Have fun! Be warned, though, that some of the songs are pretty cringe-inducing, especially Bonnie Tyler’s 1986 …

Strategic competence vs. language acquisition

I have just come back from a 5-day stay in Buenos Aires, which is hands down one of my favorite cities in the world. Despite their not always undeserved reputation for grumpiness, my Portenho friends have always been gracious with my feeble, embarrassing attempts at Spanish.