….my office-mate asked me yesterday. In recent weeks, I have spent a good many hours on the site duolingo.com. Unable to stir for long from my sofa, I took advantage of a University of Tennessee/Peace Corps challenge to use duolingo for free and have been working with four languages–Italian, which I once spoke fluently; … More “So, you have no life?”
ducklings “After” usually means “after in time order” (“I’ll see you after class”), but in phrasal verbs it usually means something like “following” in a certain direction, toward, or chasing. The baby ducks in the picture are following their mother; they are swimming after her. Chasing something: “go after, be after, run after” “Zelda is after Scott … More Chapter 7 – “After” as Toward, Following or Chasing
Here’s Chapter 6 of How We Really Talk: Using Phrasal Verbs in English Chapter 6 “Across” is like a bridge. We cross something so we can get to the other side. Information moves across space from one person to another. If I can make you understand my idea, I can “get it across” to you. Come … More Phrasal Verbs 1/44
I am a Senior Teaching Associate at the English Language Institute of the University of Tennessee. Like all of our instructors, I teach a wide range of courses–Reading, Writing, Grammar, and Listening/Speaking–all year round. My favorite course to teach is probably grammar. I find it challenging to explain to students the odd features of our … More English Language Institute
Em Turner Chitty 