English Learning

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English Learning

Still if you have not found anything to write on, listen to the tone of your life it is demanding you to plunge yourself in any adventure.

Come on - buck up, folks! Before beginning with writing learn to live as this writing demands the best from you and snatches it out from you. Enjoy the life - see the beauty of it and pen it without any artificiality. Write what you really feel; don’t waste your brain in making it up.

Go on writing even if it is very difficult to keep going. People will mock at you, editors will reject your works. But Keep your pen darting, go ahead. Styling yourself progressive contrast the initial failures with the weapon of optimism and show you have a manly heart.

Words of the day

Outgun: v. To defeat (whether militarily or otherwise). Nazis, due to their excellent weapons were outgunning their opponents. Obama is outgunning McCain in several states.

Perilous: adj. Involving danger or full of danger. Reporting from a war zone is a perilous, yet an enjoyable task.

Ostrich: n. 1. A swift bird which cannot fly, the largest bird etc.. 2. A person who avoids difficult situation by not facing them. Prince Charles appeared an ostrich when he suggested the Brits to have organic food at the time when people are struggling to have Pot Noodle.

Idioms of the day

Verbal diarrhea: Someone who talks a lot. Children often have verbal diarrhea and thus make a sweet company.

Be in a spin: To be very confused an worried. It was joyful to see the girls of my college being in a spin as we were preparing for the picnic.

Be back on the rails (this is British): Restart to make progress. Life is all about bringing yourself back on the rails after every misfortunate stroke.

Combinations of words

Complexities of life: As we grow up, the complexities of life keep on unfolding which make us wiser and life becomes sweeter.

Fiery of temper: John, fiery of temper, went on shattering the blocks of his way into bits till he reached his goal.

Roundabout approach (roundabout = adj. Indirect): Teachers often tell that we shouldn’t have a roundabout approach for studies.

The class is over. Run!