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EDITOR’S INTRO

WHY ARE YOU LEARNING ENGLISH? TO GET A BETTER JOB,

Language Problems

When there’s just no word for it

STORY TIME

Jokes, anecdotes and stories as told by native English speakers

THE NAME GAME

FAMOUS NAMES WITH MEANING

LET’S TALK ABOUT: the bar / nightclub

LEARN SOME USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT... BARS AND NIGHCLUBS

The Computer(part II)

LEARN SOME MORE USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT COMPUTERS. THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF A TWO-PART SERIES

The Computer(part II)

“YOU NEED TO BACK UP YOUR F ILES EVERY DAY

Giving an opinion

THIS MONTH WE’RE LOOKING AT WAYS OF GIVING AN OPINION

The Request

Trying to get what you want

The Future in the Past

THIS MONTH, WE’RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE IN THE PAST

Tour de France

The toughest race in the world

Annoying Things

The things that really annoy us

HOW TO... IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH

Here’s the second part in our series on how to improve your English. Have fun with these ideas

Direction Drama

Trying to get to the place you need to get to

Two and a half Men

America’s hit comedy series

Controversial Celebrities

Charlie Sheen: the “bad boy” of Hollywood

Hell Raiser!

An English aristocrat who was the original controversial celebrity

Ashton Kutcher

Hollywood’s innovator

10 MOVIE QUOTES WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT!

Films can help you learn a language. They can improve

10 MOVIE QUOTES WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT! EXERCISES

Check out our grammar explanation, and then try our Present Perfect exercises to perfect your language skills. This will help you form Present Perfect sentences quickly, easily and fluently

Bee Trouble

Nature’s best friend is having a few problems

Bee trıvıa

Here are some more interesting things about bees

Loan words

This month we’re looking at some more “loan words” – terms or expressions that have been borrowed from other languages

Expensive Gifts

If you love someone, show them how much

Online Affair

Problems with online romances

Pasta with a Tomato Sauce

HERE’S A QUICK AND EASY PASTA DISH TO MAKE, WHICH IS PERFECT FOR AN EVENING MEAL

Asking for Help

Trying to get a bit of assistance

DICTIONARY OF SLANG

EXAMPLES OF HOW TO SAY THINGS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

PHOTO MAGIC

CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING TO WRITE IN THE SPEECH BUBBLES? HAVE A COMPETITION IN CLASS OR AT HOME

Shopping Problems

Returning goods to a shop

DREAM IDIOMS

Here are some more “dream” idioms. This is the second part of a two-part series

Book Time

Same characters, same settings, same storylines – the wonders of the book series

Disastrous Demos

When things don’t go as planned

Money

Here are some more phrasal verbs for you to use. Complete the sentences (1 to 8) with the words from below

THE STREISAND EFFECT

THIS MONTH’S WORD OF THE MONTH IS “THE STREISAND EFFECT”