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Spoken English Day 28

Spoken English Day 28

Date: Mar 28 2011

Topic: Idioms and Slang

Author: andylu2

Lesson

I just had 2 late night cups of coffee.  Now I can't sleep.  I knew that would happen but for some weird reason I did it anyway. Ha.

I thought I might as well be useful and write another lesson. 

I just thought of the phrase, "I could see that from a mile away".

A "mile" is a distance.  Americans use it.  It is about 1.6 Kilometers.  Anyway, the meaning of the phrase is that something was very predicable.  Not surprising at all.  

Here are a couple examples.

I can't believe that Steve is surprised his girlfriend broke up with him.  Everyone else could see it coming from a mile away.

The home prices in the USA dropped a lot.  Many economists could see this problem from a mile away but the government didn't want to listen.

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hjkimm71

hjkimm71

South Korea

It's the cream of the crop of english lessonsCool

04:20 PM Apr 03 2011 |

murad ali

murad ali

Yemen

it is so good—

05:37 AM Apr 02 2011 |

Septebrina

Indonesia

Oh my God.. Thanks for sharing this.. Anyway, is that an idiom??

 

P.S. Well, I just saw that your post'd been tagged in Idioms and slang.. :)) 

10:54 PM Mar 30 2011 |

BittersweeT

Germany

thanks very much

06:08 PM Mar 30 2011 |

shokouh75

shokouh75

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

cool

12:29 PM Mar 30 2011 |

lynn629

lynn629

China

The teaching method of this lesson is by telling ur own story at the very beginning, i think it's a good way. It can make the lesson more easier to be understood.

 

Just my opinion.. thanks andy   I will follow u and ur lesson.. 

09:06 AM Mar 29 2011 |

Jungmi

Jungmi

South Korea

I like your stories.  For me, they are part of the lesson.  It makes the learning more colorful

03:11 AM Mar 29 2011 |

mk-snobar

mk-snobar

Syrian Arab Republic

Thanks,dood… XO

08:10 PM Mar 28 2011 |

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

 not interesting , you are telling us your story , not lesson , be careful

07:59 PM Mar 28 2011 |

Vina Novalina

Indonesia

Thanks for the phrase, well i could see that the nice lessons coming from a mile away:)

07:29 PM Mar 28 2011 |

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