What's on my mind? Exactly nothing and that's been bothering me for a long time now. I don't know where I'm going and I don't have any plans for the future. It used to be that I would make ambitious

I'll say goodbye now (I guess it's a nice way to end a more or less formal phone call/conversation). Parliament is where the government sits. In the events of WW2, America saw an influx of millions

In anticipation of upcoming exam retakes, I'm hastily trying to take measures to tackle my immense laziness. I've been meaning to start for a long time and I actually started doing something, but

Though not the most practical, giving directions is probably one of the least trained areas of my English. I'm saying impractical, because what are the chances of running into a foreigner that's in

My teacher would look on this with terrified disbelief. John trained to be an accountant. I hope you don't see this as a waste of training time. She tutors children in German. He tutors his friend's

The late months of summer are usually marked by high temperatures in this part of the world. If we speed up, we might be able to catch up to the car ahead of us. If you hurry up, you might be able to

In the beginning, the movie seemed to be fine, but as we kept on watching, we quickly changed our opinion. The incumbent president was voted out. Australia is an arid continent with deserts covering

It is yet another evening where I lie on my bed, seeking entertainment. Or maybe distraction? I'm not sure anymore, as they've become one and the same to me at this point. I have a lot of assignments

In a frenzy of rage he hit him. Duncan's game-winning shot sent the crowd into a frenzy. The Black Friday sale can be best described as a buying frenzy. I don't mind running in the cold. And then you

I wasn't going to read the news, but at least I'll get up to speed on/with what's going on in the world. Come here, I'll bring you up to speed on what happened while you were away. As an English

When you put a hood on, your field of view gets smaller. Because of his scant attendance this semester, the student had a lot to catch up on. The students wrote (up?) a report on a nasty teacher,

Long vacations are one of the perks of working in this company. A company car and your own office are only some of the perks that come with this job. Being able to touch type for programmers is a

When the Soviets severed all ways to deliver land provisions to the West Berlin, the administration developed a transportation system that relied on air freight, which turned out to be an even more

Today I decided to write down words, phrases and collocations I came across that I find interesting, haven't used before, or simply want to get firmly stuck in my mind to enrich my active vocabulary.

The question posed here lies partly in my introverted nature (and my laziness). I guess I noticed the first indicators of that in the context of language learning a while back. While I'm able to pick

Listening comprehension. I just realised that I have to find native speaker's recordings containing a dialogue or a discussion between two or more people. Muffled, sometimes unclear recording or

I messed up my sleep schedule again. This usually starts with one evening and then turns into a week or so of suffering the consequences when I either can't fall asleep when it's time to or I pass

It feels like the more time passes, the less persevering/persistent I get with work-related stuff (mostly studying). Missing deadlines, cutting corners, putting stuff off/back. Sometimes its easier

As a part-time binge-watcher, I can say that rewatching movies and tv series gets easier each time. You understand more and are able to follow the plot with less effort. However, there still are bits

Today I've had quite a busy day involving English and other things. And I want to share with you my observations regarding that. I've noticed that my English now has a tendency to deteriorate without