The Rocking Horse Winner
- As the story begins, we are introduced to Hester, a woman who lives with her husband, two daughters, and a son in a nice neighborhood.
- Hester is dissatisfied with motherhood and feels that she needs more money in order to maintain a more luxurious standard of living.
- The children also sense their mother’s desire for more wealth. They can hear the house whispering about money.
- One day, the son, Paul, asks his mother why they don’t have a car of their own like their uncle Oscar.
- The mother explains that
Different Wavelengths: A Tale of Love and Loss
I’m the same vibe, different wavelengths There was a falling Again, I heard you calling my name
Wrist bustdown, shorty got a plain jean You are the match and the flame o2 to the brain
Now we at the crib playing Smash Bros Melee You already know, the way you turn me on
Oh, she got that look got me singing like Bublé You’re so electrical, come on
Call the studio Dojo, baby 我是老师 I come alive, you start me up a 1m times
Austin Powers with the mojo, it’s my birthday And I am terrified that you could
List of Irregular Verbs with Infinitive, Past, and Past Participle Forms
Infinitive Past Past Participle
be was been
bear bore born
beat beat beaten
become became become
begin began begun
bite bit bitten
blow blew blown
break broke broken
bring brought brought
build built built
burn burnt burnt
burst burst burst
buy bought bought
can could
catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
come came come
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
deal dealt dealt
dig dug dug
do did done
draw drew drawn
dream dreamt dreamt
drink drank drunk
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
fall fell fallen
feed fed fed
feel felt fought
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Financial Vocabulary and Passive Voice Practice
Financial Vocabulary
- budget: presupuesto
- cash: dinero en efectivo
- discount: descuento
- expenses: gastos
- fee: tarifa
- note: nota
- old jobs: viejos trabajos
- pocket money: dinero en bolsillo
- profit: ganancia
- queue: cola
- savings account: cuenta de ahorros
- salary: salario
- stuff: cosas
- on the house: en la casa
- pay someone back: devolver dinero
- shop around: dar una vuelta
- short of money: sin dinero
- splash out: salpicar
- afford: poder pagar
- borrow: tomar prestado
- charge: cargar
- lend: prestar
- owe: deberes
- purchase: compra
- rent: renta
- request:
Satirical Comedy in Victorian Theatre
William Wycherley (1641 – 1716): The Country Wife (1675)
Upper-class town rake Horner
- Wants to seduce as many ladies as possible.
- Claims to be impotent
- Opportunity to be alone with married wives.
- Sexual intercourse is assumed to take place
- Repeatedly off stage
- Play is driven by succession of near discoveries of the truth about Horne’s sexual activities
- Saves himself by quick thinking and good luck
- Never becomes a reformed character
- Keeps his secret till the end.
- His competition seems to go on beyond the
Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises for English Learners
Vocabulary
1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.
- Some people think that the wide, flared trousers popular in the 1970s will make a comeback one day.
- The 1950s film star James Dean became iconic after his death in a car crash, aged just 24.
- If I pass tomorrow’s maths exam, it will be a huge accomplishment.
- The gadget was just a fad, however, its popularity lasted just a matter of months.
- The clothes my parents are wearing in photos of them when they were my age look so outdated.
- It