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Animal Analogies: Have students determine which animal best completes the sentence.  (Suggested answers follow.)

1.)  A memory like an __________________.

2.)  Sly as a _________________.

3.)  A real ______________ brain.

To understand English as it is spoken in real life, you have to be familiar with idioms. They are used so much in everyday English that it is important to be aware of them. You need to learn what they mean, and how to use them to become an ‘insider’.

    Sixty percent of the English language comes from Latin. In this post of Latin Phrases Common to English, you’ll find many examples of Latin words and the English words derived from them. This is not an exhaustive list but will give you a good feel for the Latin roots of English.

   The list of words would be helpful for you to express your thoughts and feelings clearly, so that other people understand them.

   In this blog post there are very informal, sometimes offensive words which are used especially by people who belong to a particular group, such as young people or criminals etc.  To our mind it is very useful to know the meaning of such kind of words or word-combinations and their using in the Ehglih language to pass your test.