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Keep your English up to date Hole-in-the-wall Professor David Crystal Hole-in-the-wall is one of those phrases where you get a lot of words hyphenated, if you wrote it down: hole-in-the-wall, being used as a single word, as a noun. 'I'm going to the
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Bling Professor David Crystal Bling, bling it arrived in English in the late 1990s, used to describe diamonds and jewellery and all kinds of showy clothing, accoutrements Well, it became nationally known in the USA when the artist Baby Gangster - Cas
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Bless Professor David Crystal There's quite a range of explanations using 'bless' in English, all originally from the religious use of the word. 'Bless you!' somebody says after a sneeze. 'Ah! Bless my soul!' - a rather older fashioned one. 'Bless yo
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Binge Professor David Crystal Going on 'a binge' has a long linguistic history. It means 'a heavy drinking bout', and goes right back to the 1850s, both as a noun and as a verb you didn't need the word 'drinking', 'binge' meant drinking in those days
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Blog Professor David Crystal In 2001, I wrote a book called, Language and the Internet, and I didnt mention the word blog. Well, this year, I have a second edition out. In it goes, thats how fast the internet moves. Those who blog, bloggers, carry ou
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Cell Professor David Crystal When mobile phone technology came in a few years ago, the term was immediately shortened. Mobile phones became 'mobiles'. 'I've got my mobile.' 'Have you got your mobile on?' But that was in the UK. In the United States,
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Aesop's Fables 1. THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE By Rob John Look at me! said the Hare to the other animals. Just look how fast I can run. The Hare ran across a field as fast as he could. All the animals agreed that yes the Hare was very fast. The Hare ra
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02Aesop's Fables1 The Frogs and the Ox By Tony Payne 'Mum! Mum! Come quickly!' called the little frog, hopping3 and skipping with excitement... 'Come and see the monster!' He called. 'Its got two big spikes4 sticking out of its head and a funny brush
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03Aesop's Fables The Fox and the Crow By Rob John One morning a Fox was walk-ing through the woods looking for something tasty to eat for his breakfast when his nose picked up a scent - a scent of something very interesting. He stood still and sniffe
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04Aesop's Fables The Monkey as King By Sharri McGarry There was a huge competition in the Indian jungle and the prize was 'To be King of the Beasts! ' It was very exciting! To be King of all the Beasts was a grand thing when you were King you got to
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05Aesop's Fables The bundle of sticks By Sharri McGarry Mrs Mckenzie had six strong sons. They were Peter, Paul and Patrick, Philip, Frankie and Fred. The only trouble was they couldnt stop arguing with each other! When Mrs Mckenzie wanted a well dug
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06Aesop's Fables The Gnat and the Lion By Jan Payne Far, far away in a hot land called Africa, lived a Gnat and a Lion. These two creatures were com-plete opposites. One was weak and one was strong. One was huge and one was tiny. One was fierce and o
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07Aesop's Fables The North Wind and the Sun By Kate Stonham It was a fine but very cold winters day as the Sun shone down on the snow-covered earth below. What a beautiful sight, it thought. And look at the little white sails of the ships on the blue
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08Aesop's Fables The Fox and the Grapes By Tony Payne One hot day at the end of summer a fox trotted along the dusty path to a farm, listening out for other creatures and sniffing the air, as foxes do. It was getting late, and after a long day the su
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09Aesop's Fables The Dog, the Cockerel and the Fox By Tracey Hammett Dog lived in the farmyard and it was her job to let everyone know when someone was at the gate. And she did her job very well. Cockerel lived in the farmyard too and it was his job
