English with Mina

Last week, on my Facebook page , I started a new daily habit that I am sharing with you. The new daily routine is posting one little-known word/expression a day, giving you the sentence where I came across it and its source (books, videos, magazines etc.), and adding the definition by linking to one of the many free online dictionaries. You are invited to practice it straight away by writing a comment on the post which includes the little-known word/expression in it. Keep checking the Facebook page as I am planning to give out some rewards and organize competitions for the most avid vocabulary learners! The words added so far are: ENCOMIUM SOMNOLENT TO ENSCONCE INEFFACEABLE PS. If you want to make sure you don't miss a new blog post or a competition - SUBSCRIBE to my blog!

 OK so it's been a while since the last post...  Yes, I know, spring is the best time to start new things or to do some  spring cleaning  to give old things a  new lease on life ... But who cares?! I have decided to start blogging again on this very cold January afternoon. Now, the choice is yours: wrap up warm and dare to go for a winter walk - or stay indoors with a nice cuppa and chill out while learning some new idioms with the word COLD in them :      break out in a cold sweat Lit.  or  Fig.  to  become   frightened  or  anxious   and   begin  to  sweat.   I  was  so  frightened,  I  broke   out  in a  cold    sweat.   Larry  broke   out  in a  cold   sweat   when  he  cut   his   hand. give someone the cold shoulder To  deliberately   ignore  or  snub   someone.