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"Типа" - неопределенный артикль?
'used to' vs. 'to be used to' vs. 'to get used to'
5 o'clock sharp
A cup of joe
Alan Parsons - We Play The Game
Auld Lang Syne
Bless you (draft)
Bowie's Changes
Business English p.3. The most common questions asked at US business interviews.
Business English p.4. Telephone/skype phrases bank.
Business English p.5. Preparing.
Business English p.6. Tricky questions
Business English. Job Interview p.1
Business English. Job Interview p.2
CAE crib sheet
CAE, как показатель владения английским языком
CAE. General
CAE. Progress (vocabulary)
CAE. Впечатления ч.1
CAE. Впечатления ч.2
Coming back
Common Errors in English Usage Collection
compare to vs. compare with
Cooking p.1
Cтоять-Сидеть-Лежать
Dane-Geld by Rudyard Kipling
Darkness Visible
Dimber wapping dell
Do not lean on door
Ducks and drakes
Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy
English folk
Feelings by Kaitlin Robbs
Finnegan's Wake
Gorkogo
GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU by Sam McBratney
Have a bath
Hold fast
Insomniac’s Lullaby
Knocking on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Left Hand Apple Cat
Let's get the party started
Leviathan
Live With Me (flashback)
Marriage vows
Mission complete
My Love
Patty cake
Politeness
Pretty penny
Princess parking only (wordplay, омофоны)
Robin Laing The Soldier Maid
Scarborough Fair
Second language
Sequences
Thank God, it's Friday
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
The cat that walked by himself (poem) by Rudyard Kipling
The Sound of Silence
The Unquiet Grave
The Visit by Regina Spektor
The Walrus and The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
Time
Time
To do
Tom Traubert's Blues by Tom Waits
Tom Waits - Diamonds And Gold
Tools
Ulysses by James Joyce
until vs. till (Sia - Chandelier)
Warning signs (the Underground, Subway)
Waxies’ Dargle
What day is it today?
Why do many English-learners make sentences and phrases more complicated than they need to be?
Why John can be called Jack?
William Bronk
windscreen vs. лобовое стекло
А.Митта Основные принципы драматургии
Артикли (Hill U1)
Артикль в рекламе
Дрейф предлога in -> on
Когнитивный подход
М.Елифёрова. Багира сказала.
Маленькие открытия
Н.Заболоцкий Не позволяй душе лениться
Надо vs. нужно
Национальные языковые корпусы (Ru/Eng)
Огуречниковое, лексическое и грамматическое
Опознание литоты
Перфекты и смысловые комплексы
Пространство Ридмана
Русские предлоги направления/места (в/на/к/у)
Секрет высокой мотивации
Серверы
Тезаврирование
Хвостатые вопросы
Discussing
5 o'clock tea p.3
5 o'clock tea with Denis p.1
5 o'clock tea with Denis p.2
Discussing questions about music. Unit 1. Question 1.
Discussing questions about music. Unit 1. Question 2.
Discussing questions about music. Unit 1. Question 3.
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.1 "Meet The Billionaire". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.1 "Meet The Billionaire". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.1 "Meet The Billionaire". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.2 "Sex, Lies and Altitude". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.2 "Sex, Lies and Altitude". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.2 "Sex, Lies and Altitude". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.3 "Respect". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.3 "Respect". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.3 "Respect". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.4 "Ethics Schmethics". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.4 "Ethics Schmethics". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.5 "Trading Places". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.5 "Trading Places". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.5 "Trading Places". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.6 "Tit For Tat". p.1
IS1. How we reached information overload
IS10. Better Opportunities Abroad
IS11. Magic on the Streets of New York
IS12. $ 201.000 Phone Bill
IS13. Tourists discover Myanmar
IS14. The House
IS15. Holiday Dos and Don'ts
IS16. Halloween Morning
IS17. Hurricane Irene
IS18. App Pays You for Photos
IS19. Top 4 Gadgets for the Family Road Trip
IS2. Bon Jovi's Initiative
IS20. Electric Cars in France
IS21. China Takes Aim at Western Culture
IS22. Teaching through Borders
IS23. Tanning of America
IS3. Tips to Lessen Pain at the Office
IS4. Benefits of Coffee
IS5. The History of YouTube
IS6. Antidepressants
IS7. Better Health for a Better Life
IS8. Unusual game
IS9. Education loans
Ways of saying ‘For this reason…’
Клише для эссе и ответов на вопросы
Idioms&Adages
all (draft)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Break a leg
CAE. A command
CAE. A fool
CAE. Account
CAE. Fire
CAE. Idioms p.1. Learning
CAE. Idioms p.2.
CAE. Idioms p.3
CAE. Idioms p.4
CAE. Idioms p.5
CAE. Idioms p.6
CAE. p.7. Music Idioms
CAE. Stead
Charity begins at home
Communication idioms
Communication idioms. P2.
Digital sayings
Dogs
Dutch
For love or money
Gut
Hair idioms
Heels
Ids
IT\ related\ idioms\ p\.1
Jack
Keep a stiff upper lip (understatement)
No strings attached
Old sport
Oliver Wendell Holmes and his adages
see the light
Similes of the 'like a' type
Skin and bone
Sport idioms. p2.
The eye
The small hours
to bell the cat
To the bone
True Stories Idioms
True Stories Idioms 2.
U3. Personality types
U4. Idioms
U5. Sport Idioms
very like a whale
Walk of shame
Огонь, вода и медные трубы
Так держать!
Listening
H-dropping
Intonation p.1
IS. The Great Railway Bazaar
Linking "R"
Listening. British Council. IELTS. Mock Listening Paper.
Listening. U2. Ex2.
Listening. Unit 1. Ex.1
Listening. Unit 1. Ex.2
Listening. Unit 1. Ex.3
My Wife Jokes
Shakespeare sketch. A Small Rewrite
Silent letters
Task Listening 1. Changing travelers cheques
Task Listening 10. Talking about holiday photographs.
Task Listening 11. Making a drink.
Task Listening 12. Choosing from a menu.
Task Listening 13. Finding a garage.
Task Listening 14. Making enquiries in a department store.
Task Listening 15. Making sense of a television interview.
Task Listening 16. Suggesting birthday presents.
Task listening 17. Using a multi storey car park.
Task listening 18. Visiting the sites
Task listening 19. Hiring a bike
Task Listening 2. Sending mail.
Task listening 20. Asking about leaving abroad.
Task listening 21. Working out how to get downtown
Task Listening 3. Coming through immigration
Task Listening 4. Describing someone.
Task Listening 5. Checking flight departure time
Task Listening 6. Reserving hotel accommodation.
Task Listening 7. Arranging a business meeting.
Task Listening 8. Shopping in an open-air market.
Task Listening 9. Deciding where to eat.
Task Listening Intermediate 1. Catching the right train
Task Listening Intermediate 2. Catching a plane
Task Listening Intermediate 3. Forecasting the weather.
Task Listening Intermediate 4. Sightseeing.
Task Listening Intermediate 5. Finding out the house rules
Task Listening Intermediate 6. Phoning a flat-owner.
Task Listening Intermediate 7. Using a bank account.
Task Listening Intermediate 8. Leaving a message
Task Listening Intermediate 9. Learning how to use a machine.
The Accent Tag
The Cardinal Vowels with Daniel Jones
The Medium is the Message. BBC Radio 4.
TLI 10. Finding the way.
TLI 11. Enquiring about a course
TLI 12. Hiring a car.
TLI 13. Finding out who is who.
TLI 14. Fixing an appointment
TLI 15. Making enquiries at a travel agency.
TLI 16. Shopping.
TLI 17. Moving in
TLI 18. Phoning a garage
TLI 19. Flat hunting
TLI 20. Talking about television
TLI 21. Finding out what's on
TLI 22. Guessing what they're talking about
TLI23. Following instructions
TLI24. Parking in London
TLI25. Doing puzzles
TLI26. Spotting the culprits
UNIT 2, Listening 2: multiple choice (Part 3), Exercise 2
UNIT 4 page 45. Exam focus Paper 4 Listening
UNIT 5 Indoor climbing
Аллофоны. Дифтонгоиды
Аллофоны. Крaткий гласный звук под ударением.
Pronunciation
ABC
Accents Collector
British English: syllable dropping
Pronunciation URLs collector
V vs. F
W vs. V + linking /w/ + dark /l/ + stress & intonation.
Reading
Another Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
Another Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
Another Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.3
Anytime Stories by Donald Bisset
Crocodile Preston's island adventure. P1.
From "My Autobiography", by Charles Chaplin
From Tea-table Talk by Jerome K. Jerome (литота)
GIR. U1. Live with Lightning
GIR. U2. Additional texts
GIR. U2. Tales of the Five Towns
GIR. U3. Additional texts p.1
GIR. U3. Additional texts p.2
GIR. U3. Additional texts p.3
GIR. U3. Tales of the Five Towns
GIR. U4. Additional texts p.1
GIR. U4. Additional texts p.2
GIR. U4. Liberty Hall by Ring Lardner. p.1
GIR. U4. Liberty Hall by Ring Lardner. p.2
GIR. U5. Additional texts
GIR. U5. The Song Of The Wage-Slave
GIR. U6. Additional texts
GIR. U6. The Iron Heel
GIR. Units 2 and 3. Tales of the Five Towns Orig
Give me my gold
Hill 1. A funny man.
Hill 10. The flood.
Hill 11. Little Harry.
Hill 12. Harold Scott (или типичный пример эффекта Кулешова)
Hill 13. Dick's Trip to New York
Hill 14. Miss Miller
Hill 2. The Two friends
Hill 2. The two friends - 2
Hill 3. Alan's shop.
Hill 4. A happy grandfather.
Hill 5. Joe
Hill 6. Lynn
Hill 9. Hungarian Kangaroos
Hill7. Mrs Young
Hill8. Little Billy
L.A.Hill 2. U1.
L.A.Hill 2. U2. Sally
L.A.Hill 2. U3. Pony
L.A.Hill 2. U4. Mr Holland is getting thinner
Legal English. p1.
Next Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
Next Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
Reading. U1. The Power of File Sharing
Reading. Unit 1. Send in the Clones
Reuben Lucius Goldberg. Art For Heart's Sake.
Some Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
Some Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 1.BETA 4297
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 2. The New Adventurer
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 3. Who is ALPHA 3461?
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 4. Problems in the Freezer Room.
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 5. An Educational Program.
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 6 An Accident In The Garden.
The Amputated Hand. P1.
The Canterville Ghost
The Gift of the Magi
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.1
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.2
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.3
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.4
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.3
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.4
U4. Murphy’s Law
Wee Horrors
William Hauff
William Sansom. Difficulty with a Bouquet
Speaking
a desert vs. to desert (pronounce)
CAE. Speaking p.2
CAE. Speaking P2 phrases
CAE. Speaking P3 phrases
CAE. Speaking part examples
I say
IS. The most important thing
Making suggestions
Speaking. U1. Q1
Speaking. U1. Q2
Speaking. U1. Q3
Speaking. U1. Q4
Speaking. U1. Q5. Busking
Speaking. U1. Q6. Playing a musical instrument
Speaking. U1. Q7. A career in music
Speaking. U2. Q1-3. Consumerism
U2. Q11-14. Advertising
U2. Q4-5. Charity
U2. Q6-8. An online auction
U2. Q9-10. Buying goods
U3. Look at the photos
U3. Q1-3. Smiling and other non-verbal forms of communication
U3. Q10-13. Apology
U3. Q4-6. A name of yours
U3. Q7-9. Saying sorry
U4. Discuss the pictures.
U4. Murphy's Law
U4. Popular science
U4. Questions
U4. What would you do?
U5. Discussing pictures
U5. Q-ns
Ways of Expressing Disagreement
Translating
Объем значения слова (семантическая структура)
Уровни и типы эквивалентности В.Н. Комиссарова
Use of English
"A lot cheaper" or "much more cheaper"
"A lot of information" or " Lots of information"
(a) stake vs. the stake (draft)
(In)transitive verbs
3D: down below
A matter of ...
Animals Poems For Children
any more vs. any longer vs. no more vs. no longer vs. больше (не) (draft)
Ar.3 Многокомпонентные препозитивные определения (draft)
arrive at vs. arrive in/on (vs. arrive by)
at vs. the others
away (draft)
beside vs. next to
better vs. лучше vs. best vs. лучше всего
CAE. Comparative structures
CAE. Conditionals p.2. Will vs. would
CAE. Conditionals p.3. Additions to mixed ones
CAE. It's time (Subjunctive mood)
CAE. Modal verbs p.16
CAE. Phrasal verbs p.1
CAE. Purpose, reason and result
CAE. Would vs. used to
Can vs. could vs. to be able to (ability, possibility) (Modal verbs p.1)
can't help + Gerund/(but) Infinitive (Speech patterns)
Causative voice (have something done) (Speech patterns)
Certain, probable or possible (Modal verbs p.6)
Cleft sentences (Speech patterns) (draft)
Complex Subject (Speech patterns)
Conditional/Time Clauses
Determinatives: pronouns vs. articles
Did you hear? vs. Have you heard?
due
Early YN modal verbs' tables (Modal verbs p.0)
from vs. (to / with / in)
Full vs. Bare infinitive (to make, have, help and etc.)
Future expression: other ways to talk about the future
Future Expression: shall vs. will
Future Expression: will vs. to be going to (+present tenses)
Gender
Gerund vs. infinitive
GIR. U2. Tales of the Five Towns Commentary
GIR. U3. Tales of the Five Towns Commentary
GIR. U4. Commentary p.1
GIR. U4. Commentary p.2
GIR. U5. Commentary
GIR. U6. Commentary
Grammar. Unit 1. Overview.
Hardly had she sat down when ... (эмфатическая инверсия) (Speech patterns)
Have been to vs. in
have vs. have got vs. having
Hill 12. Prepositions + Perfect (конативная функция)
Hill 13. Prepositions
Hill 14. Prepositions + phrasals
Hill 3. Alan's shop. Determinatives
Hill 4. A happy grandfather. Determinatives.
Hill 5. Joe. Must/have got to/have to/need to/be to (Modal verbs p.3)
Hill 6. Lynn. Modals + prefects.
Hill 6. Prepositions
Hill 9 and 10. Perfects
Hill7. Mrs.Young. Lexic and Modals (+ speech patterns).
Hill8. Little Billy. Articles, phase verbs and Pr.Perfect.
How/What exclamatory structures (Speech patterns)
I feel like + gerund (Speech patterns)
in a circle vs. in the circle vs. on the circle
in vs. inside vs. into
in vs. into vs. to (vs. on/onto/at) - статизм vs. динамизм (предлоги места и направления)
in vs. on (коллектор)
Indirect questions: if vs. whether (draft)
Infinitive vs. Gerund (draft)
Inversion (draft)
IS. (Non-)gradable adjectives
IS. Can, could, may. (Modal verbs p.4)
IS. Checks (Modal verbs p.15)
IS. Conditionals
IS. Conditionals p.2. Mixed ones
IS. Future Tenses
IS. Mix tenses
IS. Must vs. can/may/might. (Modal verbs p.5)
IS. Passive Voice P5. Personal and Impersonal Structures
IS. Passive voice. P1.
IS. Passive voice. P2.
IS. Passive voice. P3.
IS. Passive voice. P4.
IS. Past Continuous vs. Past Perfect
IS. Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
IS. Past Simple vs. Past Perfect
IS. Past Simple vs. Present Perfect
IS. Prepositions of Time Practice
IS. Present Continuous vs. Present Perfect Continuous.
IS. Present Indefinite vs. the Present Perfect. (Adverbial clauses of time vs. Conditionals)
IS. Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous
IS. Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
IS. Present Tenses in comparison
IS. Progress test on Passive voice.
IS. Semi-modals (Modal verbs p.14)
IS. Shall vs. will (Modal verbs p.11)
IS. Should and ought to (Modal verbs p.9)
IS. To be to (Modal verbs p.8)
IS. To have to (Modal verbs p.7)
IS. To wish
IS. Would vs. should (Modal verbs p.13)
It + be + Adj + for + Obj + Inf (Speech patterns)
It's been a long time (draft)
just + Past Simple/Present Perfect
knock on the door vs. knock at the door
L.A.Hill 2. U1. Determiners & pronouns. My vs. of mine. Маркеры коннотации.
L.A.Hill 2. U2. Grammar
L.A.Hill 2. U3. Prepositions
L.A.Hill 2. U4 Autopsy Report
may/might and well
Modals. p.1. Must/have to/need to/be to.
Must/have to/need (Modal verbs p.2)
no vs. not (отрицание)
not really ... but ... too ... for (Speech patterns)
Numbers
of vs. about vs. for vs. with
of vs. for
of vs. from
on vs. off
out
part of vs. a part of (к вопросу о партитивности)
Past Perfect + After vs. Before
Perfect Infinitive (draft)
Perfect Infinitive (verbals)
Phrasal verbs (Space Affair by Peter Viney)
Phrasal Verbs Intro
play the piano vs. play football
Prepositions of time: in vs. on vs. at vs. by
Present/Past Perfect vs. Simple (collector)
Progressive vs. Simple/Perfect (collector)
quite - совсем vs. в некоторой степени / довольно (draft)
round vs. around
Sequence of Tenses - Indirect Speech. Model 1.
Sequence of Tenses - Indirect Speech. Model 2.
Sequence of Tenses - Indirect Speech. Model 3.
shall vs. will (Modal verbs p.12)
should vs. ought to (Modal verbs p.10)
Stative Verbs
Subjunctive Mood Structures (1)
Tenses difference
The shop was open vs. opened (тип высказывания и фактуальность)
till vs. until
Time and place in indirect speech
to eat vs. to eat of
to look + N (phrasals)
to vs. for
to vs. towards
transitivity (переходность)
U3. Modals
U3. Rephrasing
up vs. down
up vs. out
up vs. over
verb + on
verb+up vs. verb
went up vs. come back vs. вернуться
What does the Santa say?
Wish + Object Clause (Speech patterns)
with vs. by
YN. Conditionals
YN. Conditionals p.2
YN. Determiners in context
YN. Determiners in context p.2
Артикли vs. местоимения
Артикуляция 2016
Атрибутивные группы
Выбор детерминатива (+ it)
Десемантизированные глаголы. To get
Десемантизированные глаголы. To go
Курение в разрезе английских видовременных форм глагола (Past and Present)
Модальность и Детерминативность (A Gift for My Daughter by Harry Browne)
Неопределенный артикль (партитивность) vs. множественное число
Нулевой артикль с однородными членами (стяжение)
Особенности использования артиклей с именами собственными
Предлоги (коллектор)
Предлоги и эмоции
Предложные наречия (к вопросу о фразовых глаголах)
Рамочные конструкции с предлогом (draft)
Речевые модели на физические состояния/ощущения (It was dark/cold/and etc.)
Собачье сердце, Бриллиантовая рука и др.
Сумма по артиклям
Функции артиклей (the) (draft)
Vocabulary
(ad)vantage, (al)mighty (draft)
a bus stop vs. a bus station
actual vs. current vs. present vs. настоящий/текущий (draft)
admit vs. acknowledge vs. recognize vs. concede vs. confess vs. признать/согласиться
afraid vs. frightened vs. scared vs. terrified vs. alarmed vs. paranoid (draft)
aim vs. goal vs. target vs. purpose vs. objective
altogether vs. all together (паронимы)
any longer vs. no longer (draft)
Ar.1
Ar.2 Adjectives (direct vs. indirect meanings)
as far as vs. as long as (vs. as soon as)
awful vs. terrible vs. frightful vs. horrible vs. dreadful vs. ужасный (draft)
back vs. behind
bank (омонимы)
begin vs. start vs. commence
besides vs. except vs. кроме
between vs. among (draft)
big vs. large and huge vs. vast
body (main part)
border vs. boundary vs. frontier vs. граница/предел
break vs. brake (паронимы, омофоны)
broken vs. chipped vs. cracked
CAE. A profile
CAE. Adjectives. p.1. Describing
CAE. Possibility
CAE. Postpositive adjectives
CAE. Synonyms
CAE. Word building p.1
Cambridge (draft)
clean vs. fresh vs. свежий
clean wash rinse cleanse dry-clean vs. чистить/мыть
clever vs. intelligent vs. silly vs. stupid
client vs. customer vs. consumer
close vs. shut
Clothes & Footwear
cold vs. chill (draft)
collect vs. gather vs pick vs. собирать
Colours
complexion vs. completion (паронимы)
concur vs. conquer (паронимы)
considered vs. regarded vs. deemed
constraint vs. restraint
contribute vs. supply vs. give vs. provide vs. furnish (draft)
convince vs. persuade vs. убеждать
currant vs. current (омофоны)
day vs. night (объективизация времени)
dear vs. expensive
deceive vs. cheat vs. trick обмануть
decide vs. solve vs. решить
delay vs. postpone vs. defer vs. отложить
dwell vs. live vs. stay
each vs. every (draft)
easy vs. easily (adverbs)
easy vs. light vs. легкий
easy vs. simple vs. простой/легкий
edge vs. rim vs. border vs. frame (draft)
effective vs. efficient (draft)
electric vs. electrical (-al suffix)
error vs. mistake vs. fault vs. ошибка
every day vs. everyday (паронимы)
everyone vs. every one (draft)
exercise vs. class vs. lesson vs. study vs. занятие (draft)
finally vs. at last vs. lastly vs. in the end vs. в конце (концов)
fine vs. nice vs. good (vs. well) + эмоционально-усилительные структуры с and
flood vs. deluge (draft)
flour vs. flower (омофоны)
fly vs. soar vs. hover vs. лететь (draft)
For food and diet (food vs. diet vs. meal vs. пища/еда)
froth vs. foam vs. пена (draft)
funny, odd, strange, weird (and etc) vs. странный
Game vs. play
garbage vs. junk vs. rubbish vs. litter vs. trash vs. мусор/отбросы/хлам
geek vs. nerd vs. dork vs. dweeb
give vs. make vs. do (CAE. Collocations)
glad vs. happy vs. pleased vs. delighted vs. proud vs. relieved vs. thrilled
Gotcha!
happy vs. merry vs. jolly vs. gay (draft)
hard vs. heavy vs. difficult
hate vs. detest vs. loathe (draft)
high vs. tall
in line vs. in file
indeed vs. actually vs. really
ingot vs. bar vs. bullion vs. слиток
interpreter vs. translator vs. переводчик
isolate vs. insulate vs. изолировать
journey vs. voyage vs. trip vs. travel vs. tour vs. trek
keep vs. save vs. preserve vs. (со)хранить
kernel vs. core vs. суть/ядро/ядерный
like vs. as
literary vs. literally (паронимы)
lunch vs. launch (паронимы)
magician vs. sorcerer vs. wizard vs. волшебник/колдун/маг
major vs. mayor (паронимы)
maybe vs. may be (паронимы) (draft)
mere vs. simple vs. plain vs. простой
Miss vs. Mrs vs. Ms
Moral vs. morale (паронимы)
mortar vs. martyr (паронимы)
need vs. knead (омофоны) (draft)
noise vs. sound
nought vs. null vs. zero vs. нуль (draft)
nuance vs. nuisance (паронимы)
Old (эмоционально-усилительное)
once vs. one day vs. once upon a time vs. on the day (объективизация времени)
pace vs. step vs. шаг (draft)
pain vs. ache vs. hurt vs. боль
paint vs. colour (draft)
partly vs. partially (draft)
peak vs. summit vs. вершина (draft)
people vs. persons
perhaps vs. maybe vs. possibly vs. probably vs. может быть
pie vs. tart vs. cake vs. flan vs. quiche
pig vs. swine vs. pork
pile vs. bulk vs. heap vs. stack vs. груда/куча/штабель (draft)
pipe vs. tube vs. chimney vs. trumpet vs. funnel vs. труба (draft)
planning vs. plotting (draft)
player vs. gamer
pleasant vs. pleasing vs. pleased
pledge vs. promise vs. solemn (draft)
present vs. gift vs. подарок (draft)
price vs. cost vs. value vs. worth vs. цена/стоимость/ценность
priceless/invaluable vs. valueless/worthless vs. бесценный
problem vs. issue vs. проблема
product vs. goods vs. commodity vs. merchandise vs. produce
program vs. programme (draft)
pure vs. clean vs. clear
raise vs. lift vs. поднять
recipe vs. receipt (паронимы)
recommend vs. advise vs. advocate vs. urge
ribbon vs. tape vs. лента
rich vs. wealthy vs. богатый
rocket vs. missile vs. launch vehicle
save vs. rescue vs. спасать (draft)
scene vs. stage
search vs. seek vs. look for vs. get (draft)
sexy vs. hot / beautiful vs. handsome vs. the others
shore, shoreline, beach, coast, coastline, seaside, seashore and (river)bank
single vs. only vs. единственный (adj.)
sledge vs. toboggan (draft)
smack vs. spank vs. bang vs. crash vs. hit vs. beat (draft)
small vs. little
snake vs. serpent vs. змея
solitary vs. alone vs. lone vs. lonely (draft)
solution vs. resolution (draft)
sore vs. soar vs. sour (homonyms)
spade vs. shovel vs. лопата
speak vs. talk vs. say vs. tell
staff vs. stuff (паронимы)
statement vs. claim vs. belief (draft)
stay vs. remain
step vs. pace vs. move vs. шаг (draft)
stop vs. finish vs. end vs. cease vs. terminate
study vs. learn (teach vs. educate) (draft)
suffer vs. suffer from (draft)
suggest vs. propose vs. offer vs. предлагать
suit vs. suite (паронимы)
surprise vs. astonish vs. amaze
swamp vs. marsh vs. bog
take vs. bring vs. брать
terrible vs. terrific (draft)
things vs. stuff vs. property vs. possessions vs. junk vs. belongings vs. goods vs. valuables
thorn vs. prickle vs. spike vs. barb vs. шип/колючка (draft)
time (объективизация времени)
to be sick vs. to be ill vs. to have a desease (draft)
to beat vs. pound vs. lash vs. hammer (draft)
to delve vs. to dig vs. копать
to get/become free vs. to be free/released vs. to escape vs. освободиться
to kill vs. slay vs. murder vs. assassinate vs. slaughter vs. убивать (draft)
to like vs. to love
to rise vs. to raise vs. to rouse (поднять(ся), поднимать) (draft)
to strangle vs. to suffocate vs. to smother (за)душить
to swamp vs. inundate vs. engulf (draft)
too vs. either (vs. others)
tortuous vs. tortoise (паронимы)
trunk (draft)
Vocabulary Topics
vocals
voice
Volume
wake (up) vs. awake
warranty vs. guarantee vs. assurance vs. гарантия (draft)
way vs. road vs. journey
Weather Vocabulary
What is the English for groups of animals?
wish vs. want vs. would like
wonder vs. prodigy vs. чудо (draft)
worried vs. concerned vs. nervous vs. anxious vs. uneasy (draft)
wrestle vs. struggle vs. fight vs. grapple vs. battle (draft)
yearn vs. earn (паронимы)
Глаголы мыслительной деятельности
Наречия степени vs. наречия образа действия
Омографы (draft)
Перемещение
Правильные и неправильные глаголы
Смех у елочки (draft)
Шумы по-английски
место vs. site vs. place vs. room vs. space vs. spot
Writing
A letter of complaint structure. Linking phrases.
Article. Living in the dark.
Article. Which way to assess?
Article: Your favourite sport
as far as I'm concerned
Business English. p.7. Cover letters
CAE. Essay p.1
CAE. Essay p.10
CAE. Essay p.11
CAE. Essay p.2
CAE. Essay p.3
CAE. Essay p.4
CAE. Essay p.5
CAE. Essay p.6
CAE. Essay p.7
CAE. Essay p.8
CAE. Essay p.9
CAE. Letter p.1
CAE. Letter p.2
CAE. Linking elements
CAE. Linking elements p.2
CAE. Proposal p.1
CAE. Proposal p.2
CAE. Proposal p.3
CAE. Proposal p.4
CAE. Proposal p.5
CAE. Proposal p.6
CAE. Report p.1
CAE. Report p.2
CAE. Report p.3
CAE. Report p.4
CAE. Report p.5
CAE. Report p.6
CAE. Report p.7
CAE. Report p.8
CAE. Review p.1
Essay Tips
IS. Essay p.1
IS. Essay p.2. Machine translation.
IS. Essay p.3. Advertising
IS. Essay p.4. Reading
IS. Essay p.5. Improving mind
IS. Essay p.6. Women in the army?
IS. Essay p.7. No Country For Old Men?
IS. Essay p.8. Nothing is certain but death and taxes
IS. Essay p.9. Smell of freedom
IS. Essay Tips. Formal vs. Informal style
Letter: Summer Camp job application
Punctuation
Punctuation Challenge: Using Commas Before “So”
The Old England
True Stories 1
True Stories 2
True Stories 3
True Stories 4.
True Story 10. Election Day.
True Story 11. The best doctor
True Story 12. The Bottle
True Story 13. Joe The Lucky
True Story 14. Whose Money Is It?
True Story 15. The silver porsche
True Story 16. An easy job.
True Story 17. The pet rabbit.
True Story 18. The Birthday Present
True Story 19. The Fire
True Story 20. Nothing's changed
True Story 5. Grandfather Hada's Favorite Soup
True Story 6. Handsome again?
True Story 7. A Super Soaker and a Super Kid
True Story 8. The Flying Lesson
True Story 9. Hawaiian Vacation.
U3. Information sheet
U4. An article
U5. A reference.
WE. (Article). Emails or letters: what do you prefer?
WE. A story of a famous person
WE. Describe a person
Writing. U1. Ex.6.
Writing. U2. Ex.4. An informal letter
Фразы для оформления каркаса эссе.
About Me
MyEnglishness
MyEnglishness Home
Blog
"Типа" - неопределенный артикль?
'used to' vs. 'to be used to' vs. 'to get used to'
5 o'clock sharp
A cup of joe
Alan Parsons - We Play The Game
Auld Lang Syne
Bless you (draft)
Bowie's Changes
Business English p.3. The most common questions asked at US business interviews.
Business English p.4. Telephone/skype phrases bank.
Business English p.5. Preparing.
Business English p.6. Tricky questions
Business English. Job Interview p.1
Business English. Job Interview p.2
CAE crib sheet
CAE, как показатель владения английским языком
CAE. General
CAE. Progress (vocabulary)
CAE. Впечатления ч.1
CAE. Впечатления ч.2
Coming back
Common Errors in English Usage Collection
compare to vs. compare with
Cooking p.1
Cтоять-Сидеть-Лежать
Dane-Geld by Rudyard Kipling
Darkness Visible
Dimber wapping dell
Do not lean on door
Ducks and drakes
Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy
English folk
Feelings by Kaitlin Robbs
Finnegan's Wake
Gorkogo
GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU by Sam McBratney
Have a bath
Hold fast
Insomniac’s Lullaby
Knocking on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Left Hand Apple Cat
Let's get the party started
Leviathan
Live With Me (flashback)
Marriage vows
Mission complete
My Love
Patty cake
Politeness
Pretty penny
Princess parking only (wordplay, омофоны)
Robin Laing The Soldier Maid
Scarborough Fair
Second language
Sequences
Thank God, it's Friday
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
The cat that walked by himself (poem) by Rudyard Kipling
The Sound of Silence
The Unquiet Grave
The Visit by Regina Spektor
The Walrus and The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
Time
Time
To do
Tom Traubert's Blues by Tom Waits
Tom Waits - Diamonds And Gold
Tools
Ulysses by James Joyce
until vs. till (Sia - Chandelier)
Warning signs (the Underground, Subway)
Waxies’ Dargle
What day is it today?
Why do many English-learners make sentences and phrases more complicated than they need to be?
Why John can be called Jack?
William Bronk
windscreen vs. лобовое стекло
А.Митта Основные принципы драматургии
Артикли (Hill U1)
Артикль в рекламе
Дрейф предлога in -> on
Когнитивный подход
М.Елифёрова. Багира сказала.
Маленькие открытия
Н.Заболоцкий Не позволяй душе лениться
Надо vs. нужно
Национальные языковые корпусы (Ru/Eng)
Огуречниковое, лексическое и грамматическое
Опознание литоты
Перфекты и смысловые комплексы
Пространство Ридмана
Русские предлоги направления/места (в/на/к/у)
Секрет высокой мотивации
Серверы
Тезаврирование
Хвостатые вопросы
Discussing
5 o'clock tea p.3
5 o'clock tea with Denis p.1
5 o'clock tea with Denis p.2
Discussing questions about music. Unit 1. Question 1.
Discussing questions about music. Unit 1. Question 2.
Discussing questions about music. Unit 1. Question 3.
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.1 "Meet The Billionaire". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.1 "Meet The Billionaire". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.1 "Meet The Billionaire". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.2 "Sex, Lies and Altitude". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.2 "Sex, Lies and Altitude". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.2 "Sex, Lies and Altitude". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.3 "Respect". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.3 "Respect". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.3 "Respect". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.4 "Ethics Schmethics". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.4 "Ethics Schmethics". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.5 "Trading Places". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.5 "Trading Places". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.5 "Trading Places". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.6 "Tit For Tat". p.1
IS1. How we reached information overload
IS10. Better Opportunities Abroad
IS11. Magic on the Streets of New York
IS12. $ 201.000 Phone Bill
IS13. Tourists discover Myanmar
IS14. The House
IS15. Holiday Dos and Don'ts
IS16. Halloween Morning
IS17. Hurricane Irene
IS18. App Pays You for Photos
IS19. Top 4 Gadgets for the Family Road Trip
IS2. Bon Jovi's Initiative
IS20. Electric Cars in France
IS21. China Takes Aim at Western Culture
IS22. Teaching through Borders
IS23. Tanning of America
IS3. Tips to Lessen Pain at the Office
IS4. Benefits of Coffee
IS5. The History of YouTube
IS6. Antidepressants
IS7. Better Health for a Better Life
IS8. Unusual game
IS9. Education loans
Ways of saying ‘For this reason…’
Клише для эссе и ответов на вопросы
Idioms&Adages
all (draft)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Break a leg
CAE. A command
CAE. A fool
CAE. Account
CAE. Fire
CAE. Idioms p.1. Learning
CAE. Idioms p.2.
CAE. Idioms p.3
CAE. Idioms p.4
CAE. Idioms p.5
CAE. Idioms p.6
CAE. p.7. Music Idioms
CAE. Stead
Charity begins at home
Communication idioms
Communication idioms. P2.
Digital sayings
Dogs
Dutch
For love or money
Gut
Hair idioms
Heels
Ids
IT\ related\ idioms\ p\.1
Jack
Keep a stiff upper lip (understatement)
No strings attached
Old sport
Oliver Wendell Holmes and his adages
see the light
Similes of the 'like a' type
Skin and bone
Sport idioms. p2.
The eye
The small hours
to bell the cat
To the bone
True Stories Idioms
True Stories Idioms 2.
U3. Personality types
U4. Idioms
U5. Sport Idioms
very like a whale
Walk of shame
Огонь, вода и медные трубы
Так держать!
Listening
H-dropping
Intonation p.1
IS. The Great Railway Bazaar
Linking "R"
Listening. British Council. IELTS. Mock Listening Paper.
Listening. U2. Ex2.
Listening. Unit 1. Ex.1
Listening. Unit 1. Ex.2
Listening. Unit 1. Ex.3
My Wife Jokes
Shakespeare sketch. A Small Rewrite
Silent letters
Task Listening 1. Changing travelers cheques
Task Listening 10. Talking about holiday photographs.
Task Listening 11. Making a drink.
Task Listening 12. Choosing from a menu.
Task Listening 13. Finding a garage.
Task Listening 14. Making enquiries in a department store.
Task Listening 15. Making sense of a television interview.
Task Listening 16. Suggesting birthday presents.
Task listening 17. Using a multi storey car park.
Task listening 18. Visiting the sites
Task listening 19. Hiring a bike
Task Listening 2. Sending mail.
Task listening 20. Asking about leaving abroad.
Task listening 21. Working out how to get downtown
Task Listening 3. Coming through immigration
Task Listening 4. Describing someone.
Task Listening 5. Checking flight departure time
Task Listening 6. Reserving hotel accommodation.
Task Listening 7. Arranging a business meeting.
Task Listening 8. Shopping in an open-air market.
Task Listening 9. Deciding where to eat.
Task Listening Intermediate 1. Catching the right train
Task Listening Intermediate 2. Catching a plane
Task Listening Intermediate 3. Forecasting the weather.
Task Listening Intermediate 4. Sightseeing.
Task Listening Intermediate 5. Finding out the house rules
Task Listening Intermediate 6. Phoning a flat-owner.
Task Listening Intermediate 7. Using a bank account.
Task Listening Intermediate 8. Leaving a message
Task Listening Intermediate 9. Learning how to use a machine.
The Accent Tag
The Cardinal Vowels with Daniel Jones
The Medium is the Message. BBC Radio 4.
TLI 10. Finding the way.
TLI 11. Enquiring about a course
TLI 12. Hiring a car.
TLI 13. Finding out who is who.
TLI 14. Fixing an appointment
TLI 15. Making enquiries at a travel agency.
TLI 16. Shopping.
TLI 17. Moving in
TLI 18. Phoning a garage
TLI 19. Flat hunting
TLI 20. Talking about television
TLI 21. Finding out what's on
TLI 22. Guessing what they're talking about
TLI23. Following instructions
TLI24. Parking in London
TLI25. Doing puzzles
TLI26. Spotting the culprits
UNIT 2, Listening 2: multiple choice (Part 3), Exercise 2
UNIT 4 page 45. Exam focus Paper 4 Listening
UNIT 5 Indoor climbing
Аллофоны. Дифтонгоиды
Аллофоны. Крaткий гласный звук под ударением.
Pronunciation
ABC
Accents Collector
British English: syllable dropping
Pronunciation URLs collector
V vs. F
W vs. V + linking /w/ + dark /l/ + stress & intonation.
Reading
Another Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
Another Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
Another Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.3
Anytime Stories by Donald Bisset
Crocodile Preston's island adventure. P1.
From "My Autobiography", by Charles Chaplin
From Tea-table Talk by Jerome K. Jerome (литота)
GIR. U1. Live with Lightning
GIR. U2. Additional texts
GIR. U2. Tales of the Five Towns
GIR. U3. Additional texts p.1
GIR. U3. Additional texts p.2
GIR. U3. Additional texts p.3
GIR. U3. Tales of the Five Towns
GIR. U4. Additional texts p.1
GIR. U4. Additional texts p.2
GIR. U4. Liberty Hall by Ring Lardner. p.1
GIR. U4. Liberty Hall by Ring Lardner. p.2
GIR. U5. Additional texts
GIR. U5. The Song Of The Wage-Slave
GIR. U6. Additional texts
GIR. U6. The Iron Heel
GIR. Units 2 and 3. Tales of the Five Towns Orig
Give me my gold
Hill 1. A funny man.
Hill 10. The flood.
Hill 11. Little Harry.
Hill 12. Harold Scott (или типичный пример эффекта Кулешова)
Hill 13. Dick's Trip to New York
Hill 14. Miss Miller
Hill 2. The Two friends
Hill 2. The two friends - 2
Hill 3. Alan's shop.
Hill 4. A happy grandfather.
Hill 5. Joe
Hill 6. Lynn
Hill 9. Hungarian Kangaroos
Hill7. Mrs Young
Hill8. Little Billy
L.A.Hill 2. U1.
L.A.Hill 2. U2. Sally
L.A.Hill 2. U3. Pony
L.A.Hill 2. U4. Mr Holland is getting thinner
Legal English. p1.
Next Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
Next Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
Reading. U1. The Power of File Sharing
Reading. Unit 1. Send in the Clones
Reuben Lucius Goldberg. Art For Heart's Sake.
Some Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
Some Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 1.BETA 4297
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 2. The New Adventurer
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 3. Who is ALPHA 3461?
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 4. Problems in the Freezer Room.
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 5. An Educational Program.
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 6 An Accident In The Garden.
The Amputated Hand. P1.
The Canterville Ghost
The Gift of the Magi
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.1
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.2
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.3
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.4
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.3
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.4
U4. Murphy’s Law
Wee Horrors
William Hauff
William Sansom. Difficulty with a Bouquet
Speaking
a desert vs. to desert (pronounce)
CAE. Speaking p.2
CAE. Speaking P2 phrases
CAE. Speaking P3 phrases
CAE. Speaking part examples
I say
IS. The most important thing
Making suggestions
Speaking. U1. Q1
Speaking. U1. Q2
Speaking. U1. Q3
Speaking. U1. Q4
Speaking. U1. Q5. Busking
Speaking. U1. Q6. Playing a musical instrument
Speaking. U1. Q7. A career in music
Speaking. U2. Q1-3. Consumerism
U2. Q11-14. Advertising
U2. Q4-5. Charity
U2. Q6-8. An online auction
U2. Q9-10. Buying goods
U3. Look at the photos
U3. Q1-3. Smiling and other non-verbal forms of communication
U3. Q10-13. Apology
U3. Q4-6. A name of yours
U3. Q7-9. Saying sorry
U4. Discuss the pictures.
U4. Murphy's Law
U4. Popular science
U4. Questions
U4. What would you do?
U5. Discussing pictures
U5. Q-ns
Ways of Expressing Disagreement
Translating
Объем значения слова (семантическая структура)
Уровни и типы эквивалентности В.Н. Комиссарова
Use of English
"A lot cheaper" or "much more cheaper"
"A lot of information" or " Lots of information"
(a) stake vs. the stake (draft)
(In)transitive verbs
3D: down below
A matter of ...
Animals Poems For Children
any more vs. any longer vs. no more vs. no longer vs. больше (не) (draft)
Ar.3 Многокомпонентные препозитивные определения (draft)
arrive at vs. arrive in/on (vs. arrive by)
at vs. the others
away (draft)
beside vs. next to
better vs. лучше vs. best vs. лучше всего
CAE. Comparative structures
CAE. Conditionals p.2. Will vs. would
CAE. Conditionals p.3. Additions to mixed ones
CAE. It's time (Subjunctive mood)
CAE. Modal verbs p.16
CAE. Phrasal verbs p.1
CAE. Purpose, reason and result
CAE. Would vs. used to
Can vs. could vs. to be able to (ability, possibility) (Modal verbs p.1)
can't help + Gerund/(but) Infinitive (Speech patterns)
Causative voice (have something done) (Speech patterns)
Certain, probable or possible (Modal verbs p.6)
Cleft sentences (Speech patterns) (draft)
Complex Subject (Speech patterns)
Conditional/Time Clauses
Determinatives: pronouns vs. articles
Did you hear? vs. Have you heard?
due
Early YN modal verbs' tables (Modal verbs p.0)
from vs. (to / with / in)
Full vs. Bare infinitive (to make, have, help and etc.)
Future expression: other ways to talk about the future
Future Expression: shall vs. will
Future Expression: will vs. to be going to (+present tenses)
Gender
Gerund vs. infinitive
GIR. U2. Tales of the Five Towns Commentary
GIR. U3. Tales of the Five Towns Commentary
GIR. U4. Commentary p.1
GIR. U4. Commentary p.2
GIR. U5. Commentary
GIR. U6. Commentary
Grammar. Unit 1. Overview.
Hardly had she sat down when ... (эмфатическая инверсия) (Speech patterns)
Have been to vs. in
have vs. have got vs. having
Hill 12. Prepositions + Perfect (конативная функция)
Hill 13. Prepositions
Hill 14. Prepositions + phrasals
Hill 3. Alan's shop. Determinatives
Hill 4. A happy grandfather. Determinatives.
Hill 5. Joe. Must/have got to/have to/need to/be to (Modal verbs p.3)
Hill 6. Lynn. Modals + prefects.
Hill 6. Prepositions
Hill 9 and 10. Perfects
Hill7. Mrs.Young. Lexic and Modals (+ speech patterns).
Hill8. Little Billy. Articles, phase verbs and Pr.Perfect.
How/What exclamatory structures (Speech patterns)
I feel like + gerund (Speech patterns)
in a circle vs. in the circle vs. on the circle
in vs. inside vs. into
in vs. into vs. to (vs. on/onto/at) - статизм vs. динамизм (предлоги места и направления)
in vs. on (коллектор)
Indirect questions: if vs. whether (draft)
Infinitive vs. Gerund (draft)
Inversion (draft)
IS. (Non-)gradable adjectives
IS. Can, could, may. (Modal verbs p.4)
IS. Checks (Modal verbs p.15)
IS. Conditionals
IS. Conditionals p.2. Mixed ones
IS. Future Tenses
IS. Mix tenses
IS. Must vs. can/may/might. (Modal verbs p.5)
IS. Passive Voice P5. Personal and Impersonal Structures
IS. Passive voice. P1.
IS. Passive voice. P2.
IS. Passive voice. P3.
IS. Passive voice. P4.
IS. Past Continuous vs. Past Perfect
IS. Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
IS. Past Simple vs. Past Perfect
IS. Past Simple vs. Present Perfect
IS. Prepositions of Time Practice
IS. Present Continuous vs. Present Perfect Continuous.
IS. Present Indefinite vs. the Present Perfect. (Adverbial clauses of time vs. Conditionals)
IS. Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous
IS. Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
IS. Present Tenses in comparison
IS. Progress test on Passive voice.
IS. Semi-modals (Modal verbs p.14)
IS. Shall vs. will (Modal verbs p.11)
IS. Should and ought to (Modal verbs p.9)
IS. To be to (Modal verbs p.8)
IS. To have to (Modal verbs p.7)
IS. To wish
IS. Would vs. should (Modal verbs p.13)
It + be + Adj + for + Obj + Inf (Speech patterns)
It's been a long time (draft)
just + Past Simple/Present Perfect
knock on the door vs. knock at the door
L.A.Hill 2. U1. Determiners & pronouns. My vs. of mine. Маркеры коннотации.
L.A.Hill 2. U2. Grammar
L.A.Hill 2. U3. Prepositions
L.A.Hill 2. U4 Autopsy Report
may/might and well
Modals. p.1. Must/have to/need to/be to.
Must/have to/need (Modal verbs p.2)
no vs. not (отрицание)
not really ... but ... too ... for (Speech patterns)
Numbers
of vs. about vs. for vs. with
of vs. for
of vs. from
on vs. off
out
part of vs. a part of (к вопросу о партитивности)
Past Perfect + After vs. Before
Perfect Infinitive (draft)
Perfect Infinitive (verbals)
Phrasal verbs (Space Affair by Peter Viney)
Phrasal Verbs Intro
play the piano vs. play football
Prepositions of time: in vs. on vs. at vs. by
Present/Past Perfect vs. Simple (collector)
Progressive vs. Simple/Perfect (collector)
quite - совсем vs. в некоторой степени / довольно (draft)
round vs. around
Sequence of Tenses - Indirect Speech. Model 1.
Sequence of Tenses - Indirect Speech. Model 2.
Sequence of Tenses - Indirect Speech. Model 3.
shall vs. will (Modal verbs p.12)
should vs. ought to (Modal verbs p.10)
Stative Verbs
Subjunctive Mood Structures (1)
Tenses difference
The shop was open vs. opened (тип высказывания и фактуальность)
till vs. until
Time and place in indirect speech
to eat vs. to eat of
to look + N (phrasals)
to vs. for
to vs. towards
transitivity (переходность)
U3. Modals
U3. Rephrasing
up vs. down
up vs. out
up vs. over
verb + on
verb+up vs. verb
went up vs. come back vs. вернуться
What does the Santa say?
Wish + Object Clause (Speech patterns)
with vs. by
YN. Conditionals
YN. Conditionals p.2
YN. Determiners in context
YN. Determiners in context p.2
Артикли vs. местоимения
Артикуляция 2016
Атрибутивные группы
Выбор детерминатива (+ it)
Десемантизированные глаголы. To get
Десемантизированные глаголы. To go
Курение в разрезе английских видовременных форм глагола (Past and Present)
Модальность и Детерминативность (A Gift for My Daughter by Harry Browne)
Неопределенный артикль (партитивность) vs. множественное число
Нулевой артикль с однородными членами (стяжение)
Особенности использования артиклей с именами собственными
Предлоги (коллектор)
Предлоги и эмоции
Предложные наречия (к вопросу о фразовых глаголах)
Рамочные конструкции с предлогом (draft)
Речевые модели на физические состояния/ощущения (It was dark/cold/and etc.)
Собачье сердце, Бриллиантовая рука и др.
Сумма по артиклям
Функции артиклей (the) (draft)
Vocabulary
(ad)vantage, (al)mighty (draft)
a bus stop vs. a bus station
actual vs. current vs. present vs. настоящий/текущий (draft)
admit vs. acknowledge vs. recognize vs. concede vs. confess vs. признать/согласиться
afraid vs. frightened vs. scared vs. terrified vs. alarmed vs. paranoid (draft)
aim vs. goal vs. target vs. purpose vs. objective
altogether vs. all together (паронимы)
any longer vs. no longer (draft)
Ar.1
Ar.2 Adjectives (direct vs. indirect meanings)
as far as vs. as long as (vs. as soon as)
awful vs. terrible vs. frightful vs. horrible vs. dreadful vs. ужасный (draft)
back vs. behind
bank (омонимы)
begin vs. start vs. commence
besides vs. except vs. кроме
between vs. among (draft)
big vs. large and huge vs. vast
body (main part)
border vs. boundary vs. frontier vs. граница/предел
break vs. brake (паронимы, омофоны)
broken vs. chipped vs. cracked
CAE. A profile
CAE. Adjectives. p.1. Describing
CAE. Possibility
CAE. Postpositive adjectives
CAE. Synonyms
CAE. Word building p.1
Cambridge (draft)
clean vs. fresh vs. свежий
clean wash rinse cleanse dry-clean vs. чистить/мыть
clever vs. intelligent vs. silly vs. stupid
client vs. customer vs. consumer
close vs. shut
Clothes & Footwear
cold vs. chill (draft)
collect vs. gather vs pick vs. собирать
Colours
complexion vs. completion (паронимы)
concur vs. conquer (паронимы)
considered vs. regarded vs. deemed
constraint vs. restraint
contribute vs. supply vs. give vs. provide vs. furnish (draft)
convince vs. persuade vs. убеждать
currant vs. current (омофоны)
day vs. night (объективизация времени)
dear vs. expensive
deceive vs. cheat vs. trick обмануть
decide vs. solve vs. решить
delay vs. postpone vs. defer vs. отложить
dwell vs. live vs. stay
each vs. every (draft)
easy vs. easily (adverbs)
easy vs. light vs. легкий
easy vs. simple vs. простой/легкий
edge vs. rim vs. border vs. frame (draft)
effective vs. efficient (draft)
electric vs. electrical (-al suffix)
error vs. mistake vs. fault vs. ошибка
every day vs. everyday (паронимы)
everyone vs. every one (draft)
exercise vs. class vs. lesson vs. study vs. занятие (draft)
finally vs. at last vs. lastly vs. in the end vs. в конце (концов)
fine vs. nice vs. good (vs. well) + эмоционально-усилительные структуры с and
flood vs. deluge (draft)
flour vs. flower (омофоны)
fly vs. soar vs. hover vs. лететь (draft)
For food and diet (food vs. diet vs. meal vs. пища/еда)
froth vs. foam vs. пена (draft)
funny, odd, strange, weird (and etc) vs. странный
Game vs. play
garbage vs. junk vs. rubbish vs. litter vs. trash vs. мусор/отбросы/хлам
geek vs. nerd vs. dork vs. dweeb
give vs. make vs. do (CAE. Collocations)
glad vs. happy vs. pleased vs. delighted vs. proud vs. relieved vs. thrilled
Gotcha!
happy vs. merry vs. jolly vs. gay (draft)
hard vs. heavy vs. difficult
hate vs. detest vs. loathe (draft)
high vs. tall
in line vs. in file
indeed vs. actually vs. really
ingot vs. bar vs. bullion vs. слиток
interpreter vs. translator vs. переводчик
isolate vs. insulate vs. изолировать
journey vs. voyage vs. trip vs. travel vs. tour vs. trek
keep vs. save vs. preserve vs. (со)хранить
kernel vs. core vs. суть/ядро/ядерный
like vs. as
literary vs. literally (паронимы)
lunch vs. launch (паронимы)
magician vs. sorcerer vs. wizard vs. волшебник/колдун/маг
major vs. mayor (паронимы)
maybe vs. may be (паронимы) (draft)
mere vs. simple vs. plain vs. простой
Miss vs. Mrs vs. Ms
Moral vs. morale (паронимы)
mortar vs. martyr (паронимы)
need vs. knead (омофоны) (draft)
noise vs. sound
nought vs. null vs. zero vs. нуль (draft)
nuance vs. nuisance (паронимы)
Old (эмоционально-усилительное)
once vs. one day vs. once upon a time vs. on the day (объективизация времени)
pace vs. step vs. шаг (draft)
pain vs. ache vs. hurt vs. боль
paint vs. colour (draft)
partly vs. partially (draft)
peak vs. summit vs. вершина (draft)
people vs. persons
perhaps vs. maybe vs. possibly vs. probably vs. может быть
pie vs. tart vs. cake vs. flan vs. quiche
pig vs. swine vs. pork
pile vs. bulk vs. heap vs. stack vs. груда/куча/штабель (draft)
pipe vs. tube vs. chimney vs. trumpet vs. funnel vs. труба (draft)
planning vs. plotting (draft)
player vs. gamer
pleasant vs. pleasing vs. pleased
pledge vs. promise vs. solemn (draft)
present vs. gift vs. подарок (draft)
price vs. cost vs. value vs. worth vs. цена/стоимость/ценность
priceless/invaluable vs. valueless/worthless vs. бесценный
problem vs. issue vs. проблема
product vs. goods vs. commodity vs. merchandise vs. produce
program vs. programme (draft)
pure vs. clean vs. clear
raise vs. lift vs. поднять
recipe vs. receipt (паронимы)
recommend vs. advise vs. advocate vs. urge
ribbon vs. tape vs. лента
rich vs. wealthy vs. богатый
rocket vs. missile vs. launch vehicle
save vs. rescue vs. спасать (draft)
scene vs. stage
search vs. seek vs. look for vs. get (draft)
sexy vs. hot / beautiful vs. handsome vs. the others
shore, shoreline, beach, coast, coastline, seaside, seashore and (river)bank
single vs. only vs. единственный (adj.)
sledge vs. toboggan (draft)
smack vs. spank vs. bang vs. crash vs. hit vs. beat (draft)
small vs. little
snake vs. serpent vs. змея
solitary vs. alone vs. lone vs. lonely (draft)
solution vs. resolution (draft)
sore vs. soar vs. sour (homonyms)
spade vs. shovel vs. лопата
speak vs. talk vs. say vs. tell
staff vs. stuff (паронимы)
statement vs. claim vs. belief (draft)
stay vs. remain
step vs. pace vs. move vs. шаг (draft)
stop vs. finish vs. end vs. cease vs. terminate
study vs. learn (teach vs. educate) (draft)
suffer vs. suffer from (draft)
suggest vs. propose vs. offer vs. предлагать
suit vs. suite (паронимы)
surprise vs. astonish vs. amaze
swamp vs. marsh vs. bog
take vs. bring vs. брать
terrible vs. terrific (draft)
things vs. stuff vs. property vs. possessions vs. junk vs. belongings vs. goods vs. valuables
thorn vs. prickle vs. spike vs. barb vs. шип/колючка (draft)
time (объективизация времени)
to be sick vs. to be ill vs. to have a desease (draft)
to beat vs. pound vs. lash vs. hammer (draft)
to delve vs. to dig vs. копать
to get/become free vs. to be free/released vs. to escape vs. освободиться
to kill vs. slay vs. murder vs. assassinate vs. slaughter vs. убивать (draft)
to like vs. to love
to rise vs. to raise vs. to rouse (поднять(ся), поднимать) (draft)
to strangle vs. to suffocate vs. to smother (за)душить
to swamp vs. inundate vs. engulf (draft)
too vs. either (vs. others)
tortuous vs. tortoise (паронимы)
trunk (draft)
Vocabulary Topics
vocals
voice
Volume
wake (up) vs. awake
warranty vs. guarantee vs. assurance vs. гарантия (draft)
way vs. road vs. journey
Weather Vocabulary
What is the English for groups of animals?
wish vs. want vs. would like
wonder vs. prodigy vs. чудо (draft)
worried vs. concerned vs. nervous vs. anxious vs. uneasy (draft)
wrestle vs. struggle vs. fight vs. grapple vs. battle (draft)
yearn vs. earn (паронимы)
Глаголы мыслительной деятельности
Наречия степени vs. наречия образа действия
Омографы (draft)
Перемещение
Правильные и неправильные глаголы
Смех у елочки (draft)
Шумы по-английски
место vs. site vs. place vs. room vs. space vs. spot
Writing
A letter of complaint structure. Linking phrases.
Article. Living in the dark.
Article. Which way to assess?
Article: Your favourite sport
as far as I'm concerned
Business English. p.7. Cover letters
CAE. Essay p.1
CAE. Essay p.10
CAE. Essay p.11
CAE. Essay p.2
CAE. Essay p.3
CAE. Essay p.4
CAE. Essay p.5
CAE. Essay p.6
CAE. Essay p.7
CAE. Essay p.8
CAE. Essay p.9
CAE. Letter p.1
CAE. Letter p.2
CAE. Linking elements
CAE. Linking elements p.2
CAE. Proposal p.1
CAE. Proposal p.2
CAE. Proposal p.3
CAE. Proposal p.4
CAE. Proposal p.5
CAE. Proposal p.6
CAE. Report p.1
CAE. Report p.2
CAE. Report p.3
CAE. Report p.4
CAE. Report p.5
CAE. Report p.6
CAE. Report p.7
CAE. Report p.8
CAE. Review p.1
Essay Tips
IS. Essay p.1
IS. Essay p.2. Machine translation.
IS. Essay p.3. Advertising
IS. Essay p.4. Reading
IS. Essay p.5. Improving mind
IS. Essay p.6. Women in the army?
IS. Essay p.7. No Country For Old Men?
IS. Essay p.8. Nothing is certain but death and taxes
IS. Essay p.9. Smell of freedom
IS. Essay Tips. Formal vs. Informal style
Letter: Summer Camp job application
Punctuation
Punctuation Challenge: Using Commas Before “So”
The Old England
True Stories 1
True Stories 2
True Stories 3
True Stories 4.
True Story 10. Election Day.
True Story 11. The best doctor
True Story 12. The Bottle
True Story 13. Joe The Lucky
True Story 14. Whose Money Is It?
True Story 15. The silver porsche
True Story 16. An easy job.
True Story 17. The pet rabbit.
True Story 18. The Birthday Present
True Story 19. The Fire
True Story 20. Nothing's changed
True Story 5. Grandfather Hada's Favorite Soup
True Story 6. Handsome again?
True Story 7. A Super Soaker and a Super Kid
True Story 8. The Flying Lesson
True Story 9. Hawaiian Vacation.
U3. Information sheet
U4. An article
U5. A reference.
WE. (Article). Emails or letters: what do you prefer?
WE. A story of a famous person
WE. Describe a person
Writing. U1. Ex.6.
Writing. U2. Ex.4. An informal letter
Фразы для оформления каркаса эссе.
About Me
More
MyEnglishness Home
Blog
"Типа" - неопределенный артикль?
'used to' vs. 'to be used to' vs. 'to get used to'
5 o'clock sharp
A cup of joe
Alan Parsons - We Play The Game
Auld Lang Syne
Bless you (draft)
Bowie's Changes
Business English p.3. The most common questions asked at US business interviews.
Business English p.4. Telephone/skype phrases bank.
Business English p.5. Preparing.
Business English p.6. Tricky questions
Business English. Job Interview p.1
Business English. Job Interview p.2
CAE crib sheet
CAE, как показатель владения английским языком
CAE. General
CAE. Progress (vocabulary)
CAE. Впечатления ч.1
CAE. Впечатления ч.2
Coming back
Common Errors in English Usage Collection
compare to vs. compare with
Cooking p.1
Cтоять-Сидеть-Лежать
Dane-Geld by Rudyard Kipling
Darkness Visible
Dimber wapping dell
Do not lean on door
Ducks and drakes
Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy
English folk
Feelings by Kaitlin Robbs
Finnegan's Wake
Gorkogo
GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU by Sam McBratney
Have a bath
Hold fast
Insomniac’s Lullaby
Knocking on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Left Hand Apple Cat
Let's get the party started
Leviathan
Live With Me (flashback)
Marriage vows
Mission complete
My Love
Patty cake
Politeness
Pretty penny
Princess parking only (wordplay, омофоны)
Robin Laing The Soldier Maid
Scarborough Fair
Second language
Sequences
Thank God, it's Friday
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
The cat that walked by himself (poem) by Rudyard Kipling
The Sound of Silence
The Unquiet Grave
The Visit by Regina Spektor
The Walrus and The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
Time
Time
To do
Tom Traubert's Blues by Tom Waits
Tom Waits - Diamonds And Gold
Tools
Ulysses by James Joyce
until vs. till (Sia - Chandelier)
Warning signs (the Underground, Subway)
Waxies’ Dargle
What day is it today?
Why do many English-learners make sentences and phrases more complicated than they need to be?
Why John can be called Jack?
William Bronk
windscreen vs. лобовое стекло
А.Митта Основные принципы драматургии
Артикли (Hill U1)
Артикль в рекламе
Дрейф предлога in -> on
Когнитивный подход
М.Елифёрова. Багира сказала.
Маленькие открытия
Н.Заболоцкий Не позволяй душе лениться
Надо vs. нужно
Национальные языковые корпусы (Ru/Eng)
Огуречниковое, лексическое и грамматическое
Опознание литоты
Перфекты и смысловые комплексы
Пространство Ридмана
Русские предлоги направления/места (в/на/к/у)
Секрет высокой мотивации
Серверы
Тезаврирование
Хвостатые вопросы
Discussing
5 o'clock tea p.3
5 o'clock tea with Denis p.1
5 o'clock tea with Denis p.2
Discussing questions about music. Unit 1. Question 1.
Discussing questions about music. Unit 1. Question 2.
Discussing questions about music. Unit 1. Question 3.
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.1 "Meet The Billionaire". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.1 "Meet The Billionaire". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.1 "Meet The Billionaire". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.2 "Sex, Lies and Altitude". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.2 "Sex, Lies and Altitude". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.2 "Sex, Lies and Altitude". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.3 "Respect". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.3 "Respect". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.3 "Respect". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.4 "Ethics Schmethics". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.4 "Ethics Schmethics". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.5 "Trading Places". p.1
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.5 "Trading Places". p.2
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.5 "Trading Places". p.3
IS. The Apprentice. Ep.6 "Tit For Tat". p.1
IS1. How we reached information overload
IS10. Better Opportunities Abroad
IS11. Magic on the Streets of New York
IS12. $ 201.000 Phone Bill
IS13. Tourists discover Myanmar
IS14. The House
IS15. Holiday Dos and Don'ts
IS16. Halloween Morning
IS17. Hurricane Irene
IS18. App Pays You for Photos
IS19. Top 4 Gadgets for the Family Road Trip
IS2. Bon Jovi's Initiative
IS20. Electric Cars in France
IS21. China Takes Aim at Western Culture
IS22. Teaching through Borders
IS23. Tanning of America
IS3. Tips to Lessen Pain at the Office
IS4. Benefits of Coffee
IS5. The History of YouTube
IS6. Antidepressants
IS7. Better Health for a Better Life
IS8. Unusual game
IS9. Education loans
Ways of saying ‘For this reason…’
Клише для эссе и ответов на вопросы
Idioms&Adages
all (draft)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Break a leg
CAE. A command
CAE. A fool
CAE. Account
CAE. Fire
CAE. Idioms p.1. Learning
CAE. Idioms p.2.
CAE. Idioms p.3
CAE. Idioms p.4
CAE. Idioms p.5
CAE. Idioms p.6
CAE. p.7. Music Idioms
CAE. Stead
Charity begins at home
Communication idioms
Communication idioms. P2.
Digital sayings
Dogs
Dutch
For love or money
Gut
Hair idioms
Heels
Ids
IT\ related\ idioms\ p\.1
Jack
Keep a stiff upper lip (understatement)
No strings attached
Old sport
Oliver Wendell Holmes and his adages
see the light
Similes of the 'like a' type
Skin and bone
Sport idioms. p2.
The eye
The small hours
to bell the cat
To the bone
True Stories Idioms
True Stories Idioms 2.
U3. Personality types
U4. Idioms
U5. Sport Idioms
very like a whale
Walk of shame
Огонь, вода и медные трубы
Так держать!
Listening
H-dropping
Intonation p.1
IS. The Great Railway Bazaar
Linking "R"
Listening. British Council. IELTS. Mock Listening Paper.
Listening. U2. Ex2.
Listening. Unit 1. Ex.1
Listening. Unit 1. Ex.2
Listening. Unit 1. Ex.3
My Wife Jokes
Shakespeare sketch. A Small Rewrite
Silent letters
Task Listening 1. Changing travelers cheques
Task Listening 10. Talking about holiday photographs.
Task Listening 11. Making a drink.
Task Listening 12. Choosing from a menu.
Task Listening 13. Finding a garage.
Task Listening 14. Making enquiries in a department store.
Task Listening 15. Making sense of a television interview.
Task Listening 16. Suggesting birthday presents.
Task listening 17. Using a multi storey car park.
Task listening 18. Visiting the sites
Task listening 19. Hiring a bike
Task Listening 2. Sending mail.
Task listening 20. Asking about leaving abroad.
Task listening 21. Working out how to get downtown
Task Listening 3. Coming through immigration
Task Listening 4. Describing someone.
Task Listening 5. Checking flight departure time
Task Listening 6. Reserving hotel accommodation.
Task Listening 7. Arranging a business meeting.
Task Listening 8. Shopping in an open-air market.
Task Listening 9. Deciding where to eat.
Task Listening Intermediate 1. Catching the right train
Task Listening Intermediate 2. Catching a plane
Task Listening Intermediate 3. Forecasting the weather.
Task Listening Intermediate 4. Sightseeing.
Task Listening Intermediate 5. Finding out the house rules
Task Listening Intermediate 6. Phoning a flat-owner.
Task Listening Intermediate 7. Using a bank account.
Task Listening Intermediate 8. Leaving a message
Task Listening Intermediate 9. Learning how to use a machine.
The Accent Tag
The Cardinal Vowels with Daniel Jones
The Medium is the Message. BBC Radio 4.
TLI 10. Finding the way.
TLI 11. Enquiring about a course
TLI 12. Hiring a car.
TLI 13. Finding out who is who.
TLI 14. Fixing an appointment
TLI 15. Making enquiries at a travel agency.
TLI 16. Shopping.
TLI 17. Moving in
TLI 18. Phoning a garage
TLI 19. Flat hunting
TLI 20. Talking about television
TLI 21. Finding out what's on
TLI 22. Guessing what they're talking about
TLI23. Following instructions
TLI24. Parking in London
TLI25. Doing puzzles
TLI26. Spotting the culprits
UNIT 2, Listening 2: multiple choice (Part 3), Exercise 2
UNIT 4 page 45. Exam focus Paper 4 Listening
UNIT 5 Indoor climbing
Аллофоны. Дифтонгоиды
Аллофоны. Крaткий гласный звук под ударением.
Pronunciation
ABC
Accents Collector
British English: syllable dropping
Pronunciation URLs collector
V vs. F
W vs. V + linking /w/ + dark /l/ + stress & intonation.
Reading
Another Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
Another Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
Another Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.3
Anytime Stories by Donald Bisset
Crocodile Preston's island adventure. P1.
From "My Autobiography", by Charles Chaplin
From Tea-table Talk by Jerome K. Jerome (литота)
GIR. U1. Live with Lightning
GIR. U2. Additional texts
GIR. U2. Tales of the Five Towns
GIR. U3. Additional texts p.1
GIR. U3. Additional texts p.2
GIR. U3. Additional texts p.3
GIR. U3. Tales of the Five Towns
GIR. U4. Additional texts p.1
GIR. U4. Additional texts p.2
GIR. U4. Liberty Hall by Ring Lardner. p.1
GIR. U4. Liberty Hall by Ring Lardner. p.2
GIR. U5. Additional texts
GIR. U5. The Song Of The Wage-Slave
GIR. U6. Additional texts
GIR. U6. The Iron Heel
GIR. Units 2 and 3. Tales of the Five Towns Orig
Give me my gold
Hill 1. A funny man.
Hill 10. The flood.
Hill 11. Little Harry.
Hill 12. Harold Scott (или типичный пример эффекта Кулешова)
Hill 13. Dick's Trip to New York
Hill 14. Miss Miller
Hill 2. The Two friends
Hill 2. The two friends - 2
Hill 3. Alan's shop.
Hill 4. A happy grandfather.
Hill 5. Joe
Hill 6. Lynn
Hill 9. Hungarian Kangaroos
Hill7. Mrs Young
Hill8. Little Billy
L.A.Hill 2. U1.
L.A.Hill 2. U2. Sally
L.A.Hill 2. U3. Pony
L.A.Hill 2. U4. Mr Holland is getting thinner
Legal English. p1.
Next Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
Next Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
Reading. U1. The Power of File Sharing
Reading. Unit 1. Send in the Clones
Reuben Lucius Goldberg. Art For Heart's Sake.
Some Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
Some Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 1.BETA 4297
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 2. The New Adventurer
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 3. Who is ALPHA 3461?
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 4. Problems in the Freezer Room.
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 5. An Educational Program.
Space Affair by Peter Viney. 6 An Accident In The Garden.
The Amputated Hand. P1.
The Canterville Ghost
The Gift of the Magi
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.1
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.2
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.3
The Happy Prince by O.Wilde. P.4
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.1
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.2
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.3
This Time Stories by Donald Bisset. P.4
U4. Murphy’s Law
Wee Horrors
William Hauff
William Sansom. Difficulty with a Bouquet
Speaking
a desert vs. to desert (pronounce)
CAE. Speaking p.2
CAE. Speaking P2 phrases
CAE. Speaking P3 phrases
CAE. Speaking part examples
I say
IS. The most important thing
Making suggestions
Speaking. U1. Q1
Speaking. U1. Q2
Speaking. U1. Q3
Speaking. U1. Q4
Speaking. U1. Q5. Busking
Speaking. U1. Q6. Playing a musical instrument
Speaking. U1. Q7. A career in music
Speaking. U2. Q1-3. Consumerism
U2. Q11-14. Advertising
U2. Q4-5. Charity
U2. Q6-8. An online auction
U2. Q9-10. Buying goods
U3. Look at the photos
U3. Q1-3. Smiling and other non-verbal forms of communication
U3. Q10-13. Apology
U3. Q4-6. A name of yours
U3. Q7-9. Saying sorry
U4. Discuss the pictures.
U4. Murphy's Law
U4. Popular science
U4. Questions
U4. What would you do?
U5. Discussing pictures
U5. Q-ns
Ways of Expressing Disagreement
Translating
Объем значения слова (семантическая структура)
Уровни и типы эквивалентности В.Н. Комиссарова
Use of English
"A lot cheaper" or "much more cheaper"
"A lot of information" or " Lots of information"
(a) stake vs. the stake (draft)
(In)transitive verbs
3D: down below
A matter of ...
Animals Poems For Children
any more vs. any longer vs. no more vs. no longer vs. больше (не) (draft)
Ar.3 Многокомпонентные препозитивные определения (draft)
arrive at vs. arrive in/on (vs. arrive by)
at vs. the others
away (draft)
beside vs. next to
better vs. лучше vs. best vs. лучше всего
CAE. Comparative structures
CAE. Conditionals p.2. Will vs. would
CAE. Conditionals p.3. Additions to mixed ones
CAE. It's time (Subjunctive mood)
CAE. Modal verbs p.16
CAE. Phrasal verbs p.1
CAE. Purpose, reason and result
CAE. Would vs. used to
Can vs. could vs. to be able to (ability, possibility) (Modal verbs p.1)
can't help + Gerund/(but) Infinitive (Speech patterns)
Causative voice (have something done) (Speech patterns)
Certain, probable or possible (Modal verbs p.6)
Cleft sentences (Speech patterns) (draft)
Complex Subject (Speech patterns)
Conditional/Time Clauses
Determinatives: pronouns vs. articles
Did you hear? vs. Have you heard?
due
Early YN modal verbs' tables (Modal verbs p.0)
from vs. (to / with / in)
Full vs. Bare infinitive (to make, have, help and etc.)
Future expression: other ways to talk about the future
Future Expression: shall vs. will
Future Expression: will vs. to be going to (+present tenses)
Gender
Gerund vs. infinitive
GIR. U2. Tales of the Five Towns Commentary
GIR. U3. Tales of the Five Towns Commentary
GIR. U4. Commentary p.1
GIR. U4. Commentary p.2
GIR. U5. Commentary
GIR. U6. Commentary
Grammar. Unit 1. Overview.
Hardly had she sat down when ... (эмфатическая инверсия) (Speech patterns)
Have been to vs. in
have vs. have got vs. having
Hill 12. Prepositions + Perfect (конативная функция)
Hill 13. Prepositions
Hill 14. Prepositions + phrasals
Hill 3. Alan's shop. Determinatives
Hill 4. A happy grandfather. Determinatives.
Hill 5. Joe. Must/have got to/have to/need to/be to (Modal verbs p.3)
Hill 6. Lynn. Modals + prefects.
Hill 6. Prepositions
Hill 9 and 10. Perfects
Hill7. Mrs.Young. Lexic and Modals (+ speech patterns).
Hill8. Little Billy. Articles, phase verbs and Pr.Perfect.
How/What exclamatory structures (Speech patterns)
I feel like + gerund (Speech patterns)
in a circle vs. in the circle vs. on the circle
in vs. inside vs. into
in vs. into vs. to (vs. on/onto/at) - статизм vs. динамизм (предлоги места и направления)
in vs. on (коллектор)
Indirect questions: if vs. whether (draft)
Infinitive vs. Gerund (draft)
Inversion (draft)
IS. (Non-)gradable adjectives
IS. Can, could, may. (Modal verbs p.4)
IS. Checks (Modal verbs p.15)
IS. Conditionals
IS. Conditionals p.2. Mixed ones
IS. Future Tenses
IS. Mix tenses
IS. Must vs. can/may/might. (Modal verbs p.5)
IS. Passive Voice P5. Personal and Impersonal Structures
IS. Passive voice. P1.
IS. Passive voice. P2.
IS. Passive voice. P3.
IS. Passive voice. P4.
IS. Past Continuous vs. Past Perfect
IS. Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
IS. Past Simple vs. Past Perfect
IS. Past Simple vs. Present Perfect
IS. Prepositions of Time Practice
IS. Present Continuous vs. Present Perfect Continuous.
IS. Present Indefinite vs. the Present Perfect. (Adverbial clauses of time vs. Conditionals)
IS. Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous
IS. Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
IS. Present Tenses in comparison
IS. Progress test on Passive voice.
IS. Semi-modals (Modal verbs p.14)
IS. Shall vs. will (Modal verbs p.11)
IS. Should and ought to (Modal verbs p.9)
IS. To be to (Modal verbs p.8)
IS. To have to (Modal verbs p.7)
IS. To wish
IS. Would vs. should (Modal verbs p.13)
It + be + Adj + for + Obj + Inf (Speech patterns)
It's been a long time (draft)
just + Past Simple/Present Perfect
knock on the door vs. knock at the door
L.A.Hill 2. U1. Determiners & pronouns. My vs. of mine. Маркеры коннотации.
L.A.Hill 2. U2. Grammar
L.A.Hill 2. U3. Prepositions
L.A.Hill 2. U4 Autopsy Report
may/might and well
Modals. p.1. Must/have to/need to/be to.
Must/have to/need (Modal verbs p.2)
no vs. not (отрицание)
not really ... but ... too ... for (Speech patterns)
Numbers
of vs. about vs. for vs. with
of vs. for
of vs. from
on vs. off
out
part of vs. a part of (к вопросу о партитивности)
Past Perfect + After vs. Before
Perfect Infinitive (draft)
Perfect Infinitive (verbals)
Phrasal verbs (Space Affair by Peter Viney)
Phrasal Verbs Intro
play the piano vs. play football
Prepositions of time: in vs. on vs. at vs. by
Present/Past Perfect vs. Simple (collector)
Progressive vs. Simple/Perfect (collector)
quite - совсем vs. в некоторой степени / довольно (draft)
round vs. around
Sequence of Tenses - Indirect Speech. Model 1.
Sequence of Tenses - Indirect Speech. Model 2.
Sequence of Tenses - Indirect Speech. Model 3.
shall vs. will (Modal verbs p.12)
should vs. ought to (Modal verbs p.10)
Stative Verbs
Subjunctive Mood Structures (1)
Tenses difference
The shop was open vs. opened (тип высказывания и фактуальность)
till vs. until
Time and place in indirect speech
to eat vs. to eat of
to look + N (phrasals)
to vs. for
to vs. towards
transitivity (переходность)
U3. Modals
U3. Rephrasing
up vs. down
up vs. out
up vs. over
verb + on
verb+up vs. verb
went up vs. come back vs. вернуться
What does the Santa say?
Wish + Object Clause (Speech patterns)
with vs. by
YN. Conditionals
YN. Conditionals p.2
YN. Determiners in context
YN. Determiners in context p.2
Артикли vs. местоимения
Артикуляция 2016
Атрибутивные группы
Выбор детерминатива (+ it)
Десемантизированные глаголы. To get
Десемантизированные глаголы. To go
Курение в разрезе английских видовременных форм глагола (Past and Present)
Модальность и Детерминативность (A Gift for My Daughter by Harry Browne)
Неопределенный артикль (партитивность) vs. множественное число
Нулевой артикль с однородными членами (стяжение)
Особенности использования артиклей с именами собственными
Предлоги (коллектор)
Предлоги и эмоции
Предложные наречия (к вопросу о фразовых глаголах)
Рамочные конструкции с предлогом (draft)
Речевые модели на физические состояния/ощущения (It was dark/cold/and etc.)
Собачье сердце, Бриллиантовая рука и др.
Сумма по артиклям
Функции артиклей (the) (draft)
Vocabulary
(ad)vantage, (al)mighty (draft)
a bus stop vs. a bus station
actual vs. current vs. present vs. настоящий/текущий (draft)
admit vs. acknowledge vs. recognize vs. concede vs. confess vs. признать/согласиться
afraid vs. frightened vs. scared vs. terrified vs. alarmed vs. paranoid (draft)
aim vs. goal vs. target vs. purpose vs. objective
altogether vs. all together (паронимы)
any longer vs. no longer (draft)
Ar.1
Ar.2 Adjectives (direct vs. indirect meanings)
as far as vs. as long as (vs. as soon as)
awful vs. terrible vs. frightful vs. horrible vs. dreadful vs. ужасный (draft)
back vs. behind
bank (омонимы)
begin vs. start vs. commence
besides vs. except vs. кроме
between vs. among (draft)
big vs. large and huge vs. vast
body (main part)
border vs. boundary vs. frontier vs. граница/предел
break vs. brake (паронимы, омофоны)
broken vs. chipped vs. cracked
CAE. A profile
CAE. Adjectives. p.1. Describing
CAE. Possibility
CAE. Postpositive adjectives
CAE. Synonyms
CAE. Word building p.1
Cambridge (draft)
clean vs. fresh vs. свежий
clean wash rinse cleanse dry-clean vs. чистить/мыть
clever vs. intelligent vs. silly vs. stupid
client vs. customer vs. consumer
close vs. shut
Clothes & Footwear
cold vs. chill (draft)
collect vs. gather vs pick vs. собирать
Colours
complexion vs. completion (паронимы)
concur vs. conquer (паронимы)
considered vs. regarded vs. deemed
constraint vs. restraint
contribute vs. supply vs. give vs. provide vs. furnish (draft)
convince vs. persuade vs. убеждать
currant vs. current (омофоны)
day vs. night (объективизация времени)
dear vs. expensive
deceive vs. cheat vs. trick обмануть
decide vs. solve vs. решить
delay vs. postpone vs. defer vs. отложить
dwell vs. live vs. stay
each vs. every (draft)
easy vs. easily (adverbs)
easy vs. light vs. легкий
easy vs. simple vs. простой/легкий
edge vs. rim vs. border vs. frame (draft)
effective vs. efficient (draft)
electric vs. electrical (-al suffix)
error vs. mistake vs. fault vs. ошибка
every day vs. everyday (паронимы)
everyone vs. every one (draft)
exercise vs. class vs. lesson vs. study vs. занятие (draft)
finally vs. at last vs. lastly vs. in the end vs. в конце (концов)
fine vs. nice vs. good (vs. well) + эмоционально-усилительные структуры с and
flood vs. deluge (draft)
flour vs. flower (омофоны)
fly vs. soar vs. hover vs. лететь (draft)
For food and diet (food vs. diet vs. meal vs. пища/еда)
froth vs. foam vs. пена (draft)
funny, odd, strange, weird (and etc) vs. странный
Game vs. play
garbage vs. junk vs. rubbish vs. litter vs. trash vs. мусор/отбросы/хлам
geek vs. nerd vs. dork vs. dweeb
give vs. make vs. do (CAE. Collocations)
glad vs. happy vs. pleased vs. delighted vs. proud vs. relieved vs. thrilled
Gotcha!
happy vs. merry vs. jolly vs. gay (draft)
hard vs. heavy vs. difficult
hate vs. detest vs. loathe (draft)
high vs. tall
in line vs. in file
indeed vs. actually vs. really
ingot vs. bar vs. bullion vs. слиток
interpreter vs. translator vs. переводчик
isolate vs. insulate vs. изолировать
journey vs. voyage vs. trip vs. travel vs. tour vs. trek
keep vs. save vs. preserve vs. (со)хранить
kernel vs. core vs. суть/ядро/ядерный
like vs. as
literary vs. literally (паронимы)
lunch vs. launch (паронимы)
magician vs. sorcerer vs. wizard vs. волшебник/колдун/маг
major vs. mayor (паронимы)
maybe vs. may be (паронимы) (draft)
mere vs. simple vs. plain vs. простой
Miss vs. Mrs vs. Ms
Moral vs. morale (паронимы)
mortar vs. martyr (паронимы)
need vs. knead (омофоны) (draft)
noise vs. sound
nought vs. null vs. zero vs. нуль (draft)
nuance vs. nuisance (паронимы)
Old (эмоционально-усилительное)
once vs. one day vs. once upon a time vs. on the day (объективизация времени)
pace vs. step vs. шаг (draft)
pain vs. ache vs. hurt vs. боль
paint vs. colour (draft)
partly vs. partially (draft)
peak vs. summit vs. вершина (draft)
people vs. persons
perhaps vs. maybe vs. possibly vs. probably vs. может быть
pie vs. tart vs. cake vs. flan vs. quiche
pig vs. swine vs. pork
pile vs. bulk vs. heap vs. stack vs. груда/куча/штабель (draft)
pipe vs. tube vs. chimney vs. trumpet vs. funnel vs. труба (draft)
planning vs. plotting (draft)
player vs. gamer
pleasant vs. pleasing vs. pleased
pledge vs. promise vs. solemn (draft)
present vs. gift vs. подарок (draft)
price vs. cost vs. value vs. worth vs. цена/стоимость/ценность
priceless/invaluable vs. valueless/worthless vs. бесценный
problem vs. issue vs. проблема
product vs. goods vs. commodity vs. merchandise vs. produce
program vs. programme (draft)
pure vs. clean vs. clear
raise vs. lift vs. поднять
recipe vs. receipt (паронимы)
recommend vs. advise vs. advocate vs. urge
ribbon vs. tape vs. лента
rich vs. wealthy vs. богатый
rocket vs. missile vs. launch vehicle
save vs. rescue vs. спасать (draft)
scene vs. stage
search vs. seek vs. look for vs. get (draft)
sexy vs. hot / beautiful vs. handsome vs. the others
shore, shoreline, beach, coast, coastline, seaside, seashore and (river)bank
single vs. only vs. единственный (adj.)
sledge vs. toboggan (draft)
smack vs. spank vs. bang vs. crash vs. hit vs. beat (draft)
small vs. little
snake vs. serpent vs. змея
solitary vs. alone vs. lone vs. lonely (draft)
solution vs. resolution (draft)
sore vs. soar vs. sour (homonyms)
spade vs. shovel vs. лопата
speak vs. talk vs. say vs. tell
staff vs. stuff (паронимы)
statement vs. claim vs. belief (draft)
stay vs. remain
step vs. pace vs. move vs. шаг (draft)
stop vs. finish vs. end vs. cease vs. terminate
study vs. learn (teach vs. educate) (draft)
suffer vs. suffer from (draft)
suggest vs. propose vs. offer vs. предлагать
suit vs. suite (паронимы)
surprise vs. astonish vs. amaze
swamp vs. marsh vs. bog
take vs. bring vs. брать
terrible vs. terrific (draft)
things vs. stuff vs. property vs. possessions vs. junk vs. belongings vs. goods vs. valuables
thorn vs. prickle vs. spike vs. barb vs. шип/колючка (draft)
time (объективизация времени)
to be sick vs. to be ill vs. to have a desease (draft)
to beat vs. pound vs. lash vs. hammer (draft)
to delve vs. to dig vs. копать
to get/become free vs. to be free/released vs. to escape vs. освободиться
to kill vs. slay vs. murder vs. assassinate vs. slaughter vs. убивать (draft)
to like vs. to love
to rise vs. to raise vs. to rouse (поднять(ся), поднимать) (draft)
to strangle vs. to suffocate vs. to smother (за)душить
to swamp vs. inundate vs. engulf (draft)
too vs. either (vs. others)
tortuous vs. tortoise (паронимы)
trunk (draft)
Vocabulary Topics
vocals
voice
Volume
wake (up) vs. awake
warranty vs. guarantee vs. assurance vs. гарантия (draft)
way vs. road vs. journey
Weather Vocabulary
What is the English for groups of animals?
wish vs. want vs. would like
wonder vs. prodigy vs. чудо (draft)
worried vs. concerned vs. nervous vs. anxious vs. uneasy (draft)
wrestle vs. struggle vs. fight vs. grapple vs. battle (draft)
yearn vs. earn (паронимы)
Глаголы мыслительной деятельности
Наречия степени vs. наречия образа действия
Омографы (draft)
Перемещение
Правильные и неправильные глаголы
Смех у елочки (draft)
Шумы по-английски
место vs. site vs. place vs. room vs. space vs. spot
Writing
A letter of complaint structure. Linking phrases.
Article. Living in the dark.
Article. Which way to assess?
Article: Your favourite sport
as far as I'm concerned
Business English. p.7. Cover letters
CAE. Essay p.1
CAE. Essay p.10
CAE. Essay p.11
CAE. Essay p.2
CAE. Essay p.3
CAE. Essay p.4
CAE. Essay p.5
CAE. Essay p.6
CAE. Essay p.7
CAE. Essay p.8
CAE. Essay p.9
CAE. Letter p.1
CAE. Letter p.2
CAE. Linking elements
CAE. Linking elements p.2
CAE. Proposal p.1
CAE. Proposal p.2
CAE. Proposal p.3
CAE. Proposal p.4
CAE. Proposal p.5
CAE. Proposal p.6
CAE. Report p.1
CAE. Report p.2
CAE. Report p.3
CAE. Report p.4
CAE. Report p.5
CAE. Report p.6
CAE. Report p.7
CAE. Report p.8
CAE. Review p.1
Essay Tips
IS. Essay p.1
IS. Essay p.2. Machine translation.
IS. Essay p.3. Advertising
IS. Essay p.4. Reading
IS. Essay p.5. Improving mind
IS. Essay p.6. Women in the army?
IS. Essay p.7. No Country For Old Men?
IS. Essay p.8. Nothing is certain but death and taxes
IS. Essay p.9. Smell of freedom
IS. Essay Tips. Formal vs. Informal style
Letter: Summer Camp job application
Punctuation
Punctuation Challenge: Using Commas Before “So”
The Old England
True Stories 1
True Stories 2
True Stories 3
True Stories 4.
True Story 10. Election Day.
True Story 11. The best doctor
True Story 12. The Bottle
True Story 13. Joe The Lucky
True Story 14. Whose Money Is It?
True Story 15. The silver porsche
True Story 16. An easy job.
True Story 17. The pet rabbit.
True Story 18. The Birthday Present
True Story 19. The Fire
True Story 20. Nothing's changed
True Story 5. Grandfather Hada's Favorite Soup
True Story 6. Handsome again?
True Story 7. A Super Soaker and a Super Kid
True Story 8. The Flying Lesson
True Story 9. Hawaiian Vacation.
U3. Information sheet
U4. An article
U5. A reference.
WE. (Article). Emails or letters: what do you prefer?
WE. A story of a famous person
WE. Describe a person
Writing. U1. Ex.6.
Writing. U2. Ex.4. An informal letter
Фразы для оформления каркаса эссе.
About Me
planning vs. plotting (draft)
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