Ava English

English teacher at Salford City College in the community team. We run classes for adults in English, maths & ICT at local venues across Salford.

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Do you know someone with two left feet?

🦶🏾 Idiom – Two left feet 🦶🏾

Meaning – To be clumsy or awkward with your feet. This idiom often refers to awkward dancers.

Look at Scott dance! He’s very confident but sadly he has two left feet!

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Which animal idioms do you know?

🦋 Butterflies in my stomach - Nervous
🐴 I could eat a horse - Very hungry
🐵 Monkey around - Be silly
🐱 Let the cat out of the bag - Reveal a secret
🐜 Ants in my pants - Nervous or excited

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BBC News - News Daily: May's Brexit dash and Trump's Saudi 'shrug'
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The crew decided to act when they saw the penguins were trapped 🐧

#Dynasties

[The OED @OED]

OED Word of the Day: othering, n. The perception or representation of a person or group of people as fundamentally alien from another, frequently more powerful, group (image by @imogenfoxell) https://t.co/mPZfsTjW1b

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BBC News - Brexit deal: Theresa May to face cabinet showdown
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BBC News - Prince Charles reveals love of 'groussaka' as he turns 70
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[Andrew Graystone @AndrewGraystone]

The best thing about @realDonaldTrump cancelling his trip to a US cemetery because of rain is that we can guarantee that he will never come to Manchester.

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The emotional final scene of Blackadder Goes Forth still gets us every time… https://t.co/jtDCjHjE8d

[BBC Newsbeat @BBCNewsbeat]

This is why thousands of people are walking from Central America to the US and Mexico

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

The White House Press Secretary has shared a video of the Jim Acosta altercation that many believe was doctored.

We take you through it frame by frame.

[Dictionary.com @Dictionarycom]

When used as a verb, gaslighting means causing (a person) to doubt his or her sanity through the use of psychological manipulation. #NoReally #ThisIsReallyTheDefinition

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[BBC Manchester @BBCRadioManc]

Coming-up for @BBCCiN @trowie will be walking a half marathon between BBC Children in Need projects in the @BBCRadioManc area. Here's where he's going on Thursday 15th Nov
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BBC News - News Daily: Trump presidency, phase two, and children 'datafied'
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Idiom – See eye to eye

Meaning – To agree with someone about something – or in general. To see eye to eye is used when people completely agree with each other.

I don't see eye to eye with Steve because he voted for Brexit!

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Idiom: pave the way for 🛣️

= to make it easier for something to happen or for someone to do something

The discovery paves the way for the development of effective new treatments.

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British English Slang - Kerfuffle

Meaning – A noisy argument or commotion. This expression can be used to describe a fuss about something unimportant.

Why are they making such a fuss over a parking space? Such a kerfuffle over nothing!

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