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| readeralexey | Дата: Понедельник, 24.11.2025, 18:23 | Сообщение # 1 |
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| Describe your experience with any representative of the animal kingdom. Use as many words from the unit as possible. You may also want to add multimedia illustrations.
A tulip is the national emblem of the Netherlands and a maple leaf represents Canada. What flower or animal is used as the national emblem of your country? Find out what other plants or animals are national emblems of other countries. Post illustrations, if possible.
There are some words derived from animal names that you might know, for example "to peacock" means "to show off ostentatiously". Please share 3-4 such derivatives that you remember and explain what they mean + provide example sentences.
Do you remember any idioms with animals, birds, flowers or trees? Sometimes their meaning is not obvious due to some differences in traditional apprehension of animal qualities and characteristic traits, indeed most of them are semantically picturesque. Please share 3-4 such idioms that you remember and explain what they mean + provide example sentences.
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| runovasveta2005 | Дата: Четверг, 27.11.2025, 08:39 | Сообщение # 2 |
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| I would like to share with you some idioms connected with the natural world. The first idiom that comes to mind is: “Birds of the same feather (flock together)”. That means people who have anything in common: interests, values, the view of the world, etc. tend to find a common language with each other. For example: “We were two birds of the same feather – small-town kids, doing the same thing”. Another idiom I recall is “to take the bull by the horns” which means “to act decisively, coming to the point”. For example: “We don’t have time to wait – we must take the bull by the horns and solve the problem until it’s too late”. The next idiom I’d like to tell about is a bit old-fashioned one: “to be someone’s pigeon”. It means to be one’s problem, something one has to deal with: “I'm glad this is your pigeon rather than mine”. But originally this expression is derived from “it’s not my pidgin” that goes back to hybrid language, the mixture of English and Chinese. There is a version, that ‘pidgin’ is Chinese pronunciation of the word ‘business’. So, the phrase literally means “It’s not my business”. The last expression, associated with plants, is rather a proverb than an idiom: “You cannot judge a tree by its bark”. That means the same as “don’t judge the book by its cover”, that is don’t judge anything by its external side. For example: “She is not as silly as you think, you cannot judge the tree by its bark”. That’s it from me, but, of course, there are a lot of dioms connected with the natural world and this list of expressions can be continued.
Сообщение отредактировал runovasveta2005 - Четверг, 27.11.2025, 08:41 |
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| mariafokina99 | Дата: Четверг, 04.12.2025, 16:19 | Сообщение # 3 |
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| There are some words derived from animal names that you might know, for example "to peacock" means "to show off ostentatiously". Please share 3-4 such derivatives that you remember and explain what they mean + provide example sentences.
I want to share some examples of words derived from animal names. There are a lot of such words and I have chosen four of them. Firstly, "to horse around" means to behave in a silly, noisy way, like a playful animal. It can also mean wasting time on useless activities instead of doing something important. For example, Emma was horsing around instead of doing her homework. The second derived verb, "to rat on someone", means giving away secret information or failing to do something you said you would do. Ella asked her sister not to tell mother about her new relarionships, but she ratted on her. The third verb, "to badger", means annoying someone by repeatedly asking questions or telling them to do something. Peter finally badgered Rachel into going on vacation to Brazil. The fourth word, "to rabbit on about something", means talking continuously and at length about something unimportant or uninteresting. For example, Jackie often rabbits about her favourite celebrity at meetings with friends.
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| mariablansh | Дата: Понедельник, 22.12.2025, 14:16 | Сообщение # 4 |
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| Describe your experience with any representative of the animal kingdom. Use as many words from the unit as possible. You may also want to add multimedia illustrations.
During our family trip to Belarus we, of course, visited Belovezhskaya Pushcha. It was 2015, if I'm not mistaken. I believe, from all of the animals the bison (Bison bonasus) attracted me the most. These animals look incredibly calm and good-natured, for all their large size they do not inspire fear at all. They have massive HORNS and large HOOVES, and long and bushy TAILS. One of the bison came right up to us, stood in front of me, my mom and my brother and looked at us. It was interested.
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| boriskorsun3 | Дата: Понедельник, 22.12.2025, 18:44 | Сообщение # 5 |
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| Describe your experience with any representative of the animal kingdom. Use as many words from the unit as possible. You may also want to add multimedia illustrations.
Recently, my grandparents got a kitten. I came to them and saw this lovely creature. However, after that, he started jumping on me, tried to bite my toes and scratched me with his sharp claws. However, very soon we became friends, and I was calmly stroking his fur and blowing on his whiskers. The kitten quickly got used to me and I started coming to visit my grandmother more often. Playing with him lifted my spirits and I forgot about my problems for a while.
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| oksanaoni2159 | Дата: Понедельник, 22.12.2025, 23:02 | Сообщение # 6 |
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| Culturally and historically different countries have gained national floral or animal symbols which represent the way these countries are widely recognised in the world.
As the official national emblem of Russia, I'd name the double-headed EAGLE. It is a historical symbol that goes back to Russian connections with the mediaeval Byzantine. The second commonly recognised symbol of Russia is a brown BEAR, although it is not official; my guess is that it is self-appointed, and as we all know, there is great wisdom in all folklore, and the myths cultures tell the world about themselves. While a double-headed eagle is empiric and grand and points to cultural connections with the civilised world, the brown bear that's used in cartoons and caricatures speaks for the strength of character of the Russian people and all its positive physical attributes reflect the resilience and talents of our nation.
Many countries have FLORAL symbols like the cherry BLOSSOM in Japan, or leeks and daffodils in Wales. The historically charged Tudor rose of England symbolises ending the Wars of the Roses. Other countries have representatives of the animal kingdom as their symbols, like the famous bald eagle of the United States, although bald eagles are not common birds in 49 of the 50 states. Bald eagles are the national bird of Alaska, and they're very rarely spotted in the Midwest or anywhere to the south of the Canadian border. Similarly, 'kiwi' stands for New Zealand, when in fact this flightless bird is nowhere to be found in New Zealand. I believe it to have gone extinct in the 20th century.
What's undeniable is that whether it's a blossom or an EGG-LAYING creature, a distinguished BREED or an unreachable giant, national symbols are rooted in the history of the specific country and affect how it is perceived by other nations.
С уважением, Онищенко Ксения
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| lizaserdyuk06 | Дата: Вторник, 23.12.2025, 00:12 | Сообщение # 7 |
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| 1.To beat around the bush
This one uses the image of someone moving around a bush instead of going directly to the point. It means to avoid talking about what is important.
Example: Stop beating around the bush and tell me what happened.
2.Barking up the wrong tree
It means to have a mistaken idea or to blame the wrong person.
Example: If you think I took your book, you're barking up the wrong tree.
3.As busy as a bee.
This is a simple yet very vivid simile that reflects the cultural perception of a bee as a symbol of tireless work and productivity.
Example: I’ve been as busy as a bee, preparing for the exam all day.
4.A wolf in sheep's clothing.
This phrase goes back to a biblical context. It describes a dangerous person who hides their true intentions under a mask of kindness and harmlessness.
Example: Be careful of him, he is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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| elizavetabusnik | Дата: Вторник, 23.12.2025, 00:34 | Сообщение # 8 |
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| I can share some verbs that come from animal names. For example, "to parrot" means to repeat words without understanding them, «to badger" means to annoy someone with constant questions, also, "to worm your way out" means to avoid a responsibility in a tricky way, "to pig out" is to eat a lot of food greedily, “to squirrel away" means to hide or store something secretly and “to weasel out of" something is to avoid a duty dishonestly. “To wolf down food” means to eat it very quickly and greedily, like a wolf. You can say: "He was late, so he wolfed down his breakfast”. These animal-based verbs are very curious, they show how we compare people to animals based on their perceived traits and behaviours. This makes our language more vivid.
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| davidkushakov | Дата: Среда, 24.12.2025, 16:23 | Сообщение # 9 |
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| I really like observing animals and nature. I want to share some idioms:
1. The early bird catches the worm. It means that people who start something early or are proactive have more chances to succeed.Example: I woke up at 8 a.m. to study, because the early bird catches the WORM.
2. Let the cat out of the bag. It means to reveal a secret by accident. Example: She let the cat out of the bag about the surprise party, and now everyone knows.
3. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. It means you shouldn’t assume something will happen until it really does. Example: I wanted to buy a new phone, but my mother said, don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
4. Beat around the bush. It means to avoid saying something directly. Example: Stop beating around the bush and tell me what happened.
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1. I woke up this morning and realized my GREASY HAIR needed washing because it looked messy
2. After a long day in the sun, my face felt uncomfortable because of OILY SKIN.
3. I finally got into bed and lay back on a SOFT PILLOW, which made me feel relaxed.
4. I forgot to eat the bread yesterday, now it GOES HARD and isn't good for sandwiches.
5. I had a classmate whose FINGERS WERE ALWAYS STICKY, and everyone joked about it.
6. Every now and then, I HAVE A SHARP TONGUE and say things without thinking, which sometimes surprises my friends.
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Сообщение отредактировал davidkushakov - Среда, 24.12.2025, 17:47 |
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