A practical way to master English is to listen to American, British and Global English. Native speakers in real-world situations. Here is a good resource to help you hone (or sharpen) your listening skills:

Listen to Passages

Do you know what is Nitro Poached Aperitifs?

Leap Year, this year in 2012.
February 29, what is it about, check out the video and it explains!

Emmenthaler n Tangy and sometimes pungent; a Swiss cheese made from cow's milk and containing small holes.

fontina n Tangy and semisoft; Italian cheese, made of cow's or sheep's milk.

Camembert n Mellow creamy cheese of a golden color, made from cow's milk.

Roquefort Strong cheese, veined with mold, made of sheep's milk in southern France.

Stilton Very strong, rich, and waxy white cheese, veined with mold, made of cow's milk; English.

Cheshire n Hard cheese, yellowish, orange, or white in color, made of cow's milk and similar to cheddar.

mozzarella n Very mild, shite, semisoft Italian cheese.

feta n Salty and aggressive; white brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk and/or goat's milk.

Gouda n Mild, semisoft cheese made in Holland from cow's milk.

raclette n Earthy semisoft cow's milk cheese made in France; usually served melted.
chèvre Mild, fresh soft goat's milk cheese.

Pecorino n Salty and mild; dry, hard Italian cheese made of sheep's milk.

Limburger n Pungent soft white cow's milk cheese.

Gruyère Nutty and meaty; firm, pale-yellow cheese, made of cow's milk

manchego n Nutty and mild; firm sheep's milk cheese from Spain.

Parmesan n Salty and mild; hard, dry variety of Italian cheese made from cow's milk.

This was the super long queue:


So we saw lots of people taking photos outside the Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam. The situation was almost like this:



That was how incredibly long the queue was. What are your ideas of queue management?

Asking Questions:

Use do/does or is/are for question words when we want to ask yes/no questions. 

These earrings were chosen for four different ladies. Clockwise from the bottom: The pair of butterflies shall be given to a Singaporean girl, she will be flying back soon :)

The round blue theme earrings shall be for a sweet young blonde lady who is rather much taller than the rest of them.

The blue 'tulips' pair is for another blonde lady, she's my husband's sister. And the last pair which looks like black and white 'chips' is for a young woman with lots of tattoo all over her arms :D And she loves extreme sports like skiing and snowboarding especially.

Owners found.

 
Character: Positive features:

• Nice
• friendly
• relaxed
• calm
• positive
• likable
• lovable
• respectable
• lively
• strong
• complex
• original and colourful

Negative features:




negative - adj. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial; having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant;characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; less than zero; reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive; not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition;having a negative electric charge; involving disadvantage or harm;designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; noun a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed; a reply of denial; verbvote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
shady - adj. filled with shade; not as expected; of questionable taste or morality; of businesses and businessmen of questionable honesty
strange - adj. not known before; being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
odd - adj. not easily explained; not divisible by two; an indefinite quantity more than that specified; of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.; not used up; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
weak - adj. deficient in intelligence or mental power; likely to fail under stress or pressure; not having authority, political strength, or governing power; (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection; deficient or lacking in some skill; having little physical or spiritual strength; tending downward in price; overly diluted; thin and insipid; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; lacking physical strength or vitality;used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress
unpleasant - adj. disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
violent - adj. (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity;characterized by violence or bloodshed; marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
bad - adj. feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; not working properly; reproduced fraudulently; having undesirable or negative qualities;characterized by wickedness or immorality; capable of harming;physically unsound or diseased; very intense; not financially safe or secure; nonstandard; below average in quality or performance;not capable of being collected; feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; adv.very much; strongly; with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); noun that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
evil - adj. tending to cause great harm; morally bad or wrong;having the nature of vice; having or exerting a malignant influence;noun morally objectionable behavior; the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune

• negative
• shady
• strange
• odd
• weak
• unpleasant
• violent
• bad
• evil

Nice - adj. pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; done with delicacy and skill; exhibiting courtesy and politeness; noting distinctions with nicety; excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; noun a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
friendly - adj. characteristic of or befitting a friend; of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; easy to understand or use; favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile; noun troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
relaxed - adj. made less tense or rigid; without strain or anxiety
calm - adj. (of weather) free from storm or wind; not agitated; without losing self-possession; living without undue worry; taking life easy; noun steadiness of mind under stress; verb become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; make calm or still;cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; make steady
positive - adj. formally laid down or imposed; characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; greater than zero; reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion; indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; having a positive electric charge; involving advantage or good; persuaded of; very sure; marked by excessive confidence;impossible to deny or disprove; of or relating to positivism; noun a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
likable - adj. easy to like; agreeable; (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
lovable - adj. having characteristics that attract love or affection
respectable - adj. characterized by proper behavior or conventional conduct; worthy of respect; large in amount or extent or degree; deserving of esteem and respect
lively - adj. characterized by energetic activity; filled with events or activity; full of life and energy; full of zest or vigor; full of spirit;elastic; rebounds readily; quick and energetic
strong - adj. freshly made or left; not faint or feeble; of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; having strength or power greater than average or expected; strong and sure; being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; having a strong physiological or chemical effect; having or wielding force or authority; of good quality and condition; solidly built; able to withstand attack
complex - adj. complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; noun a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior; a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated; a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
original - adj. not derived or copied or translated from something else; preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; noun an original model on which something is patterned; an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
colourful - adj. having striking color; striking in variety and interest