Ret's Word Of The Day

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Expressions with "French" in Them

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Ret's 3rd Conditional Quiz

Thanks for the above video lesson, iswearenglish.

Ret's 2nd Conditional Quiz

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Sunday, 27 November 2011

Ret's 1st Conditional Quiz

Thanks for the above video lesson, Jennifer.

Friday, 25 November 2011

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Ret's Present Perfect vs. Past Simple Quiz

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Ret's Words That Go Together Quiz

Sunday, 20 November 2011

Ret's Human Resources Vocabulary Quiz

Friday, 18 November 2011

Saturday, 15 October 2011

Marvin Gaye singing "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" Acappella

Expression	Meaning	Example
I must say	I'm obliged to admit	You certainly look tired, I must say.
To find out	To discover, to learn	Don't worry, the police will find out who did it
The grapevine	An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip	The grapevine tells me that you're getting married soon?

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, by Marvin Gaye
(Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong)

Ooh, I bet you're wondering how I knew
About you're plans to make me blue
With some other guy that you knew before.
Between the two of us guys
You know I love you more.
It took me by surprise I must say,
When I found out yesterday.
Don't you know that...

(Chorus:)

I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oh I heard it through the grapevine,
Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey, well.

I know at a man ain't supposed to cry,
But these tears I can't hold inside.
Losin' you would end my life you see,
'Cause you mean that much to me.
You could have told me yourself
That you love someone else.
Instead...

(Chorus)

People say believe half of what you see,
Son, and none of what you hear.
But I can't help bein' confused
If it's true please tell me dear?
Do you plan to let me go
For the other guy you loved before?
Don't you know...

(Chorus)

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine... Posted by ccosterg

blue: triste
ain't: isn't, am not, are not
instead: à la place

Thursday, 13 October 2011

Backstabbers

Expression	Meaning	In French
Out to get	In this context: determined to win over or seduce	Ici: désireux de draguer, de conquérir
To get on the right track	To find the correct road to follow	Trouver la bonne voie
To look shady	To seem dishonest	Avoir l'air louche, véreux

BACK-STABBERS,
by The O'jays

(What they do)
(They smiling in your face)
All the time they wanna take your place
The back-stabbers (back-stabbers)
(They smiling in your face)
All the time they wanna take your place
The back-stabbers (back-stabbers)

All you fellows who have someone
And you really care, yeah, yeah
Then it's all of you fellows
Who better beware, yeah yeah
Somebody's out to get your lady
A few of your buddies they sure look shady
Blades are long, clenched tight in their fist
Aimin' straight at your back
And I don't think they'll miss

(What they do)
(They smiling in your face)
All the time they wanna take your place
The back-stabbers (back-stabbers)
I keep gettin' all these visits
From my friends, yeah, what they doin' to me
They come to my house
Again and again and again and again, yeah
So are they there to see my woman?
I don't even be home but they just keep on comin'
What can I do to get on the right track
I wish they'd take some of these knives off my back

(What they do)
(They smiling in your face)
All the time they wanna take your place
The back-stabbers
(back-stabbers)
Low down, dirty

(What they do)
(They smiling in your face)
Smiling faces
Smiling faces, sometimes, tell lies (back-stabbers)
(They smiling in your face)
I don't need low down, dirty bastards (back-stabbers)

Video posted by Discodandan

to back-stab: planter un couteau dans le dos
fellow: gars, type
to beware: prendre garde
buddy: copain
razor blade: lame de rasoir
fist-fight: combat à coups de poing, rixe
aim of the game: but du jeu
to lie through the teeth: mentir comme un arracheur de dents

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

for once

Learn some expressions with Stevie Wonder singing "For Once in my Life"

Expression	Meaning	Example
For once	this time, even if at no other time	For once, stop talking and start working!
Used to	used for saying what was true or what happened regularly in the past	I used to smoke, but I quit last year.
As long as	provided that, inasmuch as, in the degree that	You can walk there, as long as you arrive on time.
To make it	to succeed	If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.

FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE,
by Stevie Wonder

For once in my life I have someone who needs me
Someone I've needed so long
For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me
Somehow I know I'll be strong

For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of
Long before I knew
Ooooh someone warm like you
Would make my dream come true

For Once in my Life - Stevie Wonder by unzip

For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it's hurt me before
For once, I have something I know won't desert me
I'm not alone anymore

For once, I can say, this is mine, you can't take it
As long as I know I have love, I can make it
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me

Written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records

for once: pour une fois
used to do: faisait
as long as: pourvu que
sorrow: chagrin, tristesse profonde
to make it: réussir, y arriver

Sunday, 9 October 2011

Smokey Robinson singing "Cruisin'"

Imperative => giving an order (donner un ordre)

(2nd person singular/plural)
Come here!
Sit down!

(1st person plural)
Let's go!
Let's sit down!

(3rd person singular/plural)
Let him/her/them go!
Let him/her/them sit down!

Voici, en gras, les impératifs de la chanson, "Cruisin'".

"CRUISIN'"
Written, produced, and recorded by Smokey Robinson

Baby, let's cruise away from here
Don't be confused, the way is clear
And if you want it you got it forever
This is not a one-night stand, babe, yeah
So let the music take your mind, oooh...
Just release and you will find

You're gonna fly away, glad you're going my way
I love it when we're cruisin' together
The music is played for love, cruisin' is made for love
I love it when we're cruisin' together
Babe, tonight belongs to us
Everything's right, do what you must
And inch by inch we get closer and closer
To every little part of each other
Ooh, babe, yes
Let the music take your mind, babe
Just release and you will find

You're gonna fly away, glad you're going my way
I love it when we're cruisin' together
The music is played for love, cruisin' is made for love
I love it when we're cruisin' together

(Cruise with me, babe) x 2

Cruuuuuuuuuise
Oh, oh, babe, yeah
Oooooh, babe
Oooooh, ooooooh
Aaaah, Babe
It's so good to cruise with you, babe
It's so good to cruise with you
Owww, yeah
You need me, babe
Aaaaah, babe let's cruise
Let's flow, let's glide
Ooooh let's open up, and go inside
And if you want it you got it forever
I can just stay there inside you
And love you, babe, oh
Let the music take your mind
Just release and you will find

You're gonna fly, yeah, glad you're going my way
I love it when we're cruisin' together
The music is played for love, cruisin' is made for love
I love it when we're cruisin' together
Oh, babe
We're gonna fly away
Ohhh, yeah
Glad you're going my way
I love it when we're cruisin' together
The music is played for love, cruisin' is made for love
I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it
__________

Exercises

to cruise: to drive or be driven slowly, usually without a purpose
a one-night stand: a situation in which you have sex with sb once, then discontinue the relationship
glad: a synonym of "happy"
to belong to: to be owned by, to be the possession of
inch by inch: very slowly
to flow: to move in a continuous and smooth way (like water)
to glide: to move in a smooth, uninterrupted way (like a skier on snow)