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Top 100 Language Learning Blogs Competition
by Angela Boothroyd - Monday, 17 May 2010, 10:55 AM
 

I'm very happy to learn that my blog 'Online English Lessons' has been nominated in the Top 100 Language Learning Blogs competition run by bab.la and lexiophiles.com!

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English idiom: as the crow flies
by Angela Boothroyd - Friday, 9 April 2010, 04:22 PM
 
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As the crow flies is the distance an imaginary bird would fly if it flew in a straight line from one place to another.

Example of use:

Q. How far is it to London?

A. Twenty miles: as the crow flies.

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English idiom: a man of straw
by Angela Boothroyd - Tuesday, 6 April 2010, 03:25 PM
 
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A man of straw is a weak minded individual without any real strength of character.

This idiom might have its origin in farmers' straw-filled scarecrows.

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Her ex-husband was a man of straw. He wouldn't get a job and he didn't take care of his wife when she became ill.

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  • narrowcast, adj. and n.: OED Word of the Day
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