Tag: clean slate
A clean slate
Idiom: A clean/blank slate Have you ever wanted to forget past mistakes and begin life again with a clean slate? If you begin with a clean slate or blank slate, you start fresh and with no limits, and don’t let previous mistakes or happenings affect you. Are there some things you regret and would do differently…
Carte blanche
Word of the Day: Carte blanche Very rarely do we give someone carte blanche. When an architect plans a building, they need to design it according to their customer’s wishes. Engineers designing new software systems have to meet the specifications of their customers. Carte blanche, which is French, literally means white paper. It means to give…
Learn from your mistakes
Learn from your mistakes; don’t let your mistakes stop you from learning. You know I have been an English language teacher for around 18 years. I have taught in Canada, New Zealand and Japan. I have taught all kinds of people, from unborn children (yes, unborn) to 90-year-old Japanese ladies, from under-educated immigrants in Canada…
