Tag: doodad
Whatchamacallit
Word of the Day: Whatchamacallit Congratulations, champ; today is your lucky day! I’m going to teach you what a whatchamacallit is. I’m going to let you in on a little secret that other English teachers don’t teach you. They like to keep it to themselves. They say that magicians never tell their secrets, and it’s…
Too good to be true
Proverb: Too good to be true Have you ever seen an advertisement on TV for a weight loss solution that seemed too good to be true? Yes, sure, you have. Whether it’s a miracle pill, fat-burning tea or the next new exercise doodad that’ll cause the fat to fall off your body miraculously, we’ve all seen these too-good-to-be-true adverts on…
Doodad
Word of the Day: Doodad Doodad is a super useful word and believe me, as you grow older, it will become more and more useful. You can use this word for anything that you have forgotten the name for or that you don’t know the name for. If you look at the picture, you can…
Nifty
Word of the Day: Nifty A corkscrew is nifty. So is a smartphone and even idioms and expressions are nifty too. That’s why I added a section named Nifty Little Expressions to the feedback sheets I create for students after each lesson. In there I put cool sentences or phrases that are useful and practical.…
