http://www.englishonline.info/planetenglish EnglishOnline.info - aggregated feeds en PlanetEnglishhttp://feedburner.google.com http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/romney-bain-obma-/1105656.html Read, listen and learn English with this story. Double-click on any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary. Fri, 25 May 2012 14:37:51 -0700 http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/space-private-rocket-business/1102539.html Read, listen and learn English with this story. Double-click on any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary. Fri, 25 May 2012 08:20:52 -0700 http://www.spotlight-online.de/blogs/dagmar-taylor/talking-to-my-phone <!--paging_filter--><p>Dagmar Taylor: &quot;I could talk to my phone, but what should I say?&quot; </p><p><a href="http://www.spotlight-online.de/blogs/dagmar-taylor/talking-to-my-phone">read more</a></p> Fri, 25 May 2012 04:16:32 -0700 http://wordsmith.org/words/silver_lining.html A positive aspect in an otherwise gloomy situation. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:09 -0700 http://esl.about.com/b/2012/05/25/vocabulary-you-need-for-your-industry.htm <p>If you use English at work there are many terms and phrases that you will need for specific tasks. These core vocabulary sheets offer 150 - 150 key words and phrases used in specific industries all on one page. Use these as a starting point for building essential vocabulary for work.</p> <p> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_advertising1.htm">English for Advertising</a><br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_bankstocks1.htm">English for Banking and Stocks</a><br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_financial1.htm">English for Book Keeping and Financial Administration</a><br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_commletters1.htm">English for Business and Commercial Letters</a><br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_hresources1.htm">English for Human Resources</a><br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_insurance1.htm">English for the Insurance Industry</a><br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_legal1.htm">English for Legal Purposes</a><br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_logistics1.htm">English for Logistics</a><br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_marketing1.htm">English for Marketing</a><br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_production1.htm">English for Production and Manufacturing</a><br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_sales1.htm">English for Sales and Acquisitions</a> </p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/b/2012/05/25/vocabulary-you-need-for-your-industry.htm">Vocabulary You Need for Your Industry</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/">About.com English as 2nd Language</a> on Friday, May 25th, 2012 at 10:56:26.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/b/2012/05/25/vocabulary-you-need-for-your-industry.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://esl.about.com/b/2012/05/25/vocabulary-you-need-for-your-industry.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://esl.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://esl.about.com/b/2012/05/25/vocabulary-you-need-for-your-industry.htm&#038;zItl=Vocabulary You Need for Your Industry">Email this</a></p> Fri, 25 May 2012 03:56:26 -0700 http://www.spotlight-online.de/language/todays-question/what-a-delicious-meal-youll-have-to-give-me-the * prescription * receipt * recipe Fri, 25 May 2012 03:51:44 -0700 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/learningenglish/staff-category The problem of racism in British schools has not been solved, according to a BBC investigation. Words in the News: Racism in British schools: 25 May 2012 Fri, 25 May 2012 02:15:46 -0700 http://www.englishblog.com/2012/05/words-in-the-news-stone.html <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d417153ef016305d0389c970d-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Stone" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d417153ef016305d0389c970d" src="http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d417153ef016305d0389c970d-800wi" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" title="Stone"></img></a></p> <p>The rescue of a 63-stone teenager with organ failure from her home in Wales features on the front of the Daily Mirror. <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-fattest-teenager-rescue-workers-846862" target="_self">Full story &gt;&gt;</a></p> <p><strong>VOCABULARY</strong><br>The <strong>stone </strong>(abbreviation<em> st</em>) is a unit of weight measurement that was used in many North European countries until the advent of metrication. In the British Isles, the <strong>stone</strong> ceased to have legal status in 1986, but is still widely used informally to measure personal body weight, with a value of 14 avoirdupois pounds (approximately 6.35 kg). (source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_%28unit%29" target="_self">Wikipedia</a>) •<em> Alfie was muscularly challenged - he was a five-stone weakling to be fair.</em></p> <p><strong>GRAMMAR</strong><br>Note that we say '63-stone teenager' and not '63-stones teenager'. See <a href="http://www.englishblog.com/2009/01/words-in-the-news-threeday-week.html#.T78aQFJg-So" target="_self">here</a> for an explanation of this grammar point.<em><br></em></p></div> Fri, 25 May 2012 00:22:13 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnglishAsASecondLanguagePodcast/~3/lqw3Gd-6TVs/show_podcast.php <p>Professional athletes make a lot of money. Find out how to get one on your team in this episode.</p> <p>Slow dialogue: 1:24 <br />Explanations: 2:51 <br />Fast dialogue: 16:11</p> <p>Nick: I don’t care what it takes. I want Robinson on my team next year.</p> <p>Jamie: He’ll be a free agent and he’ll be fielding a lot of offers. I don’t know if we can make him an attractive enough deal.</p> <p>Nick: We’ll offer him a signing bonus. That should sweeten the deal. </p> <p>Jamie: I’m afraid that may not be enough. Don’t forget that he was a first-round pick in the draft. </p> <p>Nick: Then we’ll give him a no-trade clause. With that, he’ll be calling the shots and won’t have to worry about being traded to a team he doesn’t want to be on. He should be happy with that. </p> <p>Jamie: I don’t know. His agent expects a lot of competing offers. We’ll have to pull out all the stops if we want to land him. </p> <p>Nick: Then we’ll do it. We won’t be bested by any other team.</p> <p>Jamie: Like last year.</p> <p>Nick: Last year? Don’t remind me of last year!</p> <p>Script by Dr. Lucy Tse</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EnglishAsASecondLanguagePodcast/~4/lqw3Gd-6TVs" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:39 -0700 http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2012/05/25.html?src=rss ingeminate: to repeat; reiterate. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700