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The easiest way to understand these terms as well as the current usage of migrate is this:
1. emigrate = go out of a country
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There is a new book out, published privately, entitled Body Idioms by May Pare which I discovered in Guardian Online. I contacted the author for a copy and it's excellent! Her web site is http://www.bodyidioms.com/ If you don't have much money but would still like to have a copy, she does have...
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The word arbitration is a noun which describes a process. In the two examples shown below arbitration is being used in a general way so we don't use an article before the word and the word is not capitalised.
This sentence:
"...I would like to know your point of view about the...
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A bit more information on the Cambridge book and information on another useful book for legal English:
International Legal English by Amy Krois-Lindner. Published by Cambridge Publishing.
Student book with CD ISBN 0521675170Teacher's book ISBN 0521685567.
Oxford Handbook of Legal...
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IELTS Test Format and Score Interpretation
IELTS Practice Tests with Answer Key
IELTS Writing Practice Online
Preparing for the IELTS Test
IELTS Online Preparation
Free IELTS Writing Pack
IELTS Tips and Hints for the Test from the British Council
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Anonymous wrote:Thank you very much for trying to help me. I still don't know what to do: robe, dressing gown (I'm supposed to translate it in BrE) or wrapper?
dressing gown in BrE
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CalifJim wrote:Not all the expressions in your list are restricted to a business context, of course.
You're absolutely right! We hear / use those expressions in many different situations but since most of my students are studying 'Business English' I thought it would be useful to cobble...
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I've taught English in Germany for a number of years and have enjoyed the country and the people enormously. Germans can be dour and pessimistic sometimes but every nationality has some traits which we might find difficult to understand or to cope with but which usually have a genesis easily...
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I'm working on a list of slang terms one hears in AmE and/or BrE business situations whose meanings aren't apparent by looking up individual words in the dictionary. What follows is what I've got so far. Can anyone add to this list?
stay on your toes
go for the gold
sit on your butt / sit on...
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Clive wrote:
Hi,
Keeping her barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen makes it sound as though she'll be kept a prisoner in the kitchen whilst pregnant.
Isn't that usually the intended meaning when this subject is being discussed?
Best wishes, Clive
Could be but it would certainly be...
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