Just for fun
This tongue twister looks SO easy, but try to get your tongue around it. Say the sentence out loud three times.
I needed to practise this quite a bit before it worked! 😉
“Good blood, bad blood.”
Test your English
Find out your English level by taking the British Council’s free online English test. And then look for content on the website for your level.
Do you have knickknacks lying around the house?
Do you know the word “knickknacks”?
They are all those small, worthless objects that we seem to gather over the years. As Deutsche Welle writes, you might find them “tucked away in the kitchen drawer, hiding in the closet, gathering dust on the shelf, or packed up in a box under the bed”.
The word sounds very much like its German translation – “Krimskrams”.
Positive phrases are always welcome
Here are some great phrases we can use at work:
That’s brilliant.
Thank you.
Fantastic question.
Thank you.
Fantastic question.
Yes, and …
How can I help?
Find out what the other three phrases are and why we should be using them more often: https://www.inc.com/the-muse/8-phrases-that-will-make-you-more-likable-at-work.html
Improving our business email
This article on writing better business email messages has a few good tips for us all. It’s good to be reminded now and again to keep our messages short, isn’t it?
I particularly like the idea of creating a template to save time. Is it something that you already do?
