Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts

Monday, 6 January 2014

Emoticons and their meanings

Did you know that western emoticons can be different to eastern ones?  Have you ever been confused because you didn't understand an emoticon?  Or have you ever wanted to use one, but not known the emoticon for the emotion that you feel?

Well, here is a table to help you!
This can also help you learn adjectives to describe feelings in English!


Icon
Meaning
:-) :) :o) :] :3 :c) :> =] 8) =) :} :^) :)
Smiley or happy face.
:-D :D 8-D 8D x-D xD X-D XD =-D =D =-3 =3 B^D
Laughing, big grin, laugh with glasses
:-))
Very happy or double chin[
>:[ :-( :(  :-c :c :-<  :C :< :-[ :[ :{
Frown, unhappy
:-|| :@ >:(
Angry
:'-( :'(
Crying
:'-) :')
Tears of happiness
D:< D: D8 D; D= DX v.v D-':
Horror, disgust, sadness, great dismay
>:O :-O :O 8-0
Surprise, shock, yawn
:* :^* ( '}{' )
Kiss, couple kissing
;-) ;) *-) *) ;-] ;] ;D ;^) :-,
Wink, smirk
>:P :-P :P X-P x-p xp XP :-p :p =p :-Þ :Þ :þ :-þ :-b :b
Tongue sticking out, cheeky/playful, blowing a raspberry
>:\ >:/ :-/ :-. :/ :\ =/ =\ :L =L :S >.<
Skeptical, annoyed, undecided, uneasy, hesitant
:| :-|
Straight face, no expression, indecision
:$
Embarrassed, blushing
:-X :X :-# :#
Sealed lips or wearing braces
O:-) 0:-3 0:3 0:-) 0:) 0;^)
Angel, saint, innocent
>:) >;) >:-)
Evil
}:-) }:) 3:-) 3:)
Devilish
o/\o ^5 >_>^ ^<_<
High five
|;-) |-O
Cool, bored/yawning
:-& :&
Tongue-tied (you don’t know what to say)
#-)
You partied all night
%-) %)
You’re drunk or confused
:-###.. :###..
Being sick
<:-|
Dumb, stupid
<*)))-{ ><(((*> ><>
Fish, something's fishy, Christian fish
\o/
Cheering: "Yay, yay."


Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Find the grammar and vocabulary mistakes!

This was written by a non-native speaker of English.  I have highlighted the mistakes.  Can you correct them?

Answers tomorrow!


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- Candidates must be smart and motivated.

 
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Thank you for your interest.

Monday, 1 April 2013

Awesome adjectives: gooey!

Gooey

This means: -
Sticky, soft, often sweet.
We often use this word to talk about food.
"The honey has leaked out of the jar - the jar is all gooey."

It can have a negative meaning: "Don't touch it, it's gooey!"

Or positive - see this recipe for gooey chocolate chip cookies:
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/26606/gooey+chocolate+chip+cookies

Yum! Gooey chocolate is definitely a good thing :-)

'gooier, 'gooiest, 'gooily

Sunday, 10 March 2013

Fruit vocabulary


This is my all time favourite fruit - the feijoa!  



They're so delicious I could eat about twenty in one go.  Feijoas come from South America - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia.  They are widely grown in New Zealand, and also can be found in Australia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, southern Russia and South Africa.

Another favourite of mine is the nectarine - 

 Yum!!  These can be yellow or white inside.  

And this fruit - 
is called kiwifruit, not kiwi.

This is a kiwi!

Or this is a Kiwi - 


More fruit - 

Thursday, 7 March 2013