I've read all the canonical Sherlock Holmes stories and took notes of his dietary habits. Here's what I found out.
Eat like Sherlock: food in Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories
Do you know how many beans make five? – Expressions with the word “bean”
There are many different kinds of beans, from kidney beans and string beans to pinto and lima beans. Apart from being the key ingredient in many popular dishes all over the world, did you know that beans also happen to be an ingredient in a number of phrases and idioms in English? Letโs learn a few!
Let’s talk about books and literature
[This post has been written with ESL/EFL students in mind, CEFR level B2 and above.] Do you like reading books? What kind of books do you like best? Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction? In this post weโll go over the vocabulary that you can use to discuss books, from the words for different genres …
Book review: “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt
Donna Tarttโs debut novel โThe Secret Historyโ was first published thirty years ago, but itโs one of those books that age really well. In terms of genre, it's been described as a campus novel, but don't mistake it for a piece of YA fiction set in a college; nor is it, in spite of the …
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