Fall about
Significado: troncharse, partirse (de risa).
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You can make this zesty pie in advance and keep it in the fridge until ready to serve.
«One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.»
Washington Irving
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Dog Days of Summer
The hottest days of the summer season
After storms devastated Italy’s Cinque Terre three years ago the paths joining the area’s picturesque towns are open again. Our writer swoons over these amazing coastal hikes
Vernazza, one of the five stunning coastal towns in the Cinque Terre national park, Luguria, north-east Italy.
In the late afternoon, the small, medieval town of Vernazza, on the Italian Riviera, is as perfect as Italy gets. With the daytrippers gone, the scene is impeccable, a Hollywood filmset, rolling every gorgeous, romantic Italian cliche into one. Up in the hills, winegrowers tend to their vines. In the piazza, flat-capped farmers, swept into corners by the last rays of sun, gather to talk and smoke. Pizza cooks over a wood fire in a restaurant. The town florist bursts into spontaneous operatic song. A couple kiss on a street corner. It’s so romantic, so iconically Italian, that it’s surreal.
A woman was grabbed in her garage by a black bear, and officials kill five animals. An expert tells us why.
A sign warns motorists near Orlando, Florida, of the possibility of bear crossings. Both the bear and human populations are increasing in the state.
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10 Useful Phrasal Verbs
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Paradise islands in Asia
Deserted beaches, treehouses with a sea breeze and snorkelling in crystal clear waters … our readers recommend idyllic islands in Asia where you can live out your escapist fantasy
Pom Pom Island, Malaysia … ‘The feeling of wading into glass-like waters and finding oneself among giant green turtles has to be experienced’.
to have a finger in every pie
To be involved in many activities
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Expressions with make/do
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Tongue Twisters
Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said «this butter’s bitter! But a bit
of better butter will but make my butter better» So she bought some better
butter, better than the bitter butter, and it made her butter better so ‘twas
better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter!