be on your soapbox
(get on the soapbox/get off the soapbox) (from Wikipedia - a soapbox = a raised platform which one stands on to make an impromptu speech, often about a political subject. The term originates from the days when speakers would elevate themselves by standing on a wooden crate originally used for shipment of soap or other dry goods from a manufacturer to a retail store
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WORD FORMATION 1Gap-fill exercise
Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
What am I? You have me today, Tomorrow you'll have more; As your time passes, I'm not easy to store; I don't take up space, But I'm only in one place; I am what you saw, But not what you see. What am I? (The answer is, per usual, at the bottom of the Articles page) ![]() Species Male Female Baby Group Adjective
* there are many words but none is really common. Check this link for additional explanation (or copy here: https://www.tuxedo-cat.co.uk/group-cats-is-a-clowder/) **foal is a baby horse. However, a young male horse is additionally called a colt and a young female - a filly ***Did you know that in the old times a zebra was called "hippotigris" (a horse tiger) by the ancient Greeks and Romans :D Animal Words Crossword Puzzle (to practise them a little) BINOMIALS or BINOMIAL PHRASES are fixed pairs of words that frequently go together and when they do, they're always in the same order. Here is the glossary of some from the exercise BINOMIALS 01 with a less transparent meaning: give or take = approximately hustle and bustle = busy noisy activity of a lot of people on and off = intermittently wine and dine (sbd) = go to restaurants etc. and enjoy good food and drink; entertain sbd by buying them good food and drink to and fro = backwards and forwards skin and bones = extremely thin odds and ends = small items that are not valuable or are not part of a larger set spick and span = neat and clean touch and go (also touch-and-go) (adj) = risky, uncertain (you) live and learn = used to express surprise at sth you didn’t expect to learn or experience (come) rain or shine = in any circumstances Auld Lang Syne = For the Sake of Old Times
A Scottish song sung as a New Year's anthem in the English-speaking countries all over the world. The words/lyrics were penned by Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland, to the tune of a traditional folk song.
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