Colour idioms

Colour Idioms

black and white thinking of everything or judging everything in a simple way and seeing it as either good or bad
♪ The situation isn't as black and white as it seems; it's much more complicated.

black out to darken by putting out the electric lights or covering over the windows
♪ Londoners had to black out their windows during the war so that the enemy aircraft could not see the city.

Yours faithfully or Yours sincerely?

You already know how important it is to speak good English in an international working environment. If you work for a company which does business abroad, you probably read and write a lot of English, too. Writing, just like speaking, is communication. In our letters and emails we need to express many things: authority, gratitude, dissatisfaction, etc. Expressing ourselves well and with the correct level of formality is a skill.

Do you have that skill? Ask yourself these questions:
Do you present yourself in a professional manner when you write? What image do you give to the people who read your letters and emails?

In short, you want to give a professional image when you write to your customers and business partners. To get you started, we've prepared some lists of standard phrases. Take a look at:
1/ Opening Lines
2/ Closing Lines
3/ Dear Sir and Yours Faithfully

Discover the secret of your name

Discover the secret of your name:

Everybody has got a name. I would like to tell you what secret your name is. Let's start with my name: LUCAS
L = Love is something I deeply believe in.
U = I feel like I have to equal up to people's standards.
C = I definitely have a partier side in mine, an advice for me is that don't be shy to show it.
A = I can be very quiet when I have something on my mind.
S = I am very broad-minded.

Now, try yourself with your name or your friend name. Use the index below:

A = You can be very quiet when you have something on your mind.
B = You are always cautious when it comes to meeting newpeople.
C = You definitely have a partier side in you, don't be shy to show it.
D = You have trouble trusting people.
E = You are a very exciting person.
F = Everyone loves you.
G = You have excellent ways of viewing people.
H = You are not judgmental.
I = You are always smiling and making others smile.
J = Jealously
K = You like to try new things.
L = Love is something you deeply believe in.
M = Success comes easily to you.
N = You like to work, but you always want a break.
O = You are very open-minded.
P = You are very friendly and understanding.
Q = You are a hypocrite.
R = You are a social butterfly.
S = You are very broad-minded.
T = You have an attitude, a big one.
U = You feel like you have to equal up to people's standards.
V = You have a very good physique and looks.
W = You like your privacy.
X = You never let people tell you what to do.
Y = You cause a lot of trouble.
Z = You're always fighting with someone.

Hope you have a nice day!

Compound Nouns

A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two or more words. Most compound nouns in English are formed by nouns modified by other nouns or adjectives.

For example:

The words tooth and paste are each nouns in their own right, but if you join them together they form a new word - toothpaste.

The word black is an adjective and board is a noun, but if you join them together they form a new word - blackboard.

In both these example the first word modifies or describes the second word, telling us what kind of object or person it is, or what its purpose is. And the second part identifies the object or person in question.

Compound nouns can also be formed using the following combinations of words:

Noun + Noun toothpaste, bedroom, water tank, motorcycle, printercartridge, policeman, boyfriend, post office, fruit juice

Noun + Verb haircut, rainfall, train-spotting, car park

Noun + Preposition hanger-on, passer-by, full moon

Adjective + Noun bluebird, greenhouse, software, redhead

Verb + Noun swimming pool, washing machine, driving license, dining room

Verb + Preposition look-out, take-off, drawback, breakdown, cutback, drive-in, drop out, feedback, hangover, flyover, hold-up, make-up, set-back, stand-in, take-away, work-over, check-in

Adjective + Verb dry-cleaning, public speaking

Preposition + Verb input, output, overthrow, upturn, outbreak, outcome, outlay, outlet, inlet

Preposition + Noun underground, onlooker, by-stander

Words of Life

- With money you can buy a house but not a home...
- With money you can buy a clock but not time.
- With money you can buy a bed but not sleep.
- With money you can buy a book but not knowledge.
- With money you can buy a doctor but not a good health.
- With money you can buy a position but not respect.
- With money you can buy blood but not life.
- With money you can buy sex but not love.
- But without money you can not pay for living.

Trust in God but lock your car.
Never laugh at anyone's dream.
Talk slowly but think quickly.

When someone asks you a question that you don’t want to answer, smile and ask :” why do you want to know that?”
Remember that great love and great achivements involve great risk.
Remember the 3 "RE"s : REspect for yourself , REspect for others and REsponsiblity for your actions.

Nothing older than succeeds of yesterday.
Hope the best thing but prepare to get any worst thing.

Give somebody more than they hope and do it cheerfully.
Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
When you say "I'm sorry" look at person in the eye.
The sweetest joy and the wildest woe is the love.
There's only one kind of love but there are thousand imitations.

Life ends when you stop dreaming
Hope ends when you stops believing
Love ends when you stops caring
Friendship ends when you stops sharing.

Don't let yesterday's failures bankrupt today's efforts.

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A friend...được định nghĩa qua 24 chữ cái
(A)ccepts you as you are - Chấp nhận con người thật của bạn.
(B)elieves in "you" - Luôn tin tưởng bạn.
(C)alls you just to say "HI" - Điện thoại cho bạn chỉ để nói "Xin chào".
(D)oesn't give up on you - Không bỏ rơi bạn.
(E)nvisions the whole of you - Hình ảnh của bạn luôn ở trong tâm trí họ.
(F)orgives your mistakes - Tha thứ cho bạn mọi lỗi lầm.
(G)ives unconditionally - Tận tụy với bạn.
(H)elps you - Giúp đỡ bạn.
(I)nvites you over - Luôn lôi cuốn bạn.
(J)ust "be" with you - Tỏ ra "xứng đáng" với bạn.
(K)eeps you close at heart - Trân trọng bạn.
(L)oves you for who you are - Yêu quí bạn bởi con người thật của bạn.
(M)akes a difference in your life - Tạo ra khác biệt trong đời bạn.
(N)ever judges - Không bao giờ phán xét.
(O)ffers support - Là nơi nương tựa cho bạn.
(P)icks you up - Vực bạn dậy khi bạn suy sụp.
(Q)uiets your tears - Làm dịu đi những giọt lệ của bạn.
(R)aises your spirits - Giúp bạn phấn chấn hơn.
(S)ays nice things about you - Nói những điều tốt đẹp về bạn.
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it - Sẵn sàng nói sự thật khi bạn cần.
(U)nderstands you - Hiểu được bạn.
(W)alks beside you - Sánh bước cùng bạn.
e(X)amines your head injuries - "Bắt mạch" được những chuyện khiến bạn "đau đầu".
(Y)ells when you won’t listen - Hét to vào tai bạn mỗi khi bạn không lắng nghe.
(Z)aps you back to reality - Và thức tỉnh bạn khi bạn lạc bước.

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Watch your thoughts; they become words
Watch your words; they become actions
Watch your actions; they become habits
Watch your habits; they become character
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny