Christine Burgmer | Blog » VOANews.com http://blog.english-trainer.de Ideas, news, tips and resources for the Business English learner Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:06:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Words and their stories http://blog.english-trainer.de/2011/06/words-and-their-stories-2/ http://blog.english-trainer.de/2011/06/words-and-their-stories-2/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:42:26 +0000 Christine http://blog.english-trainer.de/?p=2617 The latest VOA Special English program is all about eyes.  I hope your eyes don’t pop out reading the text!

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]]> http://blog.english-trainer.de/2011/02/words-and-their-stories-lets-do-business/feed/ 0 Break in, break out, break up … http://blog.english-trainer.de/2010/12/break-in-break-out-break-up/ http://blog.english-trainer.de/2010/12/break-in-break-out-break-up/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:06:03 +0000 Christine http://blog.english-trainer.de/?p=2259 Would you like to learn how Americans use the word ‘break‘?  Well, look how I use ‘break’ in the following sentences …

He broke into the house after midnight, some hours after breaking out of prison.  And why did he do that?  His girlfriend broke up with him …

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