English without pressure

🥰New Year, new post😎 Good morning, my dear friends! It's been a minute (=прошло много времени). My New Year's holidays were so packed that there wasn't a single day that I stayed cooped up at home (=сидела в четырех стенах), so let's catch up on my pastimes↙️ 🍊To ring in (=встретить) the New Year, we went to Saint Pete. We had a whale of a time with our friends, playing Bingo during the President's speech, quizzes and Alias afterwards. We conked out (=вырубились) at 6-ish in the morning🐱 ⛸️W...

✨Vacay😍 Good morning, my amazing friends! I’ve been AWOL (=пропала) cuz the weeks prior were really hectic and I had to see all the tasks through (=завершить дела) before our vacay. Ready to share some tidbits⬇️ 📎Since we’ve already been to Sheregesh, Kirovsk, Arkhyz, this year we opted for Sochi and its three ski resorts🐾 🐾Today, halfway into our vacay, the weather’s become too good for snowboarding, so we decided to sit it out (=пропустить катание) and let our hair down cuz snowboarding fo...

🌟Advanced vocab🌟 Good morning, my dear friends! Сегодня делюсь с вами gems, которые впервые встретила при просмотре второго сезона High potential (очень рекомендую к просмотру!!) вместе с примерами из самого сериала↙️ 🎄chummy - friendly e.g.: It was a guy, Morgan seemed unusually chummy with 🎄whittle sth down - сузить число/количество e.g.: - This could be for a million different things. - Well, then let's go whittle it down, big guy. 🎄flout - нарушать закон/правило/традицию 💙flout the law...

🌟What's the buzz?🌟 Good morning, friends! Пока все смотрели последний сезон Stranger Things, я его мирно обошла стороной и оставила на времена, когда весь хайп спадет😎 💡Несмотря на это, мы с Егором решили, что it was high time we watched Game of Thrones, и посмотрели весь сериал за месяц. Мы бы управились быстрее, если бы the holidays hadn't gotten in the way (=если бы не вмешались каникулы)🤡 ❄Параллельно я посмотрела тот самый сериал про хоккеистов, и он, несомненно, pales in comparison (=...

🐾Vacay Part 2✨ Good morning, my dear friends! So it's officially the first business day after the holiday! Хотя работать я начала немного раньше, но наконец возвращаюсь сюда и делюсь второй половиной нашего отпуска⚡ 🔢For a few days we decided to let our hair down (=отдохнуть) since the weather point-blank sucked (=бесспорно плохая) for snowboarding and we visited Sochi and Abkhazia! It is already giving spring and I basked in the sun (=насладилась солнышком) for several weeks ahead😍 🔢On the ...

🐶Dog это не только собака?🐾 Good morning, my amazing friends! Since I've been sticking to my English diet and soaking up a plethora of content, я нашла несколько gems, на которые раньше не обращала внимания⬇️ 📌Так, мне попался глагол to dog someone. Небольшой отрывок, чтобы понять это слово в контексте: A slight prickle in his limbs. Not pain, exactly, but something more unpleasant. Persistent. It dogged him, growing louder, stronger. ✏️dog someone - to follow, harass, or bother someone persi...

🐚По следам моих студентов✅ Good morning, my dear friends! Давно не делилась словами, которые спрашивали мои ученики, поэтому исправляюсь!!⬇️ 🌟in the heat of the moment - without thinking because you are very angry or excited (=сгоряча, в порыве эмоций) e.g.: I said things in the heat of the moment that I regret. 🌟flip phone - раскладной телефон e.g.: He still uses a flip phone for simplicity 🐚churn out - to produce large amounts of something quickly, usually something of low quality (=штампо...

👑Medieval Vocab👸 Good morning, my lovely friends! I'm about 90% through the first book of "A Game of Thrones" and I find it deeply captivating! On top of that, having watched " A knight of the Seven Kingdoms" and "House of the Dragon", I decided to share some go-to words that you'll undoubtedly come across while diving into this universe⬇️ 1⃣chain mail - кольчуга e.g.: Beneath his cloak, he wore chain mail, ready for betrayal at any moment 2⃣unsheathe /ʌnˈʃiːð/ (a knife/sword) - вынимать/обнаж...