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Kakve veze imaju konji sa učenjem engleskog?

13-Dec-2016 · by Verbalist

FunVOCAB: To hear something “from the horse’s mouth”

(Idiomatic)
“To acquire information from someone who has all the facts. A direct, reliable source. This expression alludes to examining a horse’s teeth to determine its age, and therefore its worth. [1920s]”

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Post-truth novi pojam godine Oksfordskog rečnika u vremenu kada su činjenice manje važne od emocija

17-Nov-2016 · by Verbalist

Pročitali ste da su Džulijan Asanž i Pamela Anderson u vezi. Onda ste naleteli na neki članak koji najavljuje Treći svetski rat. Zatim ste čuli, od nekog ko se informisao (preko društvenih mreža naravno), nekoliko verzija zašto Bob Dilan neće da primi Nobelovu nagradu za književnost. Da li je sve ovo tačno? Koga briga.

Vesti se spremaju kao brza hrana, a isto tako se i konzumiraju. Nemaju nikakvu nutritivnu vrednost za nas, a stalno smo gladni i hoćemo još.

Trenutno ushićenje, zadovoljavanje potrebe, i posle nekoliko trenutaka sve se zaboravlja.

U eri Donalda Trampa i Bregzita, Oksfordski rečnik odredio je da internacionalna reč godine bude „post-truth“ odnosno post-istina, koja odražava stanje u kojem su činjenice manje važne od emocija, piše The Guardian. PROČITAJTE VIŠE OVDE

Kako je jedan zarez u engleskom jeziku postao toliko popularan, zašto je (ne)važan i kako se koristi

15-May-2016 · by Verbalist

O upotrebi ovog čuvenog zareza se i dalje vodi polemika među lingvistima i izdavačima a ispevana je i pesma o njemu. Upoznajte oksfordski zarez (Oxford Comma), poznat i kao harvardski zarez (Harvard Comma), ili serijski zarez (Serial Comma). Zanimljivo je da se oksfordski zarez vezuje za britanski engleski jezik, a pri tome se češće upotrebljava u američkom engleskom. Iako veb obiluje brojnim tekstovima i diskusijama o oksfordskom zarezu, nama u jezičkoj mreži najviše se dopao onaj koji je objavio Oxford Royale Academy. Tekst prenosimo u celosti u nastavku; uživajte dok razotkrivamo ovog “serijskog prestupnika” 🙂

The Oxford Comma: Essential or Inconsequential?

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Internet sleng i nove engleske reči i skraćenice koje je dobro da znate

19-Apr-2016 · by Verbalist

Love them or hate them, these are the newly created words and abbreviations on everyone’s lips, that is keyboards 🙂

Perhaps the biggest slang term of 2014 was “bae”. “Bae” came from the English words baby and babe, which are both used to express affection (love) for your boyfriend or girlfriend. “Bae” is also used as an acronym for “before anyone else”. Pharrell made use of the popular word in his song “Come Get It Bae.”

Nowadays, our communication often happens online, so the Internet has developed almost its own language. This language is even more casual and has many abbreviations (shortenings of words and phrases). The English language on the Internet changes almost every day, as sayings, images and videos “go viral”.

Much of Internet slang is made up of abbreviations and shortenings, and some of the most commonly used Internet abbreviations are:

lol — laughing out loud
brb — be right back
btw — by the way
lmk — let me know
g2g — got to go
cya — see you

If you can’t figure out what a certain abbreviation stands for, try checking Google. Just search for “what does [abbreviation] stand for?” and replace the [abbreviation] with the term you’re confused about. We have prepared the fifteen terms that are good to know to communicate better online: PROČITAJTE VIŠE OVDE

Kako se sve govori i priča u engleskom jeziku

17-Apr-2016 · by Verbalist

Jezička mreža Verbalisti duguje svoje ime jednoj od ovih reči 🙂 Learn languages to better verbalize yourself!

Idiomi u engleskom jeziku – the elephant in the room

18-Mar-2016 · by Verbalist

At some point we all face an issue or situation that’s commonly called “the elephant in the room”: an obvious truth that is either being ignored or not addressed.

Animal idiom: “The elephant in the room” This means a big, obvious problem that everyone knows about but is too embarrassed or shy about mentioning.

Example: “We discussed the marketing campaign for hours, but the real elephant in the room was the poor reliability of our product.”

Check out our FunVOCAB for more idioms, favourite ‘new’ words and expressions to the language.

Sinonimi najčešće korišćenih reči u engleskom jeziku

14-Feb-2016 · by Verbalist

Danas donosimo listu sinonima za reči u engleskom jeziku koje se najčešće koriste i koja može da bude korisna i onima koji odlično govore engleski.

Amazing — incredible, unbelievable, improbable, fabulous, wonderful, fantastic, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary
Anger — enrage, infuriate, arouse, nettle, exasperate, inflame, madden
Angry — mad, furious, enraged, excited, wrathful, indignant, exasperated, aroused, inflamed
Answer — reply, respond, retort, acknowledge
Ask — question, inquire of, seek information from, put a question to, demand, request, expect, inquire, query, interrogate, examine, quiz
Awful — dreadful, terrible, abominable, bad, poor, unpleasant
Bad — evil, immoral, wicked, corrupt, sinful, depraved, rotten, contaminated, PROČITAJTE VIŠE OVDE

Krug osećanja za bolje i brže učenje engleskog jezika

15-Dec-2015 · by Verbalist

Mnogi od nas nailazimo na poteškoće kada je potrebno da (na engleskom, ali i uopšte) verbalizujemo svoja osećanja i identifikujemo emocije. Danas donosimo jedan sjajan kružni dijagram koji ne samo da će vam pomoći da brže i bolje naučite nove reči u engleskom jeziku vezane za različita emotivna stanja, već ćete uz pomoć njega lakše otkriti i identifikovati osnovnu emociju u trenutku kada vas prožima pregršt osećaja. Predstavljamo „krug osećanja“.

Ovaj kružni dijagram, koji je osmislila profesorka Kejtlin Robs, bazira se na teoriji da se sva osećanja kod ljudi mogu svesti na samo šest osnovnih emocija (prikazane u samom centru kruga). Kada osećamo, na primer, frustraciju, suštinska emocija je zapravo bes.