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MrHammond replied to the topic Facing Idioms Monday 3am in the forum
Study Groups 5 hours, 26 minutes agohad some discussion on the following:
Rubbing the sleep from ones eyes
Stretching the Lines
That’s it.Are these Idioms or Phrasal Verbs?
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MrHammond started the topic Facing Idioms Monday 3am in the forum
Study Groups 5 hours, 28 minutes agoToday’s Facing Idioms we reviewed:
1) To outdo yourself
2) To live something down
3) Something is killing you
4) To take it easy
5) To be out of the question
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Professor Merryman posted an update 16 hours, 25 minutes ago
For those who are interested in seeing what you downloaded, you can download and install OpenSim on your PC. It’s pretty easy to install. You can play in your own virtual world! http://simonastick.com/
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Professor Merryman posted an update 16 hours, 45 minutes ago
zadaroo.com is being taken over by Zetamex http://zetamex.com/, an OpenSim host. This means the 8gb or so of files we have download can be deleted. The files will still be available on the original website. I’m glad to hear this. It’s always terrible to hear of projects with so much time invested in building just collecting dust and being thrown…[Read more]
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Professor Merryman started the topic Chat Time with Professor – 6am Monday in the forum
Lesson & Activity Notice Board (Tutors and Hosts only) 17 hours, 46 minutes agoCome join me for some conversation. Everyone speaks. Learn new vocabulary. Ask questions. Practice with a native speaker. Monday from 6am SLT. Hope to see you at Cypris Village!
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MrHammond started the topic Mon 3am SLT ==> Facing Idioms Lesson: Mr H in the forum
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mystie posted an update in the group
Lesson & Activity Notice Board 1 day, 14 hours ago** Duke’s Sunday Field Trip is cancelled for today.
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okapon posted an update 1 day, 15 hours ago
We had a ”BEGINNER’S ACTIVITY” on May 17. Should we take off our shoes? haha
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You all look so well mannered. haha
You can change your sitting pose by pressing ”Shift key” + arrow key left(←) or right(→).
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Professor Merryman posted an update 3 days, 7 hours ago
I HAVE AN URGENT PROJECT I NEED HELP ON! Can you help me?
An OpenSim builder is closing her website. I’ve never heard of her before today, but she is quitting the virtual world business because she is fed up with all of the drama and problems. I can totally understand her feelings. She has tons of builds, textures,…[Read more]
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OAR’S are downloaded.
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IAR’s downloaded!
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Zoomtadas is not needed. We aren’t animals.
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@professor I downloaded:Plants&Landscaping, Poses, Sculptmaps, Skins, Terrains, texture; ..hope it helps you.
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I have Animals. I’m working on Animations, Attachments, Buildings, Clothing, Costumes, Eyes, Food & Drinks, Furniture, Hair, Holiday.
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Great work! Thanks. Now we need all of the pages downloaded with the copictures so we can see what they look like. I’ll work on this when I get home later unless someone else jumps in. Then we’ll need a Google doc to check off everything we have. Again, someone can jump in before me me. The Facebook group also has action going on. You might want…[Read more]
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I don’t have facebook. Am I reduplicating anyone’s work?
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Anyway, I got all the categories I listed, including the webpages.
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You guys know that technically, the 18th at midnight is in 3 hours, right? Standing by for a report of what needs to be done. If I don’t hear back in ten minutes, I’m going to buy ice cream.
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Not long until 12am. I think we have most of the downloading downloading done. Just need to confirm that the text and photos have been downloaded as well.
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dori started the topic Fantasy World with Brede & Powder Room in the forum
Lesson & Activity Notice Board (Tutors and Hosts only) 2 days, 9 hours agoLet’s talk about the movie, “avatar” today.
Pre-intermediate and above.
Time: 5:30am PDT (1:30PM BST / 9:30PM Korea/Japan)After “Fantasy with Brede”, Time for ladies.
“Powder Room”!
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dori posted an update in the group
Movie Club Information 2 days, 9 hours agoThe movie for next ”Movie Club”, Wednesday May 22nd.
9 (I) (2009)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472033/
Please watch the movie and let’s talk about it.
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MrHammond posted an update in the group
Study Groups 2 days, 14 hours ago===Mr Hammond’s Study Group – Extra Lesson on WizIQ This Monday
5pm GMT 9AM SLT/PDT, Class will be recorded for enrolled students of the group to watch later===http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1251195-dates-of-the-calendar
as part of my TESOL assignment I invite you to join this LIVE class, as its Bank Holiday outside of the UK – I hope…[Read more]
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ellie posted an update 2 days, 16 hours ago
No events for me until the end of May. MIDTERMS. Dun. Dun. DUN!!!!!!
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Serena Luna replied to the topic Business Listening #4 in the forum
English Audio Practice 3 days, 15 hours agoMy summary
Mitsubishi electric corporation is the world leader in electrical and electronic equipment. It has launched an initiative called environmental vision 2021, marking the 100th anniversary of the […]
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dori started the topic Super Beginner Time Level 1 & 2 in the forum
Lesson & Activity Notice Board (Tutors and Hosts only) 3 days, 17 hours agoEasy English with a short dialog or story & Pronunciations
Friday 6:00am SLT at the Beginner Room
(2:00pm BST / 10:00pm JPN)
Let’s practice together!
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okapon posted an update 3 days, 21 hours ago
”I laughed my head off.”
Your head off????
Are you OK?
Hospital?In Japanese,”I laughed to hold on my stomach ”
Similarly,”He is black-hearted―evil-hearted.”
In Japanese,”He is black-stomach―evil-stomach.”
It is interesting for me to learning English.
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From the American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms
It can also be “split one’s side laughing”. For example, That comedian had us splitting our sides, or Jane laughed her head off when she saw Rob’s costume. The first of these hyperbolic terms dates from about 1700.
The expression using head is colloquial and dates from the mid-1800s, nut has…[Read more]
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Professor Merryman posted an update 4 days, 7 hours ago
Is anyone interested in joining me to present at VWBPE this year? I am thinking of doing a co presentation with 4-6 other presenters. I would give an introduction and then each presenter talks about learning English in Second Life–not necessarily Cypris Chat. I would like to present virtual world language PRACTICE. I want to show the benefits of…[Read more]
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DukeVan Acker started the topic Lesson with Duke: Thursday 6 AM SLT in the forum
Lesson & Activity Notice Board (Tutors and Hosts only) 4 days, 17 hours agoWhat are you planning to do when you retire? Or perhaps you are already retired? Or will never, ever be able to retire? For intermediate to advanced learners, at the Cypris Chat Ring.
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dori posted an update 5 days, 2 hours ago
Hi, all Cypris members.
Why am I having an activity for beginners? The reason why I started my activity, it is because there was no activity for beginners. I just wanted to HELP them to improve their English.
Do you think I think my English is good enough to help people who want to improve their English? The answer is “NO”. I have never…[Read more]-
That would be nice to see. If I notice any random events at Cypris, I’d be happy to join and be supportive. I love watching learning happening in front of me.
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MrHammond started the topic Wednesday 11am SLT-Study Group(Sandbox)with Mr H in the forum
Lesson & Activity Notice Board (Tutors and Hosts only) 5 days, 12 hours agoIn Mr Hammond’s Study Group its – Scrabble Wednesday
15th May at 11:00 in PDT
Sandbox, Cypris VillageIV, Wellston.
There is no version of this for OS X?
what is our region in OpenSim ? found group Cypris Society, please add Mr Hammond