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June 24,
Spot the bottle of beer!

Can you see the bottle of beer in this picture. When you think you have, click on the picture and check to see if you're right. Oh and try counting how many balloons there are too. 🙂

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June 21,
Keep your head above water

Keep your head above water Originally uploaded by waɪ.tiː f you're trying to keep your head above the water it means you're struggling to manage to catch up with your work, responsibilities or finances. This chap is barely managing it, I guess nowadays it's difficult.

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June 14,
Making an entrance

Making an entrance Originally uploaded by waɪ.tiː If you "make an entrance" it means you enter a place in some formal or special, eye catching, way. For example:- British comedian, Baron Cohen, made a real entrance posing as a gay Austrian fashionista and landing on Eminem's face at the MTV Movie Awards. Of course this […]

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June 11,
The writing's on the wall

The writing's on the wall Originally uploaded by waɪ.tiː If the writing is on the wall for a person or an organization, it is clear that they will fail or be unable to continue. However this photo shows our hotel room in Strasbourg where the writing was literally on the wall, which is a bit […]

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March 2,
The oldest words

Scientists at the University of Reading have used a supercomputer called ThamesBlue to model the evolution of words in English over the last 30,000 years. The results suggest that the oldest words were "I" and "who", which have been in use for at least 10,000 years. The most commonly used words included the numbers 'two', […]

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February 20,
False Friend

Herren Garten DarmstadtOriginally uploaded by waɪ.tiː German = Bank English = Bench But if you're talking about those rotten financial institutions that lost all our money, then bank is fine.More false friends here.

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