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A leopard cannot change its spots A bad writer blames his pen. De que el escribiente es malo, le echa la culpa a la pluma. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. La ausencia es al amor lo que el aire al fuego: apaga el pequeño y aviva el grande. A bird in the hand is...

Phrasal verbs C1 imprescindibles 1. Account for (justificar-explicar)   How to use C1 Phrasal verbs: Increased pollution may account for climate change.     2. Bring on (provocar, causar, suscitar)   Example: His heart condition was brought on by...

Frases útiles para un monólogo Frases introductorias A continuación te muestro una selección de frases que puedes utilizar para iniciar tu charla. Usa estas frases para dar pie a tu introducción: Today, I’d like to talk to you about…. In this talk, I’m going to...

Step by step we are moving forward to another important vocabulary section – crime and punishment. Let’s start with the word crime. Its definition is simple: an act against the law. But it can have many different meanings when used in expressions, so let’s have a...

Today, I want to share with you an essay I wrote recently that I think is useful to demonstrate some good language and also a strong approach to structure for task 2. This essay deals with the tricky topic of crime and in particular it asks whether criminals are...

Crime & Punishment EXERCISE 1 Match the following to make phrases connected with crime and punishment: 1. To commit A. guilty 2. to make B. a crime 3. to plead C. trial 4. to punish D. an accusation 5. to stand E. a criminal EXERCISE 2      |      your turn to be...