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Why can’t I say what I mean? Usually this is because you don’t know, or can’t recall the vocabulary. British people are famous for talking about the weather, however in my opinion Spanish people also talk about the weather a lot. So, here are some words that will help you talk about the weather. Which ones do you know already? Which ones are new to you?

A1 cold
A1 hot
A2 cloudy
A2 foggy
A2 snowy
A2 stormy

B1 breezy
B1 cool
B1 freezing
B1 humid
B1 icy
B1 rainy

B2 pouring
B2 mild
B2 chilly
B2 frosty
B2 misty
B2 boiling

What’s your favourite weather? Mine is boiling, as it gives me a reason to drink chilled beer and eat ice-cream. However, I also adore Autumn when the leaves are changing colour and the mornings are bright and breezy.

Finally, do you agree with the following quote?

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it. –Robert Frost

The Bride and the Groom

In order to improve my Spanish vocabulary I subscribe to Dictionary.Com Every morning a little email drops in my inbox and teaches me something new.
Sometimes the words are just plain bonkers, for example, when would I need the Spanish word for Monkey Puzzle Tree? However, most of the time they are very helpful. So, today’s word was: To Get Married (casarse) This has made me think of some English expressions and vocabulary connected to the complicated ‘thing’ of: romantic relationships.

Here are Janette’s 13 steps to walking up the aisle of the church and saying: ‘REALLY!’

1. To meet someone ( Hello, you’re gorgeous)
2. To get on well withsomeone ( Great, we have a lot of things in common)
3. To ask someone out on a date ( Would you like to go on a date with me?)
4. To date and become a girlfriend or boyfriend or boyfriend and boyfriend, or girlfriend and girlfriend (This is very complicated!!!!)
5. To fall in love ( This is even more complicated)
6. To ask someone for their hand in marriage ( More complicated!?!)
7. To get engaged with someone and become a fiancee or a fiance ( Would you like to get married?)
8. To argue (Why do we have to invite your ex boyfriend to the wedding?)
9. To fall out ( Oh no!!)
10.To make up ( Brilliant!!)
11.To get married and be the bride and the groom ( I do)
12.To be just married, and become the wife and the husband the husband and the husband, the wife and the wife
13. To go on honeymoon

Gosh, dating is very exhausting. I’m going to dump my boyfriend and buy a new Nano!!

TO HEAR, TO TOUCH, TO SEE, TO TASTE, TO SMELL:

Yesterday I was talking about the sense of smell and my eyes lit up when a client talked about the smell of freshly brewing coffee.  This is one of the smells I adore the most.  I also like the smell of cut grass,  toast, and orange marmalade.

What are your favourite smells? Perfume, flowers, chocolate…?

The word smell is used in a lot of British Idioms and expressions, for example:

1. smell fishy:  means to seem suspicious.   This new contract smells fishy
2. smell to high heaven: means to smell very bad.  That chicken farm smells to high heaven.