Newsletter: Put your hands together

[Fmorshed]

Thank you very much.

[Danilila]

Hi Alan,

I so happy that you send me the new " lesson ", was a pleasure to read it. The lesson's ideea is great, you know very well how to combine new topics with funny things and messages beyound und the lines .
Some of the "hand" expressions are the same and in my language.

thanks

Danilila

[Jose]

Your work is very impressive and I do appreciate it. Bravo!
Jose

[Dj Maja]

Thank you for these expressions, they are very useful... By the way, can you explain me why i received these lesson after 'english essay 75' ? :)

[Torsten]

[Mfarzad]

Dear Torsten,

First of all, let me thank you for the valuable contributions that you have made to our community over the years. You and your friends have made it possible for many people like me to take advantage of such a great English learning forum and improve their knowledge of English.

Regarding your question about “mediocre”, as you indicated I had misspelled it. Actually, I was trying to say that the very previous lessons were of low quality compared to lesson 127, which is literally one of the best articles that I have read in recent times.

I greatly appreciate your attention and time for correcting me.

Best regards,
Farzad

[Orest]

I always enjoy your essays or articles, Alan. Thanks a lot.

Orest.

[Jose]

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I do not have anything to say. I post message. Sometimes it's not easy to look for frieds. I think you are the best friend because you answer everybody's message.

Jose

[Jose]

Put your hands together. That sound funny. I mean a little humorous. The expression is easy to remeber. So thanks because we can learn and get fun at the same time. We kill two birds with one stone. Don't we? Sorry but there was some problem about my last voice message. I apologize .
Jose

[Jose]

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I send this message. I think it's not useless because practice makes perfection. Hi Alan! It's the first time I can send voice message. I'm so happy to send it to you and I'm very keen to do that again and again. So correct my pronunciation or my writing if there are mistakes. That is my recordind to day. I tryed to listen to it and I've got fun though It is not very good so I'm lookig forward to hear your comment.
Thanks! Jose

[Jose]

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Can I use the expression "put your hands together "if I mean work togethr? Thanks !

[Beeesneees]

Hi Jose,

That is not the meaning that the phrase 'put your hands together' usually carries.

'Put your heads together' is the idiom that reflects collaboration and working together.
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Cheers m' dears!

[Jose]

Thanks! It's clear. I like asking question like that.
Jose

[Jose]

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I do not know how many Christmas Cards I'll send this year. We have the habit to visit our families and friends on Christmas day. But I send Cards to my friends abroad to wish them a Marry Christmas. I'll send you Card if I have your addrees. Your story is full of information and it enlarge our knowledge so thanks.Please correct my mistakes.
Jose

[Kati Svaby]

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Hello Alan,

1.I think I am sociable or I used to be a very sociable person.
2. I am gregarious.
3. I am always afraid of big communal activity. For me it was always very important to participate in it if there was one-two people who I knew.

When I used to be young I have a season ticket for theatres and I could watch every good performances. In this time it was ridiculously cheap for students. In the socialism we felt ourselves slaves but today I see our life was very easier than the young in nowadays.

The situation of the actors and actress changed more. When I was young the actors and actresses were the king of life. Nowadays they are very poor, they are not appreciated. I was lately in theatre and I saw: Xenaphone: Socrates-it’s a monodrama. Its protagonist is one of the most celebrated actors. I used to know him…Before the performance we met… he didn’t recognize me with my gray head. “You don’t recognize me?” –I asked him. No-he said. I say to him my name and he hugged me and we began to talk. I felt that we should finish our talking, but I didn’t want to cut him. At the end somebody came to us and told him that he had to finish the conversation with me because he has to go to the stage. What he said that they live in the country and they live very difficultly. He was a celebrated star. And he remained a very good actor till today. I became very sad.
The performance was beautiful, and everybody clapped as fort as he could, because it was nothing for this performance.

My children have an upper hand – I see the same attitude at almost of every friend. There is nothing to do. We have to accept. The grandchildren don’t like their parent’s attitude towards us, and they try to console us. I heard earlier that grandchildren and grandparents are nearer to each other. And this is true.

Many thanks for the hand idioms.
1. I want you to put your hands together = welcome our star.
2. shake them by the hand and tell them your name. = to introduce oneself
3.they lead a hand to mouth existence = they only just have enough money to pay for food for their family.
4. put his hand in his pocket – give them some money
5.go cap in hand to the bank manager – ask very humbly (with great respect) for the bank to lend you some money.
6. his hands are tied - he too is unable to help
7. turn your hand to something different – try to do another job that's not the same as the one you have lost.
8. biting the hand that feeds you -=being unpleasant to the very (exact) person who is helping you
9. let your children have a free hand – let them do exactly what they want to do
10.have the upper hand – it won't be long before they start controlling you
11. to take them in hand – make sure that they do what you want.
12 if you wait on them hand and foot =look after them so much that they never do anything for themselves,
13. out of hand = out of control
14. you keep your hand in = with a hobby or a sport, you keep doing this so that you don't forget how to do it
15. old hand at something or at doing something or indeed a dab hand if they have practised a skill or a craft and know all about it as in: He's an old hand at sailing, which means he has sailed in boats for many years. Again: She's a dab hand at playing the piano, which means she plays the piano very well. By the way 'dab' suggests that you repeatedly (again and again) pat (tap) something gently as when people dab their eyes with a handkerchief after crying.
16. back of your hand=to be very familiar with sb
17 wash your hands = to stop being responsible
18.to do sth with one hand tied behind your back! =to do something very easily do something with your eyes closed

Regards:
Kati Svaby
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