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In the latest blog post, I'm sharing some thoughts and suggestions on the topic of #journaling, especially in the context of language learning:
It's time for another #ebook in my Grammaticus Free Library series!
This time it's "The Ambitious Guest," a short story by one of my favourites, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864).
Set in the majestic scenery of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the story highlights the uncertainty of life and the fragility of human aspirations.
As always, there are vocabulary notes throughout the text, to help with some of the more archaic or advanced vocabulary. Suggested CEFR level: C1/C2.
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The topic of the latest blog post are weather idioms, i.e. idioms with meteorological terms as key words.
Weather idioms
Idiom is a linguistic term for a set phrase or expression with a figurative meaning. As a rule, it’s pretty difficult to guess the meaning of an idiom from the literal definitions of its individual words, which can make them a bit difficult to learn. If you’re an English language learner, you’ve probably encountered this problem: even when you know all the words within an idiom, translating them literally gets you nowhere, as the resulting translation usually doesn’t make any sense.
Rather than approaching idioms as a problem to be solved, try to see them as a kind of language shortcuts: they typically carry a lot of meaning beyond the literal words. Learning them is important, as they are broadly and commonly used by native speakers: you’ll often encounter them in both spoken and written language. Using them will make your speech sound more natural.
The topic of this post are weather idioms, i.e. idioms with meteorological terms as key words. As you’ll see, they are all used metaphorically to describe human moods and experiences; some may be rather logical, others not so! Also, be aware that there are hundreds of weather idioms in the English language, so this is just a very small sample of the most common ones.
As usual on this blog, at the end of this post you’ll find a link to a simple quiz where you can practice these same idioms a bit more. It might help you remember them more easily.
TO BE/FEEL UNDER THE WEATHER
I didn’t go to the party last night, I was feeling under the weather.
TO WEATHER THE STORM
Our company had a difficult year, but we managed to weather the storm.
TO BE ON CLOUD NINE
I finally got my dream job, I’m on cloud nine!
A STORM IN A TEACUP
Do you remember that huge argument they had last week? It turned out be a storm in a teacup.
TO TAKE A RAIN CHECK
Thank you so much for the offer, but can I take a rain check?
TO STEAL [SOMEONE’S] THUNDER
Mark told everyone about his new job, but his sister stole his thunder by announcing her engagement.
TO RAIN ON [SOMEONE’S] PARADE
I’m in such good mood today, I won’t let anyone rain on my parade!
TO PUT [SOMETHING] ON ICE
The manager has put the new project on ice due to lack of funding.
TO BE SNOWED UNDER
I haven’t had any free time lately, I’ve been snowed under with work.
TO BREAK THE ICE
People often use small talk to break the ice.
Now you can do the online quiz. And if you want to learn more weather idioms, have a look at the list of suggested resources below.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
10 Weather Idioms in British English
100 Weather Idioms and Expressions
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I read this poem with my 10th graders today and shed a small tear when I got to the end. Sharon Olds’ poetry hits every time.
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Grammar dilemmas: “until” or “by”?
An interesting question came up in a recent conversation class with a student. It had to do with the use of the words “until” and “by”, both of which are translated the same in the student’s mother tongue.
At first glance, both do seem to refer to the same thing — a point up to which something lasts or when an action ends. Be careful, though: while similar, in English they are definitely not the same!
In this post I’ll briefly explain the difference, illustrating it with a few examples. As always, there‘s also an online grammar quiz waiting for you.
UNTIL
One of several uses of the word “until” is that of a preposition of time (it can also be a conjunction, but that’s a separate topic). It’s followed by a noun or a time reference:
Yesterday I had to work until 7pm.
I’ll be out of office until Tuesday.
In both sentences, the action continues up to a certain point and then stops.
EXTRA INFO
#1 You can shorten the word until to till or ‘til, but avoid this in formal writing as it sounds informal. Grammatically, however, they are all exactly the same.
#2 Until is not used to talk about quantity or distance.
BY
“By” gives us the deadline by which (i.e. before) something needs to happen. The action doesn’t continue until that time — it just has to finish at any point by that time.
She usually arrives to work by 9am. (i.e. at some point before 9)
Please finish your homework by tomorrow. (i.e. at any point between now and the tomorrow’s lesson)
I think you’re ready now for a quick grammar quiz. If you have any further questions about this topic, do post them in the comments section below!
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R. L. Stevenson's poem “Summer Sun” was first published in 1885, as part of his collection titled A Child’s Garden of Verses. In it, the poet personifies the Sun, presenting him as “the gardener of the World” — a kind presence that brings life, warmth, and gladness to all living things.
https://grammaticus.blog/2026/07/10/summer-sun-by-r-l-stevenson/
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I’m happy to present another title in the Grammaticus Free Library series. This time it's “Squirrel”, a charming story written by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
The PDF comes with vocabulary notes and a grammar exercise on non-standard, dialectal forms used by the author - all of which are explained in the accompanying blog post.
To get your copy, go to https://grammaticus.blog/2026/07/01/free-ebook-squirrel/
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Free ebook: “Squirrel” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
I’m happy to present another title in the Grammaticus Free Library series: “Squirrel” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930) was a prominent American writer whose finely crafted short stories set in rural New England explored themes of domestic duty and women’s struggles, while also commenting on the natural world and our intimate connection with the animal and plant life. She is still remembered as one of the leading voices of American realism of the late 19th century.
Her short story “Squirrel” tells of a devoted pair of squirrels who claim ownership of an English walnut tree, quietly harvesting its nuts each year while the elderly farmer and his wife remain puzzled by the tree’s seemingly perpetual barrenness.
Apart from the customary vocabulary notes, this ebook contains a simple exercise on some of the dialectal grammar forms used by the author and which may sound confusing to English language learners. The answer key with relevant explanations can be found at the bottom of this post, under Grammar Explainer.
To download your free PDF copy, please click on the link below:
GRAMMAR EXPLAINER
At the end of the PDF file, there’s an exercise drawing the readers’ attention to some of the non-standard, dialectal grammar forms used in the story. And here’s a brief explainer on those key features:
“Seems as if them nuts must drop off that tree and be picked up,” said the Farmer, “but there ain’t no boys.”
Standard English: “It seems as if those nuts must have dropped off that tree and been picked up,” said the Farmer, “but there aren’t any boys.”
Seems < It seems…
“It” is often omitted at the beginning of a sentence in spoken English, for various reasons. Here we have an example of omission in impersonal statements introduced by verbs such as “seem” and “look.”
Looks nice!
Seems good to me.
them < those
In many dialects, such as Appalachian English and African American Vernacular English, “them” is regularly used as a demonstrative instead of “those.”
Them boys are crazy!
I don’t know him well, he’s one of them people.
must drop off… be picked up < must have dropped off… have been picked up
Tenses and structures requiring the Past Participle are often formed irregularly in spoken language. Here we have the auxiliary verb “have” completely ommitted, and then bare infinitives used after the modal verb “must.” You’ll notice the inconsistent use of past tense forms, too (it’s there in “picked” but not in “drop”).
ain’t no < aren’t any
“Ain’t” is a commonly used informal contraction replacing various negative forms of the auxiliary verbs:
That ain’t true. = That isn’t true.
I ain’t got no money. = I haven’t got / I don’t have any money.
It goes with “no” rather than “any”, forming a double negative (which is otherwise avoided in standard English).
“What d’ye think?” he said. “It was them Squirrels that have stole all them English walnuts.”
Standard English: “What do you think?” he said. “It was those Squirrels that have stolen all those English walnuts.”
d’ye < do you
“Ye” is still used in a number of dialects as the informal plural form of “you.” Here it’s further contracted with “do.”
them < those
Same as in the previous quote.
have stole < have stolen
Another example of irregular formation of a tense formed using the Past Participle (in this case, the Present Perfect Simple tense).
“Be you the thief?” he asked.
Standard English: “Are you the thief?” he asked.
be < are
Also typical of Appalachian, as well as African American Vernacular English and other dialects, here we have the use of “be” instead of “is” or “are” in the present tenses (both Present Simple and Present Continuous).
Be he ready? = Is he ready?
I be going now. = I am going now.
I hope you’ve enjoyed the short story, and that these irregular grammar forms weren’t too confusing. They just go to show that there’s a lot more going on in the English grammar apart from what is taught in formal classes!
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The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is seeking 15 current or recent ELA educators, including classroom teachers of grades 4-12, community college teachers, and preservice teacher educators to participate in this Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) project. Selected applicants will convene in small teams, starting this summer and continuing through December, to create resources that integrate comics with works of literature and build reading comprehension, empathy, and critical thinking. Participants, who must obtain NCTE membership, will receive a stipend of $1,500 for their contributions. | Cohort information & application deadline: June 24
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In my latest blog post you can get acquainted with Sara Teasdale's poem “Spring Rain”, first published in 1917.
In many ways typical of her style of writing, the poem is simple yet deep, using imagery from the natural world to reflect on the poet’s emotions and memories: stormy, thunderous, passionate.
https://grammaticus.blog/2026/05/13/spring-rain-by-sara-teasdale/
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Did something happen ‘in the beginning’ or ‘at the beginning’? And what happened ‘in the end’? Or is it ‘at the end’? 🥺
Likely due to influence of Serbian / Croatian – most of my students’ mother tongue – I also often hear ‘on the beginning’ and ‘on the end’ (na početku, na kraju). 😫
Which one is it? In, on, or at??? 😭
Well, if you're dying to find out, you'll just have to check out my latest blog post! 😘
https://grammaticus.blog/2026/04/23/grammar-in-the-beginning/
It may be St George's Day today, but more importantly for me, as a girl born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, it's #Shakespearesbirthday
I painted this #map of all the plays of #Shakespeare to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his death, which was also 23 April. The man was a genius.
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Flannery O'Connor, born #OTD in 1925.
In my latest blog post, I'm sharing a short selection of films and other resources on this amazing Southern author - one of the best representatives of the Southern Gothic genre. (And one of my all-time favourite writers! ❤️)
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It's the spring equinox and the time for another quarterly ebook. This time it's a short story by Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941).
"Departure" is about a young man leaving his small hometown to begin a new life in a big city. As he sets off, thoughts about the familiar people and places fill him with melancholy.
It’s a bittersweet story that I hope you will enjoy! As always, there are vocabulary explanations in the footnotes.
Visit the Grammaticus website today to get you free PDF: https://grammaticus.blog/2026/03/21/free-ebook-departure-by-sherwood-anderson
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William Carlos Williams, died #OTD in 1963.
Visit the Grammaticus blog today and enjoy his short poem "Winter Trees" - it may appear to be about trees in winter, but it’s just as much about us.
https://grammaticus.blog/2025/01/22/winter-trees-by-william-carlos-williams/
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Latest on the blog: a short poem by the father of Canadian poetry, Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts.
Set in the cold and silent month of February, "The Brook in February" captures the tension between winter’s stillness and the hidden vitality of the coming spring.
As always, vocabulary exercise included!
https://grammaticus.blog/2026/02/25/the-brook-in-february-roberts/
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In the latest blog post I'm doing a short explainer on these deceptively similar words:
* part
* a part
* apart
Not sure what the difference between them is? Visit https://grammaticus.blog/2026/02/05/part-a-part-apart/
The new season of The Thoughtful Teacher Podcast begins with a conversation about how to make grammar instruction relevant and useful-instead of an exercise in memorization. Join me as Patty McGee co-author of the book Not Your Granny's Grammar on your favorite podcast app or listen at:
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Right from the beginning, the author creates a dark and gloomy atmosphere of a harsh winter’s night. The spell she is seemingly under is a “tyrant” that completely paralyzes her. Yet at the same time, there’s something resilient about the poet...
Visit the Grammaticus blog today and delve into Emily Brontë's poem "Spellbound:"
https://grammaticus.blog/2026/01/14/spellbound-by-emily-bronte/
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Just catching up with the second season of #EnglishTeacher and whilst teaching in the UK is clearly different in many ways, this remains the only show I’ve seen accurately satirises the weirdness of teaching the current school generation. They absolutely need to be mocked in this way. And more so.
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Brush up on your knowledge of contemporary English with my retrospective of the Words of the Year (WOTY) 2025, selected by leading lexicographers:
https://grammaticus.blog/2026/01/06/english-words-of-the-year-2025/
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One of the most frequent mistakes I hear from students has to do with the use of the words “work” and “job”. 😬
In my latest blog post, I explain their core meaning and try to make a clear distinction between them. If you never know which one to choose, this post is for you!
Link in bio or visit
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Gobble gobble 🦃
This Thanksgiving Day, I'm sharing with you two lovely holiday-related poems that you can use to revise your English:
👉 “A Thanksgiving Dinner” by Maude M. Grant (1876-1941) - a children's poem with useful food-related vocabulary.
https://grammaticus.blog/2022/11/23/thanksgiving-dinner/
👉 "Thanksgiving" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox - a longer poem about appreciating the simple joys of life.
https://grammaticus.blog/2023/11/22/thanksgiving-by-wilcox/
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Grammar practice: the causative have
In this post we’ll do a bit of grammar practice on a special use of the verb ‘have’, namely the causative have.
This structure is used when you want to say that you didn’t do something by yourself, but they you’ve simply arranged (i.e. caused) for someone else to do it for you.
It always follows the following pattern: have + object + Past Participle
Compare these two examples:
I have washed my car. – This is Present Perfect, where ‘have’ is the auxiliary verb. The sentence says that I washed the car by myself – ‘I’ is the subject.
I had my car washed. – Look at the pattern, with the object between the causative have and the Past Participle. This sentence implies that I asked someone else to wash the car for me.
Here’s another typical example:
I have cut my hair. – I did it myself.
I had my hair cut. – Someone else did it, presumably a hairdresser.
You can use the causative have in different tenses. For example:
I‘m having my hair cut. (I’m at the hairdresser’s right now.)
I‘ve had my hair cut. (Someone’s done it for me at some point in the past.)
I’m going to have my hair cut. (I intend to ask someone to do it.)
I’m sure this wasn’t very difficult. You can now click here to complete a simple grammar quiz on this topic.
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Engleska gramatika: upotreba Present Simple i Present Continuous vremena
Ovaj tekst je, uz manje izmene, dostupan i u engleskoj verziji.
Present Simple i Present Continuous dva su sadašnja vremena u engleskom prilikom čije upotrebe učenici često prave gramatičke greške. Nije ni čudo, jer u južnoslovenskim jezicima njihove funkcije obavlja jedno te isto vreme – prezent.
U ovom tekstu preći ćemo kroz osnovne razlike u njihovoj upotrebi, a na kraju vas čeka i kratak test kroz koji možete da provežbate ovu lekciju.
Ako ste u dilemi koje od ova dva vremena da upotrebite u rečenici, razmislite o sledećem:
I. Da li govorite o nečemu što je privremeno ili je pak stalno i nepromenljivo?
Za radnje koje su stalne i nepromenljive, koristite Present Simple:
I work as a teacher. I teach English. (“Radim kao nastavnik. Predajem engleski.”)
Za radnje koje su privremene, koristite Present Continuous:
I’m on holidays: I’m not working this week, I’m visiting my friends. (“Na odmoru sam: ne radim ove nedelje, u poseti sam kod prijatelja.”
II. Da li se radnja koju opisujete odvija u trenutku govorenja, ili je vaš iskaz opšteg karaktera?
Kada govorite uopšteno, koristite Present Simple:
I love books – I read at least one every week. (“Volim knjige – čitam najmanje jednu nedeljno.”
Water boils at 100°C. (“Voda ključa na 100°C.”)
Ukoliko se radnja odvija u trenutku govorenja, koristite Present Continuous:
Don’t interrupt me now, I’m reading a really exciting book. (“Ne prekidaj me sad, čitam veoma zanimljivu knjigu.”)
The water in the kettle is boiling now. (“Voda u čajniku ključa.”)
III. Da je glavni glagol u rečenici glagol radnje ili stanja?
Opšte je pravilo da glagoli stanja retko i samo u izuzetnim slučajevima mogu da se koriste u Present Continuous vremenu (više o tome kasnije). Drugim rečima, ako ne opisujete neku radnju nego stanje, koristite Present Simple bez obzira na prethodno navedena pravila.
I think this lesson is very easy. (“Mislim da je ova lekcija veoma laka.” Ja to mislim sada, ali glagol think u značenju “mislim”, “smatram”, spada u glagole stanja te se u ovom kontekstu ne koristi u Present Continuous vremenu.)
I own a small house by the sea. (“Posedujem malu kuću pored mora.” Slično prethodnom primeru, ja jesam sada vlasnik, ali glagoli posedovanja poput “to own” i “to have” takođe spadaju u glagole stanje i ne koriste se u Present Continuous-u.)
Ovo su još neki od veoma čestih glagola stanja u engleskom: believe, belong, contain, depend, exist, know, mean, need, prefer, remember, understand. Kao što vidite, nijedan od njih ne izražava neku aktivnost i stoga, čak i kada opisujemo nešto što važi u trenutku govorenja, uz sve njih koristimo Present Simple.
VAŽNE NAPOMENE VEZANE ZA GLAGOLE STANJA
Jedna stvar koja malo komplikuje situaciju, jeste pojava da pojedini glagoli stanja mogu da budu upotrebljeni kao glagoli radnje (i obrnuto), uz promenu značenja:
THINK
I think this is interesting. (“Mislim da je ovo zanimljivo.” – glagol to think u smislu “misliti”, “smatrati” se doživljava kao stanje > Present Simple)
I’m thinking very hard about this problem. (“Mnogo razmišljam o ovom problemu.” – uz predlog about ovaj glagol malo pomera značenje: “razmišljati” o nečemu se više ne doživljava kao stanje, već kao radnja > Present Continuous.)
COME
Evo još jednog primera: glagol to come je najčešće glagol radnje, ali može da bude upotrebljen i kao glagol stanja:
I come from Europe. (“Dolazim iz Evrope.” Tamo živim, ovo je činjenično stanje > Present Simple)
I’m coming from Europe. (“Dolazim iz Evrope.” Prevod na srpski je isti kao da stoji Present Simple, ali upotrebom ovog vremena govornik implicira da se upravo vraća sa puta gde je privremeno bio, a inače živi negde drugde; možemo da ga prevedemo i kao “stižem.”)
BE
Pomoćni glagol to be (“biti”) sam po sebi jeste glagol stanja, ali čak i on može da bude upotrebljen u Present Continuous vremenu, u specifičnom kontekstu:
He is a very good boy (“On je jako dobar dečak…” – inače, to je njegovo uobičajeno svojstvo), but today he is being impossible (“…ali danas je nemoguć.” – Present Continuous za trenutno ili privremeno, svakako nekarakteristično ponašanje).
Slično ovom poslednjem primeru, mnogi drugi glagoli stanja mogu da se koriste u Present Continuous-u kada govorimo o nečemu što nije uopšteno, nego je ograničeno na konkretnu situaciju u kojoj se nalazimo:
LOVE
I love parties. (“Volim žurke” – upotrebom Present Simple-a govornik sugeriše da ih inače voli)
This party is so cool, I’m loving it! (“Ova žurka je super, baš uživam.”)
HAVE
Ranije smo pomenuli glagol to have kao glagol stanja. Međutim, u brojnim glagolskim frazama on se faktički pretvara u glagol radnje i u tom slučaju može da se koristi u Present Continuous-u:
I have a lot of pets. (“Imam mnogo kućnih ljubimaca.” – to have u značenju “imati”, posedovati” je glagol stanja > Present Simple)
I can’t go out now, I’m having lunch. (“Ne mogu sada da idem napolje, ručam.” – glagolska fraza to have lunch, “ručati” nije stanje nego radnja; ukoliko se odvija u trenutku govorenja, upotrebićemo Present Continuous)
I can’t answer the phone, I’m having a shower. (“Ne mogu da se javim na telefon, tuširam se.” – isti slučaj kao u prethodnom primeru: u datoj glagolskoj frazi, to have a shower označava radnju, ne stanje)
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