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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Expats in UAE learn to mind their language</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">What does it mean to have a chip on your shoulder — literally a fried piece of potato lying on your shoulder, or to have a problem that happened in the past, that you can't get over?</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Having a chip on your shoulder is just one idiom (a saying with a different meaning to </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">what the words actually say) in English — known to be a complex language.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It is such idioms that prove to be stumbling blocks for those learning the language, as well as other aspects such as homonyms (words pronounced and spelled in the same way but with a different meaning), grammatical quirks and silent letters.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Full story:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/education/expats-in-uae-learn-to-mind-their-language-1.639877</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>