My Life After a Train Accident: A Story of Resilience
My Life After a Train Accident
I Chose to Live: The Accident That Changed My Life and My Rehabilitation
Before the Accident
The second half of my fourth year of IBA and advanced medicine was marked by burnout, but we all knew the worst was yet to come: the examination period. I felt exhausted, as I did each new year. My days passed between the university and studying, with some time for family, friends, and my boyfriend, Richard. The heat in Santiago was intense, and I dreamed of the calendar, begging
Read MoreEnglish Grammar and Usage: Common Mistakes
Common English Mistakes
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Lend: Why don’t you ask a friend to lend you money if you have any money?
Case: Take some more money in case you need to get a taxi home.
Would: If my grades were good enough, I would study computing.
Been: I’ve been studying since 2011.
Unless: I’ll get you a CD for your birthday unless I haven’t got enough money.
Came: Henry Ford came up with the idea of the assembly line…
Long: I`ll need you 50 as long as…
Down: Our washing machine has broken down, so I have to…
Only:
Read MoreVocabulary from Charles Dickens’ Era
Dover mail
A coach that carried letters and passengers.
Struggling
Moving with great difficulty.
Trudged
Walked with difficulty.
Wearily
Very tiredly.
Mist
Fog.
Highwaymen
Armed robbers who attacked coaches.
Blunderbuss
A very heavy gun.
Peered
Looked carefully.
Uneasily
Anxiously, worriedly.
Aimed
Pointed.
Stiffly
When you are stiff, your muscles hurt when you move them.
Plunged
Went deep.
To see about it
To deal with it.
Awkwardly
Embarrassedly.
Eagerly
Enthusiastically.
Keenly
Intently.
Distress
Mental suffering.
Faint
Loss of
Read MoreCommon English and Spanish Verb Conjugations
Understanding Verb Forms
This table presents a list of common verbs in English and their corresponding translations in Spanish. Each verb is shown in its infinitive, simple past, and past participle forms. Verbs marked with an “i” are irregular in English.
| Infinitive | Simple Past | Past Participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| add | added | added | agregar |
| answer | answered | answered | responder |
| apologize | apologized | apologized | disculparse |
| arrest | arrested | arrested | arrestar |
| arrive | arrived | arrived | llegar |
| ask | asked | asked | preguntar |
| attack | attacked | attacked | atacar |
| be i | was |
Funny Short Stories and Grammar Exercises
Funny Short Stories
Images:
Why do people… The duke questioned why people say heads up when they should say duck.
Slow down, please!…Jane told the driver to slow down. The driver responded that he was slowing up.
It started when… Max said that it had started when he had begun smoking.
Don’t worry…Cindy told her brother that she was here for him.
Who was that…Sally asked who that fantastic man was.
We may be…Jerry said that they might be a little late for dinner.
Would you like… Ken asked Pearl
Read MoreSystem of a Down Lyrics: A Deep Dive into 9 Iconic Songs
Aerials
Life is a waterfall,
We’re one in the river,
And one again after the fall.
Swimming through the void,
We hear the word,
We lost ourselves,
But we find it all?
Cause we are the ones that want to play,
Always want to go,
But you never want to stay,
And we are the ones that want to choose,
Always want to play,
But you never want to lose.
Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.
Life is a waterfall,
We drink from the river,
Then we turn around and put up our walls.
Swimming through the