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A Tale of Two Cities A story of the French Revolution by Charles Dickens - Chapter II The Mail

Chapter II

The Mail

It was the Dover road that lay, on a Friday night late in November, before the first of the persons with whom this history has business. The Dover road lay, as to him, beyond the Dover mail, as it lumbered up Shooter's Hill. He walked up hill in the mire by the side of the mail, as the rest of the passengers did; not because they had the least relish for walking exercise, under the circumstances, but because the hill, and the harness, and the mud, and the mail, were all so heavy, that the horses had three times already come to a stop, besides once drawing the coach across the road, with the mutinous intent of taking it back to Blackheath. Reins and whip and coachman and guard, however, in combination, had read that article of war which forbade a purpose otherwise strongly in favour of the argument, that

A Tale of Two Cities A story of the French Revolution by Charles Dickens

Chapter I

The Period

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the

English Idiom You Need To Know - Part6

"I'm used to it like an eel to skinning"

Meaning:

"It's nothing new to me. I did it many times" "talk/bore somebody's head off" Meaning: "to bore somebody with talking" "not a quarter as good as .." Meaning: "incomparably less valuable than .." "Jack of all trades (and master of none)" Meaning: "a person who can do many things (but who rather has not

English Idiom You Need To Know - Part5

"sweep somebody off his/her feet"

Meaning:

"to make somebody suddenly fall in crazy love with one" "smell a rat" Meaning: "to feel that something bad is in the offing" "stick one's neck out" Meaning: "to say something despite the risk of troubles" "spike somebody's gun" Meaning: "to preempt somebody's attack by taking away power" "give somebody more rope" Meaning: "to give somebody more

English Idiom - Part4

"let somebody off the hook"

Meaning:

"to let somebody wriggle out at the very last moment (e.g. Saddam Hussein and the Soviet peace plan in the Gulf War 1990-1991)" "idle stories" Meaning: "senseless and untrue gossip"

English Idiom - Part3

"gunboat diplomacy"

Meaning:

"diplomacy backed by the threat of force" "A pretty pair of shoes." Meaning: "This deal seems to be very attractive." "You could have knocked me (down) with a feather." Meaning: "I was literally weakened with shock and surprise." "put/stare somebody out of

English Idiom - Part2

"(The) show must go on."

Meaning:

"Whatever happens, life must continue as before (e.g. independent of somebody's death)"

"separate the man from the myth" Meaning: "analyse the true features of a man as opposed to rumors (e.g. about Marx)"

English Idiom You Must Know

"in the doldrums"

Meaning:

"in the state of unhappiness and inactivity"

"cast pearls before swine" Meaning:

The simple future tense

The Simple Future

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The simple future tense:

This page will present the simple future tense:

• its form
• and its use.

The forms of the simple future:

The simple future is formed as follows:

will / 'll + verb

will = 'll

The affirmative form of the simple future:

I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will / ''ll	go.

Examples:

• I think I'll buy a new computer.
• I will open the door. Someone is ringing the

The past continuous / progressive

The past continuous:

The past continuous, also called past progressive, is used to refer to an action that was continuous (i.e. an action that was going on) at a particular time in the past.
This page will present the form and the use of the past continuous (progressive.)
(More on the present continuous / progressive)
Before you continue the lesson, read the following passage and try to see how the verbs in bold are formed and used.

Yesterday, Liza and Jim played tennis. They began at 10:00 and finished at 11:30. So at 11:00, they were playing tennis. They were playing="they were in the middle of playing." They had not finished yet. Was/were playing is the past continuous.

The form of the past continuous:

The past continuous is formed as follows:

to be in the simple past	+ verb	+ ing

The affirmative form:

I, he, she, it	was	playing.
you, we, they	were

Examples:

• Yesterday evening I was watching a film, when someone knocked on the door.
• This morning I was revising my lessons when my

Spelling of the -ed forms

The spelling of the simple past form (-ed forms)

You will learn the spelling of the simple past form (-ed form.) But before you continue the lesson study the following examples and try to see how the verbs are spelled.

Verbs ending in a...
1. silent e	2. vowel + y	3. consonant + y	4. other forms
close = closed die = died phone = phoned	play = played destroy = destroyed show = showed	marry = married carry = carried study = studied	visit = visited miss = missed watch = watched finish = finished fix = fixed buzz = buzzed

The rules of the simple past tense forms:

Here are the rules:

1. Regular verbs ending in a silent e take /-d/ in the

English Grammar Reference Lessons

English Grammar Reference Lessons

This is a list of grammar lessons arranged in different categories:

1. English tenses,
2. clauses,
3. other grammar points.

Study the lessons and Enjoy learning!