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To be the apple of my eye --  to be the one you love most  หมายถึงคนที่เรารักมากที่สุด /คนพิเศษ /แก้วตาหวานใจ หรือ สุดที่รัก  ตัวอย่างเช่น She is the apple of my eye.  หล่อนคือสุดที่รักของผม หรือ หล่อเป็นแก้วตาขวัญใจผม  You are the apple of my eye.  คุณเป็นคนพิเศษของผม 

Pull someone's leg (IDM) - to tell someone something that is not true, as a joke -  to tell a lie but in a friendly way - หมายถึง บอกบางคนเกี่ยวกับบางอย่างที่ไม่เป็นจริง หรือเป็นลักษณะพูดเล่นๆในลักษณะที่เป็นมิตร เช่น  1. I don't like someone who always pulls my leg . 2. I was excited when he told me that I'd won the lottery but he was just pulling my leg .  3.  So, if someone tells you that working as a teacher is easy, they are  pulling your leg .

The following pictures were taken yesterday at the 5th Academic Conference at Thai Airways, where I made my oral research presentation.  Photos by P. Arkom

If you are a learner of English, you may need to pick up your small notebook and pen to write down all the following key words related to English language learning. These following words are from my short summary from Education and Linguistics Research (ISSN 2377-1356 2015, Vol.1, No.2). Let's keep sharing it with all of your friends.   Key words Errors  stem from the lack of complete learning and linguistic competency of the learners and errors cannot be self-corrected. Mistakes are the results of poor language learning performance due to many factors like fatigue and carelessness on the part of learners etc.  Language transfer refers to someone applying knowledge from his/her own native language to his/her second language.  Overgeneralization refers to the extending use of certain forms to an appropriate context by analogy ( a   comparison  between things that have  similar   features , oft...

สำนวนประจำสัปดาห์นี้ขอเสนอ .... to answer the call of nature. หมายถึง เข้าห้องน้ำ  เช่น  1. I have to answer the call of nature before the meeting.  2. Are you looking for the toilet to answer the call of nature ?