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I checked out your blog and I must commend you even being a newbie at that. The layout ,the colour combination.. The fast loading. All you just need is to garnish it with content and develop it more from there.
I'm also working towards starting a forum like Nairaland someday.
Meanwhile do you have intentions of monitizing the blog?

kristo123:
What did the young man study, Why not apply for a post graduate scholarship overseas... the kind of set up am seeing here for the snail farming is too small for any meaningful return.

Start small, grow big. Thats the code bro

Hajadine:
There's a social entrepreneurship venture that has been cooked and needs help serving it to the Nigeria students and NYSC members.It is driven by the passion of alleviating hunger, sustainability and motivation to perform better academically.

Alright??

24hoursreporter:
Read also: West African Countries: See The 16 Countries In West Africa ===> http://www.24hoursreporter.com/2019/04/12/west-african-countries/

Nice one from you boss. English language is an integral part of communication and any one who has suceeded in mastering it will pave chances for any verbal or written engagement.
Kudos bro. Are you an edu blogger BTW?

iLegendd:
For now, no.

Alryt boss

iLegendd:
You're just looking for another frust.rat.ed partner to be on your side, right?

Failure always attracts its kind. Now, your fellow frust.rat.ed failure is going to jump on the train—just watch.

Good evening. Is the offer still on?

Dont that guy. A mobile phone is both a blessing and a curse. All things have their own advantage so why should n handheld be an exception.
I downloaded that sleep while you can app and that duolingo and I must confess. You 're on point

Laslasticlala, its not too late for this post to grace FP

Semtu:
I just got paid my 100k

Congratulations bro. Show a prospective scholar love now .
We rise by lifting others

Both,wouldn't harm you one bit. Currently using college physics tho.

Not a bad idea OP. But even of all hell were let loose, I doubt if I will find my secondary school classmate or even schoolmate see this thread.
Hit like if you re on the same.page with me.

Hope Immaculate Comprehensive College

CodeTemplar:
This is a bad mentality. A student who will end up as a surgeon for example should be able to understand things like these at elementary level.
The same way eddy-current losses concept becomes less important to doctors is the same way some biology topics becomes less important to a computer engineers.
If at elementary level the students aren't exposed, to variety, then I wonder how they will ever discover their diverse talents and narrow down on which skill horn.

Co sign. You made sense
All I just have to say about the Education sector in Nigeria is for them to improve on practicals at elementary level

Nice one from you Sir. Your points are top notch. To be a sought after writer is not a day's job I tell you. One has to continually strive to attain perfection.
I am a budding writer too.

Articles are my specialties. Drop your WhatsApp line and let's partner together. I have few cool samples too

Mail Sent

tenmariner:
The moment u indulge in sexual relationship, u can as well kiss your 4 point goodbye. You cannot eat your cake and have it. U either choose the one that is most important for u..mess or 4 point...
Sexual relationship is going to distract your attention educationally. U can even impregnate the lady and the father gets u locked up few days before your exams. U will become distracted, demoralized, defeated, disorganized, destroyed and every other Ds you can think of.
Think wisely

I will advise you to follow what this guy said.
You can keep an healthy relationship that will serve to propel you even more in your academics. That you should know.
But since you are talking in terms of sexual relationship.... Well, many have show a decline in academics when they are exposed to sex. Not all though.
All in all, I will advice you not to get involved in sex for now cos sex is addictive.

Cut your coat according to your size
A stitch in time saves nine
He who wears the shoes, know where it pinches
Do not move faster than your shadow

He who wears the shoe, knows where it pinches

Without further ado, let us take a look at the underlisted idioms as it will stand to a great length in spicing up our vocabularies in formal settings. That, is the beauty of Idioms anyways.
Also are some examples of them in a sentence to help us better understand its usage.
Gear up because it a long read


1) To make a clean breast of: To confess one’s misdeeds or wrongdoings. To confess without reserve.
I felt so guilty about cheating in the test that I had to make a clean breast of it to my teacher.

Origin: This expression was first recorded in 1752, uses clean breast in the sense of baring one’s heart, the breast long considered the seat of private or secret feelings.

2) To catch a tartar: To lay hold of something or encounter a person who proves too strong for the assailant. To catch a dangerous person.
To fight a strong enemy.

While fighting with the Indian army, the enemy soon realize they have caught a tartar.

3)To have an axe to grind: To have a strong personal opinion about something that you want people to accept and that is the reason why you do something.

When I see him strongly supporting someone who could be his rival, I cannot help but think that he has an axe to grind.


4) To cry wolf: To raise a false alarm, to ask for assistance when you don’t need it.

Origin: The phrase comes from the Aesob fables “The boy who cried Wolf”, in which a young shepherd found it amusing to make villagers think a wolf is attacking his flock.

i. Crying wolf leaves people apathetic to serious victims (Times, Sunday Times (2015))

ii. This administration has cried wolf so many times, it’s difficult to know if there’s a problem or not.


5) To be above board: It means to be honest in any business deal. Meaning there is no connection or cheating.

Origin: From gaming: If card players keep their hands above the table (board), they can be seen to be playing fairly.

i.One of the reason I respect the man was that he was always above board when dealing with the locals.
ii. I expected that big company to try to take advantage of us but so far, all of their dealings with us have been above board.


6) To keep someone in the lurch; to abandon or desert someone in difficult straits.
Origin: This expression alludes to a 16th century French dice game, lourche, where to incur a lurch meant to be far behind the other players.

Jane was angry enough to quit without giving notice leaving her boss in the lurch.


7) To play second fiddle; To support the role or views of another person.

Origin: In an orchestra, the position of second (violinist) fiddle is not glamorous as that of first violinist

Members of the house of senate in Nigeria are wont to playing second fiddle to a motion raised by another prominent member.


8 ) To beg the question: To cause to ask a particular question.

The situation of Nigeria has caused Nigerian too beg the question, Atiku or Buhari?


9) To smell a rat: To begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation, especially when someone is trying to trick you harm you.

i. When he made that offer, I smelt a rat. It sounded to too good to be true.

ii. His wife smelt a rat when he suddenly started working late for the past few weeks.

10) To give the cold shoulder; To intentionally ignore someone to treat someone in an unfriendly way.

i. After I got the promotion, a few of my co-workers started giving me the cold shoulder.

ii. I thought she really liked me but the next day, she gave me the cold shoulder.

11) To set one’s face against; To oppose something or an idea with staunch determination. To disprove strongly.

She told her lover about them eloping to a foreign country but surprisingly, he set his face against such notion.

12) To play to the gallery: To behave in a way “intended to make people admire or support you. To appeal to popular taste.

i. Politicians these days are more interested in playing to the gallery than exercising real influence on world events.

ii.He embellished his speeches with humour and wisecrack about his opponent, clearly playing to the gallery.

13) To stew in one’s own juice; To suffer unaided the consequence of one’s action.

i. John has a terrible temper. When he got mad at us, we just let him go away and stew in his own juice.
ii. The best clap-back for his bellicose attitude is to allow him stew in his own juice and then he can scamper back for protection.

14) To burn the candle at both ends; To overwork or exhaust oneself by doing too many things especially both late at night and early in the morning.

i. The huge project must be worth some dough because it has got me burning the candle at both ends over the past weeks.

ii. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends trying to complete my project before the designated deadline.

15) To strike gold: To have great success with something

i. The studio struck gold with their latest film.

ii. A California nurse has struck gold on a slot machine.

16) To bell the cat: To attempt or agree to perform, an impossibly difficult task. To take lead in danger.
Origin: The Idiom’s origin was from a fiction of a murderous cat troubling a particular set of mice. The mice eventually agreed in a meeting to put a bell on the neck so he can no longer sneak up on them. They agreed on the idea but what remained a mystery was the mouse that will take on such a risky task.

Someone has to bell the cat and tell the commissioner that his own started the violence.


Have a wonderful Monday ahead.

worworbabe:
What happened in Ogun State is very similar to what happened in Oyo State.

Adelabu is a better candidate than Seyi Makinde but the people are angry with Ajimobi, not because of his bad administration but for his pride, so they showed him by voting against Adelabu.

Ogun people are as well angry with Amosun and decided to vote against his candidate. Dapo Abiodun could also have lost if Amosun was on his side.

This is not to say there was no manipulation. I don't know about that.

The difference between the two scenario is just that Dapo is the best out of other contestants for Ogun state.
Triple A can go become the chairman of Ipokia North LGA like someone opined.

Congratulations to San-wo Olu of Lagos state. May God give you the strength and the wisdom to rule the diverse people of Lagos state.

nelxxy:
rise your hand if you are waiting for 2026 world cup(mexico, usa, canada world cup)

chai option yapa

I will already be in Canada before then and of course legally so I will watch a world cup match live without any case of me sneaking around

Lol.
Looks like OOU matric gown...
Smells like OOU matric gown...
It is OOU matric gown.
OOU freshers matriculated today. Congrats to you all, you all rock.


Congrats to him

This is a very interesting trend I think deserves front page. Bro Lalasticlala, abeg do the needful.

I'm still an undergraduate and I won't forgive myself if I don't take up my interest in academics, sports and ICT/Internet money making to the final bus stop or atleast a reasonable extent.

I'm working towards the first and 2nd reasonably now. So help me God.

rxmusa:
I regret going into Pharmacy school with the mentality that since it's not a classified degree, I only need to do everything averagely.

So what's triggering the regret now. Are.you practising and not performing enough?
Are you seeking.for employment with ur degree and its not that working?

Do answer. I'm a Pharmacist in view too

princeade86:
to my own observation, i think they shud allow us to vote at anywhere since we all carried nigeria pvc.

Exactly for the presidential elections particularly. I guess Naija's resources is not yet on that level.

We'll get there

DamZik:
I'm not voting today because I don't have #2,000 to travel. Not only me but all that are with me here. Sadly, we wish to vote and make Nigeria work again. This poverty and suffering Mr opposition fighter has brought on Nigeria is too much.

Reasonable enough. The last week election distablized a lot of stuffs for willing voters.
I pray God rule through this people. There is real poverty in the land.

IdreamOfUnicorn:
The person that has Nigeria's best interests at heart

How do you decipher the one who has that?
You were living in Nigeria before the elections?

MiaB:
Wasted transportation last week ,
I'm not doing that again

Distance again. The people distance will be robbing of voting today ehn. Most people sacrificed a lot to vote last week.
Supposing you were to vote. Who will b ur choice candidate?

IdreamOfUnicorn:
I'm not in the country

Distance. Understandable
Who is your choice candidate supposing you were to vote?