A Massive Grovel
I have rightly had my knuckles rapped by Dima at the BBC Learning English head office for being noticeably absent over the past week, and now I must make my apologies to all my online students: I am so, SO sorry for not writing here sooner, it’s just been so hectic, and I finally crashed and burned after coming back from China. As they say: ‘What goes up must come down!’
So I went on and on with no sleep and loads of coffee, and tried to keep going until the end of term, then started flailing! I officially lost my pseudo-Buddhist calm last week when I came into the office and started fighting an imaginary punchbag with great aggression.
The stress, the frustration: it all finally got to me. So, I’m sorry for not writing sooner.
I hope that you’re all well, and I look forward to posting something interesting later on.
Best wishes to you all; I really look forward to getting back in contact with everyone - it's so special to be able to write here, and to be able to 'speak' with people from all over the world, so thank you for your patience.
Sarah
xxx
VOCABULARY
• to grovel = to get down on your knees and say sorry
• to rap someone’s knuckles = (used metaphorically) to lightly hit someone on the back of the hand as a warning against bad behaviour
• to crash and burn = to fail utterly through exhaustion
• to flail = to struggle in doing whatever you’re trying to do
Comments
i'm so sorry to hear that,honestly,everyday i wait to enjoy you new post eagerly.but i'd rather you have a good rest than write something with exhaustion.dealing with your own things and then reposing from toil.i look forword to your next post...
Aw, thanks for the sweet message Wang Bang! How is life treating you?
Dear Sarah, glad to see you back and I'm sorry that you're so busy in the past week. So don't worry, we have patience. I think we are all on your side, with our surports. Have some rest, please.
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