Ethan Strauss

As an English teacher in China for 8 years, Ethan has always been frustrated by the complaints from students that they have no help in learning English. This site is his attempt to solve that problem.





Vocabulary Archive
English vocabulary is a massive task to get through and takes years of practise and continual updating in order to master.

In this section we will try to make that task a little easier by highlighting important vocabulary from a wide array of topics and giving examples of how and when to use them.

Have a Vocabulary topic you want covered but don't see it here? Let us know and we'll try our best to make an outline for you as soon as we are free!
Basketball Vocabulary
February 22nd, 2012
by Ethan


Basketball is a growing sport with huge fanbases in the USA and China. Today we look at some of the vocabulary for Basketball.

Euphemisms Ugly
January 23rd, 2012
by Ethan


Today we look at a variety of Euphemisms for the word Ugly. No one likes to be called ugly so what else can we say to make it a little less painful?

Euphemisms Stupid
January 24th, 2011
by Ethan


If you want to be polite and not offend people, Euphemisms are an important part of English learning. Today we look the word ‘Stupid’.

Euphemisms - Dead
November 15th, 2010
by Ethan


Euphemisms are very important to the English language, you must learn and use them. Today we look at Euphemisms meaning dead.

face
August 1st, 2010
by Ethan


All kinds of words and facts about all the parts of the Head! if there are any other parts you want to know, just let me know!