...all these & more from the November issue of the Hot English Magazine. Come, join the discussion, build your vocabulary (of idioms, phrasal verbs, etc.), brush up on grammar & hone your conversational skills! Let's pick each other's brains & have some fun talking & exchanging ideas & insights! ============================ Service: Conversational English with the Hot English Magazine Price: 2000 Points Length: 50 Min Trial Minutes: 10 Min Lesson URL: http://cafetalk.com/en/profile/services/10412 ============================ P.S. To pick somebody's brain is to try to get information or answers to a problem (e.g. by probing or brainstorming). One must admit, the expression can sound ghastly-ghostly & zombie-esque in the fertile ground of the mind's imagination ;-) especially for someone with a Halloween sugar hangover. And with that said, Belated Happy Hallow's Eve, CafeTalk fellows and friends. =]