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What are we celebrating? Isn't it interesting that somewhere somebody is celebrating something right now? It's a weird idea but it's actually always true...
”Dining alfresco is not the best idea on a day like this.” – Dining what? Dining how? Alfresco? Alfresco is an adverb, it means ”in the fresh air” or ”outdoors”. I wouldn’t know it if I didn’t take regular visits to an amazing, versatile, multi-dimensional, colourful website...
Mennyire ismered a tanárt, akivel a Fast English nyelvi kurzusain hetente több órát együtt töltesz, és aki ezt az időt értékes tartalommal tölti meg számodra? Te mit tudsz arról az emberről, akinek a nehezen elsajátíthatónak érzett új nyelven próbálsz magadról, a családodról, a munkádról, az éppen aktuális projektjeidről minél pontosabban, választékosabban, nyelvtanilag egyeztetve mesélni? Ki ül veled szemben? Valószínűleg keveset tudsz róla, hiszen az órákon inkább Te beszélsz, kedves olvasó. Az elkövetkező hetekben egy-egy kollégánkat mutatjuk be. Ismerjétek meg őket, ily módon is új témával színesítve a társalgási időt.
2021-ben is sort kerítettünk egy kora őszi, nyárbúcsúztató piknikre...
The summer of 2021 was one never-ending scorching heat wave. At least, that’s how I remember it. The wardrobe boxes labelled „spring” remained unopened this year. After March, April and May that were annoyingly windy and cold we suddenly found ourselves in the middle of a dry and merciless, hot summer. Now, at long last, here we are in unpredictable, rhapsodic September...

Seriously?

Once or twice a year, we invite you, just for fun, just as a light Sunday afternoon reading tip, to join us and find out what we celebrate on that given day around the world…

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Troll, boop, trill and others

In music, when new artists appear, we talk about one-hit wonders and real stars with long-lasting fame and recognition. It’s the same with new words in a language. New words appear, we start using them, some of them become part of our most frequently used active vocabulary, other words become popular for some time and then disappear for good.

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Spring cleaning

Prepare for this year’s spring cleaning and boost your vocabulary. Spring has sprung and we have a blog entry for you with essential spring cleaning vocabulary, with clear explanations, images and examples.

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Weekend research

This is our DST reminder for those who get too busy with Easter (and April Fools’ Day) preparations this weekend. For those who don’t know, DST stands for …

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Spring festivals

It’s officially spring. By the meteorological calendar, it started on 1st March, as it always does, and astronomical spring, which is based on the position of Earth’s orbit in relation to the Sun, considering equinoxes and solstices, started on 20th March this year…

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Be prepared

Whether it’s a friend from another country, a foreign business partner or a curious student, you may find yourself looking for words when they ask you questions about a national holiday…

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