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Seriously?

2024-04-20

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...

Troll, boop, trill and others

2024-04-13

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.

Spring cleaning

2024-04-06

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.

Weekend research

2024-03-29

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 ...

Spring festivals

2024-03-23

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...

Be prepared

2024-03-15

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...

Refreshing summer language cocktail

július 30, 2023

We do our best to write blog posts that are related to current dates, events or seasons. So, if it’s 30th July, this blog post is destined to be about something “summer-y”…

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Crossword Puzzles

július 23, 2023

The difference between 50 and 10,000 is significant. That’s the difference between the number of crossword puzzles that you get buying a crossword magazine and downloading a crossword app…

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Find out what we celebrate today

július 15, 2023

Once or twice a year we navigate you to a site where you can dive into what we celebrate on that given day around the world…

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Language learning apps – 2023 update

július 9, 2023

Each year, some time in July, we run a research to find the best FREE language learning apps. We launched this mid-summer blog topic years ago to inspire language learners to make the most of their “smart phone time” while sitting in the shade on the beach…

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