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It’s hard to find someone who hasn’t ever seen or heard of these three letters side by side: TED. It’s much easier to find someone who, though they regularly watch or listen to TED presentations, has never wondered what TED stands for.
New words pop up every day and what seemed to be relevant yesterday may disappear for good in our ever-changing world. And also, there are words and phrases that have already existed but a new meaning got attached to them in a new context.
It was about 4 years ago when we posted a blog entry about the big question: ❓ Are human translators still better than computer translators❓
Revision is an indispensable part of learning a language. It helps you remember and reactivate previously covered vocabulary, grammar and structures, thus increasing your confidence, your accuracy and your fluency.
Last week we posted part 1 of our traditional mini-series, Word Of The Year. After 2019’s“climate emergency”, 2020’s “pandemic”, 2021’s “vax”, and 2022’s “Goblin mode”, at the end of 2023, the Word Of The Year was announced by Dictionary dot com: “hallucinate”.
Word Of The Year for 2023, announced by Dictionary dot com, is not a new word. It’s an old word with a new meaning. Each year, trending words and phrases are tracked and analysed. The winner usually sums up in one or two words the most significant event, discovery, crisis or trend of the given calendar year.
Words born in ’22
augusztus 14, 2022
Language never stops evolving. Some words become obsolete and gradually disappear and new words appear on the horizon every day…
223 summer recipes – part II
augusztus 7, 2022
A few days ago we posted part one of our two-part mini series on summer recipes…
Beat the heat
július 24, 2022
Have you had enough of the sun? Have you found a blanket-size free spot in the shade? Do you feel like sitting back and having a crossword siesta?
Ice cream, yellow pigs and justice
július 17, 2022
What is common in peach ice cream, yellow pigs, emojis, tattoos and international justice? Isn’t it obvious? We celebrate them on the same day every year.
