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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.
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.
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 ...
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...
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...
For some, it’s common knowledge in 2024. For others, it’s still hard to believe that you don’t necessarily have to type in what you want your translation app to translate. It’s enough to take a picture...

Oh, the weather

It’s getting harder to form an opinion on the weather. We are less and less surprised that the weather surprises us. Record highs and record-long hot summer periods without a cloud in the sky used to have the potential to make headlines. Now it would raise more eyebrows if meteorologists predicted a normal, “rulebook” spring, summer, autumn or winter…

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An ocean of books

I wonder how fast our mood and the weather will switch to “autumn mode” this year. The scorching heat has divided us into two groups now: those who escape to the nearest beach whenever they can, and those who do not go out until the sun goes down…

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What to do in August – part two

Last week we posted part one of our mini post series, “What to do in August”. For all of you, adventure-seekers, the remaining 20 days of summer still offers a great variety of promising events…

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Refreshing summer language cocktail

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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