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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.

Fast English – akkor és most VII.

Folytatjuk poszt-sorozatunkat, amelyben megosztunk Veletek pillanatokat az életünkből, bemutatjuk Nektek jelenlegi és volt hallgatóinkat, kollégáinkat. Kövessétek „Fast English akkor & most” bejegyzéseinket!

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Word Of The Year 2021 – part 2

Earlier this week we posted part 1 of our traditional mini-series, Word Of The Year. The winner was “climate emergency” in 2019 and “pandemic” in 2020. By the end of 2021, according to academics, it was quite obvious which word would be crowned Word Of The Year…

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Word Of The Year 2021 – part 1

Two years ago Word Of The Year for 2019 was announced: “climate emergency”. Little did we know that by March 2020, its use would decline by 50% as the word “pandemic” was becoming more and more frequently used in our everyday vocabulary…

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Fast English – akkor és most V.

Folytatjuk poszt-sorozatunkat, amelyben megosztunk Veletek pillanatokat az életünkből, bemutatjuk Nektek jelenlegi és volt hallgatóinkat, kollégáinkat. Kövessétek „Fast English akkor & most” bejegyzéseinket! #fastenglishakkorésmost

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New year greetings around the world

In how many languages do you know how to say “Happy New Year” ? If you clicked on our year-end post last year you remember that we were on a mission to teach you ”Happy New Year” in as many languages as possible.

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