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It’s September 24th, so…

2023-09-24

If you open a browser and enter today’s date you get four kinds of results: - the one that tells you that September 24th is the 267th day of the year, - the one that tells you your horoscope for today, - the one aiming merely to entertain you with fun facts in connection with today’s date, - and the scarcest one that we would like to recommend you today.

That extra spark of self-motivation

2023-09-16

Sometimes it’s not easy to find the spark of desire for language learning. You know that frustration when you have been planning and scheduling and rescheduling and promising yourself that you will devote some time to language learning in the near future but this near future remains in the future as days and weeks pass by...

For your tea breaks

2023-09-10

Do you know that visitor counter widget built into webpages that tells you how many visits the website has had? That counter on one of our favourite “tea break websites” says thirteen million. Wait, no. It’s thirteen billion. 13,645,024,327 visits since the website was launched...

Oh, the weather

2023-09-04

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...

An ocean of books

2023-08-27

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...

Fast – üzleti és szakmai kommunikáció

2023-08-21

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For Crossword Lovers

augusztus 11, 2021

It’s still beach season and one of the most popular relaxation activities on the beach is crossword puzzles. You can go for the classic paper version but if you want to select from tens of thousands of crossword puzzles, using search filters like topic, difficulty and language, WordFinder is pleased to present to you their top 7 Crossword App tips for word lovers on the go.

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Ki kicsoda a Fast English-nél?

július 30, 2021

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.

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Language apps: 2021 update

július 27, 2021

Year by year, we run a research to find the best FREE language learning apps. This year it’s Lifewire’s and PCMag’s summaries that have proven to be the most useful resources.

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101 recipes

július 21, 2021

Easy summer appetizers, main courses, side dishes and those ever so tempting treats… That’s what this post promises with the opportunity of improving your culinary English.

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Fun Quiz on 4th July

július 4, 2021

You can easily find historical facts about Independence Day in any history books. What history books don’t have is fun facts about 4th July. That’s why we made this blog post for you.

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