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Technology, Entertainment and Design

2024-02-11

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 English Words

2024-02-03

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.

Human translators vs CAT

2024-01-28

It was about 4 years ago when we posted a blog entry about the big question: ❓ Are human translators still better than computer translators❓

The value of revision

2024-01-20

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.

Word Of The Year 2023 – part 2

2024-01-14

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 2023 – part 1

2024-01-07

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.

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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