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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.

Last minute presents

If you still have a few question marks on your Christmas gift list but 4 days before Christmas you have serious doubts because: A: You already did your store tour and found empty shelves where you expected to find what you wanted to buy. B: Webshops can’t guarantee that you will get your ordered products before 24th…

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Pick up some culinary vocabulary

Isn’t the winter holiday the best time to expand your cooking related vocabulary? Why wouldn’t you switch to adventurous mode and try some new recipes for this Christmas? By the time you turn off the oven you will have picked up a lot of new vocabulary – if you use our link collection with recipes and ideas…

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Santa Claus – What else?

In Hungary, like in many other countries, Santa Clause is coming to town on 6th December. We had a post on how they call Santa, and why, in different countries and cultures…

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