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Sitting in the shade, doing some crosswords can be relaxing. And it can be frustrating, too, depending on the difficulty. What we have found can be both but it’s a kind of positive and motivating frustration when you bump into a word that you have never heard.
Do you know the difference between a barbecue and a garden party? They have less in common than you would expect...
Do you ever wonder about the origin of words? Some words have amazing stories or legends surrounding their origin. For example, most learners of English, sooner or later, come across the famous story behind the word ”sandwich”. (Should you not know that, click on the link below.)
In other words: If you are interested in something and want to find out about it in articles, books, videos, podcasts: look for them in the language that you are learning.
We have 9 super-weird but existing English words for you. The question is:
Pineapples, sunglasses and more
június 27, 2021
What is common in pineapples, sunglasses, log cabins, orange blossoms and industrial workers?
Summer vocabulary 2021
június 21, 2021
Could the summer start without an updated summer vocabulary list in your pocket?
Summer book hunt tip #2
június 13, 2021
A month ago, we posted our pre-summer book hunt tip (link below) If you are a language learner who wants to find some great books for the summer we have another recommendation for you…
Walking Tour App
június 8, 2021
I couldn’t think of a more valuable tip at the beginning of June than VoiceMap’s Walking Tour App.
11,000 words on Children’s Day
május 30, 2021
60,000 characters, 11,000 words about 100 countries in 1 entry: Children’s Day
Top 1000 words in all languages
május 26, 2021
There is a website that was created with the bold endeavour to list the top 1,000 words, that is the most common words, in all languages…