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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.

Spring festivals

It’s officially spring. By the meteorological calendar, it started on 1st March, as it always does, and astronomical spring, which is based on the position of Earth’s orbit in relation to the Sun, considering equinoxes and solstices, started on 20th March this year…

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Be prepared

Whether it’s a friend from another country, a foreign business partner or a curious student, you may find yourself looking for words when they ask you questions about a national holiday…

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Photo translator apps ’24

For some, it’s common knowledge in 2024. For others, it’s still hard to believe that you don’t necessarily have to type in what you want your translation app to translate. It’s enough to take a picture…

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Spelling test

There are “unmentioned” letters in English. Letters that cannot be found in the English alphabet, however you will find these letters in English words in dictionaries…

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Make the most of what you watch

We found a technological novelty a few years ago that has proven to be a great tool for language learners since then. The magic letters were LLN: language learning with Netflix. And 3 years later LLY came out…

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Make it playful ’24

Five years ago we posted a collection, an album with photos of billboards. Not great ones, not original or beautiful billboards. They were all printed with ridiculous and horrendous typos. Now we added 11 more photos.

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