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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...
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...
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...
Last week we posted part one of our mini post series, “What to do in August”. For all of you, adventure-seekers, the remaining 20 days of summer still offers a great variety of promising events...
It’s 6th August. Some might say that summer is almost over but adventure-seekers see another month full of promising events....

Seriously?

Once or twice a year, we invite you, just for fun, just as a light Sunday afternoon reading tip, to join us and find out what we celebrate on that given day around the world…

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Troll, boop, trill and others

In music, when new artists appear, we talk about one-hit wonders and real stars with long-lasting fame and recognition. It’s the same with new words in a language. New words appear, we start using them, some of them become part of our most frequently used active vocabulary, other words become popular for some time and then disappear for good.

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Spring cleaning

Prepare for this year’s spring cleaning and boost your vocabulary. Spring has sprung and we have a blog entry for you with essential spring cleaning vocabulary, with clear explanations, images and examples.

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Weekend research

This is our DST reminder for those who get too busy with Easter (and April Fools’ Day) preparations this weekend. For those who don’t know, DST stands for …

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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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