Unusual words, funny expressions
I sometimes teach English to speakers of other languages, and since Sydney is a popular destination…
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Quirky vocab
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Time now for the next instalment in my series on Quirky Vocabulary – words that…
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In English, many of the words beginning with D seem to be tinged with a…
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In English, the words beginning with C are a real mixture. Some are functional: computer, cache,…
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In many languages, the words beginning with B seem to go to onomatopoeic extremes: they…
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In English the A words tend to convey intellectual sentiments and mental states: angry, aroused,…
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Romanians often laugh when they hear a foreigner try to say mâine, which means tomorrow,…
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Contrary to what you may have read in reputable school books, encyclopedias and scientific journals,…