Epoch and Epoche.
I’m still reading George Sand’s Spiridion (see this post), and a while back it became clear to me that it was that rarity among novels, one centered on intellectual striving and drama (there’s no love...
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Foreign Language Oscar Preview: A Long List Of Strong … - Deadline.com
Foreign Language Oscar Preview: A Long List Of Strong …Deadline.comoscar Last year, I offered up a preview of the 15 films that had the most buzz going into the unveiling of the Foreign Language Oscar...
View ArticlePanama Redux
When then Panamanian President Martin Torrijos proposed the expansion of the Panama Canal to his electorate he announced that the project would transform the country into a First-World nation. As the...
View Article#110 Boletim: Pronúncia dos Números Fracionários
Howdy English Experts readers! Esta semana o boletim está recheado de tópicos interessantes. Você sabe, por exemplo, a diferença entre While e Whilst? Você sabe como pronunciar os números fracionários...
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List of Websites Where You Can Watch Spanish Videos with Spanish Subtitles or...
This is the Holy Grail for Spanish-learners: videos (movies, TV shows, whatever) in Spanish and with Spanish (not English) subtitles, or an exact transcript in Spanish of what was said. But what about...
View Article1804 – Clients “polis” (‘Polite’ clients)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Un café de la Côte d’Azur a créé la sensation sur internet en récompensant ses clients pour bonnes … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1805 – Un oncle exécuté (Uncle executed)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript L’oncle du leader Kim Jong-un, jadis très puissant, a été accusé de corruption puis éxécuté… Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1806 – Probablement utilisé (Probably used)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Selon les enquêteurs de l’ONU, des armes chimiques ont été “probablement utilisées” sur cinq… Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1807 – Ils reconstruisent des barricades (They rebuild barricades)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Les manifestants pro européens en Ukraine ont renforcé leurs positions au centre de Kiev en reconstruisant… Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1808 – Real Life French: décoration
Real life French Guide Welcome to your lesson of Real Life French. Each lesson we take a simple situation you may encounter in everyday life in France. Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :~
View Article12/16/13 - googly
1. Wide-open or protruding (eyes), agog, as in awe of something or swooning over someone. 2. Rolling, slowly spinning (eyes). 3. Quirky, eccentric, odd.
View ArticleReuters Video: Aussie family decks the house in half a million Christmas lights
An Australian family reclaims the world record for most Christmas lights on a house. Sharon Reich reports. TRANSCRIPT REPORTER: Ever wondered what your house might look like covered in half a million...
View ArticleWord of the day: Autobiography
Autobiography was first used in English by William Taylor who spoke French and Dutch at home and later travelled to the Netherlands, France, Italy and Germany where he improved his languages and learnt...
View ArticleAn Italian Christmas way of life
As Christmas is approaching, bringing with it that typical freezing air and covering with snow almost every European country, people are beginning to be less interested in working, their minds...
View ArticleComo falar de Stress (Estresse) em inglês
Trata-se de algo tão comum nos dias de hoje que quase sempre costumamos mencionar de alguma maneira o “stress” ou “estresse” (forma aportuguesada) ao falarmos sobre as dificuldades e problemas que...
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Teneo Linguistics Company, LLC, Wins a Business Ethics Award - PR Web (press...
Teneo Linguistics Company, LLC, Wins a Business Ethics AwardPR Web (press release)Teneo Linguistics Company, LLC, a premier foreign language translation provider, continued its legacy of...
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Word roots and routes: fall and case
Next in a series of posts exploring some of the ‘roots’ and ‘routes’ of English vocabulary. Like tell and count, fall and case are a Germanic/Latin pair which have followed similar parallel routes....
View ArticleWord roots and routes: fall and case
Next in a series of posts exploring some of the ‘roots’ and ‘routes’ of English vocabulary. Like tell and count, fall and case are a Germanic/Latin pair which have followed similar parallel routes....
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I present the Creative Language Learning Podcast (it's my new show!)
I have been conducting audio interviews with various fab language experts on my blog for some time, and been considering putting these all into podcast format for my readers. The podcast feed is now...
View ArticleFrustrated by professionals
Today's Get Fuzzy: Who are the most accomplished professional frustrators? My vote would go to the people who design menus for voice-response systems. Recently, for example, I needed to report a "lost...
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