SRS: How NOT to Delete Cards
Those of you who read any AJATT at all will notice that I am a huge advocate of card deletion. I am a believer!…In the healing power of throwing away. It’s digital danshari (断捨離＝だんしゃり) for the SRS...
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'Wasted' and 'hammered' versus 'buzzed' and 'tipsy' is more than just semantics
Prior research found that women tended to use moderate self-referral terms for intoxication, whereas men used heavy terms. New findings confirm that men's drinking is generally described in terms...
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The Wheely Spotted in Shanghai
I saw this guy on the street the other day in Shanghai’s Hongkou District: A little research seems to indicate that this is the Wheely 500W by BeInMove. €899 is over 7000 RMB. Not only is that...
View Article10 Expressões Idiomáticas com Cores em Inglês
Saber as cores em inglês é algo muito fácil. Afinal, basta aprender que amarelo é yellow, azul é blue, branco é white, preto é black, vermelho é red, etc. Com a ajuda de um dicionário ou site de cores...
View Article7/11/13 - fusty
1. Musty, moldy, stale-smelling, smelling of mildew and decay. 2. Old-fashioned, outdated, antique, characterized by old age and neglect, old-fogeyish.
View ArticleAdvertising in Modern America
If advertising in the 21st century has taught the business community anything, it is that the "Golden Age" of classical advertising is behind us. No longer can a business count simply on consumerist...
View ArticleWord of the day: Coach
The term “coach“ originated in a small town in Hungary called Kocs. Here a new type of cart was invented around 1500. It was successful because it had improved suspension and almost immediately found...
View ArticleAdemanes mexicanos: segunda parte
Y así continuamos con la lista de ademanes típicamente mexicanos. Si aún no has leído la primera parte de este artículo, podrás encontrarlo aquí. ¡¿Qué onda?! / ¿Qué pasó? (Etiqueta: coloquial) Con las...
View ArticleMexican Gestures: Part Two
And so we continue with the list of typical Mexican hand gestures. If you haven’t read the first part of this article, you can have a look at it here.
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"Maybe you can settle this debate we've been having. Who do you think is...
You're meeting your friends at a bar. You and one friend have been drinking and talking for a while. You've been debating your opinions of famous pop stars. Another friend arrives, so you ask him what...
View ArticleLanguage tip of the week: provide
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are usually based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g....
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Language tip of the week: provide
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are usually based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g....
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Do High Altitudes Shape Languages? - The Atlantic
The AtlanticDo High Altitudes Shape Languages?The AtlanticBernard Comrie, the director of the linguistics department at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, says...
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Mundaka Upanishad:-The study of the Vedas, linguistics, Ritu - SpeakingTree...
SpeakingTree (blog)Mundaka Upanishad:-The study of the Vedas, linguistics, RituSpeakingTree (blog)Mundaka Upanishad:-The study of the Vedas, linguistics, Rituals, astronomy and all the arts Can be...
View Article7 Weeks Better American Accent for Native Mandarin Speakers - Book Review
7 Weeks to a Better American Accent for Native Mandarin Speakers Review by David Yontz The workbook, 7 weeks to a Better American Accent for Native Mandarin Speakers is a fantastic resource for any...
View ArticleEducation for Adult English-Learners Faltering, Report Asserts
Instructional programs for adult English-language learners need a major overhaul, a new report argues.
View Article"You Can Deserve It!"
A few weeks ago, in a column for the Visual Thesaurus, I looked at the way “deserve” is used in advertising language. (Subscription required for full access; free excerpt here.) My research covered...
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Cry analyzer seeks clues to babies' health
Researchers have developed a new tool that analyzes the cries of babies, searching for clues to potential health or developmental problems. Slight variations in cries, mostly imperceptible to the human...
View ArticleTaking the Great American Pastime Global
I was raised a Cardinals fan. But I don’t live in St. Louis anymore so I must follow the team virtually. Fortunately there’s the MLB mobile app. Now I can listen to the games — and Mike Shannon — in...
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Global Learning Training Seminars - July 23rd & 24th, in San Diego
We are pleased to present two Global Learning Training Seminars in the San Diego area. You are welcome to join us for one training seminar or both, as a guest of ForeignExchange Translations....
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