Cartoon: Heathrow's Third Runway
BACKGROUND The owners of Heathrow airport have revealed three options for a controversial new third runway to double annual passenger numbers — and win the race to be Europe’s main international hub...
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Parlez-vous English? Brits 'getting better' at languages on holiday -...
Telegraph.co.ukParlez-vous English? Brits 'getting better' at languages on holidayTelegraph.co.ukThe classic image of British tourists abroad is not a flattering one. They're sunburnt and usually a bit...
View ArticleWord of the day: Corgi
Welcome to Welsh week. We begin by celebrating a word with a famous royal connection: Corgi When Prince Charles visits Buckingham Palace he must have many reasons to feel at home, and he may feel a...
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Obama's day: Spanish language TV - USA TODAY
Latin TimesObama's day: Spanish language TVUSA TODAYSHARECONNECT 34 TWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE. It's a local television kind of day for President Obama as he tries to sell his immigration plan. Obama sits...
View ArticleGalbraith: the secret clue
Patrick Juola's guest post on identifying the authorship of The Cuckoo's Calling (now number 1 in the Amazon hardback bestseller list) was fascinating. But I seem to be the only person in the world who...
View ArticleLanguage tip of the week: harmful
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: harmful
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....
View ArticleThe Brazilian flavor abroad
Every Thursday bab.la has a cultural lunch: a member of the team makes a typical meal from his/her country for everybody else. And on my third week I have to represent Brazil in a banquet, plus...
View ArticleO sabor Brasileiro no exterior
Toda quinta-feira a bab.la tem um almoço cultural: um membro da equipe faz uma refeição típica em seu país para todo o time. E já na minha terceira semana eu tenho que representar o Brasil em um...
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A nation must have one official language - Appleton Post Crescent
A nation must have one official languageAppleton Post CrescentThis column, hopefully, will put forth a reason for a sovereign nation to have one official language. Although one can continue to speak...
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Decoding a Cuban Menu: 14 Cuban Spanish Food Words And Dishes
The post Decoding a Cuban Menu: 14 Cuban Spanish Food Words And Dishes appeared first on Speaking Latino. For your spanish dictionary go to SpeakingLatino.com.Some time ago, Jared and I took a food...
View ArticleA More Complete iOS Solution to the China GPS Offset Problem
This is a guest post by a friend, [unnamed for now]. It goes quite in-depth into China’s GPS issue, which I’ve complained about here before. The hope is that, armed with the following information,...
View ArticleExpressões dos Seriados: Hang by a thread
Hi everyone! A expressão de hoje é “Hang by a thread”. Ela significa “estar por um fio”. Confira abaixo os exemplos com áudio. His job is hanging by a thread. [ O emprego dele está por um fio. ] The...
View ArticleA Sincere Etymology Lesson
What is the sincerest origin of the word “sincere?" One theory claims that...
View ArticleEnglish Podcast 26: Como iniciar uma conversa em inglês
Olá, amigos do English Experts! Converso hoje com o nosso consultor de pronúncia, prof. Adir Ferreira. O bate-papo é sobre “como iniciar uma conversa em inglês”. O assunto é básico, concordo, porém o...
View ArticleFortune Brainstorm TECH 2013
Tim Tuttle, founder and CEO of Expect Labs, was invited to speak at the much anticipated Fortune...
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"I hear that mobile app developers are in demand right now."
You're talking to your neighbor, who says that he's learning how to build applications for phones and tablet computers. You think that it's a good idea because there are a lot of jobs in that area....
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VerbCorner (and others) on SciStarter.Com
There is a brief profile of our crowd-sourcing project VerbCorner on SciStarter.com, with a number of quotes form yours truly. SciStarter profiles a lot of Citizen Science / Crowd-sourced Science...
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Singing helps students tune into a foreign language
A new study provides the first experimental evidence that a listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language learning. Singing in a foreign language can significantly improve learning how...
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No benefit found from oxytocin treatment for autism
The so-called trust hormone, oxytocin, may not improve the symptoms of children with autism, a new study has found. In a randomized controlled clinical trial of 38 boys with autism, half were given a...
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