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  • Language and words in the news – 17th May, 2013

    Posted by on May 17, 2013

    This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit [...]

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  • Language tip of the week: exciting synonyms

    Posted by on May 16, 2013

    In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc. This week’s language tip gives useful advice on the adjective excited: Adjectives for describing things that make someone feel excited: [...]

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  • Language and words in the news – 11th May, 2013

    Posted by on May 11, 2013

    This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit [...]

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  • Language tip of the week: thousand

    Posted by on May 09, 2013

    In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc. This week’s language tip gives advice on the number thousand: After a number, or after several or a few, use [...]

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  • Language and words in the news – 3rd May, 2013

    Posted by on May 03, 2013

    This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit [...]

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  • Language tip of the week: news

    Posted by on May 03, 2013

    In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc. This week’s language tip gives advice on the noun news: Although the word news has an -s on the end, [...]

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  • Language and words in the news – 26th April, 2013

    Posted by on April 26, 2013

    This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit [...]

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  • Language tip of the week: stop

    Posted by on April 25, 2013

    In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc. This week’s language tip gives advice on the verb stop: When you want to say that someone is no longer [...]

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  • Language and words in the news – 19th April, 2013

    Posted by on April 19, 2013

    This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit [...]

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  • Language tip of the week: change

    Posted by on April 18, 2013

    In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc. This week’s language tip includes common synonyms for the verb change: alter: a more formal word for ‘change’ His election [...]

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