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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on February 01, 2012
It’s over – voting has closed, the count has finished, and the UN observers have signed off the results. We’ve seen some fantastic blogs and sites in the course of the last couple of months, and now is the moment of truth for our two winners and the four runners-up. Best Blog There were [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on December 31, 2011
Here we go again, saying good-bye to another year, and what a fantastic year it’s been over here on Macmillan Dictionary Blog! We look forward to 2012 bringing plenty more lively linguistic discussion, but for now Macmillan Dictionary Blog would like to wish all contributors and readers a very Happy New Year!
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on December 21, 2011
We’re one week into the Love English Awards, to coincide with the generally festive vibe in the air at the moment. Looking back on the year, which website or blog has been the most useful, entertaining, informative for you in terms of learning English, or improving your English, or just feeding your love of the [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on December 15, 2011
We’re delighted to launch the Macmillan Dictionary Love English Awards 2011 for best blog and best website about the English language. For details of the competition – how you can nominate and vote, and what the prizes are – check out this page over on Macmillan Dictionary. You can nominate your chosen website and/or blog [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on June 30, 2011
The second (i.e. final) week of the Wimbledon Championships is well underway and the world and SW19 are buzzing with tennis. Here is a quick selection of words popular with spectators of the sport: Move over Henmania, Timbledon and Henman Hill, and make room for: Murraymania, Andymonium and Murray Mound. And it’s not just about [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on June 30, 2011
We’re celebrating summer with a special offer that English language lovers are not going to want to miss! From 1st July through to 6th July you’ll be able to buy any of our Macmillan Dictionary apps for just $1.99 / £1.19. That’s a potential saving of up to £10.80 on the full dictionary with audio [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on June 23, 2011
Dictation activity: greenwashing The dictation activity called ‘Nature’ focuses on the practice of greenwashing. As well as asking students to listen to and transcribe a short text, the dictation encourages them to expand their vocabulary, asking them to explore some of the many new words that have entered the English language in recent years. The [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on June 13, 2011
Green English month brings you some frequent buzzwords relating to the environment. Feel free to add other words in a comment below. top buzzwords green: to make something more environmentally-friendly the Anthropocene: the period from the 18th century until the present day, characterized by the effect of humans on geology, climate and the environment greenwash: [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on June 05, 2011
Today (5th June) the United Nations Environment Program celebrates World Enviroment Day. What a fantastic way to kick off Green English month on Macmillan Dictionary Blog! During the month of June, we’ll be exploring the language of the environment – feel free to get in touch if you would like to contribute with a guest [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on June 01, 2011
We were delighted to receive so many ‘translations’ of Stan’s post, and we enjoyed every one of them. Although we asked for entries to be written in Business English, most of you took poetic licence and wrote parodies of your own. The ones we liked best were Joe McVeigh’s, for making us laugh and pulling [...]
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