Learning Italian: Get well soon!

Trips to the doctor’s or the hospital are not on anyone’s itinerary while travelling abroad. However, if you do happen to fall ill or need medical advice in Italy, this blog will give you the confidence to talk to a doctor, dentist or pharmacist to help you get what you… Read More

Environment Day 2024: a world of vocabulary

World Environment Day – 5 June – is a United Nations (UN)-designated day to raise awareness of the manifold environmental problems our world faces. Given the scope of the word ‘environment’, those problems include a broad swathe of often interconnected issues. This year the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, together with… Read More

The time

Use … o’clock to say what time it is when the clock shows the exact hour. It finishes at eight o’clock. He got up this morning at five o’clock. It’s one o’clock – time for lunch! It’s four o’clock in the afternoon. Midday is used to mean twelve o’clock… Read More