Irregular verbs in English
Irregular verbs are verbs that do not form the past simple tense and the past participle by adding -ed to the base form. There … Continued
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Braille at 200: Championing Tactile Literacy
4 January was World Braille Day in a year that marks the 200th anniversary of the invention of braille. Collins
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Spanish words of the week: palo or pala?
No getting the wrong end of the stick with Spanish nouns palo (masculine) and pala (feminine) as we continue our series looking at the commonest meanings of potentially confusable words.
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French word of the week: ennuyer
This series of weekly blogs takes a closer look at words from our French dictionaries. The word we’re focusing on this week is the French verb ‘ennuyer’.
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Regular verb forms in English
English verbs have up to five different forms. These are: Regular verbs are all formed in the same way, by
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Spanish words of the week: gorro or gorra?
A new year brings a new opportunity to uncover the meanings of two superficially similar Spanish nouns that mean slightly different things. This week’s words are gorro (masculine) and gorra (feminine).
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French word of the week: penser
This series of weekly blogs takes a closer look at words from our French dictionaries. The word we’re focusing on this week is the French verb ‘penser’.
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Contractions of auxiliary verbs in English
Auxiliary verbs very often used in contracted forms. Contracted forms are more informal than full forms. They are therefore more
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Spanish words of the week: plaza or plazo?
Here is another instalment in our series on pairs of Spanish nouns that, while similar in form, have very different meanings. This week’s pair are plazo and plaza.
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