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 word 'premier'. Read More
This week we are looking at two words which are sometimes confused by learners of English: complement and compliment . complement Complement can be used as a verb and a noun. If one thing complements another, the two things increase each other’s good qualities… Read More
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 noun 'côté'. Read More
This week we are looking at three words which are sometimes confused by learners of English: clothes, clothing and cloth. clothes Clothes is a plural noun meaning the things you wear, such as shirts, trousers, dresses, and coats. I… Read More
‘Eat largely of spinach.’ recommended John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, in his best-selling 1747 Primitive Physick: An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases.1 *** ‘What a pleasure to write about my favourite vegetable!’ I thought when asked to write this piece. I don’t recall when I first… Read More
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 word 'pouvoir'. Read More
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