Festive Traditions
Christmas is coming … Ah! British Christmas. So cosy, so nostalgic. What’s not to love about this time of year? … Continued
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Spanish words of the week: cuadro or cuadra?
Our task today is to square up to two more similar-looking Spanish nouns and to identify the commonest uses of each: these are cuadro (masculine) and cuadra (feminine).
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French word of the week: falloir
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 ‘falloir’.
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Spanish words of the week: tallo or talla?
Time to get the measure of two more superficially similar Spanish nouns and uncover their different uses: these are tallo (masculine) and talla (feminine).
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French word of the week: soupçon
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 ‘soupçon’.
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Spanish words of the week: plata or plato?
Another week, another opportunity to buff up our knowledge of two similar-looking Spanish nouns with different meanings. This week it’s the turn of ‘plata’ and ‘plato’.
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French word of the week: paraître
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 ‘paraître’.
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Language and the book of life
During the final rallies of her election campaign, US presidential candidate Kamala Harris drew on one metaphor time and time
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Spanish words of the week: manzana or manzano?
It’s time to peel the layers off another pair of Spanish nouns which look similar in form but mean different things depending on their ending and gender. This week it’s the turn of feminine manzana and masculine manzano.
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