What’s the difference between complement and compliment?

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

Spanish word of the week: igual

This week's Spanish word of the week is 'igual', an adverb meaning 'maybe' or 'anyway'. Read More

French word of the week: côté

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

What’s the difference between clothes, clothing and cloth?

This week we are looking at three words which are sometimes confused by learners of English: clothes, clothing and cloth. clothes function playAudio(url) { new Audio(url).play(); } Clothes is a plural noun meaning the things you wear, such as… Read More

Veg Power

‘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

French word of the week: pouvoir

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

Spanish word of the week: suceso

This week's Spanish word of the week is 'suceso', a noun meaning 'event' or 'incident'. Read More

What’s the difference between childish and childlike?

This week we are looking at two words which are sometimes confused by learners of English: childish and childlike. childish You say that someone is childish if you think they are behaving in a silly or immature way. Don’t be so childish. We were shocked… Read More

11 craic-ing words for St Patrick’s Day

Whether you like to toast with a pint of Guinness or paint the town green, St. Patrick’s Day is a day of celebration marked around the world. Officially a feast day for St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, March 17th is a day of religious services and feasts in… Read More