Soggy bottoms & baps: the proven glossary of The Great British Bake Off

With over 4 million viewers weekly, The Great British Bake Off (GBBO) is a great British institution, famous for baked Alaska controversies and the Paul Hollywood handshake. It also has its fair share of risqué innuendos, giving us a delightful range of soggy bottoms, baps and spotted dicks to keep… Read More

Spanish word of the week: campo

This week's Spanish word of the week is 'campo', a noun meaning 'country', 'countryside' or 'field'. Read More

French word of the week: lever

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 'lever'. Read More

7 Extreme Weather Idioms

Around the world people experience many examples of extreme weather, such as tornadoes, blizzards, thunderstorms and heatwaves. These phenomena can be unexpected and unpredictable, so here are seven extreme weather idioms to help you weather even the wildest storm!  1.  Storm in a teacup There… Read More

9 other words for ‘talk’

The word ‘talk’ is frequently used in English, yet there are many other different words you can use instead to be more specific and make your writing more interesting. Many synonyms for ‘talk’ describe how quickly someone talks or how much they say – try some… Read More

Spanish word of the week: caso

This week's Spanish word of the week is 'caso', a noun meaning 'case'. Read More

A year of ‘permacrisis’

The 2020s have certainly seen their fair share of upheaval – and we’re only two years in! Already this decade we’ve had to contend with a pandemic and its aftermath, a brutal new war in Europe, and in the UK an economic crisis that saw the Bank of England warning… Read More

French word of the week: tout

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 'tout'. Read More

11 other words for ‘shout’

The word ‘’shout’ is one that is frequently used in English, yet there are many other different words you can use instead to be more specific and make your writing more interesting. Why not try these words instead of using ‘shout’? bawl                      Our neighbour is always… Read More