If you want to sample Italian cuisine, be it at a local trattoria, a fancy restaurant or a vinoteca (a wine bar), learning some key phrases in Italian will give you the confidence to chat to the waiter and prepare you for the kind of things they could ask you. 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 adjective 'net'. Read More
To tell someone that it is very important that you do something, use I have to … or I need to … I have to call my mother. I really have to finish this piece of work today. You don’t have to work till eight o’clock every evening. I need… Read More
Our new series of French conversation blogs will look at some of the basics of conversing in French, starting with greeting others in French. Read More
Agreeing To agree to do something or give someone something, use Yes or OK. To make yes more polite or enthusiastic, add of course. ‘Will you come with me?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Could you help me with my bags?’ ‘Yes, of course.’ ‘Can I have an ice cream, Dad?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Can you… 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 pronoun 'vous'. Read More
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