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In case the current pandemic and a host of other global disasters haven't been enough to spook you, here are a couple of suggestions as to how you might spend your evenings this Halloween season (or, if you're anything like me, most evenings during the entire year!). PODCAST: Classic Ghost Stories At the moment of …
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[Za verziju ovog teksta na engleskom, kliknite ovde.] Ukoliko vas aktuelna pandemija i gomila drugih globalnih katastrofa nisu dovoljno naplašile, evo nekoliko predloga kako da provedete vreme uoči ovogodišnje Noći veštica, a da pritom malo vežbate engleski - uz klasike horor književnosti, filma i televizijske produkcije. PODKAST: Classic Ghost Stories U trenutku pisanja ovog teksta, …
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Some find them outdated and archaic, but they are still very much around, and just won't go away: Latin abbreviations in English! While most of them tend to be used in formal, academic writing, a number of them feature in everyday spoken language, as well: a.m. and p.m. in reference to time, AD when talking …
Čitajući tekstove na engleskom, svako malo možete da naiđete na skraćenice poreklom iz latinskog jezika. Neke od njih su karakteristične za stručnu literaturu, ali neke su postale visokofrekventne i sasvim odomaćene, čak i u kolokvijalnom jeziku, a da izvorni govornici najčešće ni ne znaju kako glase puni latinski izrazi (sem ukoliko nisu učili latinski u …
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