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A portmanteau (click here for pronunciation) is an old-fashioned type of luggageโa large travelling bag typically made of leather, opening into two equal parts. Thanks to the writer Lewis Caroll, the term has come to refer to a curious feature of language, where elements of two or more words are combined to create a new …
Life is a delightfully optimistic poem. In stanza 1, the poet counters the prevailing opinion of the wise men (the โsagesโ), positing that life is not as gloomy and difficult as itโs often claimed. If and when there is hardship, itโs there only to enable something better to come out of it.ย
One of the writing tasks I like to give to my students is to write about their favourite films or TV series. Itโs a nice way to get to know them better, find out what sort of things they are interested in, and perhaps find some commonalities. Itโs a very versatile and vocabulary-rich topic that …
At the very beginning of spring, in this post Iโd like to share with you a poem by Thomas Nashe, a prominent English poet and playwright of the Elizabethan era. Titled โSpring, the sweet springโ after its first and final lines, the poem celebrates the loveliness and joyful nature of the season. It actually comes …
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