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There are many different kinds of beans, from kidney beans and string beans to pinto and lima beans. Apart from being the key ingredient in many popular dishes all over the world, did you know that beans also happen to be an ingredient in a number of phrases and idioms in English? Letโs learn a few!
[This post has been written with ESL/EFL students in mind, CEFR level B2 and above.] Do you like reading books? What kind of books do you like best? Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction? In this post weโll go over the vocabulary that you can use to discuss books, from the words for different genres …
The first heatwave of the summer is here. Daytime temperatures reach 35ยฐC / 95ยฐF, and Iโm barely able to cope with it. Hot weather is most definitely not my thing and I canโt wait for the cool, crispy days of autumn! However, as much as I dislike the heat, I do like talking about the …
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I havenโt blogged much about the history of the English language, but the arrival of summer is just begging for a quick introduction to something called Middle English. It's a form of English spoken in the Middle Ages, between the 11th and the 16th century. During that period, Old English underwent massive changes that eventually …
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