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What makes English so difficult? Sometimes it can feel that you will never be able to speak perfect English. The truth is that most people don’t. But to help your…
Jazz, poker, joint, ballyhoo – Irish Gaelic hit the streets of Brooklyn creating the original New York jargon that to this day populates Urban American street slang. The Irish immigrated…
plurals nouns (person, place, or thing) are either singular (one) or plural (two or more) cup / cups actor / actors website / websites toothbrush / toothbrushes hunch / hunches reply /…
Il mercato globale è la sua vocazione e le aziende i suoi clienti. Specializzata in formazione e servizi linguistici, maka language consulting è il partner di chi affronta le nuove…
When do we use tell and when say? Improve your English grammar with our quick easy mini-lesson on the difference between say and tell! He is a bad actor. Tell…
How adjectives and adverbs and work English fluency sometimes comes down to the way you jazz up your nouns and verbs with adjectives and adverbs to make your sentences more…
Resume’s in English: using adjectives Employers receive hundreds of cv’s per week, if you want yours to rise to the top and make a lasting impact you need to sell…
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Where is Santa originally from? Ole Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of giving was born in Patara and made his way through Palestine and Egypt giving coins generously to the…
L’influenza sempre maggiore che la lingua inglese esercita sull’italiano è un dato di fatto. Abbiamo importato l’uso del fax, facciamo networking, clickiamo quotidianamente il mouse, vediamo la televisione in streaming,…
Setting sail American Thanksgiving can be traced back to 1621 when about 100 European travellers set sail from England, most looking for religious freedom, on the Mayflower. After landing in…
A short history of halloween Halloween started with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain 2,000 years ago in Ireland, Scotland and northern France. The Celts celebrated their new year on…
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E’ tornato l’autunno, e ci stiamo lentamente riabituando all’idea di essere ritornati al lavoro e a scuola dopo le vacanze “Go back” è un verbo frasale. Un verbo frasale è…