Author: Jakub Marian

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Difference between ‘super’ and ‘superb’ in English
Both “super” and “superb” are common, but they are not completely interchangeable. Super is used nowadays mostly as an adverb meaning (...)
March 24, 2015 – Jakub MarianEnglish
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‘Make a photo’ vs. ‘take a photo’ in English
When you use a camera to “capture” a picture of something, lots of languages describe the situation using the verb “make” (e.g. ein Foto (...)
March 22, 2015 – Jakub MarianEnglish
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‘Happy about’ vs. ‘happy with’ in English
The distinction between “happy about” and “happy with” is a subtle one, and sometimes the two expressions are quite interchangeable. As a (...)
March 19, 2015 – Jakub MarianEnglish
Salary of primary school teachers by country in Europe
OECD recently published a new study about education in OECD member countries. The study itself contains a vast amount of data from various (...)
March 18, 2015 – Jakub MarianMaps
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What does “idiomatic” mean when speaking about language?
An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be directly derived from the meanings of the words it contains. Hence one of the meanings (...)
March 17, 2015 – Jakub MarianEnglish

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Most common street names by country in Europe
A map showing the most common street names by country with English translation and a list of sources. (...)
March 11, 2015 – Jakub MarianMaps
Poe’s poem The Raven explained for English learners
Each line of the poem (apart from the last line of each stanza) is divided into two halves in the following text (which is based on my (...)
March 9, 2015 – Jakub MarianEnglish
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‘Eat healthily’ vs. ‘eat healthy’ in English
When you want to express that the manner in which you eat is healthy, you can do so using the adverb “healthily” (or “healthfully”) or by (...)
March 6, 2015 – Jakub MarianEnglish
Differences between average hourly wages of men and women in Europe
There are several reasons why women earn less than men on average, most notably low representation of women in high-paying positions, such (...)
March 5, 2015 – Jakub MarianMaps
What does it mean for a function to be well-defined?
A common addendum to a formula defining a function in mathematical texts is, “it remains to be shown that the function is well defined.” (...)
March 3, 2015 – Jakub MarianMathematics