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Witty and funny quotes about work and jobs
“It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?” (...)
February 17, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Witty and funny quotes about politics
“You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.” (...)
February 16, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘despicable’ in English
When you despise /dɪˈspaɪz/ (dis-paayz) something, you find it despicable, which is pronounced as /dɪˈspɪkəbəl/ (dis-pik-ə-bl) (...)
February 16, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘vinegar’ in English
Vinegar is used to make food more sour /ˈsaʊər/ (saau-ə) UK, /ˈsaʊɚ/ (saau-rr) US. Although the word is related to vine /vaɪn/ (...)
February 16, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Stressed and unstressed ‘the’ and ‘a’ in English (the strong form of articles)
Articles in English have three different forms (at least in pronunciation). If “a” or “the” are followed by a vowel, they change to “an” (...)
February 11, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘February’ in English
I heard someone complaining about the fact that he had to say to himself “feb–ru–ary” every time he wanted to spell the name of the (...)
February 9, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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English words in which ‘ss’ is pronounced as ‘z’
In French, Italian, German and some other languages that use the Latin alphabet, the spelling difference between “s” and “ss” is used to (...)
February 6, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Etc.’ in a list introduced by ‘e.g.’
The abbreviation “e.g.” (pronounced /iːdʒiː/) comes from the Latin phrase exemplī grātiā which means “for example” or, more (...)
February 3, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘island’ in English
Did you know that “island” used to be written “iland” before the 16th century? Although an island indeed is land surrounded by water, (...)
January 28, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘a’ and ‘the’ before ‘u’ and ‘h’ in English
This is a very important topic overlooked by many learners. Of course, perhaps even during the very first English lesson, everyone learns (...)
January 25, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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