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Is Czech a hard language? Are Slavic languages hard?
Let me start by saying: Yes, I do think that Czech is a very complicated language; it is difficult to grasp and even more difficult to (...)
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A complete list of English words that contain ‘vv’ (two Vs in a row)
They are not very common, but still there are some English words that contain two Vs in a row. Unlike two Us in a row which are present (...)
September 20, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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To be on the safe side – English idiom with examples
You can be on the safe side in a situation that is potentially dangerous in a way, and it means that you do something to avoid the danger. (...)
September 19, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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A complete list of English words that contain ‘uu’ (two Us in a row) with pronunciation
There aren’t many English words containing the letter combination “uu”. In fact, only 3 of them are used in common speech:
continuum (...)
September 18, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Fast” / “fastly” / “quickly” in English
Many English learners use the word “fastly” as an adverbial form of “fast”, which seems quite logical because this is the way adverbs are (...)
August 22, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Learn how to avoid the most common pronunciation mistakes in English
Has it ever happened to you that you realized you had been pronouncing an English word wrong for years without even noticing it? I (...)
August 20, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for English: Consonants
This article is an introduction to the symbols of consonants of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as it is used to denote (...)
August 6, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘vintage’ in English
Vintage means primarily “the yield of wine from one particular year”, but as an adjective, it started to be used for anything that is (...)
August 5, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation and spelling of ‘threshold’ in English
Popular etymologies of the kind that “threshold” was a plank placed at the doorway to hold pieces of grains inside during threshing (...)
August 4, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for English: Vowels
This article is an introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as it is used to denote pronunciation of English words. Each (...)
August 3, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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