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Spanish verb conjugation cheat sheet (PDF + image)
I wanted to have a concise ready-to-print cheat sheet with all conjugated forms of regular Spanish verbs. Surprisingly, I wasn’t able to (...)
August 6, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Spanish
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‘Lend’ vs. ‘borrow’ in English
The verbs “lend” and “borrow” are among the most commonly confused words in the English language. Why? Because they are often translated (...)
August 4, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Several thousands” / “several thousand” in English
“Hundred”, “thousand”, “million”, etc., when they are used in the names of numbers (i.e. when they are preceded with a number) are always (...)
July 31, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘To be good in’ vs. ‘to be good at’ in English
When you want to express that you are well capable of doing something, the usual collocation is “to be good at something”, (...)
July 30, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Map of the percentage of population able to hold a conversation in Spanish in the EU
Spanish is a Romance language, so one would expect it to be spoken mostly in countries where other Romance languages are spoken, and the (...)
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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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“Look good” or “look well” in English
Sentences with the verb “look” (in the sense of “appear, seem”) have a different structure from what many English learners think. “Look” (...)
July 27, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Will” after “when” in English
We never use the future tense in time clauses (introduced by phrases like “after”, “as soon as”, “before”, etc.) in English. Should we (...)
July 24, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of the Greek alphabet in English
Greek letters are widely used in mathematics and other fields of science. There are a couple of differences in pronunciation of the names (...)
July 21, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Beer consumption in Europe by country per year per capita (map)
The following map shows interesting geographical trends in beer consumption in Europe. I used several sources, as I wasn’t able to find a (...)
July 21, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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“Get off”, “get out of” or “exit” a bus in English
One of the most common activities and still causing trouble—do we get off, out of, take off, or exit buses, trains, planes, and cars? (...)
July 20, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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