Jan 26
Beginner or expert, there are a few things you need to know so as to make your ski holiday a happy and safe experience. Prepare your ski holiday by being fit and well-equipped AND also by being confident in using English!This page will help you memorise some key terms related to skiing, ranging from waxed and …
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Jan 25
GOOGLE has a reputation for asking difficult BRAINTEASER JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS that challenge how you act under pressure. Most of them require you to think quantitatively and broadly, and test the way you tackle problems on the spot. Based on career website Glassdoor, UK Business Insider provides a selection of the types of brain-stumping …
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Jan 22
In an interview with the New York Review of Books, billionaire financier George Soros has warned that the European Union is on the “v…………………………. of collapse” over the migrant crisis, which has seen more than a million migrants and refugees arrive in the region in 2015. Read the article by Yahoo!Finance and learn some useful …
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Jan 21
We use causative verbs to show that someone or something caused something to happen. Causative verbs are: get, have, make, let and help. Here is what you need to know about the causative in English. Try a quick quiz to practice the causative! Causative # 1 – HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE This means that someone does …
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Jan 20
Who is the EU’s foreign policy chief? Do you know? In this short video you can learn about the EU’s top diplomat and her job. It comes with a quick, interactive listening quiz to help you get the main ideas. INTERACTIVE QUIZ Practice listening for key information (gist) about the EU’s foreign policy chief. Type …
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Jan 19
Your body language shapes who you are, says Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist at Harvard University. Body language affects how people see us, but maybe more importantly, it also affects how we feel about ourselves. On occasions of social evaluation, such as meeting new classmates, asking someone out on a date, or doing a job …
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Jan 18
While reading the news or working with EU texts you often may come across abbreviations of English or French (!) origin. EPSO, IATE, DG and COREPER are all terms that may occur not only in EU texts but also in other contexts related to the EU. Our Quiz below helps you recognise the most frequent …
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Jan 18
The verbs find, found, and fund are easily confused – people often have a hard time learning them, so let’s practice using them in context! You can read more about these verbs and study example sentences here. Level: B1/B2 and above Interactive quiz to practice FIND, FOUND, & FUND Related post …
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Jan 18
The verbs find, found, and fund are easily confused – people often have a hard time learning them, so let’s do a quick revision and see how they differ in meaning and how they are used in context. After that you can take an interactive quiz to practice using the words in context. Level: B1/B2 …
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Jan 18
Taking a skiing or snowboarding holiday needn’t cost the earth – pick your destination wisely and you can have a low cost skiing holiday without breaking your budget or the bank. Here’s the Ultimate Ski‘s pick by Rebecca Miles of the ten best budget ski resorts for a cheap week (with self-catering apartments or …
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