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40 questions to make you a virtual pub quiz master
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During these strange and wacky days, where we all find ourselves with lots of spare time, people have been finding interesting and resourceful ways to...

12 awesome Christmas traditions from around the world
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There’s a lot to love about Christmas – food, family, friends, and all kinds of other words that don’t start with the letter F. What makes the holiday...

Christmas around the world: fun facts
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Less than three weeks to go to Christmas and all the fun, jolly and great food that comes with it. Although Christmas is celebrated almost everywhere ...

10 Spanish expressions everyone should know
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Spanish is one of the world’s most widely-spoken languages and Castilian (the version spoken in Spain) charms expats and tourists as quickly as the co...

10 German expressions everyone should know
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For many, the German language remains a mystery. It sounds harsh, seems impossible to learn and has absurdly long words (“Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesell...

A short history of the English language
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Ever wondered how English – with 1.5 billion speakers in all corners of the world and approximately 750,000 words  – came to be the wonderfully expres...

And the most beautiful languages in the world are…
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There are over 6900 distinct languages in the world today, but which ones are the most beautiful of them all? Depending on your mother tongue, the lan...

13 Reasons Why Winter is Wonderful
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Winter and I have a love-hate relationship –  we would probably be listed as “It’s complicated” on Facebook. To me, winter is like that relative that ...

20 English idioms that everyone should know
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Idioms. Native English speakers love using them in conversation, and you’ll often find them popping up in books, TV shows and movies too. To perfect y...

12 weirdest words in English
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It’s not that hard to find a few weird words among the approximately 750,000 words that make up the English language (we dug up the 12 most beautiful ...

10 reasons to love Tokyo
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A city like no other, the oldest of the old and the newest of the new collide in Tokyo. Ancient Shinto shrines rub shoulders with futuristic skyscrape...

5 easy languages to learn
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Learning a new language is no easy task. It calls for commitment, determination and motivation. But some languages are just easier to learn than other...