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BRAZILIAN VOCABULARY OF THE WEEK - APAGÃO

ApagãoMeaning - breakout, power cut, power failure.Exemple:Na prática, para evitar um novo apagão e...

中國用語 VS 台灣用語大不同

因為上課時，遇到一位學生曾在北京留學過一年半，自己本身也來過台灣玩！所以對於中國和臺灣的用語提出了疑問，我們討論了一些我們各自聽說或知道的，課後也想知道也蠻好奇！到底有多少用語是不一樣的呢！在網路上...

Museums and Art: Let your Imagination Fly!

Mona Lisa. Perhaps the most famous painting in the world. THE masterpiece of Renaissance art. I fee...

Speak and Write Better!

Good communication skills amount to both speaking well and writing well.  Without these, it would b...

Crazy And Funny Facts You Should Know

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（人生で大切なこと/死ぬまでにやること）“The important mindset in life.”

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私のインドネシア・バリの旅

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　バナナの花って紫色なんですもう、９年も前になります。友人に誘われて、インドネシア・バリを訪れました。パッケージツアーではなく、ゲストハウスを建てたからと、友人に招待さ...

タイ語を教えるインスタのアカウントを作成しました♡

皆さん　サワディカ＾＾สวัสดีค่ะ ทุกคนまだ起きていますか？(笑)ยังตื่นอยู่ไหมคะもうこんな時間だから、寝ている方が多いと思いますฉันว่าเวลาขนาดนี้แล้...

Brazilian vocabulary of the week - AMIGO DA ONÇA

Amigo-da-onçaLiterally - friend of the jaguarMeaning - A supposedly good friend, but actually one w...

Frankenstein: More than a Horror Book?

Who doesn’t recognize this monster? Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus is a short novel by Mary...

MY PERSONAL GUIDELINES :-)

PERSONAL NUTRITION GUIDELINES As someone who has been a running my own health and fitness busines...

端午節

今天是端午節（農曆五月五日），在台灣端午節會放假。端午節是天氣變炎熱的開始，很多蟲蛇毒物在這時期生命力旺盛，所以有使用艾草、雄黃和菖蒲去晦氣的習俗，並且紀念古人屈原而舉辦龍舟競賽、吃粽子。這一天的中...

*31 AUTHENTIC BRITISH ENGLISH IDIOMS SHEET + PHRASAL VERBS SHEET*

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“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door.”

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't ke...

端午節duān wǔ jié包粽子zòng zi由來

又要到吃粽子zòng zi的時候了！端午節的由來，相信每個人都聽過，古代有個愛國忠臣叫做屈原qū yuán，他因為國王不聽他的勸諫quàn jiàn還將他流放，導致首都被攻破，屈原非常難過所以跳汨羅...

（魅力的なファッションリーダー)An Irresistible Fashion Leader, Coco Chanel!

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疫情下的生活日記

由於2021年五月上旬台灣爆發許多新冠肺炎感染者yóu yú 2021 nián wǔ yuè shàng xún tái wān bào fā xǔ duō xīn guàn fèi yán gǎ...

“Tomémonos un cafecito!” “Let’s have a cup of coffee!”

“Coffee is far more than a beverage … It is an invitation to life.” ― Nichole Johnson (xii Fresh Br...

「梅雨」どうして「つゆ」って読むの？

みなさん、こんにちは。以前（いぜん）紹介（しょうかい）したように、日本（にほん）の漢字（かんじ）の読み方には音読（おんよ）みと訓読（くんよ）みがあります。そして漢字を２，3字組み合わせて熟字（じゅく...

“Awake, dear heart, awake."

“Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.” A father tells his daughter this. It’s a g...

(成功の秘密)'Secrets of Success’—an Amazing Japanese Major League Baseball Player, Ohtani-san!

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An Adventure of Epic Dimensions!

The Hobbit was published in 1937. The original idea came to Tolkien’s mind one day while he was cor...

Language Change

By Galen. Ars medica. HMD Collection, MS E 78. - Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Imag...

20% discount for new students for all of June

Hi there!Please find detials below of my 20% coupon for ALL lesson types for all of June 2021. Rece...

Crazy And Funny Facts You Should Know

Dear, Readers.  It has been a while. I have been itching to write this column at the soonest poss...

Suddenly... Birds!

Something that has surprised me lately is birds. Yes, birds! This morning a little swallow was ther...

歌心7...ヒュペリオン

From Poet of the Fifth Dimensionas if Hyperion were flying in a hurry a vector-like cloud flows ...

A Short Grammar Quiz!

Hello everyone!I have a fun little grammar quiz for you today! You can take it here: https://www.id...

Andersen's The Little Match Girl

An image of a match girl inspired Andersen to write his famous story The Little Match Girl. Anderse...

Shohei Otani on the train

I heard this story on the radio that the Angels' Shohei Otani would not start against the A's tonig...