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Du jour au lendemain
What does the idiomatic French expression du jour au lendemain mean and how is it used?
Why Do We Use Euphemisms?
Euphemisms can be as complicated as the people who use them. They may serve as words of comfort or words of deceit.
Household Chores Vocabulary List
Learn the Mandarin Chinese words for common chores with this household chores vocabulary list. Each entry has an audio pronunciation guide and animated Chinese characters showing the correct stroke order.
How To Use "Que" as a Spanish Conjunction
Learn how 'que' is used as a conjunction in Spanish, usually as the equivalent of 'that.'
Bernard Levin on Writers and Writing
Bernard Levin was one of the most erudite, influential, and controversial journalists of his era. Here, in addition to offering some of Levin's observations on writers and writing, we have included a sentence in which he used 109 consecutive adjectives to describe the Conservative government of
How to Learn Japanese Quickly
Learning a new language can be a challenge. It can be particularly scary when you have to learn an entirely new alphabet to learn the language too. But learning Japanese opens doors to a rich and interesting culture. Although it takes time to learn any language thoroughly, certain techniques can be
symbolic action
A term used by 20th-century rhetorician Kenneth Burke to refer in general to systems of communication that rely on symbols.
How to Perform Wudu
Wudu is the ritual cleansing of one's body before praying or reading the Quran in Islam. Muslims around the world perform this ritual every day, achieving a state of partial ablution. Not only is it a necessary part of Islam, it is also a beautiful way of preparing one's mind for prayer, pushing awa
Spanish Radio for Beginner Speakers
People who are learning a second language often use vocabulary books and audio recordings to memorize the language. For those learning Spanish, at some point during their studies they often realize they still can't communicate well with native speakers because their methods of education hadn't train
Fortress in Carcassonne, France
Carcassonne, located about 60 miles southeast of Toulouse, is a beautiful medieval city with two sites (the Canal du Midi and la Cité de Carcassonne) on Unesco's World Heritage list.
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Why You Should Learn Foreign Languages
Language has been a form of communication among people. With language, we are able to understand each other. However, only knowing one language limits us to understanding the culture of the people whom speak the same language.