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Why learning this one English tense will make you sound like a pro

What is typically one of the first tenses taught in English classes but one of the last to be fully and correctly integrated into speaking and writing? It’s the often ...

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Win at Small Talk: Surviving the First 5 Minutes of a Virtual Meeting

By: Paola Pascual on 3/24/22 14:17

Oh, virtual meetings! You encounter technical difficulties, the software might turn you into a potato, and the worst - you have to go through those first 5 awkward minutes ...

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Take vs Get (includes examples and exercises)

By: Paola Pascual on 1/29/21 15:39

When you’re at the office, do you take a message or do you get a message? It depends. They’re both correct but mean completely different things. The use of take and get is ...

Exact VS Exactly Difference and Exercise

5 Simple Rules for Mastering the Difference between Exact and Exactly

By: Stephanie Schottel on 1/20/21 19:44

I love it when there are similarities between the English language and the native language of the student I am teaching. This happens sometimes with my German-speaking students. ...

What Americans Really Mean When They Say “How Are You?” - Business English

What Americans Really Mean When They Say Things Like “How Are You?”

By: Neya Abdi on 1/18/21 17:18

You can have all the dictionaries, phrasebooks, and apps in the world and still have no clue what someone really means. Once you’ve mastered English grammar and vocabulary, ...

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It’s Never Too Late to Learn To Speak English Fluently

By: Gabriel Aubry on 1/8/21 7:00

Whether you are a first-year college student or on the verge of retirement, there is never a bad time to learn to speak English fluently. While children can develop perfect ...

How to get your point across in remote meetings

Surviving Remote Meetings: How to Communicate Effectively in English

By: Tom Wells on 6/2/20 9:40

We’ve all been there. Sat in a remote meeting and then it happens. You miss what a colleague just said, but all your colleagues are already nodding and moving on to the next ...

Wie Sie bei englischsprachigen Terminen glänzen - 6 einfache Tipps

By: Frank Habbe on 2/12/18 10:18

Sie sind perfekt für das Meeting mit ihren englischsprachigen Kollegen oder Geschäftspartnern vorbereitet, haben alle Fakten im Kopf und sind Ihre Präsentation ein Dutzend mal im ...

Wie Sie beim Small Talk mit Engländern und Amerikanern glänzen können

By: Frank Habbe on 1/4/18 8:45

„How do you do?“ - wer wurde nicht schon auf diese und ähnliche Weise von einem englischen oder amerikanischen Gesprächspartner begrüßt? Die Antwort darauf fällt vielen jedoch ...

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