Guest post written by Rob Watts of RobWords The English language is filled with words of French origin. It’s the result of a millennium-long tradition of vocab crossing the English Channel. When William the Conqueror snatched England away from its Anglo Saxon...
This is a guest post by B and V, the best friends and Oreo aficionados behind the We Rate Oreos blog. B and V blog about Oreo cookies, but they’re here today to help you learn English vocabulary through Oreos! What follows is a typical We Rate Oreos blog post—B...
Guest post by Adam Broughton What comes to mind when you think of vocabulary? Words, right? But what are words exactly? We often think of words only as nouns, verbs, adjectives and so on. Or the very things you are reading right now and the...
cloak-and-dagger (almost always before noun) cloak-and-dagger activities are secret and mysterious, sometimes in a way that people think is unnecessary or ridiculous Two Example Dialogues Using ‘Cloak-and-Dagger’ 😏: These...
kibitz (informal) (usually either disapproving or humorous) to watch other people doing something and make comments or give advice about it, often in an annoying way Two Example Dialogues Using ‘Kibitz’ 🙂: What did you do with...
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