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Smize | Word of the Month

  • by Oxford University Press ELT
  • Posted on October 28, 2021March 24, 2023

There are many words that make me happy. Whimsy (a word that is as playful…

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11 ‘Conservation’ words you must know at levels A1 to B2

  • by Oxford University Press ELT
  • Posted on March 23, 2021April 29, 2021

 Conservation is the protection of the natural environment Do you know the words linked…

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  • General English

What is a Hothouse? We define Hothouse WITH examples

  • by Oxford University Press ELT
  • Posted on January 12, 2021February 1, 2021

The green-fingered among you may be familiar with the concept of a hothouse: a heated…

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  • General English

What is a ‘Freegan’? Understanding Dietary Vocabulary

  • by Oxford University Press ELT
  • Posted on December 8, 2020December 8, 2020

Wind the clock back twenty years and most people, except perhaps a small proportion of…

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  • General English

Go from ‘Basic’ to ‘Fire’! Learn Gen Z Phrases and Slang

  • by Oxford University Press ELT
  • Posted on November 16, 2020November 16, 2020

A language glow-up: how to go from basic to fire in minutes with our guide…

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  • General English

What does ‘Permaculture’ mean? Understanding ‘Portmanteau’ words.

  • by Oxford University Press ELT
  • Posted on November 10, 2020February 1, 2021

Climate change and organic have become household words, but are you familiar with a related…

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  • General English

What does ‘Ghosting’ mean?

  • by Oxford University Press ELT
  • Posted on October 23, 2020February 1, 2021

Have you ever been ghosted? Or perhaps you’ve been the ghoster? If you haven’t come…

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  • General English

Elbump | Word of the Month

  • by Oxford University Press ELT
  • Posted on July 31, 2020August 28, 2020

As we adapt to living with COVID-19 until we find a vaccine, some people have…

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  • General English

Homing in on language change | OALD

  • by Oxford University Press ELT
  • Posted on March 2, 2020June 1, 2020

Two wrongs don’t make a right… but there sometimes comes a point when a ‘mistake’…

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  • General English

‘Pwn’ has made it into the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary!

  • by Oxford University Press ELT
  • Posted on February 3, 2020June 1, 2020

Psst! How many words can you think of in English which have no vowels (tsk…

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