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How Much Reading Does It Take to Learn New Words?
How much reading builds vocabulary, what research says about repeated encounters, and how to pick texts where you know enough words to learn the rest.
Learn Vocabulary
Vocabulary guides for learners: CEFR levels, exam preparation, confused words, word parts, idioms, phrasal verbs and study methods.
Learn Vocabulary · · 7 min read
Common English Homophones and How to Tell Them Apart
Learn the homophones that cause the most spelling mistakes, including their, there and they're, its and it's, to, too and two, with simple checks for each.
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How Long Does It Take to Build a Daily Study Habit?
What research says about how long a habit takes to form, why the 21-day idea is a myth, and how to build a short daily vocabulary routine you can keep.
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Small Talk at Work: Phrases and Vocabulary
Safe topics, openers, follow-up questions and polite ways to end small talk in English at work, with advice on what to avoid and how to practice.
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English for Banking and Money
The English words for opening an account, cards, transfers, fees and interest, with phrases to use at the bank and on the phone. Rules differ by country.
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English for a Doctor's Visit: Describing Symptoms
English words and phrases for booking a doctor's appointment, describing symptoms and pain, and checking instructions. Language help, not medical advice.
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English for Renting an Apartment
The English words for searching, viewing, applying and signing a lease, plus questions to ask before you sign and phrases for reporting problems politely.
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Ten Business Idioms You Will Hear in Meetings
Ten common business idioms explained with meanings from Cambridge Dictionary, examples for meetings and email, and advice on when to use them or skip them.
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Phrasal Verbs with Take: Meanings Beyond the Literal
Take on, take after, take up, take over, take off and take back explained with meanings, examples, grammar notes on separability and a practice set.
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Phrasal Verbs with Get: The Ones You Will Hear at Work
Get by, get through, get around to, get along, get over and get across explained with meanings, workplace examples, grammar notes and a practice set.
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-ful vs. -less: Opposite Suffixes, One Root
How -ful and -less work as opposite suffixes, which pairs are true opposites and which only look it, spelling rules, related endings and a practice set.
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Ten Greek and Latin Roots That Unlock English Words
Ten Greek and Latin roots, bio, graph, log, chron, geo, phon, tele, spect, dict and port, with word families, how to decode new words and a practice set.