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What does a dog say? 🐶

English: woof woof
Spanish: guau guau
French: ouaf ouaf
German: wau wau
Japanese: wan wan
Ukrainian: hav hav

What does a dog say in your language?

#Words #EnglishWords

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Moving from Anki?

Export your deck with "Include scheduling information" ticked and import it into Polidict, on the web or your phone. Each deck becomes a group, and your reviews stay on schedule.

Guide: https://t.co/szjxz8K5oh

#LanguageLearning #LearnEnglish

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Polidict is now on Google Play for everyone.

Save words from any app with Share, practise them in seven modes and get your pronunciation scored out of 100. Your words and progress work offline.

https://t.co/67TXEyAutF

#Android #EdTech

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Met a word in a book or a series? You'll probably forget it.

In one study, learners remembered just 1 of 25 new words from a book three months later.

How to choose material at your level and make words stick:
https://t.co/1Jda6Ap9ME

#LearnEnglish #Reading

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Guess the idiom: 🍰 ✅ 😎

Answer: a piece of cake, meaning something very easy.

Example: The exam was a piece of cake. I finished in twenty minutes.

#Idioms #EnglishVocabulary

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7 days in a row? 100 words learned?

Polidict now celebrates your milestones after practice, with confetti and a card for your stories.

A word counts as learned only after you've recalled it more than once.

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#LanguageLearning #EdTech

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Same thing, different word:

US / UK
elevator / lift
apartment / flat
cookie / biscuit
pants / trousers
vacation / holiday
line / queue

Which ones do you use?

#EnglishWords #ESL

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New word while reading online?

1. Install the free Polidict extension: Chrome, Firefox or Safari
2. Select the word on any page
3. See its meaning right there
4. Save it in one click
5. Practice it on your phone

Get it at https://t.co/hHt3AkeTEE

#LanguageLearning #EdTech

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Awful used to be a compliment.

awe + -ful = full of awe

1300s: inspiring awe, worthy of respect
1800s: very bad
Now: also “very”, as in an awful lot

Which word surprised you most when you learned its history?

#Etymology #Linguistics

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Guess the idiom: 🫗 🫘 🤫

Hint: you might do it at a surprise party by accident.

Answer: spill the beans

Meaning: to tell a secret, often by accident.

Example: Don’t spill the beans about her party!

#EnglishIdioms #LearnEnglish

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Bored or boring?

1. This movie is so ___.
2. I’m ___ — let’s go out!

Answers: 1. boring 2. bored

Trick: -ing causes the feeling (boring, tiring, confusing). -ed is how you feel (bored, tired, confused).

#EnglishGrammar #EnglishTeacher

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Fill in the blank:

With this traffic, being late is ________.

Hint: certain to happen; you can’t avoid it. Ten letters, starts with i.

Answer: inevitable /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/

#Vocabulary #WordNerd

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How do you say Worcestershire?

WUSS-ter-sher /ˈwʊstərʃər/

It’s named after Worcester, a city in England, and shire is an old word for county. Most of the middle letters stay silent.

How did you say it before?

#Pronunciation #EnglishSpeaking

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Instead of “sad” or “angry”:

down: a bit sad
heartbroken: very sad after a loss
annoyed: a little angry
furious: very angry

Which word is new to you?

#Vocabulary #LearnEnglish

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US or UK? Food edition:

fries / chips
chips / crisps
eggplant / aubergine
zucchini / courgette
candy / sweets

Yes, chips means two different things!

#EnglishVocabulary #ESL

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Fancy names for animal groups:

a school of fish
a pride of lions
a pod of dolphins
a murder of crows
a flock of birds (or sheep)

Which one is your favorite?

#Vocabulary #WordNerd

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Instead of “happy”:

content: calm and satisfied
relieved: happy because a worry is gone
thrilled: very excited
grateful: thankful for something

How do you feel today?

#EnglishVocabulary #WordNerd

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Cilantro or coriander?

Same plant! In the US, the leaves are cilantro and the seeds are coriander. In the UK, both are coriander. Some call it Chinese parsley.

Real parsley looks similar but tastes milder. Does cilantro taste like soap to you?

#EnglishWords #LearnEnglish

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One mouse, two…?

mouse → mice
child → children
tooth → teeth
person → people
sheep → sheep
fish → fish

No -s at all. Which one surprised you?

#GrammarTips #EnglishTeacher

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How hungry are you?

peckish: a little hungry
starving: very hungry
hangry: so hungry you get angry
the munchies: a sudden need for snacks
pig out: eat a lot, fast

Which one are you right now?

#EnglishVocabulary #LearnEnglish