Today’s word of the Day is: What It Means A cantankerous person is often angry and annoyed. Cantankerous also means “difficult or irritating to deal with.” Example: Several sportswriters cited the coach’s cantankerous personality as a reason for the team’s poor performance and lack of motivation. Other Words from cantankerous cantankerously adverb cantankerousness noun Synonyms & Antonyms Synonyms acid, bearish, bilious, bloody-minded disagreeable, dyspeptic, …
Independence Day in the United States. A bit of history In the 17th and 18th centuries, the United States was not as we know it today, but the colonies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, which were founded by British…
Le mot-valise Les mots-valises sont composés de la fusion de plusieurs mots (généralement deux) qui peuvent avoir en commun une syllabe. Ce sont des néologismes passés à la postérité pour certains d’entre eux et souvent utilisés dans le langage courant. Un bidonville Définition : Il désigne une ville construite à base de détritus. Ce terme apparaît…
Today’s word of the Day is: Duress Duress, which is typically used with under, refers to force or threats meant to make someone do something. It is used especially of unlawful constraint. Example: The defense asserts that the defendant’s confession was made under duress. Meaning 1 law : forcible restraint or restriction While the German army was still held…
The UK and Ireland are suffering from a shortage of English as a foreign language teachers in the wake of the pandemic, even though the number of students has multiplied. The UK and Ireland are facing a severe shortage of teachers of English as a second language and now they are in search of them.…
En el mundo actual, globalizado e interconectado, los Idiomas son una poderosa herramienta para crecer y desarrollarse profesionalmente. Son una inversión que enriquece la vida, pues la lengua es la clave de la cultura. El desarrollo alcanzado por la humanidad como producto de la integración económica, social y cultural requiere el dominio de distintas lenguas. En el mundo laboral, la formación…
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and this year occurs on Thursday, November 25. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag shared an autumn harvest feast, that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated…
Les 5 spécialités les plus insolites en France: Tartiflette Composée de pommes de terre, de lardons, de reblochon et d’oignon et généralement accompagnée d’une bonne salade verte, la tartiflette est une spécialité culinaire française originaire de Savoie. Un repas simple, mais délicieux qui s’apprécie à tout moment de l’année, en hiver – le soir après…
The 10 languages with the largest number of speakers. Have you ever wondered which are the most spoken languages in the world? It is currently estimated that there are around 7,000 different languages, but the vast majority are spoken by less than 100,000 people in the world. The popularity of a language depends largely on…
Swallows’ Singing!! Año tras año, el departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras, de la Universidad Internacional UNINTER, lleva acabo el concurso UNINTERidol en donde alumnos de la Universidad demuestran y comparten sus habilidades lingüísticas al interpretar una canción en un idioma extranjero. Siguiendo con esta gran tradición, el pasado 9 de septiembre se dió inicio a una…