Le mot du jour

Avez-vous déjà été au cinéma et le film que vous attendiez tant vous a déçu ? Il y a un mot qui peut décrire un mauvais film: Nanard–nanar Définition: c’est une manière familière de décrire que quelque chose est un échec. exemple: C’est quand on filme qu’on se rend compte que c’est un nanard. Synonym: Capoter…

Word of the Day

Word of the Day

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, …

Happy 4th of July !

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…

Word of the Day

scintillate scintillate \SIN-tuh-layt\ verb Meaning Scintillate means “to dazzle or impress with liveliness or wit.“ // Her hilarious and topical standup routine was absolutely scintillated; the audience brought her back for two encores.// Synonyms flash. glimmer. glitter. shine. sparkle. Examples:“Kimberly Marable’s scarred Persephone, torn as Hades’ consort between verdant summers above and the steamy underworld…

Le mot du jour

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…

Word of the Day

Word of the Day

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…

In search of teachers

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.…

Aprender Idiomas durante tu educación

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…

Evidencias Curso de Italiano II

A lo largo de todo un año de trabajo, dentro del Departamento de Lenguas se ha promovido el interés en los alumnos por aprender una lengua extracurricular. Cabe resaltar que dentro de los cursos de lenguas extracurriculares que ofrece la universidad, se encuentran; alemán, ruso, japonés e italiano. Este último ha evolucionado con satisfacción con…