A Bluffers’ Guide to Global Football-speak Nogomet (Croatia) Britain’s role in bringing football to the world means the vast majority of countries use variations of the words “football” or “soccer” as their names for it, but that’s not the case in Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia, where it’s known as nogomet — a portmanteau of noga…
Language of Meetings. Tip #2: Stay Neutral Whether people speak formally, neutrally or informally depends on where they are, what they are talking about and who they are talking to. In a formal setting, you wouldn’t ask someone you don’t know, “How’s it going?”, and you wouldn’t ask the very formal “How do you do?”…
Past Perfect Tense. Use #1: A Completed Action Before Something in the Past The past perfect is used to describe the idea that something happened before another action in the past. We can also use it to describe the idea that something happened before a specific time in the past. Example: I was late for work…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “failure” (n.) Transcription: [feɪljə] Translation: неудача, провал Meaning: a situation in which someone or something does not succeed Example: We are glad that they admitted failure. –Мы рады тому, что они признали свой провал. Synonyms: defeat