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How to Learn Spanish Using Podcasts

Instead of attending a Spanish class at a college or local high school, you can study Spanish on your own time at your own pace. Using technology like Podcasts you can purchase or download lessons to listen to while on the go or during designated study times. You can play Podcasts through iPods or a

tail

In linguistics, a word or phrase at the end of a clause by which a speaker or writer clarifies, strengthens, extends, or emphasizes a topic that was previously introduced.

etymon

The linguistic form from which a later form of a word derives: an earlier version of a word in the same language or a word in a foreign language that is the source of a particular loanword.

Lequel

Lequel, which usually means "which," is arguably the most difficult French pronoun, for several reasons.

20 Famous Authors Define Writing

What is writing? Ask 20 writers and you'll get 20 different answers. But on one point most seem to agree: writing is hard work.

What Is a Verb Phrase?

(1) In traditional grammar, a word group that includes a verb and its auxiliaries. (2) In generative grammar, a predicate: that is, a lexical verb and all the words governed by that verb except a subject.

Eating and Shopping in France, by Pam Bourgeois

For those of us not lucky enough to be born into the wonderful world of French cuisine, new help is at hand in the form of a French audiobook called Eating and Shopping in France.

Ă€ la une

What does the French expression Ă  la une mean and how is it used?

risquer

What does the French word risquer mean? How is it pronounced and used?