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Best free online language-specific monolingual and bilingual dictionaries

written by Benny Lewis

Throw away your dusty old dead tree dictionaries! They are either too bulky (and expensive) to use conveniently, and not updated regularly enough, or they are too small to cover all the words you might need. It’s the 21st century, so lets embrace all the free online dictionaries available to us! Multilingual dictionaries When discussing […]


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40+ FREE online language learning resources

40+ FREE online language learning resources

written by Benny Lewis

The most comprehensive list of courses, communities, exchanges and more. This is the go-to page for the most comprehensive list of completely free online resources for learning and practising your languages.


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17 cultural clashes this European had in America

17 cultural clashes this European had in America

written by Benny Lewis

I wrote this article many years ago, but I still feel like this country is exceptionally weird, and that’s even long before any of the current political climate came on the scene. I share my thoughts honestly here, so if you are pissed off easily, don’t read this post. Although plenty of (American) commenters agree […]


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How to speak multiple languages without mixing them up

written by Benny Lewis

Let’s face it; being able to speak multiple languages would be really cool. But can it be done by the average person without getting really confused? When I was living in Spain, still only able to speak English, I hung out with a Brazilian who absolutely wowed me as he switched between people at our […]


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Non-verbal skills: essential but ignored aspects of foreign language communication

written by Benny Lewis

Can you guess what I’m thinking from looking at my expression in the photo? When I run into some study-focused learners and the discussion turns to languages, sometimes I honestly feel like we are talking about completely different things. A lot of them like talking about subjunctives, past participles, cases and word roots, conjugations, tone […]


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17 Ways to Say “Yes” in French

written by Alice Cimino

“Oui” is “yes” in French. Plus there are plenty of other ways to respond with a “yes” in French, so you’ll sound more like a native speaker.

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