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Ethical Shopping

Quand vous faites du shopping pour acheter des choses à la mode, êtes-vous pour la valeur de l’argent ou pour la mode faite avec des valeurs ? Ecoutez pour en savoir plus.

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Grammar & Vocabulary

Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous

The present perfect simple suggests completion while the continuous suggests something is unfinished.

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Fun & Games

Wordshake

Combien de mots pouvez-vous obtenir en 3 minutes ? Les mots longs marquent plus de points.

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Business & Work

Episode 1

Philipe Hart, le Directeur Général de WebWare, une entreprise d’informatique, annonce au Directeur des ventes Brian O’Dell quelques mauvaises nouvelles.

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Writing

Essays: Vocabulary

Here are some groups of words that commonly occur in Essays, with examples from different disciplines. Try the tasks to practise working with some of them.

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IELTS

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25 September, 2016 - 06:09

Hello Cocacolum, Welcome to LearnEnglish! When we say 'it will have to do' we mean that something is not perfect but it must be good enough because we have nothing better. For example, if I want to...

from: Series 3 Episode 5 - Environmental Issues

25 September, 2016 - 06:09

Hello englishnoob, Thank you for pointing this out to us. The transcript was incorrect; I have now corrected it. Thanks again and best wishes, Peter The LearnEnglish Team

from: Heritage is GREAT - Part 2

25 September, 2016 - 06:09

Hello Alice 193, '...scraping dirt off...' here is a participle phrase (also called a participle clause). The participle here is a verb form which has the same time reference as the main verb, so if...

from: Clause, phrase and sentence