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Rebekah Olson
Nov 21, 20243 min read
How to Talk Elections in English
10 phrases for talking in English about elections and voting
Rebekah Olson
Oct 24, 20243 min read
How to Talk Conflict in English
10 phrases for talking in English about pet peeves and disagreements
Rebekah Olson
Oct 24, 20244 min read
How to Talk Fame in English
Learn how to talk in English about the pros and cons of fame and how people become famous
Rebekah Olson
Oct 24, 20243 min read
How to Talk Health in English
Learn how to talk about well-being, healthy and unhealthy habits, and more in English!
Rebekah Olson
Jul 10, 20233 min read
Hamilton the Musical: Revolutionary English
Exploring creative English through the poetic raps of the hit Broadway musical, Hamilton
Rebekah Olson
Jun 23, 20233 min read
How to Talk Travel in English
Key phrases for talking all about travel in English
Rebekah Olson
Mar 23, 20225 min read
Conditional Love
The conditional doesn't get enough love - let's change that with a fun, musical look at this mood.
Rebekah Olson
Mar 15, 20224 min read
Hey, where are you from?
How we politely ask questions about a person’s nationality and home.
Rebekah Olson
Mar 9, 20222 min read
A Tense Situation: Present Perfect Continuous
This is the second post in my segment, "A Tense Situation", which delves into the exciting world of the English verb system. What is a...
Rebekah Olson
Mar 9, 20222 min read
What's a Preposition, Anyway?
A brief look into which words count as prepositions and when and how we use them
Rebekah Olson
Dec 17, 20212 min read
Indigenous Languages & The Climate
To fight climate change, we need to adopt an indigenously inclusive view of humanity’s place in the natural world.
Rebekah Olson
Dec 10, 20214 min read
Indigenous Climate Poetry
RISE: From One Island to Another
Two indigenous poets from the Marshall Islands and Greenland meet at the source of our rising seas.
Rebekah Olson
Nov 19, 20213 min read
Native American Language Loss
To kick off our series on Native American languages, let's take a look at the loss of languages once spoken throughout North America.
Rebekah Olson
Nov 3, 20213 min read
🎃 Halloween's Celtic Roots
Finishing off our Halloween-themed articles, let's talk about the holiday's Celtic, pagan, witchy roots. Origin Story The Halloween we...
Rebekah Olson
Oct 15, 20213 min read
4 Halloween Word Origins 🎃
With Halloween just around the corner, let's take a look at the origin stories, or etymologies, of some of the words we've come to associate
Rebekah Olson
Mar 24, 20212 min read
6 Hilarious True Meanings of Idioms
Let's kick Spring off with having a little fun by taking things too literally. When taken seriously, idioms in any language can be funny, ab
Rebekah Olson
Mar 17, 20211 min read
Irish Words Missing from English
Irish is a beautiful language whose long and rich history has given it time to accumulate so many fascinating words English borrow.
Rebekah Olson
Mar 3, 20211 min read
Words of Sustainability Missing from English
The words we use to talk about the environment affect how we engage with it.
Rebekah Olson
Feb 21, 20213 min read
International Mother Language Day
Each year, on February 21, we get to celebrate our own native languages thanks to the United Nations' holiday, International Mother Language
Rebekah Olson
Feb 20, 20212 min read
How Germans Talk about Love
For Valentine's month, we're looking at how speakers of three different languages talk about love and last, but not least, is German!
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