English students, try this! Topic: Prepositions

Hello! I'm a native English speaker and I'm looking to practice my Turkish with someone. I am at a beginner level and would be happy to help with English in return.

Greeting Wolof: Naka nga def? English: How are you? Français: Comment ça va ? Reply: Mangi fi rekk – I’m fine / Ça va

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It was very dangerous that day. I was still remembering this situation when I drowned under the sea. The whole story began when we my parents planned to go to the beach accompaning my grandparents. I waded in the water with my brother and grandfather. Suddenly, the sand in the water started to dissolve under my feets. Being drowned for a while was a strange feeling. It was unbelievable since I could breath while drowning! Everyone who I told him didn't believe me. I managed through climbing on my grandfather body. However, my grandfather drowned instead of me and I realized that my brother also drowned. Eventually, my father rescued us all from drowning. It was like I escaped from death, then I ended up crying and wailing.

English students, try this!

When do you say this? How do you say it another way? I let him have it.

Hello everyone! I have a real passion for history, and I’ll be sharing short, interesting insights from British history aimed at more advanced learners. In today’s world, it feels particularly relevant to remember that global alliances are rarely fixed. One such unlikely partnership emerged in the late sixteenth century… A Curious Alliance: England and the Ottomans (c. 1580s–early 1600s) From the 1580s to the early seventeenth century, Protestant England and the Ottoman Empire maintained an unlikely but pragmatic relationship, shaped largely by their shared rivalry with Habsburg Spain. Following the excommunication of Elizabeth I in 1570, England became increasingly isolated from much of Catholic Europe. This encouraged the search for alternative partners beyond traditional alliances. In 1581, the establishment of the Levant Company formalised English trade with Ottoman territories, bringing goods such as silk, spices, and dyes into London. Diplomatic exchanges between Elizabeth I and Sultan Murad III reveal a relationship grounded in mutual advantage. Elizabeth’s diplomats sometimes emphasised perceived points of similarity in religious practice as a way of strengthening relations. There were also moments of strategic alignment. English privateers, including Francis Drake, benefited indirectly from Ottoman pressure on Spanish power in the Mediterranean, illustrating how global rivalries could intersect. By the early 1600s, this alignment gradually lost its urgency as England’s strategic priorities shifted and new diplomatic patterns emerged. Rather than a fixed alliance, it is best understood as a flexible partnership shaped by circumstance. This episode reminds us that international relationships are rarely permanent—they evolve with changing interests, pressures, and opportunities.