Bonjour french learners, try this quiz!!!

Is it just me? 😅

Hello! I’ve always understood “fed up with” to be the conventional form, e.g. “I’m fed up with this situation.” However, I’ve recently come across “fed up of” several times. How common is “fed up of” in actual usage? Would native speakers generally consider it natural, informal, or non-standard?

ESL students try this.

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What do photography and learning Japanese have in common? 📷🇯🇵 Both become more interesting when you start noticing the small details. I recently took my camera to a beautiful Japanese garden. As I walked around, I found myself noticing things I might normally miss: the shapes of the pine trees, the arrangement of the rocks, the reflections on the water, and even the quiet spaces between everything. Learning Japanese can be similar. At first, you may only hear unfamiliar sounds or see difficult kanji. But little by little, you begin to notice the meaning behind expressions, subtle differences in tone, and the cultural ideas hidden in everyday language. In my lessons, we focus on practical, real life Japanese that you can actually use. We learn through photographs, real signs, travel situations, Japanese culture, and topics you genuinely enjoy, so you can express yourself more naturally and confidently. You do not need to be confident or talkative. If you are shy or sometimes need time to find the right words, that is completely okay. I will guide the conversation at a pace that feels comfortable for you. What small details do you notice in this Japanese garden? If you would like to explore real Japanese through culture, photography, and relaxed conversation, you are welcome to book a lesson with me. 😊 写真と日本語学習には、少し似ているところがあります。📷🇯🇵 どちらも、小さな違いや細かな部分に気づき始めると、もっと面白くなります。 私のレッスンでは、暗記中心の勉強ではなく、日常生活で実際に使える「生きた日本語」に焦点を当てています。写真や街の看板、旅行中の場面、日本文化、そして生徒さんが本当に興味を持っているテーマを使いながら、自然に自分の言葉で話せる力を一緒に育てていきます。 話すことに自信がなくても、シャイでも大丈夫です。自分に合ったペースで、実際に使える日本語を楽しく身につけていきましょう。😊

Today I learned "Muster Point" (an emergency assembly point) and "EPIRB" (emergency position-indicating radio beacon) while on a tour to the Great Barrier Reef

Texting in Turkish: Phrases to Chat with Your Friends

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Learning Hebrew Through a Children's Story: What "Ayeh Pluto" Taught Me About This Language Some of the richest Hebrew I know isn't in a textbook - it's in a 24-page picture book from 1957 about a runaway puppy. "Ayeh Pluto" (איה פלוטו) follows a kibbutz dog who breaks his rope, meets a frog, a fish, a butterfly, a horse, and a cow, and finally comes home at dusk. The rhymes are simple. The Hebrew is not. Take the word איה itself - an old, almost biblical way of asking "where," instead of the everyday איפה. Or the pun hiding in the first stanza: the puppy has מרק ועצם (soup and a bone), yet בעצם (actually) he's bored of sitting alone — same letters, two completely different meanings. Then there's the cow, who corrects the puppy sharply: she isn't making קצפת (whipped cream, a luxury) - she's מייצרת חלב לגבינה (producing milk for cheese, a necessity). One line, and suddenly you're talking about kibbutz life, scarcity, and what "enough" meant in 1950s Israel. This is what I love about teaching through stories like this one: you're not just drilling vocabulary, you're stepping into how Israelis actually think and joke and remember. A single rhyme becomes a door into culture, into history, into the texture of the language itself. If you're curious what it's like to learn Hebrew this way - playful, a little unexpected, always rooted in something real - I'd love to have you in a lesson. Bring your curiosity; I'll bring the Hebrew.