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Italy & France: Unfaithful Husband & Shrew Wife

Posted on December 16, 2017 by

Hostility between Italy & France has always amused me. Through the centuries these two countries have been bound up with each other. Even if both nations don’t want to accept that openly, they are more relatives than neighbours. A close … Continue reading →

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28 synonyms of Happiness

Posted on December 17, 2015 by

Looking through the dictionary I’ve discovered a rather curious list of synonyms which makes the word ‘happiness’ definitely brighter: beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheerfulness, cheeriness, content, contentment, delectation, delight, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glee, good spirits, high spirits, joy, … Continue reading →

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Enrich the vocabulary. Anti-‘nice’ tendency.

Posted on October 6, 2013 by

It’s nice to speak nicely in the modern world. Though this adjective has become another parasite of our vocabulary. It’s curious to learn that in the Middle English this word had the meaning ‘foolish’, ‘stupid’, ‘ignorant’, ‘incapable’. An amazing transformation … Continue reading →

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