Level: B2. Focus: mixed conditionals with past causes and present results.
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Reported Speech (Commands and Requests) Exercise
Level: B2 (Upper-Intermediate). Focus: Reported Speech (Commands and Requests).
Quixotic: from Don Quixote to a modern adjective
Quixotic comes from Don Quixote and means noble or idealistic, but unrealistic. Here is how the word is used today.
Where the word Yahoo came from
Yahoo first appeared in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. The internet company later adopted a word that began in satire.
Rhetorical vs. figurative: what is the difference?
Rhetorical relates to persuasive effect or style. Figurative refers to nonliteral language, like metaphor and simile.