Level: B2. Focus: connectors commonly used in essays, with clear contextual cues and honest answer keys.
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What “put the cart before the horse” means, and where it comes from
This idiom comes from a simple image: a cart only works when the horse goes first. Today it means doing things in the wrong order.
The bouba kiki effect: why some sounds feel round or sharp
The bouba kiki effect shows that people often connect certain sounds with round or sharp shapes, even when the words are meaningless.
Future Predictions Exercise
Level: B1. Focus: Future Predictions in everyday, study, and work contexts.
Why the word hurricane comes from Taíno
Hurricane entered English through Spanish, but its deeper origin is Taíno hurakán, a Caribbean word linked to a storm spirit.