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How To Read an Italian Menu

These quick, step-by-step instructions will help you read from an Italian menu and order like a native when traveling to Italy.

figurer

What does the French word figurer mean? How is it pronounced and used?

Haleter - to pant

Learn how to conjugate haleter, a stem-changing French verb.

Creative Ways to Take Up an Offering for Youth

Church functions allow time to take up an offering. Youth events offer an opportunity to pass the collection plate. Passing the plate may appear a little tame and boring to youth, so they may look for more creative ways to accomplish this. The youth pastor or youth sponsors can support this creative

Jiu Fen Yu Yuan

Jiu Fen is a town in northern Taiwan famous for its sweet dessert. This Mandarin Chinese joke makes use of the double meaning of Jiu Fen - the place name, and "nine portions".

Passer à l'heure d'hiver

When winter is around the corner, it's time to start thinking about the French expression passer à l'heure d'hiver.

Olympic Sports Competitions in Mandarin Chinese

China is hosting the 2008 summer Olympics. Anyone who is traveling to China for the summer Olympics can brush up on their Mandarin by learning the names of all the sports competitions in Mandarin Chinese.

How to Write for an International Audience

If you ever have occasion to communicate in writing with non-native speakers of English, you might want to make room on your shelf for one more style manual: "The Global English Style Guide" by John Kohl.

The Importance of Strokes in Chinese Characters

Strokes are the fundamental building blocks of Chinese characters. All Chinese characters can be written with the 8 basic strokes, and many dictionaries use stroke count as a method of classifying Chinese characters.

Tomber dans les pommes

What does the idiomatic French expression tomber dans les pommes mean and how is it used?