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Today’s blog is about the letters ‘s’, ‘v’ and ‘th’ and how to pronounce them in English. The ‘s’ sound (e.g. sun) is made with your front teeth closed together The ‘th’ sound (e.g. the) is made with the tongue between your teeth When you say a word beginning with ‘v’ (e.g. voice), you actually […]
22
mei
The idiom ‘to take your hat off to someone’ (often shortened to ‘hats off’) means that you respect or admire someone for something. In the days when wearing hats was common, men lifted their hats off to show their respect for someone. In Dutch we use the expression ‘Petje af’ which literally means ‘Cap off’. […]
14
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I look forward to seeing you or I look forward to see you. Which one is correct? The correct answer is: I look forward to seeing you (Ik kijk er naar uit om jou te zien). Here’s the rule: Look forward to + verb + ing For example: I look forward to hearing from you […]
07
mei
Welcome back. Today I’d like to draw your attention to a common mistake made when translating literally from Dutch into English using ‘gefeliciteerd met’. In English we congratulate someone on something, not with something. For example: Congratulations on your fantastic grade for English. Congratulate can also have the following structure: verb + object + on + […]