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IELTS, TOEIC, TOEFL, FCE, CAE and CPE worksheets, articles and tips

Have done a bit more tedious reorganisation so that you don’t need to do so much tedious searching, and you can now find all the links to my stuff on said topics elsewhere on the internet as well as my … Continue reading

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Busy making others busy

As a blogger and writer of articles on the internet whose technical knowledge stops at Word, as usual I feel half chuffed at churning out so many articles, including a good one here and there, and half guilty at creating … Continue reading

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Beaten up by Confucius

Another wake up call from the world of sumo for anyone feeling nostalgic for the good old days of samurai when the Japanese respected their elders: http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,2177780,00.html I guess the fact that the wrestler tried to run away gives us … Continue reading

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