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To Brush Up (phrasal verb) To clean or smarten oneself up He brushed himself up before his job interview in Rennes To refresh or renew one’s skills in something I’m going on a course at English Apart to brush up my Business English before I go to the trade fair in LondonLire la suite

Yes, it’s that time again! You are cordially invited to join the English Apart team in The Cottage (2 Rue du Château, 29200 Brest) at around 1800 on Friday 20th March 2020. It will be great to see as many of you as possible and to have a good catch- up and chinwag over aLire la suite

To Make do In these minimalist times, more and more people are making do. From the Cambridge dictionary: to manage to live without things that you would like to have or with things of a worse quality than you would like: We didn’t have cupboards so we made do with boxes. Synonyms and related words : Coping and not coping balancing act If you want toLire la suite

1. Chill / Chill out / Chillax If you’re talking about relaxing with a North American, you may hear them say “I just want to chill”.  If you combine the word “relax” with the word “chill”  you get…..”chillax”! It can be a verb: “Can you just chill, please?” ( Can you just calm down please? ) Or an adjective:Lire la suite

“Camp” This month, the Metropolitan Museum in New York is making headlines! Their new exhibit has a rather attention-grabbing theme: camp. And no, it isn’t about living in a tent. Camp is an English adjective describing a “deliberately exaggerated and theatrical behaviour or style”. For example, The MET gala outfits were very camp! The history ofLire la suite

Comment améliorer son anglais en dehors des cours ?   Vous connaissez peut- être ce sentiment après une semaine en immersion ; vous vous sentiez comme un roi en sortant de cette bulle anglaise le vendredi soir (ou plutôt comme LA reine) ; vous rêviez en anglais et vous vous êtes même surpris à commander votre baguetteLire la suite