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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

Les gâteaux aux cannelle, le vin chaud, les soirées hygge autour du feu, ils nous font tous penser à cette période de l’année qu’on aime tant : La saison des pulls moches de Noël.   Eh oui, aujourd’hui est la journée internationale des pulls de Noël. Nos compatriots anglais et américains sont habitués à ce rituel ironique qui a commencé aux alentours des années 2002 dans les facs Nord-Américaines, voir Canadiennes. Lire la suite

De l’anglais, mais pas comme les cours à l’école!   À English Apart, on aborde l’anglais … pas comme dans une école. À quoi semble une journée type alors dans cette maison de ville à Brest ? Selon les niveaux, les contenus changent, mais une journée type ressemble souvent à ceci :   L’arrivée : On monte à l’étage et passe le bureauLire 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

It’s all about the pitch! Our teacher from the big apple is doing a special training next week with the World Trade Centre in Brest. If you want to rub shoulders with other movers and shakers, or simply would like some more information about their membership, feel free to visit their site and chat withLire la suite

English Apart has been teaming up with the World Trade Centre in Brest to deliver English sessions once a month over a nice warm breakfast! The objective is to network and practice specific skills in English, all before the day even begins! The next event is on October 3rd and will be hosted by EnglishLire la suite

In English, we don’t have a special word to signal the end of holidays and return to the daily grind (the everyday routine). The busy time of year when children get ready to head back to class is simply called “back to school”. Typically, people will go “back to school” shopping, and businesses organize “backLire 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