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The Primavera English Blog
Word of the Month: Adaptable
Yolanda Wegner
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May 1, 2023
To be adaptable is important in order to survive in our ever-changing lives. This is true for humans, animals, and plants in ways that are both physiological and behavioral, long term and short term...
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Word of the Month: Intuition
Jeanette Bazeley
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April 1, 2023
What is that feeling deep in our gut, apart from logic and rational thought, that makes us choose a career, a job, a life partner, or even something as simple as what to buy or what to wear? What is the instinctive feeling of a mother that her child is unwell even before there is any evidence?...
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Word of the Month: Strategy
Yolanda Wegner
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March 3, 2023
The word strategy often suggests scenarios such as trying to win a game of chess or running a successful business. But it is also an important skill for many other factors of our personal lives such as getting a project done or learning a new language...
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Word of the Month: Aspiration
Jeanette Bazeley
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January 2, 2023
Happy 2023! A new year brings many new ideas, projects, challenges, and aspirations. Here at Primavera English, we hope that learning English with us will be one of your aspirations!...
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Word of the Month: Carol
Jeanette Bazeley
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December 1, 2022
Christmas is coming! In many American and British homes, singing carols, or Christmas songs, is an important aspect of Christmas. Many of these carols date back to the 16th and 17th centuries and it is thought that originally, some of these songs were written...
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Word of the Month: Fabric
Shana Goodwin
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November 1, 2022
What does the word "fabric" mean in English? Be careful: the word fabric has a false cognate in Spanish: “fábrica,” which means “factory.” However, we do use the verb “fabricate” to mean “to make or build,” which is much closer in meaning to the Spanish...
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Word of the Month: Introduce
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October 1, 2022
What does the word "introduce" mean? The most common meaning of the word introduce is #1; to make someone or something known by name. As seen in meaning #3, introduce can also mean to insert something, as its often confused false friend in Spanish (introducir) suggests...
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Word of the Month: Realize
Shana Goodwin
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September 1, 2022
The word realize can be confusing because in Spanish, the verb “realizar” means “to perform or carry out,” (basically, the second meaning of the verb realize in English. It’s much more common to use a verb like “to complete” or “to do” rather than realize...
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Word of the Month: Potential
Shana Goodwin
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August 1, 2022
What does the word “potential” mean? As an English teacher, I’m inspired every day by my students’ potential: they all have dreams and goals that they are working hard to fulfill, and I know they’ll go far!
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