On 22 August 2026, a humanoid robot ran 100 metres in 9.32 seconds at a test event in Beijing — faster than Usain Bolt’s actual world record of 9.58 seconds. It’s a genuinely wild headline, and it’s also a great excuse to practise some real, current English: the vocabulary of records, comparisons, and technology — […]
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RM이 시트콤 ‘프렌즈’를 반복해서 보며 영어를 익혔다는 이야기는 이미 꽤 유명합니다. 하지만 왜 이 방법이 실제로 효과가 있는지, 그리고 어떻게 그대로 따라 할 수 있는지 제대로 아는 사람은 많지 않습니다. Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels 무료 영어 레벨 테스트 받기 → 자막 없이 같은 시트콤을 몇 번이고 본다는 것 방탄소년단의 RM(김남준)은 여러 인터뷰에서 어린
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“Practise your interview answers” is the advice everyone gives non-native job seekers. It’s also only useful if your application is actually getting you to the interview stage — and for most people stuck in a job search, that’s the part quietly failing first. Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels Try the Get Hired course →
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Plenty of sites will tell you your CEFR level in five minutes. Almost none of them tell you what to actually do with that number afterwards — which is usually the part that matters more than the score itself. Photo by Burst on Pexels Try the free English Level Test → A level is a
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Your child can recognise the word, spell it, and get full marks on a vocabulary test — and still freeze completely when asked to say a sentence out loud. That gap has a name, and most apps are built in a way that never actually closes it. Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels Try
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You know the word. You know the grammar. And the sentence still doesn’t come out — because the perfect version exists in your head, in the wrong language. That specific freeze isn’t a vocabulary gap. It’s a separate, trainable skill most study methods never actually practise. Photo by Hồng Quang Official on Pexels Try the
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If you already know you’re stuck at Band 6 and you’ve read every “why you’re stuck” article — including the ones on this site — the next useful thing isn’t another explanation of the problem. It’s a specific list of what Band 7 actually requires, skill by skill. Photo by https://kaboompics.com/ on Pexels Try the
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Two different problems, two different free tools: one solves “I freeze staring at the essay question,” the other solves “I don’t actually know if I’ll hit my university’s IELTS deadline in time.” Most students are quietly dealing with both at once. Photo by Ahmed on Pexels Try the Essay Planner →Try the Deadline Planner