Articles by Lynn Harding

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Finance Vocabulary in English

Finance vocabulary helps you understand a bank statement, ask about a loan and explain a budget at work. The challenge is not just learning what each word means, but knowing how to use it in a sentence and distinguish it from similar terms. This guide groups useful...

Marketing Vocabulary in English

Marketing meetings can be difficult to follow when familiar words have specialist meanings. A colleague may ask you to improve the copy, reach a new audience or report campaign results. This guide explains useful marketing vocabulary in English and shows how to use it...

English Vocabulary Practice by Level

Vocabulary practice should help you do something with English: order lunch, explain a problem, compare choices or express a careful opinion. A long list of unfamiliar words does not tell you which task to practise next. Use the activities below to find a manageable...

English Word Families: Build, Change and Use Words

You may know the word success but hesitate between “a success project” and “a successful project.” Learning a word family helps you connect related forms and choose the one a sentence needs. The useful goal is to recognise the relationship, understand each form and...

How to Learn Vocabulary from Reading

You finish an English article, underline several unfamiliar words and then forget most of them. The problem may be what happens around the reading: the text is too difficult, you interrupt every sentence, or the words stay in a list you never use. A manageable reading...