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View: 141 | 2025년 1월 9일
Zach McLaughlin
Talking about fictional worlds in English
Many adjectives in English have nuanced synonyms that can be tricky to use. In my most recent artic...
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View: 127 | 2025년 1월 7일
Zach McLaughlin
The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか)
The Boy and the Heron, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, is a Studio Ghibli movie that came out in 2023, ...
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View: 183 | 2025년 1월 4일
Zach McLaughlin
Talking about New Year’s resolutions in English
In my most recent article (titled Goodbye 2024 - Hello 2025!), I reflected on the past year and tal...
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View: 257 | 2025년 1월 3일
Zach McLaughlin
Goodbye 2024 - Hello 2025!
Happy New Year, everyone! As I look back on 2024 and look ahead to 2025, these are some of my refle...
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View: 240 | 2024년 12월 20일
Zach McLaughlin
Holiday decor: Part 2
In Part 1, I introduced some of the most common Christmas decorations, and today I’d like to add a ...
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View: 342 | 2024년 12월 18일
Zach McLaughlin
Holiday decor: Part 1
Photo: My grandmother’s living room, decorated for Christmas. If you’re not accustomed to celebrat...
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View: 235 | 2024년 12월 13일
Zach McLaughlin
Eggnog
One drink that I only consume during the winter holidays is Eggnog. My father loves it and always b...
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View: 476 | 2024년 12월 12일
Zach McLaughlin
The “Tough Guy Santa” genre
Santa Claus has long had the image of a gentle old man with a big smile and a jolly laugh, but in r...
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View: 460 | 2024년 12월 3일
Zach McLaughlin
Holiday gift ideas
Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash I have four suggestions for holiday gifts this year, a...
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View: 532 | 2024년 11월 28일
Zach McLaughlin
Talking about your favourite things in English
The weekly column topic is Your favorite place on Earth! this week, so today I’d like to share some...
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View: 398 | 2024년 11월 27일
Zach McLaughlin
Quick tips: should have vs. should of
Have you ever come across a sentence such as “They should of fired the coach” or “I should of known...
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View: 512 | 2024년 11월 23일
Zach McLaughlin
Should feeding wild animals be illegal?
For many years I have enjoyed feeding peanuts to the squirrels during my visits to local parks and ...
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Zach McLaughlin
Quick tips: groups of animals
Did you know that English has many words to describe different groups of animals? Here are the most...
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View: 710 | 2024년 11월 9일
Zach McLaughlin
It's time to build a puzzle!
Image: The Halloween puzzle that I built this year.I think that building things is a lot of fun! Yo...
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View: 744 | 2024년 11월 3일
Zach McLaughlin
A cinematic Halloween
Halloween was unusually warm in Toronto this year, with temperatures reaching 20 degrees Celsius, w...
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View: 816 | 2024년 10월 18일
Zach McLaughlin
Halloween word origins
Photo: A Halloween decoration in my neighbourhood in Toronto.Halloween is a holiday which has been ...
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View: 890 | 2024년 10월 9일 | 1
Zach McLaughlin
Talking about fall/autumn leaves in English
Fall is here and the leaves are changing colour in Canada, so today I’d like to share some vocabula...
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View: 848 | 2024년 10월 7일
Zach McLaughlin
Northern Ontario road trip
In September, I took a long road trip with my father, driving for 5 days through the province of On...
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View: 900 | 2024년 9월 17일
Zach McLaughlin
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: The juice is loose!
The original Beetlejuice movie, a quirky blend of horror and comedy, came out way back in 1988 (whe...
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View: 1039 | 2024년 9월 12일
Zach McLaughlin
Quick tips: slide vs. slider
The word “slider” is sometimes used in Japan to refer to a long, smooth structure that one can slid...
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View: 838 | 2024년 9월 5일
Zach McLaughlin
My top 5 fun activities for autumn
Exploring When the weather cools down in the fall, it’s time to get out and start exploring again!...
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View: 838 | 2024년 8월 29일
Zach McLaughlin
The little monster that’s not so scary
We don’t have a lot of scary or dangerous insects in Canada, but the house centipede is one that mi...
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View: 865 | 2024년 8월 20일
Zach McLaughlin
Quick tips: learn vs. learn about/of
This is a tricky one because both “learn” and “learn about/of” refer to gaining new knowledge/infor...
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View: 741 | 2024년 8월 19일
Zach McLaughlin
No-see-ums attack!
Have you ever heard of a “no-see-um”? Until just a couple of days ago, I hadn’t! They’re tiny insec...
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View: 830 | 2024년 7월 30일
Zach McLaughlin
Talking about festivals and holidays in English
This week’s column topic is Summer festivals, so today I would like to share some ways to talk abou...
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View: 880 | 2024년 7월 29일
Zach McLaughlin
The Canadian National Exhibition
The Canadian National Exhibition is a festival that takes place in Toronto and marks the end of Sum...
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View: 948 | 2024년 7월 23일
Zach McLaughlin
Summer meals in Canada
People often ask me about the food that is typically eaten in Canada, and I usually answer that Can...
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View: 1008 | 2024년 7월 8일
Zach McLaughlin
Hot topics in Canada
Photo by Ali Tawfiq on UnsplashIn weather news, heat alerts and warnings have been issued across Ca...
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View: 992 | 2024년 7월 2일
Zach McLaughlin
Happy Canada Day!
Photo bysebastiaan stam onUnsplash July 1st is Canada Day, so let me share a few facts about my co...
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View: 942 | 2024년 6월 28일
Zach McLaughlin
Quick tips: pregnancy
As one of my students pointed out to me recently, there are many ways to express the idea of being ...
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