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This proverbial expression is used if the son is very much like his father. There’s an alternative version, which is ‘like mother, like daughter.” Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/canpacific LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2923770/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canpacific/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHi6Jd15XOCu-mn_F8-QwQ Special promotion: https://www.canpacificcollege.com/lead.php

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At CanPacific, our instructors can help you improve your pronunciation and articulation. This blog entry is all about the long vowel sounds. In the table below, you’ll find the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols of the long vowel sounds in the first column and the relevant word examples in the second one. Long Vowel Sounds […]

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A limerick is a humorous or light verse of usually five lines that rhyme in a certain pattern, which is AABBA. In other words, the first two and the last lines rhyme. Take a look at the following example: There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, ‘It is just as I feared! […]

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Have you tried karate, judo or kendo? You’ve probably had sushi or seen some bonsai trees. In fact, the words ‘karate,’ ‘judo,’ ‘sushi’ and ‘bonsai’ come from Japan. Over time, they have been absorbed into English. Such borrowed words are also called ‘loanwords.’ Of course, the spelling of the words in Japanese is different, and […]

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This proverb is not really about pots. It’s about giving time to something that takes time and not constantly checking it. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/canpacific LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2923770/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canpacific/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHi6Jd15XOCu-mn_F8-QwQ Special promotion: https://www.canpacificcollege.com/lead.php

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