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  1. The past, the present and the future walked into a bar. It was tense. #grammarjoke
  2. A great blog post about our new Oil and Gas courses, written by a @languagelab student ow.ly/beHDE
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  5. Higher education needs to build global learning communities, says The Guardian bit.ly/Kperam #esl #virtual #learning
  6. How the British accent sounds to non-Brits. ow.ly/i/EJJa
  7. Untranslatable word of the day 2: "Iktsuarpok" (Inuit) – To go outside to check if anyone is coming
  8. RT @shiv53: 4 Reasons Why College Students Don't Need to Study as Much Anymore ow.ly/1MIWV1
  9. Untranslatable word of the day: "Tartle" (Scottish) – To hesitate while introducing someone due to having forgotten his/her name
  10. Did you know? The only city whose name can be spelled completely with vowels is Aiea, Hawaii. #English #language #fact
  11. Do u ever struggle 2 find the words to express yourself in English? Spare a thought for this frustrated baby panda ow.ly/b9oDm
  12. Untranslatable word:Drachenfutter (German) –gift German husbands give their wives when they’ve stayed out late/have behaved inappropriately
  13. Untranslatable word of the day: "Prozvonit" (Czech) – to call a mobile phone and let it ring once, so that the other person will call back.
  14. RT @avgeektweets: Space Station Astronauts Prepare For Dragon's Arrival dlvr.it/1ckzyg
  15. Did you know? Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
  16. Great #English word of the day: "gobbledygook"-text or speech containing over-complicated English that results in it being incomprehensible
  17. What do you think are the hardest languages to learn? You might be surprised by this infographic ow.ly/b7r6E
  18. Barking up the wrong tree: to make the wrong choice/ to ask the wrong person/ to follow the wrong path ow.ly/b7r2f
  19. #Englishcity is getting ready for the Jubilee. ow.ly/i/EdIg
  20. Idiom of the day: Barking up the wrong tree. Definition in our next tweet!