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Oct 2022
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2: "Same Same, but Different": meet Cogn...

Rita, Raffaele and the teams from Easy Languages
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Learning a new language from scratch? You might already know thousands of words! In this episode, we show you how to improve your language awareness and possibly save months in your language journey by using this infallible trick in our tip of the week section: cognate vocabulary and how to navigate the intricacies of false friends!

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