Laura K. Lawless's Blog: Lawless Languages, page 17

Venir Expressions

Venir usually means "to come" but has several additional meanings and is used in a number of common expressions. Learn how to sit on the fence, ferment, come to blows, and more with this list of expressions with venir.

Published on Lawless Spanish

           

Langua AI Chatbot

No matter what your level or how shy you are, you can practice speaking Italian any time of day or night with a human-like, non-judgmental AI chatbot: Langua.

Published on Lawless Italian

         

Assimilation

Some French consonants have two different pronunciations due to a pronunciation feature called assimilation.

Published on Lawless French

         

Martes y trece

No, not Friday the 13th - in Spain, Tuesday the 13th is considered unlucky. Learn about some Spanish superstitions in this audio article with transcript and translation.

Published on Lawless Spanish

           

Films et le festival de Cannes à fond

Le festival de Cannes is one of the most famous film festivals in the world, and it takes place every May in the beautiful south of France. This issue of Lawless French à fond is all about movies and movie festivals.

Published on Lawless French

         

À la rigueur

It will take you five minutes to read this lesson on the French expression à la rigueur, six at most.

Published on Lawless French

         

Fiesta del olivo – Dictation Exercise

Learn about an annual olive festival while putting your Spanish listening comprehension to the test in this lower-intermediate dictation exercise:

   Fiesta del olivo

Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless Spanish account to do this exercise. If you don't have one, sign up - it's free!

Published on Lawless Spanish

           

Adjective Agreement Quiz: Mes meilleurs amis

Test yourself on French adjective agreement with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Mes meilleurs amis

Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless French account to take this test. If you don't have one, sign up - it's free!

Published on Lawless French

         

Personality

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but friendliness is in the heart and kindness is in the soul. Check out this Italian vocabulary to learn how to describe someone's personality.

Published on Lawless Italian

         

French Fluency Club

From Yabla, with their huge selection of authentic videos, comes a terrific new daily study feature called Fluency Club. Every day, you listen to a short video clip and then do a set of exercises, including a dictation and speaking.

Published on Lawless French