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The Cambridge Dictionary #WordOfTheYear2025 is … 🥁   "parasocial" (adjective) 🏆 Find out more about #Parasocial: cambrid.ge/47ePa1Z #Parasocial #CambridgeWOTY #WordOfTheYear2025 #CambridgeDictionary
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The @CambridgeWords @CambPressAssess #WordOfTheYear2025 was "parasocial", meaning involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know. ⁣ But are one-way social connections new? Professor Simone Schnall explains the history of this phenomenon.
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You’ve been waiting ages for this episode, right? Or should that be waiting ‘for’ ages? @CambridgeWords @PaulDBurgess #AngkrizDidYouKnow #CambridgeDictionary #AngkrizAcademy
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Do you know these idioms? ❄️ Learn more about each idiom, click the links in the first comment! ⬇️
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Learn more about each idiom! 📚 snowed under 🌨️: cambrid.ge/48hpX6o be skating on thin ice ⛸️: cambrid.ge/4pBJe9J a snowball effect ⛄: cambrid.ge/43U0bUm #LearnEnglish #CambridgeDictionary
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Discover more ways to describe working hard and take the quiz. ⬇️ cambrid.ge/4ipOcnm #LearnEnglish #Vocabulary #CambridgeDictionary
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What is this a picture of? Take the quiz 👉 cambrid.ge/48FIISk #LearnEnglish #Image #Quiz #CambridgeDictionary
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Do you know the answer to our New Year’s grammar quiz? 🥳 Drop it in the comments below! 👇 #LearnEnglish #NewYearsEve #CambridgeDictionary
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Do you know these idioms? 📖 📚 Learn more about each idiom! have something up your sleeve: cambrid.ge/4oAAAZ5 turn a blind eye: cambrid.ge/43L7UnR get the hang of something: cambrid.ge/4oI1gXW #LearnEnglish #Idioms #CambridgeDictionary
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What’s the missing word? 🔍 🔗 Click the link to find the answer: cambrid.ge/3WDv2AG #LearnEnglish #NewWords #CambridgeDictionary
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Looking for more ways to use ‘upside down’? Learn more here: cambrid.ge/3MfacWi #UpsideDown #CambridgeDictionary
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Happy holidays from the Cambridge Dictionary! 🎉 How do you say this in your language? Share with us in the comments! #LearnEnglish #CambridgeDictionary
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These terms are used to describe someone in need of rest or sleep. 🥱💤 Discover more synonyms of ‘tired’ 🥱: cambrid.ge/3LkamuZ #LearnEnglish #Synonyms #CambridgeDictionary
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Today marks the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere! ☃️❄️ Can you unscramble this related word?
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What do you call this animal in your language? 🦔 Use our handy translator to check 🌎: cambrid.ge/4oWahMK #LearnEnglish #Translate #Translation #CambridgeDictionary
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What book are you reading right now? 📖 📚 Join our community on Discord and talk to other book lovers: cambrid.ge/4ilOqvT #LearnEnglish #CambridgeDictionary
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Is there a Grinch in your group chat? Tag them! 😂 Learn more about this word: cambrid.ge/4rHihmU #Grinch #CambridgeDictionary
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Can you think of another word where moving the stress changes the meaning from noun to verb? Share your examples in the comments below! ⬇️ #LearnEnglish #CambridgeWOTD #CambridgeDictionary
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Which new word is the most interesting to you? #NewWords2025 #TrendingWords #CambridgeDictionary
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Can you complete this idiom? It means to be full of energy and enthusiasm. 🤩 be as fresh as a _____
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