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Have you ever found yourself staring at a German exam or trying to compose an email, frozen with indecision? Have you lost all confidence in your German grammar when it …
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Russian is one of the 10 most spoken languages in the world. With its Cyrillic alphabet, a multitude of grammatical layers and inflections that are gender- and case-specific as well …
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