Don't miss this UNIQUE edition

Hi there,

È arrivato il momento che aspetti con ansia ogni settimana: la nuova edizione di The English Breakfast—la rubrica settimanale di consigli e trucchi di Business English pensata appositamente per i professionisti italiani.

Oggi guardiamo come evitare un’errore molto comune, ovvero, come tradurre la parola “unico” in inglese.

Guarda il video sotto per vedere perché “unique” non è sempre la parola giusta.

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Let’s continue in English 😎 

Here’s a quick summary of the information in the video, plus a little extra for you English Breakfast subscribers.

Unique = unico (nel suo genere), speciale

Only = unico, solo

Single = unico, singolare

Let’s practise

Are you ready for a challenge? Test your understanding of unique, only and single with these 10 questions. Can you can them all correct? Go on, I bet you can. (Check the answers below when you’re finished.)

1. Our company offers a ___ service that no competitors can match.

2. This is the ___ copy of the contract, so please don’t lose it!

3. He’s the ___ person in the team who understands how the system works.

4. We need to find a ___ solution to this problem—something no one has thought of before.

5. I thought we had several proposals, but it turns out we received just a ___ offer.

6. This is a ___ opportunity to network with industry leaders, so don’t miss it!

7. She’s the ___ person authorized to sign off on this budget.

8. Their marketing campaign was so ___ that people are still talking about it!

9. The CEO said he would answer one ___ question before leaving.

10. Our company is looking for a ___ supplier for this project—we don’t want multiple vendors.

Here are the answers ✅ 

1. unique – "Our company offers a unique service that no competitors can match."

2. only – "This is the only copy of the contract, so please don’t lose it!"

3. only – "He’s the only person in the team who understands how the system works."

4. unique – "We need to find a unique solution to this problem—something no one has thought of before."

5. single – "I thought we had several proposals, but it turns out we received just a single offer."

6. unique – "This is a unique opportunity to network with industry leaders, so don’t miss it!"

7. only – "She’s the only person authorized to sign off on this budget."

8. unique – "Their marketing campaign was so unique that people are still talking about it!"

9. single – "The CEO said he would answer one single question before leaving."

10. single – "Our company is looking for a single supplier for this project—we don’t want multiple vendors."

Let’s listen 🎧️ - The 10 most unique travel experiences on Earth

As winter is now coming to an end, maybe a few of you are starting to think about where you’d like to go this summer, maybe you’re ready for a quick city break or a weekend away.

Well, if you’re bored of the usual tourist traps, check out these 10 unique travel destinations.

Challenge 🏆️ - How many examples of the words unique, single and only you can hear in this video? Count them as you listen and check your answers below. Let’s go ✈️ 

The answers 👀 

Unique → 6 times Single → 1 time Only → 4 times

Let’s play 🎲 

Still haven’t finished your morning coffee? Let’s play a quick word game to test your vocabulary skills in English.

It gets harder with every level, so let me know which level you reach! 😃 

Infine, se non sei soddisfatto del tuo livello di inglese e vuoi fare progressi quest’anno, sono disponibile per lezioni private online. Ho una disponibilità molto limitata, quindi, se questo ti interessa, clicca sul link qui sotto per vedere i miei corsi o semplicemente rispondi a questa email con la parola “corso” e ti contatterò per discutere i tuoi obiettivi e vedere se posso aiutarti a raggiungerli, senza impegno 😀 

All right, that’s it for today’s edition. What did you think? Reply to this email and let me know 📧 

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“🙂 It was OK”

“😐️ There was nothing for me“

Ciao for now,

Dan

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