to confine, to keep within
Hay que ceñir el discurso a diez minutos.
The speech has to be kept within ten minutes.
Latin cingere "to gird" gives English "precinct" and "succinct"; ceñir keeps things within a belt. Cf. teñir "to dye".
All the level C1 words (100 words)
Memory lets a word go along a curve. Spaced repetition schedules the next flashcard just before the word slips, so every repeat buys more time than the one before it.
Seven cases, no shared vocabulary and a stress mark nobody writes down. What is genuinely hard about Lithuanian for an English speaker, what is easier than advertised, and the order that works.
An app to learn Lithuanian words from A1 to C1: English translation, audio, an example and word forms. Minutes a day, on Android and the web.
Duolingo has no Lithuanian course. What to learn it with instead: Lithuanian words with audio and examples from A1, a word game, and an app for Android and the web.
Verba sends a short dictation every morning and brings the word back exactly when it starts to fade.
The app has the same morning dictation, and the account and progress are shared with the site.
