to cement, to build on firm ground
Cimentó su prestigio en veinte años de trabajo callado.
He cemented his reputation on twenty years of quiet work.
English "cement" shares its Latin root with cimentar and cimiento "foundation"; cementerio is "cemetery".
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.
