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• Expand Your Fashion Vocabulary #42

  
  Auntie Fashion — Authority: 139
  Chypre Chypre: The French word for Cyprus .  Chypre became known as a family of perfumes after François Coty launched a fragrance named “ Chypre de Coty ” in 1917.  Chypre fragrances exhibit a top note of citrus with a woodsy base of Cyprian oak moss and ambergris. The related word “Cyprian” is also ...
  9 hours ago

• Ideas To Expand The Vocabulary In A Fun Way

  
  Degree Space — Authority: 127
  Our modern languages all have similar beginnings from ancient languages from the past. English words in particular stem from Latin or Greek and as such, many of the meanings to these can be worked out very simply by comparing to the original languages. vocabulary quizzes gives everyone a chance to impress the ...
  15 hours ago

• pittance

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 128
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for November 21, 2009 is: pittance • \PIT-unss\  • noun : a small portion, amount, or allowance; also : a meager wage or remuneration Example sentence: The children worked for a pittance at the factory in subhuman conditions. Did you know? Its a pity when ...
  20 hours ago

• TEFL & Travel Resources

  
  Free Ad Blog — Authority: 147
  TEFL & Travel Blog  ( http://www.171english.cn/wordpress ) is a latest established blog for TEFL and Seo newbies around the world.It has many tips on English grammar and vocabulary learning or teaching.Many useful SEO advice will be also found here.If you want to take a travel to China,this blog will give you a ...
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• Kletsmajoor

  
  Dutch word of the day — Authority: 124
  chattering fool, blabbermouth [noun] [de klets -ma-joor, klets -ma-joors] "Kletsmajoor" literally translates to chatter major . A "kletsmajoor" talks a lot, not specifically gossip, just a lot :-) A popular synonym is "kletskous" (lit.: chatter sock, see also Kletsen ). Sometimes you may also see ...
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• Masters of the Language

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 171
  In the prophetic 1984, George Orwell described the purpose of Newspeak, the language of Ingsoc, or English Socialism. Newspeak was designed not only as a medium of expression for the Ingsoc worldview, but also "to make all other modes of thought impossible." Once Newspeak was fully adopted, "a heretical thought ... ...
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• Top 10 Copywriting Tips

  
  Make Cash Online Today — Authority: 145
  1. Be Emotionally Compelling Your words must have power so people take action and buy. Don’t be dry, stuffy or boring. Rock their world. What you think is a little “over the top” is probably just right. Show them empathy, caring and concern that makes them feel connected and helps them quickly suspend their ...
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• Nonsense

  
  Authspot — Authority: 560
  Nonsense, a word most teachers don’t accept when it comes to homework. That’s why I was amazed when I glanced up at the homework and was surprised when it said we could write about nonsense using out vocabulary work. At first I thought Mr. Doherty forgot to take his medication so he got nauseous and accidently ...
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• galvanize

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 128
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for November 20, 2009 is: galvanize • \GAL-vuh-nyze\  • verb 1 : to stimulate with an electric current *2 : to excite or be excited as if by an electric shock 3 : to coat (iron or steel) with zinc; especially : to immerse in molten zinc to produce a coating ...
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• What the Heck are “Peeps”?

  
  Daily Writing Tips — Authority: 136
  This innocent question from ladysheila has led me a merry chase down etymological byways: What is the definition of peep, or rather what exactly does it mean in regards to all social media, etc., well, everything? I have looked in the dictionary and have gotten the expected definitions, to look, and one definition ...
  2 days ago

• Clothing & Kung Fu Panda

  
  English teacher — Authority: 121
  Hi, 1ºESO! Lets start Unit 3 and revise the name of clothes: 1 , 2 And we can also watch the trailer, listen to the song and do some activities about "Kung Fu Panda":
  2 days ago

• Vocabulary

  
  Three O'Clock in the Morning — Authority: 460
  I was doing my dadly duty last week, taking my 7-year-old daughter to a school skating party. She had missed the previous skating party and was totally jonesing for a skate. She was so eager to go to the party that we were able to hold it over her blackmail-style and get some extra good behavior and chores "or ...
  2 days ago

• Word of the year: 'unfriend'

  
  The Daily Dish| The Daily Dish blog, Catherine E. Toth | honoluluadvertiser.com | Honolulu, Hawaii — Authority: 126
  Who wouldve thought that removing someone from your friend list on Facebook would become the New Oxford American Dictionarys 2009 Word of the Year? Well, "unfriend" is. ( Merriam-Websters pick for word of the year was admonish, a verb dating back to the 14 century that means to express warning or disapproval, ...
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• Improve Your Vocabulary: Everything I Need To Know I Learned Online

  
  Matador Life — Authority: 510
  Feature photo by matzukawa1971 . Above photo by mandiberg Oxford University Press’ new Word of the Year: 2009 sparks for me adventure and excitement. Yeah, I’m a wordgeek. What of it? I’m a total wordophile. Love word play, puns, love neologizing when the occasion permits – and it’s surprising how ...
  2 days ago

• Ordinair

  
  Dutch word of the day — Authority: 124
  vulgar, tacky [adjective/adverb] [or-di- nair ] Although Dutch "ordinair" can be used in the same meaning as English "ordinary", its mainly used in the meaning of "vulgar" ("vulgair" in Dutch), "tacky", or "uncivilized". Informally, some people use the abbreviation "ordi" for "ordinair". Examples: - ...
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• anachronism

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 128
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for November 19, 2009 is: anachronism • \uh-NAK-ruh-niz-um\  • noun 1 : an error in chronology; especially : a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other *2 : a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; ...
  2 days ago

• Learning The Russian Language Today

  
  The Ultimate Foreign Language Resource — Authority: 131
  Learning The Russian Language Today Author: John Davison The Russian language is the most commonly spoken language in Europe. It is a Slavic language whose roots can be traced to Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin. Though not as internationally prominent as its days as the official language of the former Soviet Union, it is ...
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• Sobeit and So Be It

  
  Daily Writing Tips — Authority: 136
  Jean writes: Could you do a feature on “so be it” and “sobeit?”  I thought for sure it was always written as three words until a discussion on a court reporters’ message board came up about a proofreader saying that it should be a one-word word. Sobeit is a word and so be it is a clause. Neither is ...
  3 days ago

• Gene Speak – The Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

  
  The Drop-In to Moss Landing Marine Labs — Authority: 110
  Erin Loury by Erin Loury , Ichthyology Lab All you science educators out there, get your browsers ready!  The National Institutes of Health have unleashed a learning tool so powerful, it actually speaks : Introducing the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms ! If a talking glossary could take over the world, ...
  3 days ago

• A study to avoid

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  A new study by an M.D. from John Hopkins School of Medicine was on the newswire, reporting that "Children with autism lag behind their classmates in the area of handwriting and can benefit from targeted therapies to improve those skills." When I came across this article I blinked several times, wondering if I was ...
  3 days ago

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