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Topics: The FBI; Famous Americans: Margaret Mead; shall versus should versus supposed to; beneath versus underneath; fo shizzle my nizzle Words: investigation threat to cross state lines mail fraud wiretapping counterterrorism g-men anthropologist to
Todays topics: Television in the US, Spelling Bees in Schools, Policy versus Politics, Pronunciation in Minnesota Words: station channel network ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, WB PBS (public television) non-profit Masterpiece Theater contest
Topics: Famous Playwrights David Henry Hwang; patent medicines; to get to versus to have got to; weird versus strange; to thumb a ride Words: preeminent trilogy fresh off the boat to branch out librettist misnomer cure panacea exotic swamp medicinal
Topics: Ask an American Battle Hymn of the Republic; to outweigh versus to be outweighed by; full versus whole versus entire; a lot of versus several Words: vision battle marching troops verse glory the coming of the Lord to trample out vintage grape
Topics: American Authors - Ayn Rand; Adirondack Park; to get versus to gain versus to obtain; to have (someone) do (something) versus to get (someone) to do (something); giving an apple to a teacher Words: screenplay fountainhead triumph collectivism
Topics: Movies - Patton; The Eagles; to swear versus to promise versus to vow; nice to come home to; enclosed versus attached Words: general monologue troops to defy orders to distinguish (oneself) outspoken fallible score to take it easy to peak to
Topics: Ask an American Bilingual seniors; to keep in store versus to store up versus to reserve in store; which; think about versus think of Words: functional basis advantage to activate cognitive control efficiently senior bilingual magnitude subje
Today's topics: Spelling words, Popular baby names in the US, Britney Spears and Seatbelts, Don't get mad, get even!, To spoil someone, To undertake, Compared to or with?, How to end an email Words: Speaking of... Car seat To strap Lap To fasten Tick
Today's topics: Bob Dylan, More interjections, in vs. into, indeed, mail-in rebate, on time vs. in time, administer vs. manage vs. administrate Words: Oh-oh! Ouch! Whew! Brr! D'oh!
Topics: Homelessness in the U.S.; prenups and postnups; Smiths the name, oils the game; to weep versus to cry, to see someone smile Words: homeless shelter substance abuse mental illness prenup postnup nuptials divorce division of property spousal su
Topics: Ask an American: Losing weight in America; 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, to be (someones) man through and through, doggone, to see ones share of (something), to say (something) 10 times fast Words: to pass (something) around scale to last r
Topics: Ask an American - Inventing Frozen Foods; prize versus accomplishment versus award versus reward; what the heck?; wholesale Words: canned food disaster freezing point block to rot to thaw out mushy to bar freezer infrastructure distribution n
Topics: American Authors - Emily Post; American Cities - Branson, Missouri; either versus both; to do a special on (someone/something) versus to do a segment on (someone/something); to towel off Words: finishing school/charm school debutante ball boa
Topics: Charles Schultz and Peanuts, how to become a police officer, you and I versus you and me, yippikaiye, to call dibs Words: comic strip to syndicate high school yearbook withdrawn at its peak barber hairdresser inferiority complex criminal just
Topics: The White House; noises made by animals, humans, and machines; document versus documentation; to have to do with; gawd-awfully (god-awfully) Words: renovation wing head of state press briefing room china set to bark pow bam thud splat clank d
Topics: The Red Cross; Casablanca; to estimate versus to evaluate versus to appreciate; to let (someone/something) be; aim versus goal Words: cross crescent humanitarian victim natural disaster blood drive first aid shelter to be set in to be wanted
Topics: Video-game violence; ROTC; should have done versus should have to do; just versus only; to learn as (one) goes Words: realism insensitive arcade minor rating system console officer branch ranking Dont Ask, Dont Tell gay should have done shoul
Topics: Hip Hop Culture; The New York Stock Exchange; effectiveness versus efficiency; jilted; hence versus thus Words: hip hop DJ to rap graffiti breakdancing / breaking oppressive stock exchange stock trading floor NYSE Composite Index base value p
Topics: Ask an American: The meaning of work; apart from versus in terms of; off the cuff; also versus as well Words: to earn a living to come down to paycheck hustle greatly debt to pay off chain defined imaginative apart from in terms of off the cu
Topics: Ask an American: social media and job searches; go ahead, make my day; years old versus year old Words: to scratch the surface theres no telling wild, wild west tremendous social media to enhance credibility thought leadership buddy to dictat