Topics: The FBI; Readers Digest; consent versus assent, concord versus accord, the long and the short of it Words: federal domestic intelligence serial killer child predator Internet hacker conspiracy secretive digest to condense excerpt humor consen

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Topics: becoming a lawyer in the U.S., famous lines from American movies, proper versus appropriate Words: attorney state bar admission bar exam to hurt (someones) feelings to beg frankly black market to refuse to have class contender bum to be uncon

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Topics: American cities: Portland, Oregon; Take Me Out to the Ballgame; ocean versus sea, ability versus capability Words: metropolitan area confluence to kayak to hike to snowshoe environmentally conscious anthem seventh-inning stretch to root strik

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Topics: Cities: New Orleans 9-1-1 emergency services, his or her, you dont need to know versus you need not know, incident versus accident Words: port to settle to found Cajun predominately to flood to rebound quarter mansion Mardi Gras Lent crawfish

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Topics: Cities: Boston; vanity license plates, to make a difference versus to make the difference, lame, devils advocate Words: New England founded massacre East/West Coast accent ancestor license plate vanity to register (a car) motto to make a diff

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Topics: Men and dumb blondes, the Rotary Club, grade versus score, how do I get to versus where do I find, my friend versus a friend of mine Words: headline in the presence of to fall to mimic stereotype to perpetuate service clubs humanitarian to ro

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Topics: Convenience stores, eating and drinking noises, colleague versus associate versus fellow, to sign in versus to sign off versus to sign on versus to sign up Words: slushees bulletproof glass armed robbery taboo to chomp to crunch to smack to w

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Topics: Ask an American: Bluegrass music; rsum versus curriculum vitae, the number 0 versus the letter O, one over the other Words: to bring over to pass down (something) to flatten bridge basically roots origins melody acoustic fiddle banjo bass rsu

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Topics: Classic childrens television: Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers Neighborhood; American Cities: Washington, D.C.; mix, combine, stir, and beat; stock photography Words: series episode animation puppet make-believe values founding fathers Congress f

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Topics: Ask an American: Getting Old; brethren versus brothers, would versus used to, I cant wait anymore versus I cant wait any longer Words: hip fracture balance to stub to go flying to fall flat incompetent nursing home to keep (something) to (one

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Topics: Famous Americans: Great Jazz Artists Josephine Baker and Ella Fitzgerald; the Amish; to be honest versus as a matter of fact; why dont you versus lets Words: jazz pearl world-famous to drop out civil rights movement first lady improv postage

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Topics: Ask an American: Tattoos to cover up (something), talk versus say versus speak, pronouncing certain consonants in the middle of words Words: buzz tattoo parlor tough guys broken heart to commemorate newborn angst to put (something) out there

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Topics: Ask an American: Drive-in Theaters to wind (someone) up, you dont say, how about you versus what about you Words: to wedge talkative to block (someones) view to be in the comfort of sprawling cranky to disrupt passion family fare second-rate

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Topics: The Chinese Exclusion Act; Library of Congress and the public library system; I thought versus I think; anyway versus however; to make (someone) earn (something) Words: Immigration to resent act to exclude citizen ethnic to repeal library to

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Topics: Famous Americans: William Randolph Hearst; what to call people from the top five cities/states in the U.S.; please as the magic word; using an apostrophe () for possessive cases, remember versus remind Words: magnate publisher to put a lot of

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Topics: Ask an American: cults; can versus could; will versus would; freedom versus liberty Words: cult imaginary satanic to spread to brainwash megalomaniacal deluded to impose connotation sect at a crossroads structure unpaid bill mainstream predom

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Topics: Famous TV Animals; Niagara Falls; closed caption versus subtitle; meanwhile versus meantime; using the colon (:) Words: to capture (one's) heart storyline courage stunt warden hydroelectric power honeymoon barrel mist chapel luxury hotel aphr

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今天我们要学的词是gaffe。 Gaffe, 是失言、失态的意思。Make a bad gaffe, 就是极为失态。在美国大选过程中,每个候选人都会有失策或是讲错话的时候。Sometimes minor campaign gaffes can turn out to be dea

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Ms. Sanchez: Okay, kids. Im Ms. Sanchez, your substitute for this week. Im taking all of you on the field trip tomorrow. Listen up. There are some ground rules we need to go over . First, each of you will have a partner and you will hold hands while

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Topics: American Cities: Columbus, Ohio; Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII; limit versus limitation; for X person to undercut set targets; to sponge off (someone) Words: to thrive arch diversified to make it to to touch on allegedly mistress besott

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