To get the most from them, you should try to use them in sentences, or discuss them with friends. Writing something on Twitter or Weibo is a great way to practice!
- Link: Purdue Online Writing Lab: practice sheets & info to improve your English writing. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/678/01/
- Hist [History]: Alexander the Great: Ruler of Greece in the 4th century b.c. He conquered much of the ancient world, from Greece to India.
- Verb [Irregular Verbs]: I rise at 7 each day. I rose late yesterday. I have risen before sunrise many times. Make more sentences like these!
- Idiom: one's goose is cooked = One is in big trouble. "Be late to class one more time, and your goose is cooked!"
- Pop [Pop Culture]: Louis Armstrong: Popular 20th-c. black American jazz singer and trumpet player. One famous song is "What a Wonderful World."
- Slang: one's little girl (or boy): one's daughter (or son), especially when still very young. "My little girl is starting school today."
- Gov't [Government]: conservative: person who believes that things shouldn't change. Also an adj. Such belief is called "conservatism."
NOTES:
- The Idiom, the History and Government words, and some of the Pop Culture words, are from lists in the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
- The Link was found online; the Slang words, the Irregular Verbs, and some of the Pop Culture words are from my own lists, and I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
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