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!
- Tip: Throw away the IPA. When you learned your mother tongue, you didn't read it: you listened and repeated. So get some audio and do it!
- Proverb: You can’t go home again. Home changes, and so do we; when we return after a long absence, it's never the same as before we left.
- AcVoc [Academic Vocabulary]: definition (n): meaning of a word or phrase; define (v) to tell the meaning. "'Cat' is defined as…" or "The definition of 'cat' is…"
- Lit [Literature]: Bethlehem: a village near Jerusalem, in Israel, where tradition says Jesus (known as Jesus Christ, founder of Christianity) was born.
- Art: choreography: arrangement of dance movements, and the movements themselves. "I enjoyed the ballet's choreography."
- Slang: a heck of a lot: very much or many. "If I'm late to work one more time, I'll be in a heck of a lot of trouble."
- Geog [Geography]: savanna: (or "grassland") a wide flat area with grass but few trees (as in Africa's Serengeti). About 20% of Earth's land is savanna.
NOTES:
- Academic Vocabulary is the Academic Word List from Oxford University Press. This is "a list of words that you are likely to meet if you study at an English-speaking university."
- The Proverb, and the Literature, Art, and Geography words are from lists in the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
- The Tip and Slang words are from my own lists, and I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
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