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: Find families of words. For example: assess, assessment, reassess, unassessed, and so on.
- Proverb: No man is an island: We are all connected with each other; if something happens to another person, it affects me, too.
- Academic Vocabulary: passive: Not active. "I want a passive dog, one that will never bite anyone."
- Literature: In the beginning: first words of the Bible; complete sentence: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth."
- Art: John Philip Sousa: the "March King," 19th-20th century American composer of marching music like "The Stars and Stripes Forever."
- Slang: an outstanding idea: a great idea. A: "Let's see a movie." B: "That's an outstanding idea!"
- Geography: the Seven Seas: a way to describe all the world's oceans; found in the common expression "sailing the seven seas."
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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