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: Free daily vocabulary quiz: http://www.splendid-speaking.com/products/wotd/index.html
- Ancient History: bread and circuses: a Roman way of ruling: keep the people happy with food and entertainment, while ruling without honor
- Irregular Verbs: The people beseech their leaders for help. They beseeched (besought) them for a school last year. They have besought them regularly.
- Idiom: face the music: accept responsibility for something. "You were caught stealing money; now you have to face the music."
- Pop Culture: Johnny Appleseed: (1774-1845), born John Chapman, an American famous for planting apple trees in a large area of the U.S.
- Slang: The best is yet to come!: whether your life is good or bad, the future will be (even) better. "Keep at it; the best is yet to come!"
- Government: nonviolent resistance: peaceful method to get a government to change its way of doing things. Made famous by Gandhi and M. L. King.
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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