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: Keep an English notebook. Write new vocabulary; practice sentences; make a note of questions to be answered.
- Proverb: Here today, gone tomorrow: Nothing lasts forever. Things you have now ("today") may not be yours later ("tomorrow").
- Academic Vocabulary: considerable: large, big. "There is a considerable link between smoking and cancer." "His car was considerably cheaper than mine."
- Literature: Camelot: Castle in King Arthur stories where Arthur and his followers lived. Washington D.C. was called this in John Kennedy's time.
- Art: a cappella: meaning "as in a church," a style of singing without musical instruments. These days doesn't have to be religious.
- Slang: double-check: check a second time to be sure. "Please double-check that you have the plane tickets and your passport."
- Geography: Deep South: several southern US states which had farming-based economies before American Civil War.
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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