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: Use your phone to chat in English. As you waiting for a bus or sit in traffic, text friends in English and improve your expression.
- Proverb: Practice what you preach: Do what you tell others to do. "My dad smokes, but won't let me. He needs to practice what he preaches."
- Academic Vocabulary: justify: show why something is right or good. "You must work hard to justify your pay." "He had no justification for his expenses."
- Literature: faith, hope, and charity: three "virtues" (good qualities) in the Bible: believe in God, expect the best, and have selfless love.
- Art: composer: song writer, one who "composes" music; used for all types of music, from classical to pop.
- Slang: mega-something: very, or super. "I can't buy that car; it's mega-expensive."
- Geography: Samoa: country of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Dec. 29, 2011, skipped a day to match Australia and New Zealand instead of US.
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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