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: Speaking Situations for you to practice: http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/speaking_situations.html
- Ancient History: Pericles: (495 – 429 BC) leader in ancient Athens. He was so great that the city's "Golden Age" is often called the "Age of Pericles."
- Irregular Verbs: I sit at my desk for hours. I sat there all day yesterday. I have sat for as many as ten hours!
- Idiom: smell a rat: suspect something is wrong. "He says he didn't take my wallet, but I smell a rat."
- Pop Culture: "Amazing Grace": one of the best-known hymns (Christian songs), written in 1779, and beginning, "Amazing grace! How sweet the sound..."
- Slang: Oh! Look at the time!: used when you want to get away from someone. A: "Do you love me?" B: "Oh! Look at the time! I have to go!"
- Government: cabinet: group of advisors to a country's leader, also called Council of Ministers, Executive Council, or Executive Committee.
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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