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- Link: Learn to paraphrase (say things in other words): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/28/
- Ancient History: 1066: year in which French duke William of Normandy beat the British at the Battle of Hastings and became King of England.
- Irregular Verbs: Children often outgrow their clothes. When my brothers outgrew theirs, I got them. When mine were outgrown, we threw them out!
- Idiom: take the bull by the horns: face an unpleasant thing directly. "I hear Tom's always late; take the bull by the horns and fire him."
- Pop Culture: Elvis Presley: (1935-1977) one of America's first rock 'n' roll superstars. His dancing style was considered very daring in the 1950s.
- Slang: dead on: exactly right. A: "The weatherman said it would rain today." B: "Well, he was dead on. It's pouring out there!"
- Government: extradition: agreement between some countries to send back a person who breaks the law in one country and runs away to another.
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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