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- Science: iceberg: a large piece of ice floating in the sea. As most of it is underwater, what we see is the "tip of the iceberg."
- Language Study: conditional: a sentence with "if" and "then": "If it rains, (then) I won't go." May be untrue: "If I were a bird, (then) I would fly."
- Business: International Monetary Fund: or "IMF," a fund (collection of money) started by richer countries to lend money to developing countries.
- Literature: Marcus Aurelius: (121-180) Roman emperor and philosopher; wrote the "Meditations" on how to live a good life.
- New Words: personal shopper: someone hired to do one's shopping. "I've been busy since I started my new job, so I hired a personal shopper."
- Slang: See ya around: "See you later." A: "Bye! Take it easy." B: "Thanks! See ya around."
- Modern History: French Revolution: 1789 rebellion of French people against their king, when old-fashioned ideas were suddenly replaced by new ones.
NOTES:
- Except for the Slang words, all the words in these Mini-Lessons came from lists either on the Oxford University Press site or in the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
- The Slang words are from my own list, and I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
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